US 11,844,072 B2
Simultaneous data transmission between an access point and a plurality of stations
Yongho Kim, Incheon (KR); Juhyung Son, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jinsam Kwak, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., Gyeonggi-Do (KR); and SK TELECOM CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., Gyeonggi-do (KR); and SK TELECOM CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,588.
Application 17/706,588 is a continuation of application No. 17/113,060, filed on Dec. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,350,390.
Application 17/113,060 is a continuation of application No. 16/892,283, filed on Jun. 4, 2020, granted, now 10,893,511, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Application 16/892,283 is a continuation of application No. 16/112,542, filed on Aug. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,708,890, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Application 16/112,542 is a continuation of application No. 15/322,720, granted, now 10,085,243, issued on Sep. 25, 2018, previously published as PCT/KR2015/006770, filed on Jul. 1, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0081663 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2014; and application No. 10-2014-0092329 (KR), filed on Jul. 22, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225315 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 74/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/121 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/20 (2023.01) [H04W 74/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 72/121 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, through the transceiver, a first control frame which reserves a channel for a transmission between an access point and a first plurality of wireless communication terminals, includes terminal identifier fields, and includes information on each of channels respectively allocated to each of the first plurality of wireless communication terminals, from the access point, wherein a receiver address of the first control frame is a group address which indicates a second plurality of wireless communication terminals including the first plurality of wireless communication terminals, wherein the terminal identifier fields include a plurality of association identifiers, wherein each of the plurality of association identifiers respectively identifies the each of the first plurality of wireless communication terminals, and
transmit, by using the transceiver, a second control frame in response to the first control frame to the access point through a channel allocated to the wireless communication terminal which is indicated by the information when the wireless communication terminal determines that the channel allocated to the wireless communication terminal is idle for a predetermined time and at least one of the terminal identifier fields indicates the wireless communication terminal,
wherein the first control frame includes a duration field which is used for setting a network allocation vector for the transmission between the access point and the first plurality of wireless communication terminals.