Method of limiting transmission rate

摘要

A method for limiting a transmission rate is provided. The method includes receiving a pause management message comprising pause scheduling information including a pause time at which an uplink transmission of a data frame is to be paused and a paused duration indicating a duration during which transmission of the data frame is to be paused, and pause station information indicating a station which is to pause transmission the data frame, from an access point (AP); and pausing transmission of the data frame during the paused duration starting from the pause time according to the pause management message, and then resuming transmission. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a transmission rate limiting mechanism suitable for a VHT WLAN can be provided.

主权项

1. A method for performing flow control in a wireless local area network (LAN), the method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless station, a control signal comprising pause duration information and station information, the pause duration information indicating a duration during which transmission of at least one data frame having a traffic identifier (TID) is to be paused, the station information comprising an individual address or broadcast address associated with the wireless station; pausing, by the wireless station, the transmission of the at least one data frame during the duration indicated by the pause duration information without pausing transmission of a control frame; and resuming, by the wireless station, the transmission of the at least one data frame on expiration of the paused duration.