CN115529651B - Method, device, system, equipment and storage medium for saving terminal power consumption - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method, device, system, equipment and storage medium for saving terminal power consumption. The method comprises: the terminal sends a timed wake-up request message to a network device, the timed wake-up request message indicates whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up; after receiving the timed wake-up request message, the network device sends a timed wake-up response message to the terminal, the timed wake-up response message contains timed wake-up information; the terminal sends and receives data according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message. Through the implementation of the scheme of the present invention, the terminal can flexibly configure the power-saving mode of each link, and can realize a power-saving mode of one link negotiation and multiple links sharing without affecting service delay, reducing the power-saving mode negotiation signaling overhead and improving the power-saving efficiency of the terminal device.

Description

Method, device, system, equipment and storage medium for saving terminal power consumption

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications, and in particular to a method, device, system, equipment and storage medium for saving terminal power consumption.

Background technique

802.11be networks, also known as Extremely High Throughput (EHT) networks, are enhanced through a range of system features and multiple mechanisms to achieve extremely high throughput. As the use of wireless local area networks (WLANs) continues to grow, they are increasingly important for providing wireless data services in many environments, such as homes, enterprises, and hotspots. In particular, video traffic will continue to be the dominant type of traffic in many WLAN deployments. The throughput requirements of these applications are evolving due to the emergence of 4k and 8k video (uncompressed rates of 20Gbps). New high-throughput, low-latency applications such as virtual or augmented reality, gaming, remote offices, and cloud computing will proliferate (e.g., latency below 5ms for real-time gaming).

Given the high throughput and stringent real-time latency requirements of these applications, users expect higher throughput, higher reliability, less latency and jitter, and better power efficiency when supporting their applications over WLAN. Users expect improved integration with Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) to support applications over heterogeneous Ethernet and wireless LANs. 802.11be networks are designed to ensure the competitiveness of WLANs by further improving aggregate throughput and reducing latency while ensuring backward compatibility and coexistence with older technology standards. 802.11-compatible devices operating in the 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands.

Summary of the invention

A terminal capable of operating on multiple links simultaneously can simultaneously communicate data on multiple links. However, when the terminal enters power saving mode, the power saving mode of a single link is not fully applicable to such a terminal, because if each link independently negotiates a power saving mode, different links may wake up at different times, and ultimately fail to achieve the power saving effect. In view of this, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method, apparatus, system, device, and storage medium for saving power consumption of a terminal, so that the wake-up time can be synchronized on multiple links, thereby improving the power saving efficiency of the terminal.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for saving power consumption of a terminal, comprising:

The terminal sends a timed wake-up request message to the network device, wherein the timed wake-up request message indicates whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up;

The terminal receives a timed wake-up response message sent by the network device, wherein the timed wake-up response message includes timed wake-up information, the timed wake-up information includes wake-up parameters, and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared timed wake-up, and the wake-up parameters include the next wake-up time, the shortest wake-up time, and the wake-up interval time calculation factor;

The terminal sends and receives data according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message.

In a possible implementation manner, when the timed wake-up information indicates that the wake-up parameter is used for multi-link shared timed wake-up, the wake-up parameter also indicates a link for performing multi-link shared timed wake-up.

In a possible implementation manner, the sending and receiving data according to the scheduled wake-up information in the received scheduled wake-up response message includes:

When the designated time obtained according to the time of the next wake-up arrives, the corresponding logical terminal on the link indicated by the wake-up parameter for multi-link shared timed wake-up in the timed wake-up response message is woken up; each awakened logical terminal receives or sends data on its respective link according to the scheduling duration calculated according to the shortest wake-up time, and after receiving or sending the data, the awakened logical terminal on each link enters the sleep state again, and wakes up again after the interval time calculated according to the wake-up interval time calculation factor.

