Abstract: The present document relates to a power reduction mode operation of a STA in a wireless communication system. To this end, during the STA's power saving mode operation, the TIM (traffic indication map) reception, the PS poll signal transmission, and the data reception are performed through one of a downlink oriented channel and a general channel distinguished from the downlink oriented channel, and the STA may previously acquire information on whether the TIM reception, the PS poll signal transmission, and the data reception are performed through one channel of the downlink oriented channel and the general channel.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present specification, a method for transmitting an uplink frame in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system and performed by a user station (STA) includes: receiving from an access point (AP) a trigger frame comprising association identifier information for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)-based random access and allocation information indicating a resource unit, wherein the association identifier information indicates any one of a first value irrelevant to whether being associated with the AP, a second value for a first STA group associated with the AP, and a third value for a second STA group un-associated with the AP; and performing a countdown operation according to the association identifier information based on a backoff value which is set in a backoff counter of the user STA in order to transmit the uplink frame.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for transmitting and receiving a traffic stream in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, the device broadcasts a beacon frame including allocation information on a contention-free period (CFP) and allocation information on a contention period (CP) to a station (STA) and transmits a downlink traffic stream to the STA or receives an uplink traffic stream from the STA, based on the allocation information on the CFP. The allocation information on the CFP indicates that the downlink traffic stream is transmitted without performing a clear channel assessment (CCA) during the CFP and indicates that the uplink traffic stream is received with performing a CCA during the CFP.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present specification, a method of transmitting a frame in a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes: receiving, by a user station (STA), a multi user-request to send (MU-RTS) frame from an access point (AP) to protect transmission for multi-users, wherein the MU-RTS frame includes common information commonly allocated to the multi-users, user-specific information individually allocated to the multi-users, and a control indicator indicating a first operation mode using a first channel and a second channel contiguous to the first channel and a second operation mode using the first channel and a third channel non-contiguous to the first channel; and transmitting, by the user STA, a clear to send (CTS) frame to the AP according to the control indicator in response to the MU-RTS frame.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for triggering a plurality of PS-poll frames in a wireless LAN.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for power saving mode operation in a wireless LAN. A method, for operating a power saving mode in a wireless LAN, can comprises the steps of: an AP transmitting, on the basis of a virtual bitmap of a TIM element comprised in a beacon frame, a PS-poll request frame to a plurality of target STAs that have received the indication of the existence of pended downlink data; the AP receiving, on overlapped time resources, each of a plurality of PS-poll frames from each of a plurality of PS-poll transmission STAs that are indicated on the basis of the PS-poll request frame among the plurality of target STAs; and the AP, on the overlapped time resources, transmitting each of a plurality of downlink frames to each of the plurality of PS-poll transmission STAs as a response to each of the plurality of PS-poll frames.

Abstract: In the present invention, disclosed is a method for uplink multi-user transmission in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for performing, by a station (STA), uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, from an access point (AP), a trigger frame including information for UL MU transmission; and transmitting an UL MU PPDU on the basis of the information for UL MU transmission, wherein the trigger frame is a medium access control (MAC) frame, a MAC header of the trigger frame includes a type field and a subtype field, and the type of the trigger frame may be indicated by the type field and the subtype field.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for triggering uplink data in a wireless LAN are disclosed. A method for receiving uplink data in a wireless LAN may comprise: a step in which an access point (AP) transmits a trigger frame for random connection; and a step in which the AP receives at least one buffer status report frame from at least one STA on a random connection transmission opportunity (TXOP) which is set on the basis of the trigger frame for random connection, wherein the random connection TXOP is allocated for a channel access attempt for transmitting the buffer status report frame of each of a plurality of non-specific STAs, and each of the at least one STA may be an STA which succeeds in the channel access among the plurality of non-specific STAs.

Abstract: Disclosed are a power save mode-based operating method and apparatus in a wireless LAN. The power save mode-based operating method in a wireless LAN comprises the steps of: receiving, by an STA, overheard BSS information from an AP; receiving, by the STA, a PPDU, wherein the PPDU includes information on a BSS having transmitted the PPDU; determining, by the STA, whether the overheard BSS information includes the information on the BSS; and switching an awake state to a doze state when the STA determines whether the overheard BSS information includes the information on the BSS, wherein the overheard BSS information can include the information on at least one overheard BSS for transmitting a frame enabled to be overheard by the AP.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of receiving, by a station that operates in a wireless LAN system, a signal in a wireless communication system. In this case, it is possible to include the steps of receiving a PPDU that includes an MAC frame, decoding the MAC frame, and checking information in the MAC frame based on the MAC header of the MAC frame that includes a first address field and a second address field. In this case, when the PPDU includes the identification information (ID) of a station, the MAC header may include only one of any of the first address field and the second address field.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for requesting the selection of a master management apparatus through a server by a management apparatus enabling television white space (TVWS) apparatuses to coexist in a TVWS. The method includes the steps of: determining whether the trigger condition of the process for selecting the master management apparatus is satisfied; and requesting the selection of the master management apparatus by the server, wherein the master management apparatus is configured to determine a channel selection in the TVWS for terminals connected to the master management apparatus and a slave management apparatus, and the trigger condition can be based on the load balance parameters or geographical coverage parameters of the management apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing communication between terminals (D2D). Specifically, the method is characterized in that when a terminal communicating with another terminal is to perform an additional communication with yet another terminal, the channel sequence of the communicating terminal is determined, and one of the two terminals communicating with each other is defined as the channel synchronization reference terminal performing synchronization.

