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Claims 21-34 are currently pending.
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Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55, parent Application Number REPUBLIC OF KOREA 10-2018-0025505 03/03/2018 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 10-2018-0026502 03/06/2018 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 10-2018-0033252 03/22/2018 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 10-2019-0002437 01/08/2019 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 10-2019-0005457 01/15/2019.
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Double Patenting
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Claims 21-34 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1-16 of U.S. Patent No. 11,632,719 B2, to Ahn et al. This is a double patenting rejection.
Instant Case 18/119,834
U.S. Patent No. 11,632,719 B2
A wireless communication terminal for performing communication wirelessly, the wireless communication terminal comprising: a first wireless transceiver, which transmits/receives a signal through a first waveform; a second wireless receiver, which receives a signal through a second waveform different from the first waveform, wherein the second waveform is a waveform based on on-off keying (OOK); and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the second wireless receiver, a first wake-up radio (WUR) frame for waking up from a base wireless communication terminal, determine that the wireless communication terminal is an intended recipient of the first WUR frame when an identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates a transmitter ID for identifying the base wireless communication terminal, the wireless communication terminal is associated to the base wireless communication terminal, and a basic service set (BSS) to which the wireless communication terminal belongs does not correspond to a multiple BSS identifier (BSSID) set, determine that the wireless communication terminal is not the intended recipient of the first WUR frame when the identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates the transmitter ID for identifying the base wireless communication terminal and the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs corresponds to any one of one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set, and wake up the first wireless transceiver based on the first WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the first WUR frame, wherein the multiple BSSID set includes each BSSID of a plurality of BSSs operated by one base wireless communication terminal, wherein the multiple BSSID set is configured with one transmitted BSSID and one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs, the transmitted BSSID is a representative BSSID used to transmit a management frame to all of the plurality of BSSs operated by the base wireless communication terminal, wherein a transmission of the management frame is performed through the first waveform, and the one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs are BSSIDs except for transmitted BSSID among BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set, and wherein a nontransmitted ID for identifying the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs is configured based on the transmitter ID and BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs.
1. A wireless communication terminal for performing communication wirelessly, the wireless communication terminal comprising: a first wireless transceiver, which transmits/receives a signal through a first waveform; a second wireless receiver, which receives a signal through a second waveform different from the first waveform; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the second wireless receiver, a first wake-up radio (WUR) frame from a base wireless communication terminal, determine that the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the first WUR frame when an identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates a transmitter ID for identifying the base wireless communication terminal and a basic service set (BSS) to which the wireless communication terminal belongs does not correspond to a multiple BSS identifier (BSSID) set, determine that the wireless communication terminal is not the intended recipient of the first WUR frame when the identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates the transmitter ID for identifying the base wireless communication terminal and the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs corresponds to any one of one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set, and wake up the first wireless transceiver based on the first WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the first WUR frame, wherein the multiple BSSID set includes each BSSID of a plurality of BSSs operated by one base wireless communication terminal, wherein the multiple BSSID set is configured with one transmitted BSSID and one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs, the transmitted BSSID is a representative BSSID used to transmit a management frame to all of the plurality of BSSs operated by the base wireless communication terminal, and wherein a transmission of the management frame is performed through the first waveform, and the one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs are BSSIDs except for transmitted BSSID among BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set.
See claim 1.
2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the nontransmitted ID for identifying the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs, based on the transmitter ID.
22. The wireless communication terminal of claim 21, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the first wireless transceiver, BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs, and obtain the nontransmitted ID based on the transmitter ID and the BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs.
3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the first wireless transceiver, BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs, and obtain the nontransmitted ID based on the transmitter ID and the BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs.
23. The wireless communication terminal of claim 22, wherein the BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs indicates any one of integers from 1 to K, and wherein, when the identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates a value obtained by adding the value indicated by the BSSID index information to the transmitter ID, the processor is configured to determine that the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the first WUR frame.
4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 3, wherein the BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs indicates any one of integers from 1 to K, and wherein, when the identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates a value obtained by adding the value indicated by the BSSID index information to the transmitter ID, the processor is configured to determine that the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the first WUR frame.