In a possible implementation manner, if the link indicated by the wake-up parameter for multi-link shared timed wake-up in the timed wake-up response message includes a non-simultaneous transmit and receive link pair, then each awakened logical terminal receives or sends data on its respective link according to the scheduling duration calculated according to the shortest wake-up time, including:

If the non-simultaneous transmission and reception links have data to send or receive to the corresponding logical terminals, each awakened logical terminal is controlled to only send data or only receive data within the scheduling duration;

If the logical terminal on link one of the non-simultaneous transceiver link pair receives data within the scheduled duration, the logical terminal on link two of the non-simultaneous transceiver link is controlled not to send data.

In a possible implementation manner, before the terminal sends the scheduled wake-up request message to the network device, the method further includes:

The terminal sends a first message to the network device, where the first message includes a parameter for setting whether the terminal supports multi-link sharing timed wake-up;

The terminal receives a second message sent by the network device in response to the first message, where the second message includes parameters for setting whether the network device supports multi-link shared timed wake-up.

In a possible implementation manner, the first message and/or the second message further includes non-simultaneous transmitting and receiving link pair information.

In a possible implementation, if the link where the logical terminal that sends the scheduled wake-up request message is located is included in a non-simultaneous transmitting and receiving link pair, the wake-up parameter does not indicate a link for performing multi-link shared scheduled wake-up.

In a possible implementation manner, the sending and receiving data according to the scheduled wake-up information in the received scheduled wake-up response message includes:

When the designated time obtained according to the time of the next wake-up arrives, the logical terminals on the links listed in the non-simultaneous sending and receiving link pair information are woken up, and data is sent or received at the same start time on the links listed in the non-simultaneous sending and receiving link pair information according to the scheduling duration calculated according to the shortest wake-up time. After the transmission is completed, the awakened logical terminals on each link enter the sleep state again, and wake up again after the interval time calculated according to the wake-up interval time calculation factor.

In a possible implementation manner, the scheduled wake-up request message includes scheduled wake-up information, and the scheduled wake-up information is used to indicate whether to execute multi-link shared scheduled wake-up.

In a possible implementation, the scheduled wake-up information also includes an information setting type, and the information setting type in the scheduled wake-up request message is selected from the following three types: requesting wake-up parameters, and not providing wake-up parameters; providing wake-up parameters by itself, and recommending to use the wake-up parameters; providing wake-up parameters by itself, and requiring to use the wake-up parameters; the information setting type in the scheduled wake-up response message is selected from the following three types: accepting the request; providing wake-up parameters different from those in the scheduled wake-up request message so that the terminal sends the scheduled wake-up request message again according to the recommended wake-up parameters; rejecting the request.

In a possible implementation manner, the scheduled wake-up information includes configuration parameters of a message, and the configuration parameters of the message indicate whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared scheduled wake-up.

In a possible implementation manner, the scheduled wake-up information includes configuration parameters of a message, and the configuration parameters of the message include the information setting type.

In a possible implementation manner, the scheduled wake-up request message and/or the scheduled wake-up response message further includes a negotiation control parameter, and the negotiation control parameter indicates whether to negotiate a wake-up in an independent manner or a wake-up in a broadcast manner.

In a possible implementation manner, the first message is a connection request message or a probe request message, and the second message is a connection response message or a probe response message.

In one possible implementation, the first message and/or the second message includes an ultra-high throughput system capability information element, the ultra-high throughput system capability information element includes media access layer capability information, and the parameters for setting whether the terminal or network device supports multi-link shared timed wake-up are included in the media access layer capability information.

In a possible implementation, the first message and/or the second message further includes a multi-link information element, wherein the multi-link information element includes multi-link control parameters, multi-link common information, and proprietary information of at least one link, wherein the multi-link control parameters include the type of the multi-link information element and indicate whether the address of the device is included in the multi-link common information; the proprietary information includes a link identifier and indicates whether the complete logical entity information is included.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal sets a parameter used to set whether the terminal supports multi-link sharing timed wake-up, including:

The terminal locally includes a multi-link shared timed wake-up capability parameter. When the capability parameter value indicates support, the parameter value used to set whether to support multi-link shared timed wake-up is set to indicate support for multi-link shared timed wake-up. Otherwise, it is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wake-up is not supported.

