Method and apparatus for transmitting beamforming report frame for transmit beamforming
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsJee Yon Choi, Je Hun Lee, Sok Kyu Lee
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Abstract
A method of transmitting a beamforming report frame for transmit beamforming is provided. The method may include acquiring, by a receiver, data of a signal transmitted by a transmitter, selecting either media access control (MAC) software or MAC hardware, to assign a sequence number based on a type of the data, and assigning a sequence number to the management frame based on the data, using either the MAC software or MAC hardware that is selected.
Claims13
A method of transmitting a management frame, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by a receiver, data of a signal transmitted by a transmitter;
- selecting, based on a type of the data, one of a media access control (MAC) software and a MAC hardware;
- when the MAC hardware is selected, assigning, using the MAC hardware, a sequence number in a first sequence number range to a management frame generated in the MAC hardware;
- when the MAC software is selected, assigning, using the MAC software, a sequence number in a second sequence number range to an other management frame,
- wherein the first sequence number range corresponding to the MAC hardware is different from the second sequence number range corresponding to the MAC software.
A method of transmitting a management frame in a receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal transmitted by a transmitter;
- extracting channel information regarding a channel between the receiver and the transmitter, based on the received signal;
- generating a beamforming report frame based on the channel information regarding the channel;
- determining a first sequence number range corresponding to a media access control (MAC) hardware;
- determining a second sequence number range corresponding to MAC software;
- assigning a sequence number in the first sequence number range to the beamforming report frame;
- and
- assigning a sequence number in the second sequence number range to an other management frame,
- wherein the first sequence number range corresponding to the MAC hardware is different from the second sequence number range corresponding to the MAC software.
An apparatus for transmitting a management frame, the apparatus comprising:
- an acquiring unit to acquire data of a signal transmitted by a transmitter;
- a selecting unit to select, based on a type of the data, one of a media access control (MAC) software and a MAC hardware;
- and
- an assigning unit to assign a sequence number to the management frame,
- wherein the assigning unit assigns a sequence number in a first sequence number range to a management frame generated in the MAC hardware when the MAC hardware is selected by the selecting unit,
- wherein the assigning unit assigns a sequence number in a second sequence number range to an other management frame when the MAC software is selected by the selecting unit, and
- wherein the first sequence number range corresponding to the MAC hardware is different from the second sequence number range corresponding to the MAC software.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.