APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

A wireless power transmission apparatus including a controller configured to initiate a digital ping to solicit a response from a wireless power reception apparatus, receive the response from the wireless power reception apparatus, and perform a negotiation for a first power level with the wireless power reception apparatus, and a power converter configured to transmit a wireless power to the wireless power reception apparatus based on the first power level, wherein the controller is configured to transmit, to the wireless power reception apparatus in response to a received power packet, a bit pattern response requesting a communication by the wireless power transmission apparatus to change the first power level, and transmit a packet related to a second power level to the wireless power reception apparatus, and wherein the bit pattern response is defined as a pattern different from a bit pattern for an 8-bit ACK response, a bit pattern for an 8-bit NAK response and a bit pattern for an 8-bit ND response.