In a possible implementation, the terminal sets parameters for setting whether to support multi-link sharing timed wake-up, including:

When the values of the proprietary parameters of each logical terminal of the terminal for indicating whether to start the TWT function indicate startup, the parameter value used to set whether to support multi-link shared timed wake-up is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wake-up is supported; otherwise, it is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wake-up is not supported.

In a possible implementation, the terminal sets parameters for setting whether to support multi-link sharing timed wake-up, including:

When the values of the capability parameters for indicating whether to support acting as a TWT requester of each logical terminal of the terminal indicate support, the parameter value for setting whether to support multi-link shared timed wake-up is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wake-up is supported; otherwise, it is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wake-up is not supported.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for saving power consumption of a terminal, including:

The network device receives a timed wake-up request message sent by the terminal, wherein the timed wake-up request message indicates whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up;

The network device sends a scheduled wake-up response message to the terminal, wherein the scheduled wake-up response message includes scheduled wake-up information, the scheduled wake-up information includes wake-up parameters, and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared scheduled wake-up, and the wake-up parameters include the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time, and the wake-up interval time calculation factor.

In a possible implementation manner, when the timed wake-up information indicates that the wake-up parameter is used for multi-link shared timed wake-up, the wake-up parameter also indicates a link for performing multi-link shared timed wake-up.

In a possible implementation manner, if the link indicated by the wake-up parameter for multi-link shared timed wake-up in the timed wake-up response message includes a non-simultaneous transmitting and receiving link pair, it also includes:

When only the logical terminal on link one of the non-simultaneous transceiving link pair has data to send, the logical access point on link two of the non-simultaneous transceiving link is controlled not to send data to the corresponding logical terminal.

In a possible implementation manner, before the network device receives the scheduled wake-up request message sent by the terminal, the method further includes:

The network device receives a first message sent by the terminal, where the first message includes a parameter for setting whether the terminal supports multi-link sharing timed wake-up;

The network device sends a second message to the terminal in response to the first message, wherein the second message includes parameters for setting whether the network device supports multi-link shared timed wake-up.

In a possible implementation manner, the first message and/or the second message further includes non-simultaneous transmitting and receiving link pair information.

In a possible implementation, if the link where the logical terminal that sends the scheduled wake-up request message is located is included in a non-simultaneous transmitting and receiving link pair, the wake-up parameter does not indicate a link for performing multi-link shared scheduled wake-up.

In a possible implementation manner, the scheduled wake-up request message includes scheduled wake-up information, and the scheduled wake-up information is used to indicate whether to execute multi-link shared scheduled wake-up.

In a possible implementation, the scheduled wake-up information also includes an information setting type, and the information setting type in the scheduled wake-up request message is selected from the following three types: requesting wake-up parameters, and not providing wake-up parameters; providing wake-up parameters by itself, and recommending to use the wake-up parameters; providing wake-up parameters by itself, and requiring to use the wake-up parameters; the information setting type in the scheduled wake-up response message is selected from the following three types: accepting the request; providing wake-up parameters different from those in the scheduled wake-up request message so that the terminal sends the scheduled wake-up request message again according to the recommended wake-up parameters; rejecting the request.

In a possible implementation manner, the scheduled wake-up information includes configuration parameters of a message, and the configuration parameters of the message indicate whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared scheduled wake-up.

In a possible implementation manner, the scheduled wake-up information includes configuration parameters of a message, and the configuration parameters of the message include the information setting type.

In a possible implementation manner, the scheduled wake-up request message and/or the scheduled wake-up response message further includes a negotiation control parameter, and the negotiation control parameter indicates whether to negotiate a wake-up in an independent manner or a wake-up in a broadcast manner.

In a possible implementation manner, the first message is a connection request message or a probe request message, and the second message is a connection response message or a probe response message.

In one possible implementation, the first message and/or the second message includes an ultra-high throughput system capability information element, the ultra-high throughput system capability information element includes media access layer capability information, and the parameters for setting whether the terminal or network device supports multi-link shared timed wake-up are included in the media access layer capability information.

