METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

A method and apparatus for data transmissions in a wireless network are disclosed. A first device may send a first frame to a second device including information regarding a number of pending data frames to be transmitted from the first device to the second device. The first device receives an acknowledgement frame including a number of approved data frames for transmission from the first device to the second device. The first device then may send a plurality of data frames without performing the contention-based channel access procedure in response to the acknowledgement frame. The first device may send a first frame to a second device for requesting data frames that are pending at the second device. The first device receives an acknowledgement frame including a number of pending and approved data frames. The first device may receive a plurality of data frames in response to the acknowledgement frame.

主权项

1. A method for data transmissions in a wireless network, the method comprising:
a first device obtaining a first transmit opportunity (TxOP) via a contention-based channel access procedure; the first device transmitting a first frame to a second device during the first TxOP, wherein the first frame includes information regarding a number of pending data frames (NPD) to be transmitted from the first device to the second device; the first device receiving an acknowledgement (ACK) frame in response to the first frame, wherein the ACK frame indicates an end of the first TxOP and includes information regarding a number of approved data frames (NAD) for transmission from the first device to the second device; and the first device transmitting a plurality of data frames without performing the contention-based channel access procedure for obtaining a second TxOP in response to the ACK frame.