Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130083781 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY CONTROL IN REVERSE DIRECTION GRANT - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for retrieving transmit opportunity control in reverse direction grant, so that a conflict occurring between a case where an RD Initiator continues sending another frame to an RD Responder after retrieving TXOP control and a case where a terminal other than the RD Initiator sends a block acknowledgement to the RD Responder can be avoided. The method provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: when an RD Initiator fails to correctly demodulate a frame sent by an RD Responder, retrieving, by the RD Initiator, TXOP control by using a PIFS if it is impossible for the RD Responder to enable an MU-MIMO mode, and retrieving, by the RD Initiator, the TXOP control by using a duration if it is possible for the RD Responder to enable the MU-MIMO mode, where the duration is longer than the PIFS. | 04-04-2013 |
20130100909 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING A TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY CONTROL IN REVERSE DIRECTION GRANT - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for retrieving transmission opportunity control in reverse direction grant, so that a conflict occurring between a case where an RD Initiator continues sending another frame to an RD Responder after retrieving TXOP control and a case where a terminal other than the RD Initiator sends a block acknowledgement to the RD Responder can be avoided. The method provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: when an RD Initiator fails to correctly demodulate a frame sent by an RD Responder, retrieving, by the RD Initiator, TXOP control by using a PIFS if it is impossible for the RD Responder to enable an MU-MIMO mode, and retrieving, by the RD Initiator, the TXOP control by using a duration if it is possible for the RD Responder to enable the MU-MIMO mode, where the duration is longer than the PIFS. | 04-25-2013 |
20140050173 | Method and Apparatus for Multi-User Data Transmission in Wireless Local Area Network - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for data sending in a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) system. The method includes: sending data to the primary user and the secondary user on the bandwidth on which the clear to send (CTS) sent by the primary user is received and a bandwidth on which the CTS sent by the secondary user is received. The bandwidth on which the request to send (RTS) is sent to the secondary user in this solution may be dynamically adjusted according to an available bandwidth of the primary user, so that sending of unnecessary RTSs on some secondary channels is avoided and send power of an AP and send power of a user are saved. | 02-20-2014 |
20140071874 | ERROR RECOVERY METHOD, ACCESS POINT DEVICE, STATION DEVICE, AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an error recovery method, an access point device, a station device, and a system thereof. The error recovery method includes: transmitting a data frame to a station allowed to enter a power save mode, where the data frame indicates the end of data transmission; and retransmitting the data frame during a current transmission opportunity period if no acknowledgement frame returned by the station in response to the data frame is received. Based on the above technical solution, the access point retransmits the data frame directly during the current transmission opportunity period and there is no need to contend for a new transmission opportunity period to perform the error recovery, thereby speeding up the error recovery and reducing the error recovery delay, thereby increasing the error recovery efficiency, saving the network resources, and improving the quality of service. | 03-13-2014 |
20140079046 | Backoff Method and Device Used For Wireless Communication System - An apparatus, method, and system to provide a backoff method and device used for a lower priority access category AC. The method includes: when the lower priority AC and another AC in a same station STA obtain a transmission opportunity TXOP at the same time and an internal collision occurs, detecting a TXOP sharing state of the lower priority AC; and executing backoff of the lower priority AC according to the detected TXOP sharing state. | 03-20-2014 |
20140080420 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL INFORMATION - The present invention discloses a method, device, and system for transmitting channel information, pertaining to the field of radio communication. The method for obtaining channel information includes: transmitting, by a beamformer, a request for obtaining channel information to a beamformee within the duration of a current first TXOP; receiving a null feedback frame transmitted by the beamformee within the duration of the current first TXOP; within the validity period of the channel information, if the beamformer obtains a second TXOP, transmitting, within the second TXOP, a channel information indication frame to request the channel information, and receiving the channel information transmitted by the beamformee. The system includes a beamformer and a beamformee. The present invention saves the signaling resources of the beamformer and reduces the power consumption of the beamformee. | 03-20-2014 |
20140086227 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REVERSE DIRECTION PROTOCOL TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - Embodiments of the present invention relate to communication technologies, in particular, to a method and an apparatus for protocol transmission in a wireless local area network. A method for transmitting multi-userdata in a reverse direction protocol according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: within a transmission opportunity (TXOP) of a first station, if the TXOP is not over after the first station finishes sending data to an access point (AP), obtaining, by the AP, the TXOP, where the obtaining, by the AP, the TXOP is implemented through granting a remaining part of the TXOP to the access point AP by the first station as a reverse direction protocol initiator; and within the TXOP, sending, by the AP, second data to at least two stations, where the at least two stations include the first station. | 03-27-2014 |
