Patent Publication Number: US-10764921-B2

Title: Method for frame transmitted on basis of random access in wireless LAN system and wireless terminal using same

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is the National Stage filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International Application No. PCT/KR2017/004104, filed on Apr. 17, 2017, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/323,818, filed on Apr. 18, 2016, 62/349,136, filed on Jun. 13, 2016, 62/349,659, filed on Jun. 14, 2016, and 62/441,451, filed on Jan. 2, 2017, the contents of which are all hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present specification relates to wireless communication, and more particularly, to a method for a frame transmitted based on random access in a wireless local area network (LAN) system, and a wireless terminal using the method. 
     Related Art 
     A next-generation WLAN is aimed at 1) improving Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) layers in bands of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, 2) increasing spectrum efficiency and area throughput, and 3) improving performance in actual indoor and outdoor environments, such as an environment in which an interference source exists, a dense heterogeneous network environment, and an environment in which a high user load exists. 
     In the next-generation WLAN, a dense environment having a great number of access points (APs) and stations (STAs) is primarily considered. Discussions have been conducted on improvement in spectrum efficiency and area throughput in this dense environment. The next-generation WLAN pays attention to actual performance improvement not only in an indoor environment but also in an outdoor environment, which is not significantly considered in the existing WLAN. 
     Specifically, scenarios for a wireless office, a smart home, a stadium, a hotspot, and the like receive attention in the next-generation WLAN. Discussions are ongoing on improvement in the performance of a WLAN system in the dense environment including a large number of APs and STAs based on relevant scenarios. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present specification aims to provide a method for a frame transmitted based on random access in a wireless local area network (LAN) system, and a wireless terminal using the method. 
     The present specification relates to a method for a frame transmitted based on random access in a wireless LAN system. A method for a frame transmitted based on random access in a wireless LAN system according to the present embodiment includes: receiving, by a user station (STA), a trigger frame including identification information for the random access and resource information indicating a random access resource unit corresponding to the identification information from an access point (AP); performing, by the user STA, a countdown operation for the random access resource unit; and transmitting, by the user STA, a first uplink frame including buffer status information associated with a traffic buffered in the user STA to the AP on the basis of the random access resource unit acquired through the countdown operation, wherein the first uplink frame is a frame which solicits acknowledge of the AP. 
     According to an embodiment of the present specification, provided are a method for a frame transmitted based on random access in a wireless local area network (LAN) system having improved performance, and a wireless terminal using the method. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a conceptual view illustrating the structure of a wireless local area network (WLAN). 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example of a PPDU used in an IEEE standard. 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an example of an HE PDDU. 
         FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating a layout of resource units used in a band of 20 MHz. 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating a layout of resource units used in a band of 40 MHz. 
         FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating a layout of resource units used in a band of 80 MHz. 
         FIG. 7  is a diagram illustrating another example of the HE PPDU. 
         FIG. 8  is a block diagram illustrating one example of HE-SIG-B. 
         FIG. 9  illustrates an example of a trigger frame. 
         FIG. 10  illustrates an example of a sub-field included in a per user information field. 
         FIG. 11  illustrates an example of a sub-field being included in a per user information. 
         FIG. 12  is a concept view showing inside of an STA for performing an EDCA procedure in a wireless LAN system of the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 13  is a concept view showing a backoff procedure according to an EDCA procedure of the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 14  is a diagram for explaining a backoff period and a frame transmission procedure in a wireless LAN system of the present specification. 
         FIG. 15  shows an example of a MAC frame including buffer status information and an ACK policy indicator according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 16  shows an exemplary format of an A-control field for buffer status information according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 17  shows an exemplary format of a control information sub-field for buffer status information according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 18  is a drawing showing an exemplary OFDMA-based random access procedure according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 19  is a flowchart showing a method for a frame transmitted based on random access in a wireless LAN system according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 20  is a flowchart showing a method for a frame transmitted based on random access in a wireless LAN system according to another present embodiment. 
         FIG. 21  is a diagram showing an example of an ACK procedure in a random access procedure of another present embodiment. 
         FIG. 22  and  FIG. 23  show an exemplary format of a BA frame of the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 24  and  FIG. 25  are drawings for explaining a retransmission procedure according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 26  is a block view illustrating a wireless device to which the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be applied. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS 
     The aforementioned features and following detailed descriptions are provided for exemplary purposes to facilitate explanation and understanding of the present specification. That is, the present specification is not limited to such an embodiment and thus may be embodied in other forms. The following embodiments are examples only for completely disclosing the present specification and are intended to convey the present specification to those ordinarily skilled in the art to which the present specification pertain. Therefore, where there are several ways to implement constitutional elements of the present specification, it is necessary to clarify that the implementation of the present specification is possible by using a specific method among these methods or any of its equivalents. 
     When it is mentioned in the present specification that a certain configuration includes particular elements, or when it is mentioned that a certain process includes particular steps, it means that other elements or other steps may be further included. That is, the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the concept of the present specification. Further, embodiments described to help understanding of the invention also includes complementary embodiments thereof. 
     Terms used in the present specification have the meaning as commonly understood by those ordinarily skilled in the art to which the present specification pertains. Commonly used terms should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the present specification. Further, terms used in the present specification should not be interpreted in an excessively idealized or formal sense unless otherwise defined. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present specification is described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
       FIG. 1  is a conceptual view illustrating the structure of a wireless local area network (WLAN).  FIG. 1(A)  illustrates the structure of an infrastructure basic service set (BSS) of institute of electrical and electronic engineers (IEEE) 802.11. 
     Referring the  FIG. 1(A) , the WLAN system  10  of the  FIG. 1(A)  may include one or more infrastructure BSSs  100  and  105  (hereinafter, referred to as BSS). The BSSs  100  and  105  as a set of an access point (hereinafter, referred to as AP) and a station (hereinafter, referred to STA) such as an AP  110  and a STA 1   100 - 1  which are successfully synchronized to communicate with each other are not concepts indicating a specific region. 
     For example, the BSS  100  may include one AP  110  and one or more STAs  100 - 1  which may be associated with one AP  110 . The BSS  105  may include one or more STAs  105 - 1  and  105 - 2  which may be associated with one AP  130 . 
     The infrastructure BSS  100 ,  105  may include at least one STA, APs  110 ,  130  providing a distribution service, and a distribution system (DS)  120  connecting multiple APs. 
     The distribution system  120  may implement an extended service set (ESS)  140  extended by connecting the multiple BSSs  100  and  105 . The ESS  140  may be used as a term indicating one network configured by connecting one or more APs  110  or  130  through the distribution system  120 . The AP included in one ESS  140  may have the same service set identification (SSID). 
     A portal  150  may serve as a bridge which connects the WLAN network (IEEE 802.11) and another network (e.g., 802.X). 
     In the BSS illustrated in the  FIG. 1(A) , a network between the APs  110  and  130  and a network between the APs  110  and  130  and the STAs  100 - 1 ,  105 - 1 , and  105 - 2  may be implemented. 
       FIG. 1(B)  illustrates a conceptual view illustrating the IBSS. Referring to  FIG. 1(B) , a WLAN system  15  of  FIG. 1(B)  may be capable of performing communication by configuring a network between STAs in the absence of the APs  110  and  130  unlike in  FIG. 1(A) . When communication is performed by configuring the network also between the STAs in the absence of the AP  110  and  130 , the network is defined as an ad-hoc network or an independent basic service set (IBSS). 
     Referring to the  FIG. 1(B) , the IBSS is a BSS that operates in an Ad-Hoc mode. Since the IBSS does not include the access point (AP), a centralized management entity that performs a management function at the center does not exist. That is, in the IBSS  15 , STAs  150 - 1 ,  150 - 2 ,  150 - 3 ,  155 - 4 , and  155 - 5  are managed by a distributed manner. 
     In the IBSS, all STAs  150 - 1 ,  150 - 2 ,  150 - 3 ,  155 - 4 , and  155 - 5  may be constituted as movable STAs and are not permitted to access the DS to constitute a self-contained network. 
     The STA as a predetermined functional medium that includes a medium access control (MAC) that follows a regulation of an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard and a physical layer interface for a radio medium may be used as a meaning including all of the APs and the non-AP stations (STAs). 
     The STA may be called various a name such as a mobile terminal, a wireless device, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a mobile subscriber unit, or just a user. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example of a PPDU used in an IEEE standard. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , various types of PHY protocol data units (PPDUs) may be used in a standard such as IEEE a/g/n/ac, etc. In detail, LTF and STF fields include a training signal, SIG-A and SIG-B include control information for a receiving station, and a data field includes user data corresponding to a PSDU. 
     In the embodiment, an improved technique is provided, which is associated with a signal (alternatively, a control information field) used for the data field of the PPDU. The signal provided in the embodiment may be applied onto high efficiency PPDU (HE PPDU) according to an IEEE 802.11ax standard. That is, the signal improved in the embodiment may be HE-SIG-A and/or HE-SIG-B included in the HE PPDU. The HE-SIG-A and the HE-SIG-B may be represented even as the SIG-A and SIG-B, respectively. However, the improved signal proposed in the embodiment is not particularly limited to an HE-SIG-A and/or HE-SIG-B standard and may be applied to control/data fields having various names, which include the control information in a wireless communication system transferring the user data. 
       FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an example of an HE PDDU. 
     The control information field provided in the embodiment may be the HE-SIG-B included in the HE PPDU. The HE PPDU according to  FIG. 3  is one example of the PPDU for multiple users and only the PPDU for the multiple users may include the HE-SIG-B and the corresponding HE SIG-B may be omitted in a PPDU for a single user. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the HE-PPDU for multiple users (MUs) may include a legacy-short training field (L-STF), a legacy-long training field (L-LTF), a legacy-signal (L-SIG), a high efficiency-signal A (HE-SIG A), a high efficiency-signal-B (HE-SIG B), a high efficiency-short training field (HE-STF), a high efficiency-long training field (HE-LTF), a data field (alternatively, an MAC payload), and a packet extension (PE) field. The respective fields may be transmitted during an illustrated time period (that is, 4 or 8 μs). More detailed description of the respective fields of  FIG. 3  will be made below. 
       FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating a layout of resource units (RUs) used in a band of 20 MHz. As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , resource units (RUs) corresponding to tone (that is, subcarriers) of different numbers are used to constitute some fields of the HE-PPDU. For example, the resources may be allocated by the unit of the RU illustrated for the HE-STF, the HE-LTF, and the data field. 
     As illustrated in an uppermost part of  FIG. 4 , 26 units (that is, units corresponding to 26 tones). 6 tones may be used as a guard band in a leftmost band of the 20 MHz band and 5 tones may be used as the guard band in a rightmost band of the 20 MHz band. Further, 7 DC tones may be inserted into a center band, that is, a DC band and a 26-unit corresponding to each 13 tones may be present at left and right sides of the DC band. The 26-unit, a 52-unit, and a 106-unit may be allocated to other bands. Each unit may be allocated for a receiving station, that is, a user. 
     Meanwhile, the RU layout of  FIG. 4  may be used even in a situation for a single user (SU) in addition to the multiple users (MUs) and in this case, as illustrated in a lowermost part of  FIG. 4 , one 242-unit may be used and in this case, three DC tones may be inserted. 
     In one example of  FIG. 4 , RUs having various sizes, that is, a 26-RU, a 52-RU, a 106-RU, a 242-RU, and the like are proposed, and as a result, since detailed sizes of the RUs may extend or increase, the embodiment is not limited to a detailed size (that is, the number of corresponding tones) of each RU. 
       FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating a layout of resource units (RUs) used in a band of 40 MHz. 
     Similarly to a case in which the RUs having various RUs are used in one example of  FIG. 4 , 26-RU, 52-RU, 106-RU, 242-RU, 484-RU, and the like may be used even in one example of  FIG. 5 . Further, 5 DC tones may be inserted into a center frequency, 12 tones may be used as the guard band in the leftmost band of the 40 MHz band and 11 tones may be used as the guard band in the rightmost band of the 40 MHz band. 
     In addition, as illustrated in  FIG. 5 , when the RU layout is used for the single user, the 484-RU may be used. That is, the detailed number of RUs may be modified similarly to one example of  FIG. 4 . 
       FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating a layout of resource units (RUs) used in a band of 80 MHz. 
     Similarly to a case in which the RUs having various RUs are used in one example of each of  FIG. 4 or 5 , 26-RU, 52-RU, 106-RU, 242-RU, 484-RU, and the like may be used even in one example of  FIG. 6 . Further, 7 DC tones may be inserted into the center frequency, 12 tones may be used as the guard band in the leftmost band of the 80 MHz band and 11 tones may be used as the guard band in the rightmost band of the 80 MHz band. In addition, the 26-RU may be used, which uses 13 tones positioned at each of left and right sides of the DC band. 
     Moreover, as illustrated in  FIG. 6 , when the RU layout is used for the single user, 996-RU may be used and in this case, 5 DC tones may be inserted. Meanwhile, the detailed number of RUs may be modified similarly to one example of each of  FIG. 4 or 5 . 
       FIG. 7  is a diagram illustrating another example of the HE PPDU. 
     A block illustrated in  FIG. 7  is another example of describing the HE-PPDU block of  FIG. 3  in terms of a frequency. 
     An illustrated L-STF  700  may include a short training orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol. The L-STF  700  may be used for frame detection, automatic gain control (AGC), diversity detection, and coarse frequency/time synchronization. 
     An L-LTF  710  may include a long training orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol. The L-LTF  710  may be used for fine frequency/time synchronization and channel prediction. 
     An L-SIG  720  may be used for transmitting control information. The L-SIG  720  may include information regarding a data rate and a data length. Further, the L-SIG  720  may be repeatedly transmitted. That is, a new format, in which the L-SIG  720  is repeated (e.g., may be referred to as R-LSIG) may be configured. 
     An HE-SIG-A  730  may include the control information common to the receiving station. 
     In detail, the HE-SIG-A  730  may include information on 1) a DL/UL indicator, 2) a BSS color field indicating an identify of a BSS, 3) a field indicating a remaining time of a current TXOP period, 4) a bandwidth field indicating at least one of 20, 40, 80, 160 and 80+80 MHz, 5) a field indicating an MCS technique applied to the HE-SIG-B, 6) an indication field regarding whether the HE-SIG-B is modulated by a dual subcarrier modulation technique for MCS, 7) a field indicating the number of symbols used for the HE-SIG-B, 8) a field indicating whether the HE-SIG-B is configured for a full bandwidth MIMO transmission, 9) a field indicating the number of symbols of the HE-LTF, 10) a field indicating the length of the HE-LTF and a CP length, 11) a field indicating whether an OFDM symbol is present for LDPC coding, 12) a field indicating control information regarding packet extension (PE), 13) a field indicating information on a CRC field of the HE-SIG-A, and the like. A detailed field of the HE-SIG-A may be added or partially omitted. Further, some fields of the HE-SIG-A may be partially added or omitted in other environments other than a multi-user (MU) environment 
     An HE-SIG-B  740  may be included only in the case of the PPDU for the multiple users (MUs) as described above. Principally, an HE-SIG-A  750  or an HE-SIG-B  760  may include resource allocation information (alternatively, virtual resource allocation information) for at least one receiving STA. The HE-SIG-B  740  will be described below in a greater detail with reference to  FIG. 8 . 
     A previous field of the HE-SIG-B  740  may be transmitted in a duplicated form on an MU PPDU. In the case of the HE-SIG-B  740 , the HE-SIG-B  740  transmitted in some frequency band (e.g., a fourth frequency band) may even include control information for a data field corresponding to a corresponding frequency band (that is, the fourth frequency band) and a data field of another frequency band (e.g., a second frequency band) other than the corresponding frequency band. Further, a format may be provided, in which the HE-SIG-B  740  in a specific frequency band (e.g., the second frequency band) is duplicated with the HE-SIG-B  740  of another frequency band (e.g., the fourth frequency band). Alternatively, the HE-SIG B  740  may be transmitted in an encoded form on all transmission resources. A field after the HE-SIG B  740  may include individual information for respective receiving STAs receiving the PPDU. 
     The HE-STF  750  may be used for improving automatic gain control estimation in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) environment or an OFDMA environment. 
     The HE-LTF  760  may be used for estimating a channel in the MIMO environment or the OFDMA environment. 
     The size of fast Fourier transform (FFT)/inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) applied to the HE-STF  750  and the field after the HE-STF  750 , and the size of the FFT/IFFT applied to the field before the HE-STF  750  may be different from each other. For example, the size of the FFT/IFFT applied to the HE-STF  750  and the field after the HE-STF  750  may be four times larger than the size of the FFT/IFFT applied to the field before the HE-STF  750 . 
     For example, when at least one field of the L-STF  700 , the L-LTF  710 , the L-SIG  720 , the HE-SIG-A  730 , and the HE-SIG-B  740  on the PPDU of  FIG. 7  is referred to as a first field, at least one of the data field  770 , the HE-STF  750 , and the HE-LTF  760  may be referred to as a second field. The first field may include a field associated with a legacy system and the second field may include a field associated with an HE system. In this case, the fast Fourier transform (FFT) size and the inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) size may be defined as a size which is N (N is a natural number, e.g., N=1, 2, and 4) times larger than the FFT/IFFT size used in the legacy WLAN system. That is, the FFT/IFFT having the size may be applied, which is N(=4) times larger than the first field of the HE PPDU. 
     For example, 256 FFT/IFFT may be applied to a bandwidth of 20 MHz, 512 FFT/IFFT may be applied to a bandwidth of 40 MHz, 1024 FFT/IFFT may be applied to a bandwidth of 80 MHz, and 2048 FFT/IFFT may be applied to a bandwidth of continuous 160 MHz or discontinuous 160 MHz. 
     In other words, a subcarrier space/subcarrier spacing may have a size which is 1/N times (N is the natural number, e.g., N=4, the subcarrier spacing is set to 78.125 kHz) the subcarrier space used in the legacy WLAN system. That is, subcarrier spacing having a size of 312.5 kHz, which is legacy subcarrier spacing may be applied to the first field of the HE PPDU and a subcarrier space having a size of 78.125 kHz may be applied to the second field of the HE PPDU. 
     Alternatively, an IDFT/DFT period applied to each symbol of the first field may be expressed to be N(=4) times shorter than the IDFT/DFT period applied to each data symbol of the second field. That is, the IDFT/DFT length applied to each symbol of the first field of the HE PPDU may be expressed as 3.2 μs and the IDFT/DFT length applied to each symbol of the second field of the HE PPDU may be expressed as 3.2 μs*4(=12.8 μs). The length of the OFDM symbol may be a value acquired by adding the length of a guard interval (GI) to the IDFT/DFT length. The length of the GI may have various values such as 0.4 μs, 0.8 μs, 1.6 μs, 2.4 μs, and 3.2 μs. 
     For simplicity in the description, in  FIG. 7 , it is expressed that a frequency band used by the first field and a frequency band used by the second field accurately coincide with each other, but both frequency bands may not completely coincide with each other, in actual. For example, a primary band of the first field (L-STF, L-LTF, L-SIG, HE-SIG-A, and HE-SIG-B) corresponding to the first frequency band may be the same as the most portions of a frequency band of the second field (HE-STF, HE-LTF, and Data), but boundary surfaces of the respective frequency bands may not coincide with each other. As illustrated in  FIGS. 4 to 6 , since multiple null subcarriers, DC tones, guard tones, and the like are inserted during arranging the RUs, it may be difficult to accurately adjust the boundary surfaces. 
     The user (e.g., a receiving station) may receive the HE-SIG-A  730  and may be instructed to receive the downlink PPDU based on the HE-SIG-A  730 . In this case, the STA may perform decoding based on the FFT size changed from the HE-STF  750  and the field after the HE-STF  750 . On the contrary, when the STA may not be instructed to receive the downlink PPDU based on the HE-SIG-A  730 , the STA may stop the decoding and configure a network allocation vector (NAV). A cyclic prefix (CP) of the HE-STF  750  may have a larger size than the CP of another field and the during the CP period, the STA may perform the decoding for the downlink PPDU by changing the FFT size. 
     Hereinafter, in the embodiment of the present invention, data (alternatively, or a frame) which the AP transmits to the STA may be expressed as a term called downlink data (alternatively, a downlink frame), and data (alternatively, a frame) which the STA transmits to the AP may be expressed as a term called uplink data (alternatively, an uplink frame). Further, transmission from the AP to the STA may be expressed as downlink transmission and transmission from the STA to the AP may be expressed as a term called uplink transmission. 
     In addition, a PHY protocol data unit (PPDU), a frame, and data transmitted through the downlink transmission may be expressed as terms such as a downlink PPDU, a downlink frame, and downlink data, respectively. The PPDU may be a data unit including a PPDU header and a physical layer service data unit (PSDU) (alternatively, a MAC protocol data unit (MPDU)). The PPDU header may include a PHY header and a PHY preamble and the PSDU (alternatively, MPDU) may include the frame or indicate the frame (alternatively, an information unit of the MAC layer) or be a data unit indicating the frame. The PHY header may be expressed as a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) header as another term and the PHY preamble may be expressed as a PLCP preamble as another term. 
     Further, a PPDU, a frame, and data transmitted through the uplink transmission may be expressed as terms such as an uplink PPDU, an uplink frame, and uplink data, respectively. 
     In the WLAN system to which the embodiment of the present description is applied, the whole bandwidth may be used for downlink transmission to one STA and uplink transmission to one STA. Further, in the WLAN system to which the embodiment of the present description is applied, the AP may perform downlink (DL) multi-user (MU) transmission based on multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) and the transmission may be expressed as a term called DL MU MIMO transmission. 
