# US 12,225,588 B2 · Wireless station and communication method for determining transmission to another wireless station in a cell in view of an interference cell

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- Number: US 12,225,588 B2
- Document ID: US12225588B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/659,900
- Filed: 2024-05-09
- Published: 2024-08-29
- Granted: 2025-02-11
- Earliest claimed: 2016-05-13
- Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Inventors: Tomoya Nunome; Takashi Iwai; Yoshio Urabe
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225588B2

## CPC

- H04W 74/0816: with collision avoidance
- H04W 74/006: {in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal}
- H04W 74/08: Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA (hybrid access H04W74/02)
- H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
- H04W 52/245: {taking into account received signal strength}
- H04W 74/06: using polling
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

A wireless station that belongs to a communication cell includes a receiver which, in operation, receives a trigger frame transmitted from an access point that belongs to an interference cell and a controller which, in operation, determines, based on at least one parameter included in the trigger frame and reception power value of the trigger frame received at the wireless station, whether the wireless station is allowed to transmit to other wireless station that belongs to the communication cell, wherein the at least one parameter includes a value set based on transmit power value of the trigger frame transmitted from the access point.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An integrated circuit for a first wireless station that belongs to a communication cell, the integrated circuit comprising at least one input, which, in operation, inputs an electronic signal, and controller circuitry, which, in operation, controls:
receiving, at the first wireless station, a trigger frame transmitted from an access point that belongs to an interference cell, the trigger frame soliciting uplink response signals from a plurality of terminal stations belonging to the interference cell and including a target RSSI (received signal strength indicator) that is a target reception power value of the uplink response signals at the access point;
determining, at the first wireless station, based on i) a class of the first wireless station indicating RSSI measurement precision, ii) a parameter for an allowable interference level, and iii) a reception power value of the trigger frame received at the first wireless station, whether the first wireless station is allowed to transmit a signal to a second wireless station that belongs to the communication cell, wherein the parameter is set based on an access point transmit power of the access point and based on the target RSSI; and
transmitting, from the first wireless station, the signal while the plurality of terminal stations transmit the uplink response signals by MU (Multi User) multiplexing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The integrated circuit according to claim 1,
wherein an estimated reception power value of the signal received at the access point is calculated based on the access point transmit power and the reception power value when the signal is transmitted from the first wireless station to the access point; and
whether the first wireless station is allowed to transmit to the second wireless station is determined based on whether the estimated reception power value exceeds an acceptable receiver interference power.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the controller circuitry, in operation, controls transmitting the signal from the first wireless station to the second wireless station, in response to the first wireless station having, in a transmission buffer, data to be transmitted from the first wireless station to the second wireless station and determining that the first wireless station is allowed to transmit the signal to the second wireless station.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the controller circuitry, in operation, controls setting a period during which the first wireless station is allowed to transmit to the second wireless station.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the controller circuitry, in operation, controls determining, based on an acceptable receiver interference power at the plurality of terminal stations that belong to the interference cell, whether the first wireless station is allowed to transmit the signal to the second wireless station.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the controller circuitry, in operation, controls adjusting a transmit power of the first wireless station to transmit the signal to the second wireless station.