US-12627429-B2 - Method and device for requesting feedback of portion of band for STA operating only in 20/80/160 MHz in wireless LAN system

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Abstract

Proposed are a method and device for transmitting a feedback frame in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives an NDPA frame from a transmission STA. The reception STA receives an NDP frame from the transmission STA. The reception STA transmits a feedback frame to the transmission STA through a predetermined bandwidth on the basis of the NDPA frame and the NDP frame. The NDPA frame includes information on a portion of a band. The information on the portion of the band includes a bitmap comprising first to ninth bits. The first bit includes information on a channel unit for requesting feedback information.

Inventors

Eunsung Park
Jinyoung Chun
Jinsoo Choi
Dongguk Lim

Assignees

LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20220511
Priority Date: 20210524

Claims (15)

1 . A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising: receiving, by a receiving station (STA), a Null Data Packet Announcement (NDPA) frame from a transmitting STA; receiving, by the receiving STA, an NDP frame from the transmitting STA; and transmitting, by the receiving STA, a feedback frame to the transmitting STA based on the NDPA frame and the NDP frame through a preset bandwidth, wherein the NDP A frame includes information on a partial band, wherein the information on the partial band includes a bitmap composed of first to ninth bits, wherein the first bit includes information on a channel unit requesting feedback information, wherein when the first bit is set to 0, the second to ninth bits are bits that requests feedback information for the lowest frequency 20 MHz channel to the highest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the first bit is set to 1, the second bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242 Resource Unit (RU) in the lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the third bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the second lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fourth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the third lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fifth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the fourth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the sixth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the fifth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the seventh bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the sixth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the eighth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the seventh lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and the ninth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the highest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and wherein the 242RU is a resource unit composed of 242 tones.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 40 MHz, the feedback information is requested only based on the second bit, and the third to ninth bits are set to 0, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 80 MHz, the feedback information is requested only based on the second and third bits, and the fourth to ninth bits are set to 0, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 160 MHz, the feedback information is requested only based on the second to fifth bits, and the sixth to ninth bits are set to 0, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 320 MHz, the feedback information is requested based on the second to ninth bits.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the first bit is set to 0, the second bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the third bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the second lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fourth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the third lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fifth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fourth lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the sixth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fifth lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the seventh bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the sixth lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the eighth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the seventh lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and the ninth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the highest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 40 MHz, the feedback information is requested only based on the second and third bits, and the fourth to ninth bits are set to 0, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 80 MHz, the feedback information is requested only based on the second to fifth bits, and the sixth to ninth bits are set to 0, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 160 MHz, the feedback information is requested based on the second to ninth bits, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 320 MHz, the feedback information includes feedback information for a primary 160 MHz channel indicated by Subchannel Selective Transmission (SST), and the feedback information for the primary 160 MHz channel is requested based on the second to ninth bits.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 80 MHz and the first bit is set to 1, the second bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the third bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the second lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fourth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the third lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fifth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fourth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the sixth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fifth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the seventh bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the sixth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the eighth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the seventh lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and the ninth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the highest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 80 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 160 MHz, the feedback information is requested only based on the second to fifth bits, and the sixth to ninth bits are set to 0, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA operating only at 80 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 320 MHz, the feedback information is requested based on the second to ninth bits.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 80 MHz and the first bit is set to 0, the second bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the third bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the second lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fourth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the third lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fifth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fourth lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the sixth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fifth lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the seventh bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the sixth lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the eighth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the seventh lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and the ninth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the highest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 80 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 80 MHz, the feedback information is requested only based on the second to fifth bits, and the sixth to ninth bits are set to 0, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 80 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 160 MHz, the feedback information is requested based on the second to ninth bits, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 80 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 320 MHz, the feedback information includes feedback information for a primary 160 MHz channel indicated by SST, and the feedback information for the primary 160 MHz channel is requested based on the second to ninth bits.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 160 MHz and the first bit is set to 1, the second bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the third bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the second lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fourth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the third lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fifth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fourth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the sixth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fifth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the seventh bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the sixth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the eighth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the seventh lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and the ninth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the highest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 160 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 160 MHz, the feedback information is requested only based on the second to fifth bits, and the sixth to ninth bits are set to 0, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 160 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 320 MHz, the feedback information includes feedback information for a primary 160 MHz channel or a secondary 160 MHz channel indicated by SST, and the feedback information for the primary 160 MHz channel or the secondary 160 MHz channel is requested based on the second to ninth bits.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 160 MHz and the first bit is set to 0, the second bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the third bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the second lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fourth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the third lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fifth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fourth lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the sixth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the fifth lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the seventh bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the sixth lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the eighth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the seventh lowest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and the ninth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for the highest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 160 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 160 MHz, the feedback information is requested based on the second to ninth bits, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 160 MHz and the preset bandwidth is 320 MHz, the feedback information includes feedback information for a primary 160 MHz channel indicated by SST, and the feedback information for the primary 160 MHz channel is requested based on the second to ninth bits.
