Abstract:
Disclosed according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method whereby a management device, which enables coexistence of television white space (TVWS) devices in a TVWS, sends a server a request for the selection of a master management device, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether a trigger condition for the process of selecting the master management device is satisfied; judging the management device as a candidate slave management device, and the other management devices as candidate master management devices, provided that the trigger condition is satisfied; and initiating the process for selecting the master management device, wherein the trigger condition may be based on the load balance parameter or geographical coverage parameter of the management device.
Abstract:
A scanning method and apparatus in wireless LAN is disclosed. The method comprises determining, by an access point (AP), whether to accommodate a station (STA) conducting an initial link setup and transmitting, by the AP, a frame to the STA, the frame including scanning redirection information for the STA to switch other channel, other band, or a neighbor AP when the AP determines not to accommodate the STA. The scanning redirection information includes a band field and a channel field. The band field indicating a band in which the STA conducts the initial link setup when the STA conducts the initial link setup from current band to the other band. The channel field indicating a channel in which the STA conducts the initial link setup when the STA conducts the initial link setup from current channel to the other channel.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically discloses a method and an apparatus for transceiving a beacon in a wireless LAN system. A method for receiving a beacon from a station (STA) in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a probe response frame from an access point (AP); determining the time at which the next beacon is to be received by means of information regarding the next beacon contained in the probe response frame; and receiving the next beacon at the time determined for receiving the next beacon.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an active scanning method and apparatus. The method of performing scanning in a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes: a step of a scanning station generating scan request information so as to order active scanning; a step of the scanning station receiving a scanning frame from the station; and a step of the scanning station transmitting a probe request frame in order to perform the active scanning in case the received scanning frame does not include any of the elements that are ordered in the scan request information. Accordingly, scanning procedures can be performed quickly.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving a traffic indication map (TIM) in a wireless communication system and a device for supporting the same. More particularly, the method for transmitting a traffic indication map comprises the step of transmitting a TIM to a STA through a beacon frame, wherein the TIM includes: a block bitmap field for indicating a subblock including a STA in which buffered downlink data exists for respective N (N are two or more natural numbers) blocks; and a block control field for indicating an encoding method for the bitmap field.
Abstract:
A wireless communication system is disclosed. Specifically, a channelization method in a whitespace band and an apparatus for the same are disclosed. A method for providing whitespace operation information includes transmitting, by a first station (STA) to a second STA, a frame including a TV whitespace high throughput (TVHT) operation information field. The TVHT operation information field includes primary channel number, channel width, channel center frequency segment 0 and channel center frequency segment 1 subfields. A channel center frequency of frequency segment 0 or frequency segment 1 is determined based on a channel start frequency. The channel start frequency is determined as a function of a TV channel index corresponding to the frequency segment 0 or a TV channel index corresponding to the frequency segment 1.
Abstract:
A method for accessing an initial channel by a STA can comprise the steps of: the STA receiving, via a first band from a multiband AP, a scanning frame comprising a neighboring AP information element, wherein the neighboring AP information element comprises information for a second band which is an operating band for the neighboring AP; the STA determining whether accessing the neighboring AP is possible on the basis of information comprised in the neighboring AP information element regarding an access network type of the neighboring AP operating in the second band; if access to the neighboring AP is possible, the STA transmitting an association request frame to the neighboring AP via the second band, wherein the access network type can comprise information regarding an access permission type of a neighboring AP.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting data units in wireless LAN systems. The method includes the steps of generating a short training field (STF) for a first channel, generating a long training field (LTF) for the first channel, duplicating the STF on at least one second channel, duplicating the LTF on at least one second channel, transmitting the STF and the one or more duplicated STFs through a transmission channel, transmitting the LTF and the one or more duplicated LTFs through the transmission channel, and transmitting a data field through the transmission channel.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for accessing channels in a wireless LAN system. The method for accessing channels in a station (STA) of the wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of transmitting a first frame of a channel access request to an access point (AP); and receiving, from the AP, a second frame related to whether access to the channel is allowed in response to the first frame, wherein the second frame can include a value for a channel access start offset with respect to the STA.
Abstract:
A device and method for active scanning are disclosed. The active scanning method in a wireless LAN can comprise the steps of: allowing an AP to receive a probe request frame containing an the AP identifier; determining whether the AP is a target AP or a non-target AP on the basis of the AP identifier; and performing back-off for the transmission of a probe response frame from a second interval after a first interval is terminated in a minimum channel interval when the AP is a non-target AP. Therefore, the present invention can prevent probe response frames from flooding a STA in a short period of time by distributing intervals in which probe response frames are received to the STA. In addition, the time used by the STA to perform active scanning can be reduced.