     In addition, in the WLAN system according to the embodiment, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) based transmission method is preferably supported for the uplink transmission and/or downlink transmission. That is, data units (e.g., RUs) corresponding to different frequency resources are allocated to the user to perform uplink/downlink communication. In detail, in the WLAN system according to the embodiment, the AP may perform the DL MU transmission based on the OFDMA and the transmission may be expressed as a term called DL MU OFDMA transmission. When the DL MU OFDMA transmission is performed, the AP may transmit the downlink data (alternatively, the downlink frame and the downlink PPDU) to the plurality of respective STAs through the plurality of respective frequency resources on an overlapped time resource. The plurality of frequency resources may be a plurality of subbands (alternatively, sub channels) or a plurality of resource units (RUs). The DL MU OFDMA transmission may be used together with the DL MU MIMO transmission. For example, the DL MU MIMO transmission based on a plurality of space-time streams (alternatively, spatial streams) may be performed on a specific subband (alternatively, sub channel) allocated for the DL MU OFDMA transmission. 
     Further, in the WLAN system according to the embodiment, uplink multi-user (UL MU) transmission in which the plurality of STAs transmits data to the AP on the same time resource may be supported. Uplink transmission on the overlapped time resource by the plurality of respective STAs may be performed on a frequency domain or a spatial domain. 
     When the uplink transmission by the plurality of respective STAs is performed on the frequency domain, different frequency resources may be allocated to the plurality of respective STAs as uplink transmission resources based on the OFDMA. The different frequency resources may be different subbands (alternatively, sub channels) or different resources units (RUs). The plurality of respective STAs may transmit uplink data to the AP through different frequency resources. The transmission method through the different frequency resources may be expressed as a term called a UL MU OFDMA transmission method. 
     When the uplink transmission by the plurality of respective STAs is performed on the spatial domain, different time-space streams (alternatively, spatial streams) may be allocated to the plurality of respective STAs and the plurality of respective STAs may transmit the uplink data to the AP through the different time-space streams. The transmission method through the different spatial streams may be expressed as a term called a UL MU MIMO transmission method. 
     The UL MU OFDMA transmission and the UL MU MIMO transmission may be used together with each other. For example, the UL MU MIMO transmission based on the plurality of space-time streams (alternatively, spatial streams) may be performed on a specific subband (alternatively, sub channel) allocated for the UL MU OFDMA transmission. 
     In the legacy WLAN system which does not support the MU OFDMA transmission, a multi-channel allocation method is used for allocating a wider bandwidth (e.g., a 20 MHz excess bandwidth) to one terminal. When a channel unit is 20 MHz, multiple channels may include a plurality of 20 MHz-channels. In the multi-channel allocation method, a primary channel rule is used to allocate the wider bandwidth to the terminal. When the primary channel rule is used, there is a limit for allocating the wider bandwidth to the terminal. In detail, according to the primary channel rule, when a secondary channel adjacent to a primary channel is used in an overlapped BSS (OBSS) and is thus busy, the STA may use remaining channels other than the primary channel. Therefore, since the STA may transmit the frame only to the primary channel, the STA receives a limit for transmission of the frame through the multiple channels. That is, in the legacy WLAN system, the primary channel rule used for allocating the multiple channels may be a large limit in obtaining a high throughput by operating the wider bandwidth in a current WLAN environment in which the OBSS is not small. 
     In order to solve the problem, in the embodiment, a WLAN system is disclosed, which supports the OFDMA technology. That is, the OFDMA technique may be applied to at least one of downlink and uplink. Further, the MU-MIMO technique may be additionally applied to at least one of downlink and uplink. When the OFDMA technique is used, the multiple channels may be simultaneously used by not one terminal but multiple terminals without the limit by the primary channel rule. Therefore, the wider bandwidth may be operated to improve efficiency of operating a wireless resource. 
     As described above, in case the uplink transmission performed by each of the multiple STAs (e.g., non-AP STAs) is performed within the frequency domain, the AP may allocate different frequency resources respective to each of the multiple STAs as uplink transmission resources based on OFDMA. Additionally, as described above, the frequency resources each being different from one another may correspond to different subbands (or sub-channels) or different resource units (RUs). 
     The different frequency resources respective to each of the multiple STAs are indicated through a trigger frame. 
       FIG. 8  is a block diagram illustrating one example of HE-SIG-B according to an embodiment. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 8 , the HE-SIG-B field includes a common field at a frontmost part and the corresponding common field is separated from a field which follows therebehind to be encoded. That is, as illustrated in  FIG. 8 , the HE-SIG-B field may include a common field including the common control information and a user-specific field including user-specific control information. In this case, the common field may include a CRC field corresponding to the common field, and the like and may be coded to be one BCC block. The user-specific field subsequent thereafter may be coded to be one BCC block including the “user-specific field” for 2 users and a CRC field corresponding thereto as illustrated in  FIG. 8 . 
       FIG. 9  illustrates an example of a trigger frame. The trigger frame of  FIG. 9  allocates resources for Uplink Multiple-User (MU) transmission and may be transmitted from the AP. The trigger frame may be configured as a MAC frame and may be included in the PPDU. For example, the trigger frame may be transmitted through the PPDU shown in  FIG. 3 , through the legacy PPDU shown in  FIG. 2 , or through a certain PPDU, which is newly designed for the corresponding trigger frame. In case the trigger frame is transmitted through the PPDU of  FIG. 3 , the trigger frame may be included in the data field shown in the drawing. 
     Each of the fields shown in  FIG. 9  may be partially omitted, or other fields may be added. Moreover, the length of each field may be varied differently as shown in the drawing. 
     A Frame Control field  910  shown in  FIG. 9  may include information related to a version of the MAC protocol and other additional control information, and a Duration field  920  may include time information for configuring a NAV or information related to an identifier (e.g., AID) of the user equipment. 
     In addition, the RA field  930  may include address information of the receiving STA of a corresponding trigger frame, and may be optionally omitted. The TA field  940  includes address information of an STA (e.g., AP) for transmitting the trigger frame, and the common information field  950  includes common control information applied to the receiving STA for receiving the trigger frame. 
     It is preferable that the trigger frame of  FIG. 9  includes per user information fields  960 # 1  to  960 # N corresponding to the number of receiving STAs receiving the trigger frame of  FIG. 9 . The per user information field may also be referred to as a “RU Allocation field”. 
     Additionally, the trigger frame of  FIG. 9  may include a Padding field  970  and a Sequence field  980 . 
     It is preferable that each of the per user information fields  960 # 1  to  960 # N shown in  FIG. 9  further includes multiple sub-fields. 
       FIG. 10  illustrates an example of a sub-field included in a common information field. Some parts of the sub-field of  FIG. 10  may be omitted, and extra sub-fields may be added. Further, a length of each of the sub-fields shown herein may change. 
     As shown in the drawing, the Length field  1010  may be given that same value as the Length field of the L-SIG field of the uplink PPDU, which is transmitted in response to the corresponding trigger frame, and the Length field of the L-SIG field of the uplink PPDU indicates the length of the uplink PPDU. As a result, the Length field  1010  of the trigger frame may be used for indicating the length of its respective uplink PPDU. 
     Additionally, a Cascade Indicator field  1020  indicates whether or not a cascade operation is performed. The cascade operation refers to a downlink MU transmission and an uplink MU transmission being performed simultaneously within the same TXOP. More specifically, this refers to a case when a downlink MU transmission is first performed, and, then, after a predetermined period of time (e.g., SIFS), an uplink MU transmission is performed. During the cascade operation, only one transmitting device performing downlink communication (e.g., AP) may exist, and multiple transmitting devices performing uplink communication (e.g., non-AP) may exist. 
     A CS Request field  1030  indicates whether or not the status or NAV of a wireless medium is required to be considered in a situation where a receiving device that has received the corresponding trigger frame transmits the respective uplink PPDU. 
     A HE-SIG-A information field  1040  may include information controlling the content of a SIG-A field (i.e., HE-SIG-A field) of an uplink PPDU, which is being transmitted in response to the corresponding trigger frame. 
     A CP and LTF type field  1050  may include information on a LTF length and a CP length of the uplink PPDU being transmitted in response to the corresponding trigger frame. A trigger type field  1060  may indicate a purpose for which the corresponding trigger frame is being used, e.g., general triggering, triggering for beamforming, and so on, a request for a Block ACK/NACK, and so on. 
       FIG. 11  illustrates an example of a sub-field being included in a per user information field. Among the sub-fields of  FIG. 11 , some (or part) of the sub-fields may be omitted, and other additional sub-fields may also be added. Additionally, the length of each of the sub-fields shown in the drawing may be varied. 
     A User Identifier field ( 1110 ) of  FIG. 11  indicates an identifier of an STA (i.e., receiving STA) to which the per user information corresponds, and an example of the identifier may correspond to all or part of the AID. 
     Additionally, a RU Allocation field ( 1120 ) may be included in the sub-field of the per user information field. More specifically, in case a receiving STA, which is identified by the User Identifier field ( 1110 ), transmits an uplink PPDU in response to the trigger frame of  FIG. 9 , the corresponding uplink PPDU is transmitted through the RU, which is indicated by the RU Allocation field ( 1120 ). In this case, it is preferable that the RU that is being indicated by the RU Allocation field ( 1120 ) corresponds to the RU shown in  FIG. 4 ,  FIG. 5 , and  FIG. 6 . 
     The sub-field of  FIG. 11  may include a Coding Type field ( 1130 ). The Coding Type field ( 1130 ) may indicate a coding type of the uplink PPDU being transmitted in response to the trigger frame of  FIG. 9 . For example, in case BBC coding is applied to the uplink PPDU, the Coding Type field ( 1130 ) may be set to ‘1’, and, in case LDPC coding is applied to the uplink PPDU, the Coding Type field ( 1130 ) may be set to ‘0’. 
     Additionally, the sub-field of  FIG. 11  may include an MCS field ( 1140 ). The MCS field ( 1140 ) may indicate an MCS scheme being applied to the uplink PPDU that is transmitted in response to the trigger frame of  FIG. 9 . 
       FIG. 12  is a concept view showing inside of an STA for performing an EDCA procedure in a wireless LAN system of the present embodiment. 
     In the wireless LAN system, an STA (or AP) may perform an enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) procedure on the basis of a plurality of user priorities pre-defined for buffered traffic data. For example, the buffered traffic data may be a quality of service (QoS) frame based on the plurality of user priorities. 
     Four access categories (ACs) for the EDCA procedure may be defined as AC_BK(background), AC_BE(best effort), AC_VI(video), and AC_VO(voice). 
     An STA which performs the EDCA procedure may map traffic data, i.e., a MAC service data unit (MSDU), which arrives at a medium access control (MAC) layer from a logical link control (LLC) layer, to a specific AC as shown in Table 1 below. Table 1 is an exemplary table showing mapping between the user priority and the AC. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 priority 
                 user priority 
                 AC (access category) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 low 
                 1 
                 AC_BK 
               