13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the feedback frame includes channel state information for the partial band requested based on the bitmap.
14 . A receiving station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the receiving STA comprising: a memory; a transceiver; and a processor being operatively connected to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a Null Data Packet Announcement (NDPA) frame from a transmitting STA; receive an NDP frame from the transmitting STA; and transmit a feedback frame to the transmitting STA based on the NDPA frame and the NDP frame through a preset bandwidth, wherein the NDP A frame includes information on a partial band, wherein the information on the partial band includes a bitmap composed of first to ninth bits, wherein the first bit includes information on a channel unit requesting feedback information, wherein when the first bit is set to 0, the second to ninth bits are bits that requests feedback information for the lowest frequency 20 MHz channel to the highest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the first bit is set to 1, the second bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242 Resource Unit (RU) in the lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the third bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the second lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fourth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the third lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fifth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the fourth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the sixth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the fifth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the seventh bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the sixth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the eighth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the seventh lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and the ninth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the highest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and wherein the 242RU is a resource unit composed of 242 tones.
15 . A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising: transmitting, by a transmitting station (STA), a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame to a receiving STA; transmitting, by the transmitting STA, an NDP frame to the receiving STA; and receiving, by the transmitting STA, a feedback frame based on the NDPA frame and the NDP frame from the receiving STA through a preset bandwidth, wherein the NDPA frame includes information on a partial band, wherein the information on the partial band includes a bitmap composed of first to ninth bits, wherein the first bit includes information on a channel unit requesting feedback information, wherein when the first bit is set to 0, the second to ninth bits are bits that requests feedback information for the lowest frequency 20 MHz channel to the highest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, wherein when the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the first bit is set to 1, the second bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242 Resource Unit (RU) in the lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the third bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the second lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fourth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the third lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fifth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the fourth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the sixth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the fifth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the seventh bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the sixth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the eighth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the seventh lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and the ninth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the highest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and wherein the 242RU is a resource unit composed of 242 tones.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is the National Stage filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International Application No. PCT/KR2022/006766, filed on May 11, 2022, which claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Application No. 10-2021-0066312, filed on May 24, 2021, the contents of which are all hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties. TECHNICAL FIELD The present specification relates to a technique for transmitting a feedback frame for an STA operating only at 20/80/160 MHz in a WLAN system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for configuring a bitmap included in an NDPA frame for requesting feedback for partial bands. BACKGROUND A wireless local area network (WLAN) has been improved in various ways. For example, the IEEE 802.11ax standard proposed an improved communication environment using orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and downlink multi-user multiple input multiple output (DL MU MIMO) techniques. The present specification proposes a technical feature that can be utilized in a new communication standard. For example, the new communication standard may be an extreme high throughput (EHT) standard which is currently being discussed. The EHT standard may use an increased bandwidth, an enhanced PHY layer protocol data unit (PPDU) structure, an enhanced sequence, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme, or the like, which is newly proposed. The EHT standard may be called the IEEE 802.1 The standard. In a new WLAN standard, an increased number of spatial streams may be used. In this case, in order to properly use the increased number of spatial streams, a signaling technique in the WLAN system may need to be improved. SUMMARY The present specification proposes a method and apparatus for requesting feedback of partial bands for an STA operating only at 20/80/160 MHz in a wireless LAN system. An example of the present specification proposes a method for requesting feedback of partial bands for an STA operating only at 20/80/160 MHz. The present embodiment may be performed in a network environment in which a next generation WLAN system (IEEE 802.1 The or EHT WLAN system) is supported. The next generation wireless LAN system is a WLAN system that is enhanced from an 802.11ax system and may, therefore, satisfy backward compatibility with the 802.11ax system. This embodiment is performed in a receiving STA, and the receiving STA may correspond to a beamformee or at least one STA (station). A transmitting STA may correspond to a beamformer or an access point (AP). This embodiment proposes a method for configuring an information field for partial bands of the NDPA frame for channel sounding feedback (or feedback for partial bands) of a receiving STA operating only at 20/80/160 MHz in a preset bandwidth. A transmitting station (STA) transmits a Null Data Packet Announcement (NDPA) frame to a receiving STA. The transmitting STA transmits an NDP frame to the receiving STA. The transmitting STA receives a feedback frame based on the NDPA frame and the NDP frame from the receiving STA through a preset bandwidth. The NDPA frame includes information on a partial band. The information on the partial band includes a bitmap composed of first to ninth bits. The first bit includes information on a channel unit requesting feedback information. When the first bit is set to 0, the second to ninth bits are bits that request feedback information for the lowest frequency 20 MHz channel to the highest frequency 20 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth. When the first bit is set to 1, the second to ninth bits are bits that request feedback information for the lowest frequency 40 MHz channel to the highest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth. When the receiving STA is an STA that operates only at 20 MHz and the first bit is set to 1, the configuration of the second to ninth bits is as follows. The second bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242 Resource Unit (RU) in the lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the third bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the second lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fourth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the third lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the fifth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the fourth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the sixth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the fifth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the seventh bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the sixth lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, the eighth bit is a bit that requests feedback information for 242RU in the seventh lowest frequency 40 MHz channel in the preset bandwidth, and the ninth bit is a bit that requests feedback infor