Method and apparatus for controlling traffic in wlan system
AssigneeKt Corporation
InventorsYang Seok JEONG, Joo Young KIM
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for controlling traffic in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system are disclosed. The method for controlling traffic in a WLAN system comprises the steps of: setting a pause condition to stop data transmission from a user equipment to an access point; generating a pause frame including the pause condition and a pause period during which data transmission is stopped; and transmitting the pause frame. Therefore, the present invention can improve the efficiency of a WLAN system.
Claims16
A method for traffic control by an access point, the method comprising:
- configuring a suspend condition for suspending data transmission from a terminal to the access point;
- generating a suspend frame including the suspend condition and a suspend duration for data transmission;
- and
- transmitting the suspend frame.
A method for transmitting data by a terminal and, the method comprising:
- receiving a suspend frame from an access point;
- acquiring a suspend condition for suspending data transmission from the terminal to the access point, and a suspend duration for data transmission, the suspend condition and the suspend duration being included in the suspend frame;
- and
- suspending data transmission to the access point during the suspend duration when the suspend condition is met.
A method for traffic control by an access point, the method comprising:
- determining a resume condition for resuming data transmission from a terminal to the access point;
- generating a resume frame including the resume condition;
- and
- transmitting the resume frame.
A method for transmitting data by a terminal and, the method comprising:
- receiving a resume frame from an access point;
- acquiring a resume condition for resuming data transmission from the terminal to the access point, the resume condition being included in the resume frame;
- and
- resuming data transmission to the access point when the resume condition is met.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.