24. The wireless communication terminal of claim 23, wherein the K indicates a number of the nontransmitted BSSIDs among the BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set.
5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 4, wherein the K indicates the number of the nontransmitted BSSIDs among the BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set.
25. The wireless communication terminal of claim 24, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the transmitted BSSID via the first wireless transceiver, and obtain the transmitter ID based on the transmitted BSSID.
6. The wireless communication terminal of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the transmitted BSSID via the first wireless transceiver, and obtain the transmitter ID based on the transmitted BSSID.
26. The wireless communication terminal of claim 25, wherein the transmitter ID has a value set based on a preset number of least significant bits (LSBs) among a plurality of bits included in the transmitted BSSID.
7. The wireless communication terminal of claim 6, wherein the transmitter ID has a value set based on a preset number of least significant bits (LSBs) among a plurality of bits included in the transmitted BSSID.
27. The wireless communication terminal of claim 21, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the second wireless receiver, a second WUR frame transmitted periodically, determine whether the wireless communication terminal is an intended recipient of the second WUR frame based on an identifier field of the second WUR frame and the transmitter ID when a frame type field of the second WUR frame indicates a beacon, and perform a follow-up operation indicated by the second WUR frame based on the second WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the second WUR frame.
8. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, via the second wireless receiver, a second WUR frame transmitted periodically, determine whether the wireless communication terminal is an intended recipient of the second WUR frame based on an identifier field of the second WUR frame and the transmitter ID when a frame type field of the second WUR frame indicates a beacon, and perform a follow-up operation indicated by the second WUR frame based on the second WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the second WUR frame.
28. The wireless communication terminal of claim 27, wherein the processor is configured to: determine that the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the second WUR frame when the identifier field of the second WUR frame includes the transmitter ID, and update time information about the wireless communication terminal when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the second WUR frame.
9. The wireless communication terminal of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to: determine that the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the second WUR frame when the identifier field of the second WUR frame includes the transmitter ID, and update time information about the wireless communication terminal when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the second WUR frame.
29. The wireless communication terminal of claim 21, wherein, when the identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates the nontransmitted ID, the first WUR frame is one broadcast, through the second waveform, from the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs.
10. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein, when the identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates the nontransmitted ID, the first WUR frame is one broadcast, through the second waveform, from the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs.
30. The wireless communication terminal of claim 21, wherein the identifier field of the first WUR frame includes one identifier expressed as a preset number of bits, and the first WUR frame is a fixed-length frame which does not include an additional field including another identifier in addition to the identifier field.
11. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the identifier field of the first WUR frame includes one identifier expressed as a preset number of bits, and the first WUR frame is a fixed-length frame which does not include an additional field including another identifier in addition to the identifier field.
31. The wireless communication terminal of claim 30, wherein the preset number is 12.
12. The wireless communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the preset number is 12.
32. The wireless communication terminal of claim 21, wherein the processor is configured to: stop receiving the first WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is not the intended recipient of the first WUR frame, generate a frame check sequence (FCS) value based on values of a plurality of fields included in the first WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the first WUR frame, determine whether the first WUR frame is valid based on the generated FCS value and a value included in an FCS field of the first WUR frame, and wake up the first wireless transceiver based on the first WUR frame when the first WUR frame is valid.
13. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: stop receiving the first WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is not the intended recipient of the first WUR frame, generate a frame check sequence (FCS) value based on values of a plurality of fields included in the first WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the first WUR frame, determine whether the first WUR frame is valid based on the generated FCS value and a value included in an FCS field of the first WUR frame, and wake up the first wireless transceiver based on the first WUR frame when the first WUR frame is valid.