               
                   
                   
                 2 
                 AC_BK 
               
               
                   
                   
                 0 
                 AC_BE 
               
               
                   
                   
                 3 
                 AC_BE 
               
               
                   
                   
                 4 
                 AC_VI 
               
               
                   
                   
                 5 
                 AC_VI 
               
               
                   
                   
                 6 
                 AC_VO 
               
               
                   
                 high 
                 7 
                 AC_VO 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In the present embodiment, a transmission queue and a channel access parameter set may be defined for each AC. The plurality of user priorities may be implemented based on the channel access parameter set which is set differently for each AC. 
     In order to transmit a frame buffered in a transmission queue corresponding to each AC, the STA (or AP) may use a channel access parameter set (e.g., arbitration interframe space (AIFS)[AC], CWmin[AC], and CWmax[AC]) based on the present embodiment instead of the conventional parameter set (e.g., DCF interframe space (DIFS), CWmin, and CWmax) based on the conventional distributed coordination function (DCF). 
     An EDCA parameter set element may be an important means used to differentiate channel access of an STA which transmits a QoS traffic having a different user priority. For example, the lower the values of AIFS[AC] and CWmin[AC] corresponding to each AC, the shorter the delay time for channel access. Accordingly, a differentiated user priority can be implemented. 
     For example, an EDCA parameter set element included in a beam frame may include a channel access parameter (i.e., AIFS [AC], CWmin[AC], CWmax[AC]) for each AC. For another example, the channel access parameter set used for each AC may be set to a default value in the STA. 
     To determine a traffic to be transmitted by the STA, a differentiated backoff procedure may be performed individually for each AC. Proper setting of the channel access parameter set for each AC may result in an increase in transmission performance according to a priority of the traffic while optimizing network performance. 
     In the present specification, a user priority predefined for traffic data (or traffic) may be referred to as a traffic identifier (TID). A transmission priority of traffic data may be determined based on the user priority. 
     Referring to Table 1 above, a TID of traffic data having a highest user priority may be set to ‘7’. That is, the traffic data of which the TID is set to ‘7’ may be understood as a traffic having a highest priority. 
     Referring to  FIG. 12 , one STA (or AP)  1200  may include a virtual mapper  1210 , a plurality of transmission queues  1220  to  1250 , and a virtual collision processor  1260 . 
     The virtual mapper  1210  of  FIG. 12  may map an MSDU received from a logical link control (LLC) layer to a transmission queue corresponding to each AC according to Table 1 above. 
     For example, the AC VO type transmission queue  1220  of  FIG. 12  may include one frame  1221  for a 2 nd  STA (not shown). The AC VI type transmission queue  1230  may include three frames  1231  to  1233  for a 1 st  STA (not shown) and one frame  1234  for a 3 rd  STA (not shown) according to an order of transmission to a physical layer. 
     The AC BE type transmission queue  1240  of  FIG. 12  may include one frame  1241  for the 2 nd  STA (not shown), one frame  1242  for the 3 rd  STA (not shown), and one frame  1243  for the 2 nd  STA (not shown) according to the order of transmission to the physical layer. 
     For example, if there is no frame buffered in the AC BE type transmission queue  1250  of  FIG. 12 , the AC BE type transmission queue  1250  may not include a frame to be transmitted to the physical layer. 
     The plurality of transmission queues  1220  to  1250  of  FIG. 12  may operate as an individual contention entity of an EDCA procedure inside an STA to determine a traffic to be transmitted through a wireless medium in one STA (or AP). 
     Specifically, the AC VO type transmission queue  1220 , AC VI type transmission queues  1230 , and AC BE type transmission queue  1240  in which a traffic buffered in the transmission queue of  FIG. 12  is present may be understood as an individual contention entity of the EDCA procedure. 
     That is, the AC VO type transmission queue  1220 , the AC VI type transmission queue  1230 , and the AC BE type transmission queue  1240  may perform the EDCA procedure on the basis of a channel access parameter set (e.g., AIFS [AC], CWmin[AC], CWmax[AC]) for each AC. 
     In this case, a specific transmission queue which has acquired channel access through the EDCA procedure inside the STA may be referred to as a primary AC. A traffic included in the primary AC may be transmitted to another entity (e.g., another STA or AP) during a transmission opportunity (hereinafter, TXOP). 
     If two or more ACs in which backoff is complete are present inside the STA, a collision between the ACs may be adjusted through a virtual collision handler  1260  inside the STA. 
     For example, if the collision occurs between the ACs, a frame buffered in an AC having a higher priority may be first transmitted. In addition, other ACs may increase a contention window value, and may update a value which is set in a backoff counter. 
     The TXOP may start when the STA approaches to a wireless medium on the basis of a rule of the EDCA procedure. If two or more frames are included in one AC, when the TXOP is acquired by the STA, the STA may attempt to transmit a plurality of frames through a MAC layer. 
     In a state where the STA has already completed transmission of one frame, if it is determined that a next frame in the same AC is transmitted and up to ACK for this can be received during the remaining TXOP, the STA attempts to transmit a next frame after an SIFS time interval. 
     In addition, a TXOP limit value may be set to a default value in the AP and the STA, or a frame associated with the TXOP limit value may be delivered from the AP to the STA. If a size of a data frame to be transmitted exceeds the TXOP limit value, the STA may fragment the frame into several small frames. The fragmented frame may be transmitted in a range not exceeding the TXOP limit value. 
     During the STA transmits a frame, if a collision occurs with respect to another STA, a backoff procedure for generating a new backoff count value of the STA may be understood based on the conventional backoff procedure of a DCF. 
     In other words, each STA may individually determine a frame to be transmitted in each STA through an internal backoff procedure associated with a plurality of transmission queues. Each STA may set a backoff time in a backoff counter for each STA on the basis of the individually determined frame. Each STA may perform a contention-based back-off procedure with another STA on the basis of the backoff counter. In this case, an STA of which a backoff time of the backoff counter first becomes ‘0’ may acquire a TXOP. 
       FIG. 13  is a concept view showing a backoff procedure according to an EDCA procedure of the present embodiment. Referring to  FIG. 12  and  FIG. 13 , traffic data to be transmitted from an STA may be transmitted according to a contention-based EDCA procedure depending on a user priority. For example, a priority assigned to each traffic data may be set to any one of 8 user priorities of Table 1 above. 
     As described above, one STA (or AP) may include 4 output queues (i.e., transmission queues). Each output queue may individually perform a channel access operation according to a rule of the EDCA procedure. Each output queue may transmit traffic data on the basis of an arbitration interframe space (AIFS) differentiated according to a user priority instead of a DCF interframe space (DIFS) conventionally used. 
     When the STA (or AP) transmits a traffic having a different user priority at the same time, a wireless LAN system provides control to transmit the traffic in a descending order of a user priority, thereby minimizing occurrence of a collision between the STAs. 
     To start the EDCA procedure, each STA (or AP) may set a backoff time Tb[i] in a backoff timer. The backoff time Tb[i] may be calculated using Equation 1 below as a pseudo-random integer value.
 
 T   b [ i ]=Random( i )×SlotTime  [Equation 1]
 
     Herein, Random(i) is a function which generates any integer between 0 and CW[i] by using a uniform distribution. CW[i] is a contention window between a minimum contention window CWmin[i] and a maximum contention window CWmax[i], and i may denote a traffic priority. 
     When an STA for performing the EDCA procedure transmits a frame, Equation 2 below may be used at the request of retransmission upon occurrence of a collision with respect to another STA. That is, whenever the collision occurs, a new contention window CW new[i]  may be calculated by using an old window CW old[i] .
 
 CW   new [ i ]=(( CW   old [ i ]+1)× PF )−1  [Equation 2]
 
     Herein, the value PF may be calculated according to a procedure defined in the IEEE 802.11e standard. The values CWmin[i], CWmax[i], AIFS and PF included in a channel access parameter set may be set to a default value in each STA (or AP). Alternatively, the channel access parameter set may be received from the AP through a QoS parameter set element included in a management frame or a beam frame. 
     Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, a terminal may be a device capable of supporting both a wireless LAN system and a cellular system. That is, the terminal may be interpreted as a UE supporting the cellular system or an STA supporting the wireless LAN system. 
     In the present embodiment, the backoff procedure of the EDCA procedure may be performed on the basis of Equations 1 and 2 above. 
     For example, when the backoff procedure of the AC VI type transmission queue  1230  of  FIG. 12  is first finished, the AC VI type transmission queue  1230  may acquire a transmission opportunity (TXOP) capable of accessing a wireless medium. The AP  1200  of  FIG. 12  may determine the AC VI type transmission queue  1230  as a primary AC, and may determine the remaining transmission queues  1220 ,  1240 , and  1250  as a secondary AC. 
     As such, a process of performing a backoff procedure for the plurality of transmission queues  1220  and  1250  and determining a transmission queue, of which the backoff procedure is first finished, as a primary AC may be referred to as a primary AC rule in the present specification. 
     A TXOP duration for a TXOP may be determined based on the primary AC determined by the primary AC rule. In addition, frames included in a secondary AC may be transmitted together in the TXOP duration determined based on the primary AC. 
     In addition, an EDCA procedure of a user STA may be enabled or disabled in a wireless LAN system according to the present embodiment. For example, whether the EDCA procedure is enabled may be determined in an association operation or negotiation operation between the STA and the AP. Alternatively, whether the EDCA procedure is enabled may be determined by the STA and thereafter may be signaled to the AP through a separate frame (e.g., an OMI frame). 
       FIG. 14  is a diagram for explaining a backoff period and a frame transmission procedure in a wireless LAN system of the present specification. Referring to  FIG. 14 , horizontal axes t 1  to t 5  for 1 st  to 5 th  STAs  1410  to  1450  may represent time axes. In addition, vertical axes for 1 st  to 5 th  STAs  1410  to  1450  may represent a backoff time for transmission. 
     Referring to  FIG. 13  and  FIG. 14 , when a specific medium is changed from an occupy (or busy) state to an idle state, a plurality of STAs may attempt data (or frame) transmission. 
     In this case, as a method for minimizing a collision between STAs, each STA may select a backoff time Tb[i] of Equation 1 and may attempt transmission after waiting for a corresponding time slot. 
     When the backoff procedure is initiated, each STA may count down a selected backoff count time on a slot time basis. Each STA may continuously monitor a medium during the countdown. When the medium is monitored in the busy state, the STA may stop the countdown and wait. When the medium is monitored in the idle state, the STA resumes the countdown. 
     Referring to  FIG. 14 , when a frame for a 3 rd  STA  1430  arrives at a MAC layer of the 3 rd  STA  1430 , the 3 rd  STA  1430  may verify whether the medium is in the idle state during a DIFS. Subsequently, if it is determined that the medium is in the idle state during the DIFS, the 3 rd  STA  1430  may transmit a frame to an AP (not shown). However, although an inter frame space (IFS) is illustrated as the DIFS, it is to be understood that the present specification is not limited thereto. 
     During a frame is transmitted from the 3 rd  STA  1430 , the remaining STAs may verify the busy state of the medium, and may wait for a transmission duration of the frame. The frame may arrive at a MAC layer of each of the 1 st  STA  1410 , the 2 nd  STA  1420 , and the 5 th  STA  1450 . If it is verified that the medium is in the idle state, each STA may wait for the DIFS, and thereafter each STA may count down an individual random backoff time selected by each STA. 
     Referring to  FIG. 14 , the 2 nd  STA  1420  selects a shortest backoff time, and the 1 st  STA  1410  selects a greatest backoff count value. A remaining backoff time of the 5 th  STA  1450  is shorter than a remaining backoff time of the 1 st  STA  1410  at a time at which the 2 nd  STA  1420  finishes a backoff procedure for the selected random backoff time and starts frame transmission. 
     When the medium is occupied by the 2 nd  STA  1420 , the 1 st  STA  1410  and the 5 th  STA  1450  may suspend the backoff procedure and waits. Subsequently, when the medium occupancy of the 2 nd  SAT  1420  is finished (that is, when the medium returns to the idle state), the 1 st  STA  1410  and the 5 th  STA  1450  may wait for the DIFS. 
     Subsequently, the 1 st  STA  1410  and the 5 th  STA  1450  may resume the backoff procedure on the basis of the suspended remaining backoff time. In this case, since a remaining backoff time of the 5 th  STA  1450  is shorter than a remaining backoff time of the 1 st  STA  1410 , the 5 th  STA  1450  may finish the backoff procedure prior to the 1 st  STA  1410 . 
     Meanwhile, referring to  FIG. 14 , when a medium is occupied by the 2 nd  STA  1420 , a frame for the 4 th  STA  1440  may arrive at a MAC layer of the 4 th  STA  1440 . When the medium is in the idle state, the 4 th  STA  1440  may wait for the DIFS. Subsequently, the 4 th  STA  1440  may count down a backoff time selected by the 4 th  STA  1440 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 14 , a remaining backoff time of the 5 th  STA  1450  may incidentally coincide with a random backoff time of the 4 th  STA  1440 . In this case, a collision may occur between the 4 th  STA  1440  and the 5 th  STA  1450 . When the collision occurs between the STAs, both the 4 th  STA  1440  and the 5 th  STA  1450  cannot receive ACK, which may lead to a failure in data transmission. 
     Accordingly, the 4 th  STA  1440  and the 5 th  STA  1450  may calculate a contention window CW new [i] according to Equation 2 above. Subsequently, each of the 4 th  STA  1440  and the 5 th  STA  1450  may individually count down a random backoff time newly calculated according to Equation 2 above. 
     Meanwhile, the 11 st  STA  1410  may wait when a medium is in the busy state due to transmission of the 4 th  STA  1440  and the 5 th  STA  1450 . Subsequently, when the medium is in the idle state, the 1 st  STA  1410  may resume backoff counting after waiting for the DIFS. The 1 st  STA  1410  may transmit a frame at the expiry of the remaining backoff time of the 1 st  STA  1410 . 
     A CSMA/CA mechanism may also include virtual carrier sensing in addition to physical carrier sensing, wherein the AP and/or STA directly senses the medium. 
     Virtual carrier sensing is performed to compensate problems that may occur during medium access, such as a hidden node problem, and so on. In order to perform virtual carrier sensing, a MAC of the WLAN system uses a Network Allocation Vector (NAV). The NAV corresponds to a value that is indicated by an AP and/or an STA that is currently using the medium or that has the authority to use the medium to another AP and/or STA, wherein the value indicates the time remaining until the medium returns to its state of being available for usage. 
     Accordingly, a value that is set as the NAV corresponds to a time period during which the usage of the medium is scheduled by the AP and/or STA, which transmits the corresponding frame, and the STA receiving the NAV value is prohibited from accessing the medium during the corresponding time period. For example, the NAV may be configured in accordance with a value of the duration field of the MAC header of the corresponding frame. 
       FIG. 15  shows an example of a MAC frame including buffer status information and an ACK policy indicator according to the present embodiment. 
     A MAC frame  1500  according to the present embodiment may include a plurality of fields  1511  to  1519  constituting a MAC header, a frame body field  1520  including a payload and having a variable length, and an FCS field  1530  for error detection of a receiving terminal. 
     The frame control field  1511 , duration/ID field  1512 , first address field  1513 , and FCS field  1530  of the MAC header may be fields included in all types of the MAC frame. 
     For example, the MAC frame  1500  may be a management frame (e.g., a beacon frame), a control frame (e.g., an RTS/CTS frame), or a data frame (e.g., a QoS data frame including a payload, a QoS null frame not including the payload) according to information included in the frame control field  1511 . 
     In addition, the second address field  1514 , the third address field  1515 , the sequence control field  1516 , the fourth address field  1517 , the QoS control field  1518 , the HT control field  1519 , and the frame body field  1520  may be included selectively according to a type of the MAC frame. 
     For example, when the QoS data frame or the QoS null frame are indicated by the frame control field  1511 , the QoS control field  1518  may be included in the MAC frame  1500 . 
     The QoS control field  1518  may consist of 2 octets (16 bits). Specifically, the QoS control field  1518  may be configured by Table 2 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Applicable Frame 
                 Bits 
                 Bit 
                 Bits 
                 Bit 
                 Bit 
                 Bit 
                 Bit 
                 Bits 
               