20140348087 | NODE GROUPING METHOD, NODE, AND ACCESS POINT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a node grouping method, a node, and an access point (AP). The method comprises: receiving a grouping request sent by an AP; according to the grouping request, obtaining a received signal strength indicator (RSSI); obtaining a group Identity (ID) of a group determined according to the RSSI. In the embodiment of the present invention, nodes are grouped according to the RSSI, so as to solve the problems of contention collision and low network performance in a large-scale network, avoid the problem of unfair throughput incurred by the near-far effect, and reduce the phenomena of hidden terminals. | 11-27-2014 |
20140362692 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, ACCESS POINT, RELAY NODE, AND DATA NODE FOR PACKET AGGREGATION - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a data transmission method, an access point, a relay node, and a data node for packet aggregation. The data transmission method for packet aggregation includes: determining an aggregation relay node in a service area, for aggregating a Medium Access Control (MAC) frame that is sent by a data node to an access point (AP) and is forwarded by the aggregation relay node; and receiving an aggregated MAC frame sent by the aggregation relay node, where the aggregated MAC frame is a MAC frame that is sent by the data node and is aggregated by the aggregation relay node. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a relay node is selectively used to aggregate data, so that aggregated packet data quickly reaches a scale for transmission, and the packet data is sent to a destination node within a short time, thereby significantly enhancing quality of service of a delay-sensitive application service. | 12-11-2014 |
20140369301 | Method and Apparatus for Allocating Association Identifier - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for allocating an association identifier, so as to dynamically allocate an association identifier (AID) to a target station. The method according to the embodiments of the present invention includes: sending, by an access point (AP), an AID allocation message to a target station, where the AID allocation message carries a target AID of the target station, and the target station is a station to be allocated with an AID or a station with an AID to be updated. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376536 | DEVICE ACCESS METHOD, ACCESS POINT AND ACCESS DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a device access method, an access point, and an access device. The method includes: generating, by an access point, a broadcast frame, where the broadcast frame includes a feature identifier of an access device; and sending, by the access point, the broadcast frame, so that the access device that receives the broadcast frame and corresponds to the feature identifier in the broadcast frame accesses the access point. The present invention may be adopted to resolve a problem that numerous conflicts occur when numerous terminals simultaneously access a network, so that the terminals can successfully access the network. | 12-25-2014 |
20150043566 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING ASSOCIATION BETWEEN STATION AND ACCESS POINT, AND DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for establishing an association between a STA and an AP, and the method includes: sending, by the STA, an association request frame to the AP, where the association request frame includes a service type element, and the service type element is used for indicating a sensor service type, an offloading service type, or a hybrid service type to which the STA belongs, where the sensor service type includes a first sensor service or a second sensor service, and the offloading service type includes a first offloading service or a second offloading service; and receiving, by the STA, an association response frame sent by the AP, where the association response frame is generated by the AP after determining, according to the service type element, a service type to which the STA belongs. | 02-12-2015 |
20150071304 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION - A method includes determining at least one first station; and sending first indication information to the first station, where the first indication information is used for indicating at least one first backoff duration, so that the first station performs a data transmission operation by using the first backoff duration, and the first backoff duration used by the first station to perform a data transmission operation is less than a second backoff duration used by a second station to perform a data transmission operation, or the first backoff duration used by the first station to perform a data transmission operation is greater than the second backoff duration used by the second station to perform a data transmission operation. Shortening backoff durations of some stations can ensure that these stations send data first, and extending backoff durations of some stations can ensure that the other stations send data first. | 03-12-2015 |
20150103720 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - Disclosed are methods and devices for data transmission in a wireless local area network. According to the embodiments of the present application, through transmitting by a terminal a first data frame to an access device, where the first data frame includes indication information and uplink data and the indication information is used to indicate a power save poll and uplink data transmission, the terminal can receive a second data frame which is transmitted by the access device according to the first data frame, where the second data frame includes response information of the power save poll indicated by the indication information. Since the first data frame carrying the uplink data indicates the power save poll simultaneously, downlink data from the access device can be inquired or requested at the same time of transmitting the uplink data, so that data transmission efficiency is improved. | 04-16-2015 |
20150156791 | METHOD, ACCESS POINT, AND STATION FOR ESTABLISHING ASSOCIATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an access point, and a station for establishing an association in a WLAN. The method includes: sending an association message to a group of stations STAs including a plurality of STAs in the wireless local area network WLAN; sending a first notification to the group of STAs, where the first notification carries identifier information of each STA and information about a scheduling sequence for each STA; and receiving response messages sequentially sent, according to the scheduling sequence in the first notification, in response to the association message by the group of STAs. Thereby reducing the number of channel contentions, accelerating the process of associating the STAs with the AP, and ensuring that a STA used for a key application can establish an association with the AP quickly. | 06-04-2015 |
