增强型UL MU操作与TXOP扩展.pptxVIP

EnhancedULMUoperationwithTXOPExtensionDate:2015-01-08Slide1Authors:MediaTekInc.

BackgroundThediscussioninDensiFiforULoperationfocusonUplinkresourcerequestgatheringUplinkULoperationULoperationmodesupportedbylegacyWiFiAnSTAwinningthecontentionAnSTArequestingTXOPwithRTS/CTSAnAPpollingSTASlide2MediaTekInc.

SummaryProposingamethodtoincreasetheopportunitiesforULOFDMAoperationinahybridBSSMaintainbackwardcompatibilitywithlegacy(non11ax)STAsforNAVsetting Slide3MediaTekInc.

TheGenericUplinkOFDMAOperation(1)APlearnsabouttheoutstandingbuffersizeofSTAsReceivinginformationpiggybacksinpriorULframesAPpollsSTAsbysending(TBD)pollframeandhowSTAstosendTBDScheduledTBDPseudoscheduled(controlledcontention)ContentionSTAsendsuplinkresourcerequest(2)APsendsULOFDMAscheduleinformationinTBDtriggerframeAPsetsupTXOP(3)STAssenduplinkframesinOFDMAformatAPrespondswithOFDMAACKsRepeat(3)Slide4MediaTekInc.

ThoughtsInprincipal,MUismoreefficientthanSUinadensenetwork.InahybridBSS(withamixoflegacyand11axSTAs),TXOPextension(thisproposal)allows11axAPtoextendTXOPheldbyaSTAsothatan11axAPcanusetheextendedperiodtotriggerULOFDMAoperations.STAinitiatedULtransmissionismostlikelySUAPscheduledULtransmissioncanbeMUOFDMA.NetworkutilizationcanbeimprovedbyfacilitatingAPtoscheduleULOFDMAdatatransmissionevenwhenanSTAistheTXOPholder.Thequestionishowtoassurethatbothlegacyand11axSTAsunderstandtheNAVinformation?Slide5MediaTekInc.

EnhancedUplinkOperationwithRTS/CTSprotectedTXOPAnSTA(legacy,or11ax)sendsRTSto11axAP11axAPresponseswithamodifiedCTSafteraSIFStime(forsimplicity,justcallitCTS-xfornow)whichbothlegacyand11axSTAsunderstandbutTheCTS-xframehasdurationfieldlongerthantheoneintheRTSframetoextendthedurationofTXOPTheextension