               
                 (sub) types 
                 0-3 
                 4 
                 5-6 
                 7 
                 8 
                 9 
                 10 
                 11-15 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 QoS Data and QoS Data + 
                 TID 
                 0 
                 Ack Policy 
                 A-MSDU 
                 TXOP Duration Requested 
               
               
                 CF-Ack frames sent by 
                   
                   
                   
                 Present 
               
               
                 non-AP STAs that are not a TPU 
                 TID 
                 1 
                 Ack Policy 
                 A-MSDU 
                 Queue Size 
               
               
                 buffer STA or a TPU sleep STA 
                   
                   
                   
                 Present 
               
               
                 in a nonmesh BS5 
               
               
                 QoS Null frames sent by 
                 TID 
                 0 
                 Ack Policy 
                 Reserved 
                 TXOP Duration Requested 
               
               
                 non-AP STAs that are not 
               
               
                 TPU buffer STA or a TPU 
                 TID 
                 1 
                 Ack Policy 
                 Reserved 
                 Queue Size 
               
               
                 sleep STA in a nonmesh BS5 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Referring to Table 2, 1 st  to 4 th  bits (i.e., bits  0  to  3 ) may be a region for traffic identifier (TID) information. User priorities 0 to 7 for the TID may be mapped to values expressed through the 1 st  to 4 th  bits (i.e., bits  0  to  3 ). Values ‘8’ to ‘15’ which are the remaining values that can be expressed by the 1 st  to 4 th  bits (i.e., bits  0  to  3 ) may be reserved values. 
     That is, an STA (or AP) may report a TID of a traffic buffered in the STA through the 1 st  to 4 th  bits (i.e., bits  0  to  3 ) of the QoS control field  1518 . 
     If the 5 th  bit (i.e., bit  4 ) of the QoS control field  1518  is set to ‘0’, 9 th  to 16 th  bits (i.e., bits  8  to  15 ) of the QoS control field  1518  may be associated with a TXOP duration of the STA. 
     In addition, if the 5 th  bit (i.e., bit  4 ) of the QoS control field  1518  is set to ‘1’, the 9 th  to 16 th  bits (i.e., bits  8  to  15 ) of the QoS control field  1518  may indicate queue size information of a traffic buffered in a transmission queue of the STA. 
     Hereinafter, for clear and concise description of the present specification, it may be understood that buffer status information regarding a traffic buffered in the STA is information included in a QoS null frame not including a payload. 
     In the present specification, the buffer status information is delivered to an AP through not the QoS control field  1518  but the HT control field  1519 . Therefore, it may be understood that the 5 th  bit (i.e., bit  4 ) of the QoS control field  1518  based on Table 2 above is set to ‘0’. 
     The 6 th  and 7 th  bits (i.e., bits  5  and  6 ) of the QoS control field  1518  may be a region for an ACK policy indicator. The ACK policy indicator according to the present embodiment may be configured as shown in Table 3 below 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
               
                   
               
               
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                 5-6 
                 Meaning 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 00 
                 Normal Ack or Implicit Block Ack Request 
               
               
                   
                 QoS Data in non A-MPDU: The addressed recipient returns an 
               
               
                   
                 ACK or QoS +CF-Ack frame. 
               
               
                   
                 QoS Data in A-MPDU: The addressed recipient returns a BA. 
               
               
                 10 
                 No Ack 
               
               
                   
                 The addressed recipient does not return an ACK. This is 
               
               
                   
                 used when the sender does not require acknowledgement for 
               
               
                   
                 the unicast frame sent or when the frame sent is a 
               
               
                   
                 broadcast or multicast frame. 
               
               
                 01 
                 No Explicit Acknowledgement or Scheduled Ack under PSMP 
               
               
                   
                 There may be a response frame to the frame that is received 
               
               
                   
                 but it is neither an ACK nor any data frame of subtype +CF- 
               
               
                   
                 Ack. QoS CF-Poll and QoS CF-Ack+CF-Poll frames always use 
               
               
                   
                 this value. Under PSMP, this value indicates a scheduled 
               
               
                   
                 acknowledgement in the next PSMP-DTT or PSMP-UTT. 
               
               
                 11 
                 Block Acknowledgement 
               
               
                   
                 The addressed recipient takes no action upon receipt of the 
               
               
                   
                 frame except for recording the state. The recipient can 
               
               
                   
                 expect a BAR frame or A-MPDU containing QoS Data frame(s) 
               
               
                   
                 with Normal Ack ack policy in the future. 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     For example, a transmitting terminal of the MAC frame  1500  may allow an ACK frame to be solicited from a receiving terminal (i.e., recipient) of the MAC frame  1500  on the basis of an ACK policy indicator (i.e., bits  5  and  6 ) indicated by ‘00’. 
     For another example, the transmitting terminal of the MAC frame  1500  may allow an ACK frame to be unsolicited from the receiving terminal (i.e., recipient) of the MAC frame  1500  on the basis of an ACK policy indicators (i.e., bits  5  and  6 ) indicated by ‘10’. 
     The STA according to the present embodiment may inform the AP of queue size information (e.g., buffer status information) of a plurality of traffics buffered in the STA on the basis of the HT control field  1519  of the MAC frame  1500 . A method of reporting the buffer status information regarding the plurality of traffics to the AP is described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawing according to the present embodiment. 
       FIG. 16  shows an exemplary format of an A-control field for buffer status information according to the present embodiment. Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 16 , an A-control field  1610  of  FIG. 16  may be a field corresponding to the HT control field  1519  of  FIG. 15 . 
     Specifically, the A-control field  1610  may consist of 4 octets (i.e., 32 bits). If 1st and 2 nd  bits (i.e., B 0  and B 1 , not shown) of the HT control field  1519  of  FIG. 15  is set to ‘11’, the remaining bits (i.e., B 2  to B 31 ) may be allocated for the A-control field  1610  of  FIG. 16 . 
     The A-control field  1610  may include at least one control sub-field (i.e., Control  1 , . . . , Control N). For example, an N th  control sub-field (i.e., Control N)  1620  may include a control ID sub-field  1630  having a length of 4 bits and a control information sub-field  1640  having a variable length. 
     The control ID sub-field  1630  may indicate a type of information included in the control information sub-field  1640 . The control information sub-field  1640  associated with a value of the control ID sub-field  1630  may be defined by Table 4 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 Length of the Control 
               
               
                 Control ID 
                   
                 Information subfield 
               
               
                 value 
                 Meaning 
                 (bits) 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 0 
                 UL MU response scheduling 
                 26 
               