In a possible implementation, the first message and/or the second message further includes a multi-link information element, wherein the multi-link information element includes multi-link control parameters, multi-link common information, and proprietary information of at least one link, wherein the multi-link control parameters include the type of the multi-link information element and indicate whether the address of the device is included in the multi-link common information; the proprietary information includes a link identifier and indicates whether the complete logical entity information is included.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a device for saving power consumption of a terminal, including:

A sending module, used to send a timed wake-up request message to a network device through a terminal, wherein the timed wake-up request message indicates whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up;

A receiving module, configured to receive, through a terminal, a timed wake-up response message sent by a network device, wherein the timed wake-up response message includes timed wake-up information, wherein the timed wake-up information includes wake-up parameters and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared timed wake-up, wherein the wake-up parameters include the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time, and a wake-up interval time calculation factor;

The transceiver module is used to send and receive data through the terminal according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a device for saving power consumption of a terminal, including:

A receiving module, configured to receive a timed wake-up request message sent by a terminal through a network device, wherein the timed wake-up request message indicates whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up;

A sending module is used to send a timed wake-up response message to a terminal through a network device, wherein the timed wake-up response message includes timed wake-up information, the timed wake-up information includes wake-up parameters, and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared timed wake-up, and the wake-up parameters include the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time, and the wake-up interval time calculation factor.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a system for saving terminal power consumption, the system comprising a terminal and a network device, the terminal being used to execute the method for saving terminal power consumption described in the first aspect, and the network device being used to execute the method for saving terminal power consumption described in the second aspect.

In the sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a device for saving terminal power consumption, the device comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing at least one instruction, at least one segment of program code, a code set or an instruction set, the at least one instruction, at least one segment of program code, a code set or an instruction set being loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for saving terminal power consumption as described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores at least one instruction, at least one segment of program code, a code set or an instruction set, and the at least one instruction, at least one segment of program code, a code set or an instruction set is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the method for saving terminal power consumption as described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

It should be noted that the device described in the third aspect is used to execute the method provided in the first aspect, the device described in the fourth aspect is used to execute the method provided in the second aspect, the device described in the sixth aspect and the storage medium described in the seventh aspect are used to execute the method provided in the first or second aspect, so the same beneficial effects as the methods described in the first or second aspects can be achieved, and the embodiments of the present invention will not be described one by one.

The present invention provides a terminal negotiation power saving mode. Through the implementation of the solution of the present invention, the terminal can flexibly configure the power saving mode of each link, and can realize a power saving mode in which one link is negotiated and multiple links are shared without affecting service delays, thereby reducing the power saving mode negotiation signaling overhead and improving the power saving efficiency of the terminal equipment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present application will be described by way of embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG1 is a flow chart of a method for saving terminal power consumption provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for saving terminal power consumption provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions in the present invention, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in the field without making creative work should belong to the scope of protection of the present invention. In addition, although the disclosure in the present invention is introduced according to one or several exemplary examples, it should be understood that each aspect of these disclosures can also constitute a complete technical solution separately. In the absence of conflict, the following embodiments and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplarily" and "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or explanations. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" in the present invention should not be interpreted as being more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or designs. Specifically, the word "exemplary" is used to present concepts in a specific way.

Unless otherwise defined, the technical terms or scientific terms used in the present invention should be understood by people with ordinary skills in the field to which the present invention belongs. The terms used in the embodiments of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The "first", "second" and similar words used in the present invention do not represent any order, quantity or importance, but are only used to distinguish descriptions, and the meanings of the corresponding terms may be the same or different. "Include" or "comprise" and other similar words mean that the elements or objects appearing before the word include the elements or objects listed after the word and their equivalents, without excluding other elements or objects. The term "and/or" refers to any possible combination of one or more associated listed items. The character "/" generally indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship.

It should be noted that a device capable of operating on more than two links at the same time includes more than two logical entities, each logical entity transmits data through a link, and each logical entity includes an independent data transceiver module. In the embodiment of the present invention, both the terminal and the network device have the ability to operate on more than two links at the same time, the logical terminal is the logical entity in the terminal, and the logical access point is the logical entity in the network device. The network device can be a router, access point, and other devices.

