Method and apparatus for dynamic station enablement procedure in a wireless local area network system
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsEunsun KIM, Yongho SEOK
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Abstract
A method of dynamic station enablement procedure in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is disclosed. A method of performing an enablement procedure by a first station in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and an unlicensed device are permitted to operate together in a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprises receiving, from a second station, an enabling signal including advertisement protocol element with an advertisement protocol identification (ID) field which indicates an advertisement protocol the second station supports; and exchanging DSE (dynamic station enablement) related messages with the second station using a GAS (generic advertisement service) protocol.
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1-19. (canceled)
A method for a first station to operate in a TV White Space band, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a second station, a message including an advertisement protocol element, the advertisement protocol element including an advertisement protocol ID indicating a specific protocol among multiple Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) protocols;
- transmitting a query request message to the second station using the specific protocol when the specific protocol is a GAS protocol predefined to be used for acquiring information on available channel information within the TV White Space band;
- and
- receiving a query response message comprising a WSM (White Space Map) using the specific protocol, the WSM comprising:
- a channel number field comprising a list of available channels;
- a type field indicating whether the list is a full channel list or a partial channel list;
- and
- a version field indicating a Map version of the WSM.
An apparatus operating in a TV White Space band as a first station, the apparatus comprising:
- a transceiver configured to receive a message including an advertisement protocol element and a query response message comprising a WSM from a second station, the WSM comprising:
- a channel number field comprising a list of available channels;
- a type field indicating whether the list is a full channel list or a partial channel list;
- and
- a version field indicating a Map version of the WSM;
- and
- a processor connected to the transceiver,
- wherein the advertisement protocol element includes an advertisement protocol ID indicating a specific protocol among multiple Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) protocols,
- wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to transmit a query request message to the second station using the specific protocol when the specific protocol is a specific GAS protocol predefined to be used for acquiring information on available channel information within the TV White Space band, and
- wherein the query response message is received using the specific protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.