               
                 1 
                 Operating Mode 
                 12 
               
               
                 2 
                 HE link adaptation 
                 16 
               
               
                 3 
                 Buffer Status Report (BSR) 
                 26 
               
               
                 4 
                 UL Power Headroom 
                  8 
               
               
                 5 
                 Bandwidth Query Report (BQR) 
                 10 
               
               
                 6-15 
                 Reserved 
                 — 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Referring to Table 4, when the control ID sub-field  1630  is set to ‘1’, the control information sub-field  1640  may indicate information (i.e., OMI information) for soliciting a change of an operating mode of an STA which transmits a frame by using 12 bits. 
     When the control ID sub-field  1630  is set to ‘3’, the control information sub-field  1640  may indicate information (e.g., buffer status information) for a buffer status report of an STA which transmits a frame by using 26 bits. 
     Hereinafter, it is assumed that a control ID sub-field  1730  of an A-control field  1710  is set to ‘3’ to allocate the buffer status information to the control information sub-field  1640 . 
       FIG. 17  shows an exemplary format of a control information sub-field for buffer status information according to the present embodiment. Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 17 , it may be understood that a control information sub-field  1700  is a field corresponding to the control information sub-field  1640  of  FIG. 16 . The control information sub-field  1700  of  FIG. 17  may include 1 st  to 6 th  sub-fields  1710  to  1760 . 
     The first sub-field  1710  may consist of 1 st  to 4 th  bits (i.e., B 0  to B 3 ), and may be referred to as an access category indication (ACI) bitmap field. 
     Specifically, the 1 st  to 4 th  bits (i.e., B 0  to B 3 ) of the first sub-field  1710  may correspond to an AC VO type transmission queue, an AC VI type transmission queue, an AC BE type transmission queue, and an AC BK type transmission queue. 
     The first sub-field  1710  may include bitmap information indicating an access category in which a buffer status of the STA is to be reported. For example, in the presence of a traffic buffered in the transmission queue of the STA, the buffer status may be information associated with an access category corresponding to the transmission queue. 
     For example, among the 1 st  to 4 th  bits (i.e., B 0  to B 3 ) of the first sub-field  1710 , a bit of a location corresponding to an access category in which a buffer status is to be reported may be indicated by ‘1’. In addition, among the 1 st  to 4 th  bits (i.e., B 0  to B 3 ) of the first sub-field  1810 , a bit of a location corresponding to an access category in which the buffer status is not reported may be indicated by ‘0’. 
     The second sub-field  1720  may consist of 5 th  and 6 th  bits (i.e., B 4  and B 5 ), and may be referred to as a Delta TID field. According to the present embodiment, the delta TID field may indicate the number of TIDs regarding a traffic buffered in a receiving STA on the basis of the number of access categories indicated by an ACI bitmap field. 
     The third sub-field  1730  may consist of 7 th  and 8 th  bits (i.e., B 6  and B 7 ), and may be referred to as an ACI High field. For example, information indicating a transmission queue corresponding to a traffic having a highest user priority among traffics buffered in the STA may be set in the third sub-field  1730 . 
     The fourth sub-field  1740  may consist of 9 th  and 10 th  bits (i.e., B 8  and B 9 ), and may be referred to as a scaling factor (SF) field. A proper value may be set in the fourth sub-field  1740  to indicate a size of a buffered traffic among a plurality of scale factor values predetermined in an AP and an STA. 
     For example, if a value indicated in the fourth sub-field  1740  is ‘0’, a scale factor (SF) value may be ‘16’. In this case, a basic unit for expressing an amount of a traffic buffered in the STA may be 16 octets. If a value which is set in the fourth sub-field  1740  is ‘1’, the SF value may be ‘128’. In this case, a basic unit for expressing an amount of a traffic buffered in the STA may be 128 octets. 
     If a value which is set in the fourth sub-field  1740  is ‘3’, the SF value may be ‘2048’. In this case, a basic unit for expressing an amount of a traffic buffered in the STA may be 2048 octets. If a value which is set in the fourth sub-field  1740  is ‘4’, the SF value may be ‘16,384’. In this case, a basic unit for expressing an amount of a traffic buffered in the STA may be 16,384 octets. 
     The fifth sub-field  1750  may consist of 11 th  and 18 th  bits (i.e., b 10  to b 17 ), and may be referred to as a Queue Size High field. The fifth sub-field  1750  may indicate queue size information (e.g., an amount of a traffic buffered in a specific transmission queue) regarding a TID indicated by the third sub-field  1730 . In addition, the queue size information of the fifth sub-field  1750  may be expressed by using a basic unit based on an SF which is set in the fourth sub-field  1740 . 
     The sixth sub-field  1760  may consist of 19 th  and 25 th  bits (i.e., B 20  to B 26 ), and may be referred to as a Queue Size All field. According to the present embodiment, the sixth sub-field  1760  may indicate queue size information regarding all traffics buffered in the STA (e.g., an amount of summing up all traffics buffered in the STA). In addition, queue size information of the sixth sub-field  1760  may be expressed by using a basic unit based on an SF which is set in the fourth sub-field  1740 . 
     More detailed descriptions on the control information sub-field for the buffer status report according to the present embodiment may be understood through the section 9.2.4.6.4.5 of the standard document IEEE P802.11ax/D1.0 disclosed in November 2016. 
       FIG. 18  is a drawing showing an exemplary OFDMA-based random access procedure according to the present embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 18 , a horizontal axis of an AP  1800  may represent a time t of the AP  1800 . A horizontal axis of a 1 st  STA  1810  may represent a time t 1  of the 1 st  STA  1810 , a horizontal axis of a 2 nd  STA  1820  may represent a time t 2  of the 2 nd  STA  1820 , and a horizontal axis of a 3 rd  STA  1830  may represent a time t 3  of the 3 rd  STA  1830 . In addition, vertical axes of the AP  1800  and the 1 st  to 3 rd  STAs  1810 ,  1820 , and  1830  may be associated with the presence of a frame to be transmitted. 
     A trigger frame for a random access procedure mentioned in the present specification may be referred to as a random trigger frame, i.e., a trigger frame for random access (hereinafter, TR). 
     The TR may be understood as specific identity information (e.g., AID  0 ) and a trigger frame including a resource unit corresponding to the specific identity information (e.g., AID  0 ). Therefore, it may be understood that the TR has the frame format of  FIG. 8  to  FIG. 11  described above. 
     Referring to  FIG. 18 , OFDMA contention window (hereinafter, OCW) information associated with a value which can be set in an OFDMA back-off counter (hereinafter, an OBO counter) may be signaled to a plurality of STAs through a beacon frame (not shown) transmitted from the AP  1800 . 
     Specifically, the OBO counter for each of the STAs  1810 ,  1820 , and  1830  may be individually defined. In addition, an OCW for indicating a range of an initial value (i.e., initial OBO) which can be set in the OBO counter may be defined based on the OCW information. 
     That is, the OCW may be set based on OCW information included in a beacon frame (not shown) transmitted by the AP  1800  prior to a first random trigger frame  1801 . For example, the OCW information included in the beacon frame (not shown) may include a value OCWmin. 
     Each STA which performs an OFDMA-based random access procedure may individually set an initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of an OBO counter. Specifically, each STA may set a value randomly selected in a duration of [0, OCWmin] as the initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of the OBO counter on the basis of the OCW information. 
     For example, upon receiving the beacon frame (not shown) from the AP  1800 , in order to perform the OFDMA-based random access procedure, the 1 st  to 3 rd  STAs  1810 ,  1820 , and  1830  may individually set the initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of the OBO counter of each STA on the basis of the OCW information included in the beacon frame (not shown). 
     For example, a value included in OCW information included in a beacon frame (not shown) transmitted prior to the first random trigger frame  1801  is assumed as ‘7’. 
     The 1 st  STA  1810  may set an integer value v 1  randomly selected from [0, CWmin] as a first initial value (i.e., initial OBO 1 ) in a first OBO counter. For example, the 1 st  STA  1810  may set a value ‘3’ selected from [0, 7] as the first initial value (i.e., initial OBO 1 ) in the first OBO counter. 
     The 2 nd  STA  1820  may set an integer value v 2  randomly selected from [0, CWmin] as a second initial value (e.g., initial OBO 2 ) in a second OBO counter. For example, the 2 nd  STA  1820  may set a value ‘1’ selected from [0, 7] as the second initial value (i.e., initial OBO 2 ) in the second OBO counter. 
     The 3 rd  STA  1830  may set an integer value v 3  randomly selected from [0, CWmin] as a third initial value (i.e., initial OBO 3 ) of a third OBO counter. For example, the 3 rd  STA TA  1830  may set a value ‘4’ selected from [0, 7] as the third initial value (i.e., initial OBO 3 ) of the third OBO counter. 
     In a 1 st  duration T 1 ˜T 2  of  FIG. 18 , the AP  1800  may transmit a first random trigger frame  1801 . In addition, it is assumed that STAs which intend to perform a random access procedure in a first cycle T 1 ˜T 7  are the 1 st  and 2 nd  STAs  1810  and  1820 . 
     The first random trigger frame  1801  may include resource allocation information indicating a plurality of resource units (RUs) allocated by the AP  1800 . For example, the resource allocation information may indicate two RUs, i.e., RU 1  and RU 2 . 
     AID information included in a first per-user information field (e.g.,  960 # 1  of  FIG. 9 ) of the first random trigger frame  1801  may be set to ‘0’. In addition, a first RU allocation field included in the first per-user information field may be set to indicate the first RU (i.e., RU 1 ). 
     AID information included in a second per-user information field (e.g.,  960 # 2  of  FIG. 9 ) of the first random trigger frame  1801  may be set to ‘0’. In addition, a second RU allocation field included in the second per-user information field may be set to indicate the second RU (i.e., RU 2 ). 
     Upon receiving a random trigger frame (TR), each of the STA  1810  and  1820  may determine an RU indicated in an RU allocation field corresponding to a per-user information field including AID information which is set to ‘0’, as an RU used in an OFDMA-based random access procedure. 
     The 1 st  STA  1810  may perform a first countdown operation. The 1 st  STA  1810  may decrease a first initial value v 1  which is set in a first OBO counter by the number ‘2’ of the first and second RUs (i.e., RU 1  and RU 2 ). Accordingly, a first count value v 1 ′ updated in the first OBO counter is ‘1’. 
     The 2 nd  STA  1820  may perform a second countdown operation. The 2 nd  STA  1820  may update a value v 2 ′ of a second OBO counter to ‘0’ by decreasing a second initial value v 2  which is set in a second OBO counter. Accordingly, the second countdown operation may be complete. 
     The 2 nd  STA  1820  which has completed the second countdown operation may select one of RU sets (i.e., RU 1  and RU 2 ) allocated to the first random trigger frame  1801  as a random RU. For example, the 2 nd  STA  1820  may select the second RU (i.e., RU 2 ) as a random RU for transmission of a first uplink frame. 
     A 2 nd  duration T 2 ˜T 3  may be a short inter-frame space (SIFS). 
     In a 3 rd  duration T 3 ˜T 4 , the 2 nd  STA  1820  may transmit a first trigger-based frame (i.e., HE Trigger-based PPDU_ 1 )  1802  corresponding to the first random trigger frame  1801  to the AP  1800  by using the random RU. 
     A 4 th  duration T 4 ˜T 5  may be an SIFS. 
     In a 5 th  duration T 5 ˜T 6 , as illustrated, the 2 nd  STA  1820  according to an embodiment of the present specification may receive an ACK frame  1803  in response to the first trigger-based frame  1802 . 
     In a 6 th  duration T 6 ˜T 7 , the AP  1400  and the 1 st  to 3 rd  STAs  1810 ,  1820 , and  1830  may wait. 
     In a 7 th  duration T 7 ˜T 8 , the AP  1800  of  FIG. 14  may transmit a second random trigger frame  1804 . In addition, it is assumed that STAs which intend to perform the random access procedure in a second cycle T 7 ˜T 13  are the 1 st  and 3 rd  STAs  1810  and  1830 . 