FIG1 is a flow chart of a method for saving terminal power consumption provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG1 , the method for saving terminal power consumption includes the following steps:

S101. The terminal sends a timed wake-up request message (such as a TWT request message) to a network device, where the timed wake-up request message indicates whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up.

In some embodiments, a specific parameter may be included in the timed wake-up request message to indicate whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up, or timed wake-up information may be included in the timed wake-up request message, and the timed wake-up information is used to indicate whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up, and the present invention is not limited to this. In the embodiment of the present invention, the timed wake-up request message including the timed wake-up information is used as an example for description.

The scheduled wake-up information includes wake-up parameters and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared scheduled wake-up. The wake-up parameters include the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time, and the wake-up interval calculation factor. When the scheduled wake-up information indicates that the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared scheduled wake-up, it indicates that multi-link shared scheduled wake-up is executed, and the wake-up parameters may also indicate the link for executing multi-link shared scheduled wake-up.

Optionally, the scheduled wake-up information also includes an information setting type, and the information setting type in the scheduled wake-up request message is selected from the following three types: requesting wake-up parameters, and not providing wake-up parameters; providing wake-up parameters, and recommending the use of the wake-up parameters; providing wake-up parameters, and requiring the use of the wake-up parameters. When the information setting type in the scheduled wake-up request message is set to requesting wake-up parameters, and not providing wake-up parameters, the scheduled wake-up information in the scheduled wake-up request message does not include wake-up parameters.

Optionally, the timed wake-up information includes configuration parameters of a message, in which the configuration parameters of the message indicate whether the wake-up parameter is used for multi-link shared timed wake-up. The information setting type may also be included in the configuration parameters of the message.

In some embodiments, the scheduled wake-up request message may further include a negotiation control parameter, wherein the negotiation control parameter indicates whether to negotiate a wake-up in an independent manner or a wake-up in a broadcast manner.

S102. After receiving the scheduled wake-up request message, the network device sends a scheduled wake-up response message (such as a TWTresponse message) to the terminal, where the scheduled wake-up response message includes scheduled wake-up information.

The setting of the scheduled wake-up response message can refer to the scheduled wake-up request message, which will not be repeated here. However, the information setting type in the scheduled wake-up response message is selected from the following three types: accept the request; provide wake-up parameters different from those in the scheduled wake-up request message so that the terminal can send the scheduled wake-up request message again according to the recommended wake-up parameters; reject the request.

In some embodiments, if the link indicated by the wake-up parameter for multi-link shared timed wake-up in the timed wake-up response message includes a non-simultaneous transceiver link pair, when only the logical terminal on link one of the non-simultaneous transceiver link pair has data to send, the logical access point on link two of the non-simultaneous transceiver link is controlled not to send data to the corresponding logical terminal.

S103. The terminal sends and receives data according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message.

For example, if the scheduled wake-up information in the scheduled wake-up response message indicates that the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared scheduled wake-up, the corresponding logical terminal on the link indicated by the wake-up parameters for multi-link shared scheduled wake-up in the scheduled wake-up response message is controlled to enter a sleep state; when the specified time obtained according to the time of the next wake-up arrives, the corresponding logical terminal on the link indicated by the wake-up parameters for multi-link shared scheduled wake-up in the scheduled wake-up response message is woken up; each awakened logical terminal receives or sends data on its respective link according to the scheduling duration calculated according to the shortest wake-up time, and after receiving or sending the data, the awakened logical terminal on each link enters a sleep state again, and wakes up again after an interval time calculated according to the wake-up interval time calculation factor.

If the link indicated by the wake-up parameter for multi-link shared timed wake-up in the timed wake-up response message includes a non-simultaneous transceiver link pair, then each awakened logical terminal receives or sends data on its respective link according to the scheduling duration calculated according to the shortest wake-up time, including:

If the non-simultaneous transmission and reception links have data to send or receive to the corresponding logical terminals, each awakened logical terminal is controlled to only send data or only receive data within the scheduling duration;

If the logical terminal on link one of the non-simultaneous transceiver link pair receives data within the scheduled duration, the logical terminal on link two of the non-simultaneous transceiver link is controlled not to send data.