Abstract: This specification proposes a signal processing method for changing an operating mode for transmitting a PPDU in a wireless LAN system. More specifically, a first station transmits request information requesting for a change in the operating mode to a second station. The first station transmits a first PPDU supporting a first wireless LAN system to the second station based on the request information. The first station receives a Block ACK (BA) as a response to the first PPDU. The request information includes delay time information indication a time during which indication information is applied.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for determining transmission using a network allocation vector (NAV) in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, after a receiving device receives a trigger frame, which triggers an uplink multiple user transmission, from a transmitting device, whether to transmit an uplink physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) corresponding to the trigger frame is determined using the NAV of the receiving device. In this case, if the NAV is established by an intra-basic service set (BSS) frame, whether to transmit the uplink PPDU is determined without taking the NAV into consideration.

Abstract: A method for a WLAN system of the present invention comprises receiving, by an AP, a request frame requesting change of operating mode of a receiving STA associated with the AP from the receiving STA, wherein the request frame includes a control indicator indicating whether the receiving STA participates in UL MU MIMO transmission, and transmitting a trigger frame for a plurality of user STAs participating in the UL MU MIMO transmission based on the request frame, wherein the trigger frame includes identification information for the plurality of user STAs, resource allocation information for allocation of uplink frequency resources allocated individually for the plurality of user STAs, time information indicating a time interval during which the UL MU MIMO transmission is performed, and coding information indicating a channel coding scheme allocated for each of the plurality of user STAs.

Abstract: The present document relates to a wireless communication system and, more specifically, to a method for flexibly supporting resource allocation in a wireless LAN system, and a method and an apparatus for signal transmission using the same. To this end, a first STA configures a radio frame comprising: a signaling (SIG) field including control information; and a data field in which data can be transmitted via a discontinuous channel or a channel having a bandwidth size that is supported by a legacy system. When the first STA transmits the configured radio frame to a second STA, the SIG field preferably comprises: information about a full bandwidth in which data can be transmitted via the data field; and null indicator information indicating a channel region of the full bandwidth that is not used in data transmission, or used channel indicator information indicating a channel region of the full bandwidth that is used in data transmission.

Abstract: A method for performing, by a station (STA) apparatus, uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes performing carrier sensing on a channel, receiving a trigger frame including information for UL MU transmission and a carrier sense indicator indicating whether a result of the carrier sensing is to be reflected from an access point (AP), and transmitting an UL MU frame through the channel based on the information for UL MU transmission. The UL MU frame is transmitted through the channel based on a result of the carrier sensing if the carrier sense indicator indicates the reflection of a result of the carrier sensing. The UL MU frame is transmitted through the channel regardless of a result of the carries sensing if the carrier sense indicator does not indicate the reflection of a result of the carrier sensing.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for power save mode operation on the basis of a frame transmitted from another BSS in a wireless LAN. A method for operating an STA in a wireless LAN in a power save mode comprises: a step in which the STA receives a beacon frame from an AP, the beacon frame comprising a TIM element indicating downlink data pending in the STA; a step in which the STA transmits a PS-poll frame to the AP in response to the beacon frame; a step in which the STA receives, from the AP, an ACK frame transmitted by the AP in response to the PS-poll frame; and a step in which the STA determines the operation of the another BSS in a TXOP power save mode on the basis of the ACK frame.

Abstract: The present specification suggests a signal processing method for changing an operating mode to configure a PPDU in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, a first station receives indication information indicating a change in operating mode that indicates a number of spatial streams and a receiving channel bandwidth that are supported by a second station from the second station. The first station transmits a block acknowledgement (BA) in response to the indication information, the BA including a first delay required bit. The first station defers applying the indication information so that the indication information is not applied when the first delay required bit is a predetermined value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making device to device (D2D) communication. More specifically, the step of enabling a first device communicating with another device through channel hopping to find a second device for communication further includes the steps of: finding the second device based on a first channel hopping sequence in a first time interval within the entire find cycle during which the first device performs the channel hopping; and setting the first device so as to perform the channel hopping based on a second channel hopping sequence in a second time interval within the entire find cycle, wherein the entire find cycle of the first device is determined based on the second channel hopping sequence in the second time interval and the number of repeated second channel hopping sequences.