33. An operation method of a wireless communication terminal which transmits/receives a signal through a first waveform and receives a signal through a second waveform different from the first waveform, the operation method comprising the steps of: receiving, via the second waveform, a wake-up radio (WUR) frame for waking up from a base wireless communication terminal; determining that the wireless communication terminal is an intended recipient of the first WUR frame when an identifier field of a first WUR frame indicates a transmitter ID for identifying the base wireless communication terminal, the wireless communication terminal is associated to the base wireless communication terminal, and a basic service set (BSS) to which the wireless communication terminal belongs does not correspond to a multiple BSS identifier (BSSID) set; determining that the wireless communication terminal is not the intended recipient of the first WUR frame when the identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates the transmitter ID for identifying the base wireless communication terminal and the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs corresponds to any one of one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set; and waking up the wireless communication terminal based on the WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the WUR frame, wherein the multiple BSSID set includes each BSSID of a plurality of BSSs operated by one base wireless communication terminal, wherein the multiple BSSID set is configured with one transmitted BSSID and one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs, the transmitted BSSID is a representative BSSID used to transmit a management frame to all of the plurality of BSSs operated by the base wireless communication terminal, wherein a transmission of the management frame is performed through the first waveform, and the one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs are BSSIDs except for transmitted BSSID among BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set, wherein the second waveform is a waveform based on on-off keying (OOK), and wherein a nontransmitted ID for identifying the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs is configured based on the transmitter ID and BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs.
14. An operation method of a wireless communication terminal which transmits/receives a signal through a first waveform and receives a signal through a second waveform different from the first waveform, the operation method comprising the steps of: receiving, via the second waveform, a wake-up radio (WUR) frame from a base wireless communication terminal; determining that the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the first WUR frame when an identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates a transmitter ID for identifying the base wireless communication terminal and a BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs does not correspond to a multiple BSS identifier (BSSID) set; determining that the wireless communication terminal is not the intended recipient of the first WUR frame when the identifier field of the first WUR frame indicates the transmitter ID for identifying the base wireless communication terminal and the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs corresponds to any one of one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set; and waking up the wireless communication terminal based on the WUR frame when the wireless communication terminal is the intended recipient of the WUR frame, wherein the multiple BSSID set includes each BSSID of a plurality of BSSs operated by one base wireless communication terminal, wherein the multiple BSSID set is configured with one transmitted BSSID and one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs, the transmitted BSSID is a representative BSSID used to transmit a management frame to all of the plurality of BSSs operated by the base wireless communication terminal, and wherein a transmission of the management frame is performed through the first waveform, and the one or more nontransmitted BSSIDs are BSSIDs except for transmitted BSSID among BSSIDs included in the multiple BSSID set.
15. The operation method of claim 14, comprising obtaining the nontransmitted ID for identifying the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs, based on the transmitter ID.
34. The operation method of claim 33, wherein the obtaining the nontransmitted ID comprises the steps of: receiving, through the first waveform, BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs; and obtaining the nontransmitted ID based on the transmitter ID and the BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS.
16. The operation method of claim 15, wherein the obtaining the nontransmitted ID comprises the steps of: receiving, through the first waveform, BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS to which the wireless communication terminal belongs; and obtaining the nontransmitted ID based on the transmitter ID and the BSSID index information corresponding to the BSS.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
LEPP et al. (US 2018/0317172A1) explains for power saving, the wake-up trigger frame is preferred to have a small number of bits so that less power is used when decoding the wake-up trigger frame. The receiver identity can be a short address of the receiving STA, for example, using AID or other identity. As will be discussed below, the receiver identity can also be a group receiver identity for groupcast identifying a group of STAs. The transmitter identity can be a short address of the transmitting AP, for example, using basic service set (BSS) color code or other identity.
Asterjadhi US-20190007904-A1, Paragraphs 0254, 0263-0267 disclose the frame transmission manager 1620 may transmit the WUR frame to the one or more intended receiving wireless devices. In some examples, the frame transmission manager 1620 may transmit the WUR frame. In some cases, the WUR frame is a WUR beacon frame. In some cases, the indicating the FCS type of the WUR frame includes indicating the FCS type of the WUR frame to the one or more intended receiving wireless devices via a frame for transmission prior to transmission of the WUR frame. In some cases, the indicating the FCS type of the WUR frame is based on the protection type information.
Xing et al. (US 2020/0367236 A1) discloses Paragraphs 0102, 0115-0116, 0115-0120 disclose the mechanism of multiple BSS ID set associated with AP 1.
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