Wireless communication method using enhanced distributed channel access, and wireless communication terminal using same
AssigneeWilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.
InventorsWoojin Ahn, Juhyung Son, Geonjung Ko, Jinsam Kwak
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Abstract
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver and a processor for processing a radio signal received through the transceiver or a radio signal to be transmitted through the transceiver. The processor accesses a channel according to according to a priority of data to be transmitted to the base communication terminal by the wireless communication terminal.
Claims10
A wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates with a base wireless communication terminal, the wireless communication terminal comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- a processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive a trigger frame from the base wireless communication terminal,
- transmit, to the base wireless communication terminal, a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) based on the trigger frame using the transceiver,
- switch a parameter set, which is a set of parameters used for a channel access, from a first parameter set to a second parameter set based on whether the base wireless communication terminal triggers a multi-user uplink transmission participation of the wireless communication terminal,
- when a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) included in the PPDU does not request an immediate response, set a second parameter set timer for an access category of the MPDU when the transmission of the PPDU ends,
- when the MPDU included in the PPDU requests an immediate response, set the second parameter set timer for the access category of the MPDU for which an ACK is received when the immediate response is received,
- when the second parameter set timer expires, terminate an application of the second parameter set, and
- access a channel according to an access category priority of data to be transmitted to the base wireless communication terminal by the wireless communication terminal and the parameter set.
A method of a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates with a base wireless communication terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving a trigger frame from the base wireless communication terminal;
- transmitting, to the base wireless communication terminal, a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) based on the trigger frame;
- switching a parameter set, which is a set of parameters used for a channel access, from a first parameter set to a second parameter set based on whether the base wireless communication terminal triggers a multi-user uplink transmission participation of the wireless communication terminal;
- when a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) included in the PPDU does not request an immediate response, setting a second parameter set timer for an access category of the MPDU when the transmission of the PPDU ends;
- when the MPDU included in PPDU requests the immediate response, setting the second parameter set timer for the access category of the MPDU for which an ACK is received when the immediate response is received;
- when the second parameter set timer expires, terminating an application of the second parameter set;
- accessing a channel according to an access category of data to be transmitted to the base wireless communication terminal and the parameter set;
- and
- transmitting the data through the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.