     For example, for the OFDMA-based random access procedure, the second random trigger frame  1804  may include allocation information indicating a plurality of RUs allocated by the AP  1800 . For example, the allocation information may indicate three RUs (i.e., RU 3 , RU 4 , and RU 5 ). 
     A first user identifier field of a first user-specific field (e.g.,  960 # 1  of  FIG. 9 ) of the second random trigger frame  1804  may be set to ‘0’. In addition, a first RU allocation field of the first user-specific field may be set to indicate a third RU (i.e., RU 3 ). 
     A second user identifier field of a second user-specific field (e.g.,  960 # 2  of  FIG. 9 ) of the second random trigger frame  1804  may be set to ‘0’. In addition, a second RU allocation field of the second user-specific field may be set to indicate a fourth RU (i.e., RU 4 ). 
     A third user identifier field of a third user-specific field (e.g.,  960 # 3  of  FIG. 9 ) of the second random trigger frame  1804  may be set to ‘0’. In addition, a third RU allocation field of the third user-specific field may be set to indicate a fifth RU (i.e., RU 5 ). 
     In a 7 th  duration T 7 ˜T 8 , the 1 st  STA  1810  may resume a first countdown operation. The 1 st  STA  1810  may update a value v 1 ″ of a first OBO counter to ‘0’ by decreasing a first initial value v 1 ′ which is kept in the first OBO counter. Accordingly, the first countdown operation may be complete. 
     The 1 st  STA  1810  which has completed the first countdown operation may select one of RU sets (i.e., RU 3 , RU 4 , and RU 5 ) allocated to the second random trigger frame  1804  as a random RU. For example, the 1 st  STA  1810  may select the third RU (i.e., RU 3 ) as a random RU for transmission of a second uplink frame. 
     The 3 rd  STA  1830  may initiate a third countdown operation. The 3 rd  STA  1830  may sequentially decrease a third initial value (i.e., initial OBO 3 ) set in a third OBO counter by the number ‘3’ of third to fifth RUs (i.e., RU 3  to RU 5 ). Accordingly, a third count value v 3  which is kept in the third OBO counter is ‘2’. 
     An 8 th  duration T 8 ˜T 9  may be an SIFS. 
     In a 9 th  duration T 9 ˜T 10 , the 1 st  STA  1810  may transmit a second trigger-based frame (HE Trigger-based PPDU_ 2 )  1805  corresponding to the second random trigger frame  1804  to the AP  1800  by using a random RU. 
     A 10 th  duration T 10 ˜T 11  may be an SIFS. 
     In an 11 th  duration T 11 ˜T 12 , as illustrated, the 1 st  STA  1810  according to an embodiment of the present specification may receive an ACK frame  1806  in response to the second trigger-based frame  1805 . 
     In a 12 th  duration T 12 ˜T 137 , the AP  1800  and the 1 st  to 3 rd  STAs  1810 ,  1820 , and  1830  may wait. 
     If an STA which has completed the random access procedure fails to receive an ACK frame corresponding to an uplink frame transmitted through the random RU, in order to decrease a collision possibility between STAs, the STA which has failed to receive the ACK frame may exponentially increase an OCW range for uplink transmission. 
     That is, the exponential increasing of the OCW range may imply increasing of a counter window (CW) of an OBO counter to [0, 2*OCW+1]. Subsequently, the STA may set a value randomly selected from a duration of the increased CW to an initial value for the OBO counter, and thereafter may perform the random access procedure. 
     In the present specification, the random access procedure performed again based on the increased OCW range may be understood as a procedure for retransmission. 
       FIG. 19  is a flowchart showing a method for a frame transmitted based on random access in a wireless LAN system according to the present embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 19 , in step S 1910 , a user STA (e.g.,  1810 ,  1820 , and  1830  of  FIG. 18 ) may receive from an access point (AP) a random trigger frame (TR) (e.g.,  1801  and  1804 ) including resource information indicating identification information for random access and a random access RU corresponding to the identification information. 
     For example, the random trigger frame may include at least one piece of identification information for random access and a random access RU corresponding to at least one piece of identification information. 
     In step S 1920 , the user STA may determine whether to acquire the random access RU. Specifically, the user STA may perform a countdown operation to acquire a random access RU for an uplink frame to be transmitted to the AP. In this case, the countdown operation mentioned in  FIG. 19  may be understood based on the countdown operation mentioned in the 1 st  duration T 1 ˜T 2  and 7 th  duration T 7 ˜T 8  of  FIG. 18 . 
     If the user STA fails to acquire the random access RU, the procedure of  FIG. 19  is finished. That is, if the user STA fails to complete the countdown operation according to the received random trigger frame (TR), the user STA may wait to receive a subsequent random trigger frame. 
     If the user STA completes the countdown operation according to the received random trigger frame (TR), step S 1930  may be performed. 
     In step S 1930 , the user STA according to the present embodiment may transmit to the AP an uplink frame which solicits acknowledge of the AP by using a random access RU (e.g., the random RU mentioned in  FIG. 18 ) acquired through the countdown operation. 
     The uplink frame according to the present embodiment may include buffer status information. In addition, the buffer status information may be included in the aforementioned HT control field  1519  of the MAC frame  1500  of  FIG. 15 . The buffer status information of  FIG. 19  may be understood based on the content described with reference to  FIG. 12  to  FIG. 17 . 
     For example, the AP (e.g.,  1800  of  FIG. 18 ) may transmit to the user STA a buffer status report polling-type trigger frame which solicits an uplink frame including buffer status information. That is, in  FIG. 18 , the random trigger frames  1801  and  1804  transmitted by the AP may be understood as the buffer status report polling-type trigger frame. 
     For another example, it may be assumed that an uplink frame is a beamforming feedback report frame. In this case, in order to receive the beamforming feedback report frame as the uplink frame, the AP may transmit the beamforming report poll-type trigger frame. 
     In the present embodiment, the beamforming feedback report frame or the uplink frame including the buffer status information mentioned as an example of the uplink frame may be understood as a control frame. 
     When the control frame is received, the AP needs to explicitly establish an ACK policy for the control frame in terms of overall performance improvement of a wireless LAN system. 
     Unlike in the conventional method in which the ACK policy of the uplink frame is established to be unsolicited, an ACK policy of a user STA which is an entity for transmitting an uplink frame may be established to solicit ACK of an AP even if there is a polling-type trigger frame corresponding to the uplink frame in the wireless LAN system according to the present embodiment. 
     As mentioned above, the uplink frame according to the present embodiment may include an ACK policy indicator. The ACK policy indicator may indicate whether a receiving terminal of an uplink frame received through a random access procedure transmits an ACK frame. The ACK policy indicator may be included in the QoS control field  1518  of  FIG. 15 . 
     Eventually, the uplink frame according to the present embodiment may be understood as a frame which solicits ACK from the receiving terminal. Referring to Table 13 above, an ACK policy indicator of 2 bits included in the QoS control field  1518  may be set to ‘00’. 
       FIG. 20  is a flowchart showing a method for a frame transmitted based on random access in a wireless LAN system according to another present embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 20 , the description of steps S 2010  and S 2020  may be understood as the content mentioned in steps S 1901  and S 1920  of  FIG. 19  described above. 
     According to another present embodiment, when a user STA acquires a random access RU allocated to a random trigger frame (TR) through a countdown operation, step S 2030  may be performed. 
     In step S 2030 , the user STA may determine whether a contention-based EDCA procedure is enabled. If it is determined that the EDCA procedure is disabled, step S 2040  may be performed. 
     In step S 2040 , the user STA may establish an ACK policy for an uplink frame to be transmitted by using a random access RU (i.e., the random RU mentioned in  FIG. 18 ) as a normal ACK policy. 
     For example, the normal ACK policy may imply a method of soliciting ACK of an AP which has received an uplink frame. 
     If it is determined that the EDCA procedure is enabled, step S 2050  may be performed. In step S 2050 , the user STA may establish an ACK policy for an uplink frame to be transmitted by using a random access RU (e.g., the random RU mentioned in  FIG. 18 ) as a NO-ACK policy. 
     For example, the NO-ACK policy may imply a method in which ACK of the AP which has received the uplink frame is unsolicited. 
       FIG. 21  is a diagram showing an example of an ACK procedure in a random access procedure of another present embodiment. 
     A horizontal axis of  FIG. 21  may correspond to a time t of an AP and a plurality of STAs. With respect to the horizontal axis of  FIG. 21 , an upper portion may be associated with the existence of a frame transmitted by an AP  2110 . With respect to the horizontal axis of  FIG. 21 , a lower portion may be associated with the existence of a frame transmitted by a plurality of STAs  2120 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 21 , the AP  2110  of  FIG. 21  may correspond to the AP  1800  of  FIG. 18 . The plurality of STAs  2120  of  FIG. 21  may correspond to 1 st  and 2 nd  STAs of  FIG. 18 . 
     In addition, a 1 st  duration T 1 ′˜T 2 ′ may be understood based on the 1 st  duration T 1 ˜T 2  of  FIG. 18 . However, not only an uplink RU (e.g., RU 3  and RU 4  of  FIG. 21 ) individually allocated for each user STA on the basis of identification information (e.g., AID 1 , AID 2 ) but also a random access resource unit (e.g., RU 1  and RU 2  of  FIG. 21 ) allocated to any STA through the random access procedure may be allocated together in a trigger frame  2101  transmitted in the 1 st  duration T 1 ′˜T 2 ′ of  FIG. 21 . 
     A 2 nd  duration T 2 ′˜T 3 ′ may be an SIFS duration. 
     In a 3 rd  duration T 3 ′˜T 4 ′, an uplink frame  2102  may be transmitted from a plurality of user STAs. The uplink frame  2102  transmitted in the 3 rd  duration T 3 ′˜T 4 ′ of  FIG. 21  may be a frame of a UL MU PPDU format. 
     In a 3 rd  duration T 3 ′˜T 4 ′, the uplink frame  2102  to be transmitted may include a plurality of frames transmitted by using an RU allocated individually at an overlapping time from the plurality of user STAs. 
     For example, a user STA corresponding to first identification information (e.g., .AID  1 ) may transmit a frame according to an uplink RU (e.g., the RU of  FIG. 21 ). For another example, a user STA corresponding to second identification information (e.g., AID  2 ) may transmit a frame according to an uplink RU (e.g., the RU 4  of  FIG. 21 ). 
     Among the plurality of user STAs  2102  which have received a trigger frame  2101 , a user STA which has completed the random access procedure of  FIG. 18  may acquire any one of a random access RU (e.g., the RU 1  and RU 2  of  FIG. 21 ) in which third identification information (e.g., AID  0 ) is set. 
     For example, the user STA which has completed the random access procedure may transmit a frame to the AP  2110  by using the acquired first random access RU (e.g., the RU 1  of  FIG. 21 ). In addition, another user STA which has completed the random access procedure may transmit a frame to the AP  2110  by using the acquired second random access RU (e.g., the RU 2  of  FIG. 21 ). 
     A 4 th  duration T 4 ′˜T 5 ′ may be an SIFS duration. 
     In a 5 th  duration T 5 ′˜T 6 ′, the AP  2110  may transmit an M-STA BA frame  2103  to the plurality of user STAs. 
     An ACK procedure may be performed individually for frames transmitted based on an uplink RU (e.g., the RU 3  and RU 4  of  FIG. 21 ) through the M-STA BA frame  2103  of  FIG. 21 . In addition, the ACK policy may be performed individually for frames transmitted based on a random access RU (e.g., the RU 1  and RU 2  of  FIG. 21 ) through the M-STA BA frame  2103 . 
     The M-STA BA frame  2103  transmitted in the 5 th  duration T 5 ′˜T 6 ′ is described in greater detail with reference to drawings described below. 
     Even in case of conforming to another present embodiment, if there is a polling-type trigger frame corresponding to an uplink frame (e.g., a beamforming feedback report, a buffer status report) transmitted through the random access procedure, an ACK policy of the uplink frame may be established as a normal ACK policy which solicits ACK of the AP. 
