Distinguishing between quality of service management frames (qmfs) and non-qmfs in protocol version 1 (pv1)
AssigneeNewracom, Inc.
InventorsJunyoun WON, Yujin NOH, Joonsoo LEE, Hyun Sik JUNG, Hyungu PARK
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Abstract
A method by a wireless transmitting device for distinguishing between a quality of service (QoS) management frame and a non-QoS management frame is described. The method includes generating a frame that includes a frame header, wherein the frame header includes a frame control field, wherein the frame control field includes a partial traffic identifier or subtype (PTID/subtype) subfield, wherein the PTID/subtype subfield indicates whether the frame is a quality of service (QoS) management frame or a non-QoS management frame and transmitting the frame through a wireless medium.
Claims20
A method by a wireless transmitting device for distinguishing between a quality of service (QoS) management frame and a non-QoS management frame, the method comprising:
- generating a frame that includes a frame header, wherein the frame header includes a frame control field, wherein the frame control field includes a partial traffic identifier or subtype (PTID/subtype) subfield, wherein the PTID/subtype subfield indicates whether the frame is a quality of service (QoS) management frame or a non-QoS management frame;
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- transmitting the frame through a wireless medium.
A method by a wireless receiving device for distinguishing between a quality of service (QoS) management frame and a non-QoS management frame, the method comprising:
- receiving a frame that includes a frame header, wherein the frame header includes a frame control field, wherein the frame control field includes a partial traffic identifier or subtype (PTID/subtype) subfield, wherein the PTID/subtype subfield indicates whether the frame is a quality of service (QoS) management frame or a non-QoS management frame;
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- determining whether the frame is a QoS management frame or a non-QoS management frame based on the PTID/subtype subfield.
A method by a wireless transmitting device for indicating a partial traffic identifier (PTID) or an access category index (ACI) in a header compression element, the method comprising:
- generating a frame that includes the header compression element, wherein the header compression element includes a CTR with CBC-MAC protocol (CCMP) update field, wherein the CCMP update field includes a first subfield indicating a PTID of QoS data frames or an ACI of QoS management frames and a second subfield indicating whether the first subfield indicates the PTID of QoS data frames or not;
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- transmitting the frame through a wireless medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.