20150341954 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transmission method, apparatus and system. The method includes: receiving an RTS frame sent by a legacy STA on a channel including a primary channel, and sending an indicating frame to the legacy STA and a new station, for enabling the legacy STA to send data on the channel including the primary channel according to the indicating frame, and enabling the new station to send data on a secondary channel not occupied by the legacy STA according to the indicating frame. By adopting the data transmission method, apparatus and system provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, uplink OFDMA data transmission under a compatible mode is achieved, and the problem of bandwidth waste caused by data transmission of the legacy STA is solved. | 11-26-2015 |
20150349862 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL INFORMATION - The present invention discloses a method, device, and system for transmitting channel information, pertaining to the field of radio communication. The method for obtaining channel information includes: transmitting, by a beamformer, a request for obtaining channel information to a beamformee within the duration of a current first TXOP; receiving a null feedback frame transmitted by the beamformee within the duration of the current first TXOP; within the validity period of the channel information, if the beamformer obtains a second TXOP, transmitting, within the second TXOP, a channel information indication frame to request the channel information, and receiving the channel information transmitted by the beamformee. The system includes a beamformer and a beamformee. The present invention saves the signaling resources of the beamformer and reduces the power consumption of the beamformee. | 12-03-2015 |
20150351124 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING A TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY CONTROL IN REVERSE DIRECTION GRANT - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for retrieving transmission opportunity control in reverse direction grant. The method includes: obtaining, by a reverse direction responder (RD responder), a TXOP control from a reverse direction initiator (RD initiator); enabling, by the RD responder, a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode; sending, by the RD responder, a frame to a plurality of stations concurrently in a TXOP period, the plurality of stations comprise the RD initiator; wherein the frame carries information that only requires the RD initiator to send back only a single acknowledgement in the TXOP period to return the TXOP control. | 12-03-2015 |
20150382380 | OFDMA CONTENTION METHOD AND ACCESS POINT - Embodiments of the invention provide an OFDMA contention method and an access point. The OFDMA contention method includes: receiving, by an access point, a contention request frame transmitted by a station over a subchannel, and judging whether a sum of a number of stations succeeding in a contention in a current channel contention period and a number of stations succeeding in a historic contention is minor than a preset threshold; if yes, triggering the station to enter a next channel contention period, and repeatedly executing the steps of the receiving and the judging, until a number of stations succeeding in contentions is greater than or equal to the preset threshold. The OFDMA contention method and the access point can increase the number of the stations succeeding in contentions, thereby improving the throughput of an OFDMA system. | 12-31-2015 |
20160066215 | BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENT CONTROLLER - A bandwidth adjustment method includes: determining a bandwidth update value of a channel of a first network system and a bandwidth update value of a channel of a second network system and a bandwidth update value of a protective bandwidth according to a request of a user or a channel condition, so that updated bandwidths of the channels of the first network system and the second network system meet the request of the user or are adapted to requirements of channel conditions. By using the technical schemes, a network resource can be adjusted between multiple network systems when the multiple network systems share one network resource, thereby helping improve the application efficiency of a bandwidth resource and ensuring anti-interference capabilities of the network systems. | 03-03-2016 |
20160081098 | CHANNEL COMPETITION METHOD AND DEVICE - A channel competition method, includes: a first device detecting whether a target channel contains an idle sub-channel which is in an idle state or not, and if so, sending a request frame to a second device over a target sub-channel, wherein the target sub-channel is at least one sub-channel which is contained in the idle sub-channel; and when the first device receives a response frame sent by the second device, the first device determining that the competition for the target sub-channel is successful, wherein the response frame is a response frame issued by the second device to the request frame. Correspondingly, further provided is a corresponding device. The embodiments of the present application can improve the spectrum efficiency of a network system. | 03-17-2016 |
20160088659 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING TRANSMISSION MODE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for establishing a transmission mode, which relates to the field of network technologies, ensure backward compatibilities of an existing WLAN system and a next generation WLAN system, realize introduction of a new technology in the next generation WLAN protocol during data transmission, and improve network performance. The method includes: transmitting, by an access point AP, a first Clear To Send frame to a first station STA, to enable the first STA to set duration of a network allocation vector NAV of the first STA and remain in a silent state when the AP communicates with a second STA; transmitting the first Clear To Send frame to the second STA, to enable the second STA to process a Green Phase operation; and communicating with the second STA in a Green Phase period. The present invention is applied in data transmission. | 03-24-2016 |