       FIG. 22  and  FIG. 23  show an exemplary format of a BA frame of the present embodiment. Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 23 , a BA frame  2200  may include a frame control field  2210 , a duration field  2220 , an RA field  2230 , a TA field  2240 , a BA control field  2250 , a BA information field  2260 , and an FCS field  2270 . 
     In particular, the BA control field  2250  may be a common control field, and the BA information field  2260  may be a user-specific field for an individual user STA. The BA information field  2260  may be delivered individually to user STAs different from one another. The BA information field  2260  may include a sub-field of  FIG. 23 , which is allocated individually for each user STA. 
     Specifically, an AP may allow the Per AID TID Info field  2310  of  FIG. 23  to include identification information (e.g., AID information, ACK scheme information, TID information) for a plurality of user STAs which have transmitted a plurality of uplink frames. 
     In addition, the AP may inform each user STA of whether an MSDU or A-MASU constituting a plurality of uplink frames on the basis of a BA starting sequence control field  2320  and BA bitmap field  2330  of  FIG. 23  is successfully received. 
     The BA frame  2200  may be understood as the aforementioned BA frame of  FIG. 21 . That is, in order to inform each user STA of successful reception of the plurality of uplink frames transmitted from the plurality of user STAs, the AP may use the BA frame  2200 . 
     The BA frame of  FIG. 22  may be understood through the section 9.2.4.6.4.5 of the standard document IEEE P802.11ax/D1.0 disclosed in November 2016. 
       FIG. 24  and  FIG. 25  are drawings for explaining a retransmission procedure according to the present embodiment. A horizontal axis of  FIG. 24  and  FIG. 25  may represent a time t of a wireless LAN system, and a vertical axis may be associated with a frame transmitted in the wireless LAN system. 
     The retransmission procedure of  FIG. 24  and  FIG. 25  may be a procedure performed by a user STA when the user STA transmits a frame through a random access RU acquired through a random access procedure and an ACK frame is not received from an AP during a specific time. 
     As mentioned above, the STA which has failed to receive the ACK frame may exponentially increase an OCW range for uplink transmission. An operation of exponentially increasing of the OCW range may be understood as an operation of increasing an OCW range which can be set in an OBO counter to [0, 2*OCW+1]. 
     The STA may set a value randomly selected from the increased OCW range to an initial value (i.e., initial OBO) for an OBO counter, and thereafter may perform the random access procedure again. 
     In the embodiment of  FIG. 24  and  FIG. 25 , OCW information indicating a range of an initial value (i.e., initial OBO) which can be set in an OBO counter may include both a beacon frame (BF) and a random trigger frame (TFR) including a random access RU. 
     The embodiment of  FIG. 24  is an example in which OCW information included in the random trigger frame (TFR) is not applied to the initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of the OBO counter but applied only to the retransmission procedure. 
     For clear and concise understanding of  FIG. 24 , the retransmission procedure of  FIG. 24  may be described based on  FIG. 18 . OCW information of a beacon frame (BF) received in the 1 st  duration T 1 ˜T 1 ′ of  FIG. 24  is ‘4’. 
     Although not shown in  FIG. 24 , a plurality of user STAs (e.g.,  1810  and  1820  of FIG.  18 ) which have received the BF may set an initial value (e.g., the initial OBO 1  and initial OBO 2  of  FIG. 18 ) of an OBO counter on the basis of the OCW information ‘4’. 
     A 2 nd  duration T 2 ˜T 2 ′ of  FIG. 24  may be understood based on the 1 st  duration T 1 ˜T 2  of  FIG. 18 . Although not shown in  FIG. 24 , a specific user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) may acquire a random access RU through the random access procedure. 
     According to the present embodiment, OCW information ‘16’ included in a first random trigger frame (TFR 1 ) of the 2 nd  duration T 2 ˜T 2 ′ of  FIG. 24  may not be used for the initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of the OBO counter. 
     After receiving the TFR 1 , a specific user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) which has acquired the random access RU may transmit an uplink frame (e.g.,  1802  of  FIG. 18 ) to an AP (e.g.,  1800  of  FIG. 18 ) through the random access RU. 
     In the embodiment of  FIG. 24 , the user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) may fail to attempt transmission of the uplink frame (e.g.,  1802  of  FIG. 18 ) using the acquired random access RU. 
     For example, although the user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) transmits the uplink frame (e.g.,  1802  of  FIG. 18 ), an ACK frame of the AP (e.g.,  1800  of  FIG. 18 ) may not be received in response thereto. 
     According to OCW information of the random trigger frame received in the 3 rd  duration T 3 ˜T 3 ′ of  FIG. 24 , the retransmission procedure of the user STA may be classified into two cases. In addition, the 3 rd  duration T 3 ˜T 3 ′ of  FIG. 24  may be understood based on the 7 th  duration T 7 ˜T 8  of  FIG. 18 . 
     For example, a case where OCW information included in a second random trigger frame (TFR 2 ) of the 3 rd  duration T 3 ˜T 3 ′ of  FIG. 24  is set to ‘0’. The user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) may receive the TFR 2  in which OCW information is set to ‘0’. 
     In this case, the user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) may perform the retransmission procedure on the basis of the most recently used OCW information ‘4’ to set the initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of the OBO counter. That is, the user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) may increase an OCW range to [0, 2*4+1] for the retransmission procedure. 
     For another example, a case where OCW information included in the TFR 2  of the 3 rd  duration T 3 ˜T 3 ′ of  FIG. 24  is set to ‘8’ (i.e., non-zero value) is described. The user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) may receive the TFR 2  in which OCW information is set to ‘8’. 
     In this case, the user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) may perform the retransmission procedure on the basis of OCW information ‘8’ included in the most recently received trigger frame to set the initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of the OBO counter. That is, the user STA (e.g.,  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) may increase the OCW range to [0, 2*8+1] for the retransmission procedure. 
     The embodiment of  FIG. 25  is an example in which OCW information included in a TFR is applied to both the initial OBO and the retransmission procedure. 
     For clear and concise understanding of  FIG. 25 , the retransmission procedure of  FIG. 254  may be described based on  FIG. 18 . OCW information of a beacon frame (BF) received in the 1 st  duration T 1 ˜T 1 ′ of  FIG. 25  is ‘4’. 
     Although not shown in  FIG. 25 , a plurality of user STAs (e.g.,  1810  and  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) which have received the BF may set an initial value (the initial OBO 1  and initial OBO 2  of  FIG. 18 ) of an OBO counter on the basis of the OCW information ‘4’. 
     In the 2 nd  duration T 2 ˜T 2 ′ of  FIG. 25 , OCW information ‘4’ included in the TFR 1  may be used for the initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of the OBO counter. 
     Although not shown in  FIG. 25 , a plurality of user STAs (e.g.,  1810  and  1820  of  FIG. 18 ) which have received the TFR 1  may re-set the initial value (i.e., the initial OBO 1  and initial OBO 2  of  FIG. 18 ) of the OBO counter on the basis of the OCW information ‘4’. 
     In the 3 rd  duration T 3 ˜T 3 ′ of  FIG. 25 , a specific user STA may acquire a random access RU through the random access procedure performed based on the TFR 2 . 
     After receiving the TFR 2 , the specific user STA which has acquired the random access RU may transmit the uplink frame to the AP (e.g.,  1800  of  FIG. 18 ) through the random access RU. 
     In the embodiment of  FIG. 25 , the user STA may fail to attempt transmission of the uplink frame using the acquired random access RU. For example, although the user STA transmits the uplink frame, an ACK frame of the AP may not be received in response thereto. 
     In the 4 th  duration T 4 ˜T 4 ′ of  FIG. 25 , the retransmission procedure of the user STA may be classified into two cases. 
     For example, the user STA may perform the retransmission procedure according to most recently used OCW information to set an initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of the OBO counter. 
     In this case, the most recently used OCW information may be OCW information ‘4’ included in the first random trigger frame (TFR 1 ). Accordingly, the user STA may increase a range of the OCW to [0, 2*4+1] for the retransmission procedure. 
     For another example, the user STA may perform the retransmission procedure according to the most recently received OCW information at a time of attempting the retransmission procedure to set an initial value (i.e., initial OBO) of the OBO counter. 
     In this case, the most recently received OCW information may be OCW information ‘32’ included in the third random trigger frame (TFR 3 ). Accordingly, the user STA may increase an OCW range to [0, 2*32+1] for the retransmission procedure. 
       FIG. 26  is a block view illustrating a wireless device to which the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be applied. 
     Referring to  FIG. 26 , as an STA that can implement the above-described exemplary embodiment, the wireless device may correspond to an AP or a non-AP station (STA). The wireless device may correspond to the above-described user or may correspond to a transmitting device transmitting a signal to the user. 
     The AP ( 2600 ) includes a processor  2610 , a memory  2620 , and a radio frequency (RF) unit  2630 . 
     The RF unit  2630  is connected to the processor  2610 , thereby being capable of transmitting and/or receiving radio signals. 
     The processor  2610  implements the functions, processes, and/or methods proposed in the present invention. For example, the processor  2610  may be implemented to perform the operations according to the above-described exemplary embodiments of the present invention. More specifically, among the operations that are disclosed in the exemplary embodiments of  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 25 , the processor  2610  may perform the operations that may be performed by the AP. 
     The non-AP STA  2650  includes a processor  2660 , a memory  2670 , and a radio frequency (RF) unit  2680 . 
     The RF unit  2680  is connected to the processor  2660 , thereby being capable of transmitting and/or receiving radio signals. 
     The processor  2660  implements the functions, processes, and/or methods proposed in the present invention. For example, the processor  2660  may be implemented to perform the operations of the non-AP STA according to the above-described exemplary embodiments of the present invention. The processor may perform the operations of the non-AP STA, which are disclosed in the exemplary embodiments of  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 25 . 
     The processor  2610  and  2660  may include an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), another chip set, a logical circuit, a data processing device, and/or a converter converting a baseband signal and a radio signal to and from one another. The memory  2620  and  2670  may include a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, a memory card, a storage medium, and/or another storage device. The RF unit  2630  and  2680  may include one or more antennas transmitting and/or receiving radio signals. 
     When the exemplary embodiment is implemented as software, the above-described method may be implemented as a module (process, function, and so on) performing the above-described functions. The module may be stored in the memory  2620  and  2670  and may be executed by the processor  2610  and  2660 . The memory  2620  and  2670  may be located inside or outside of the processor  2610  and  2660  and may be connected to the processor  2610  and  2660  through a diversity of well-known means. 
     Although an embodiment of the invention has been described in detail in the present specification, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present specification. Therefore, the scope of the present specification should not be construed as being limited to the aforementioned embodiment, but should be defined by not only claims of the invention described below but also equivalents to the claims.