Lg Electronics Inc.

Andrey Lyakhov

Yong Ho Seok

Byoung Hoon Kim

Yongho Seok

Jae Young Lee

Alexsander A Safonov

A method of transmitting data in a wireless local access network, the method includes transmitting, by an access point (AP), a request-to-send (RTS) frame to a plurality of receiving stations, the RTS frame including recipient information and channel information, the recipient information indicating the plurality of receiving stations, the channel information indicating a plurality of subchannels allocated to the plurality of receiving stations; receiving, by the AP, a plurality of clear-to-send (CTS) frames from the plurality of receiving stations as a response to the RTS frame, each CTS frame being received through at least one subchannel allocated to a corresponding one of the plurality of receiving stations; and transmitting, by the AP, a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) to the plurality of receiving stations, the PPDU including address information indicating the plurality of receiving stations and a plurality of Aggregate-Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (A-MPDUs) for the plurality of receiving stations.

Space division multiple access for wireless LAN, and channel estimation for the same

A method of transmitting data in a wireless local access network, the method comprising: transmitting, by an access point, a downlink management frame to a plurality of recipients, the downlink management frame including information about a group address indicating a station group to which the plurality of recipients belongs; transmitting, by the access point, a data frame to the plurality of recipients, the data frame including the group address and a plurality of Aggregate-Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (A-MPDUs) for the plurality of recipients, wherein each of the plurality of A-MPDUs includes at least one MPDU for a corresponding one of the plurality of recipients, and wherein each of the plurality of A-MPDUs further includes zero or more padding bits so that all of the plurality of A-MPDUs have the same transmission time corresponding to a transmission time of a longest A-MPDU among the plurality of A-MPDUs.

Provided are space division multiple access for wireless local area network (WLAN), and channel estimation for the same. A frequency division multiple access technique and a space division multiple access technique based on competition are used together for channel access. The channel access method includes: a competition period for estimating channel characteristics for a plurality of stations and transmitting, to the plurality of stations, downlink schedule information or uplink schedule information based on the estimated channel characteristics; and a data transmission period for performing downlink transmission or uplink transmission with all or some of the plurality of stations in accordance with the downlink schedule information or the uplink schedule information.

There is provided a protocol for a power save mode (PSM) in a direct link setup wireless network. In an aspect of the present invention, among first and second stations between which a direct link has been set up, the first station trying to enter the PSM transmits a request message, including schedule information necessary for communication with the second station, to the second station. The second station transmits a response message, including a status code indicating whether it accepts the schedule information or not, to the first station in response to the request message. If the status code indicates that the second station accepts the schedule information, the first station may transmit an MPDU whose power save bit is set to '1' to the second station and then enter the PSM. However, if the status code indicates unacceptability, modified schedule information may be included in the response message.

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Anyang-si, South Korea

Andrey Lyakhov