FIG2 is a flow chart of a method for saving terminal power consumption provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG2 , the method for saving terminal power consumption includes the following steps:

S201. The terminal sends a first message to the network device, wherein the first message includes a parameter for setting whether the terminal supports multi-link sharing timed wake-up. For example, the first message may be a connection request message (such as an Association request message) or a probe request message (such as a Probe request message), and the present invention does not limit this.

Optionally, the first message includes an ultra-high throughput system capability information element, the ultra-high throughput system capability information element includes media access layer capability information, and the parameters for setting whether the terminal supports multi-link shared timed wake-up are included in the media access layer capability information. The first message may also include a multi-link information element, the multi-link information element includes multi-link control parameters, multi-link common information and proprietary information of at least one link, wherein the multi-link control parameters include the type of the multi-link information element and indicate whether the address of the device is included in the multi-link common information; the proprietary information includes a link identifier and indicates whether the complete logical entity information is included. When the indication is complete information, all the information of the logical entity is requested, or all the information of the logical entity is provided. Otherwise, only part of the listed information is requested or only part of the information is provided.

In some embodiments, the value of the parameter used to set whether the terminal supports multi-link sharing timed wake-up can be set as follows:

1) The terminal locally includes a capability parameter for supporting multi-link shared timed wakeup. When the capability parameter value indicates support, the parameter value for setting whether to support multi-link shared timed wakeup is set to indicate support for multi-link shared timed wakeup; otherwise, it is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wakeup is not supported.

2) When the values of the proprietary parameters of each logical terminal of the terminal used to indicate whether to start the TWT function indicate startup, the parameter value used to set whether to support multi-link shared timed wake-up is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wake-up is supported; otherwise, it is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wake-up is not supported.

3) When the value of the capability parameter used to indicate whether to support acting as a TWT requester of each logical terminal of the terminal indicates support, the parameter value used to set whether to support multi-link shared timed wake-up is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wake-up is supported; otherwise, it is set to indicate that multi-link shared timed wake-up is not supported.

S202. After receiving the first message, the network device sends a second message to the terminal, wherein the second message includes parameters for setting whether the network device supports multi-link sharing timed wake-up. For example, the second message may be a connection response message (such as an Association response message) or a probe response message (such as a Probe response message), and the present invention does not limit this.

The second message is a response message to the first message. Therefore, the setting of the second message can refer to the first message and will not be repeated here.

S203. The terminal sends a timed wake-up request message to the network device, where the timed wake-up request message indicates whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up.

S204. After receiving the scheduled wake-up request message, the network device sends a scheduled wake-up response message to the terminal, where the scheduled wake-up response message includes scheduled wake-up information.

Specifically, the scheduled wake-up information includes wake-up parameters and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared scheduled wake-up. The wake-up parameters include the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time, and a wake-up interval time calculation factor.

Optionally, the scheduled wake-up information also includes an information setting type, and the information setting type in the scheduled wake-up response message is selected from the following three types: accepting the request; providing wake-up parameters different from those in the scheduled wake-up request message so that the terminal can send the scheduled wake-up request message again according to the recommended wake-up parameters; rejecting the request.

Optionally, the timed wake-up information includes configuration parameters of a message, in which the configuration parameters of the message indicate whether the wake-up parameter is used for multi-link shared timed wake-up. The information setting type may also be included in the configuration parameters of the message.

In some embodiments, the scheduled wake-up response message may further include a negotiation control parameter, wherein the negotiation control parameter indicates whether to negotiate a wake-up in an independent manner or a wake-up in a broadcast manner.

Optionally, the timed wake-up request message may include timed wake-up information, and the timed wake-up information indicates whether to perform multi-link sharing timed wake-up. At this time, the setting of the timed wake-up request message may refer to the timed wake-up response message.

S205. The terminal sends and receives data according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message.

In some embodiments, the first message and/or the second message may also include non-simultaneous transceiver link pair information. If the link where the logical terminal that sends the timed wake-up request message is located is included in the non-simultaneous transceiver link pair, the wake-up parameter included in the timed wake-up information may not indicate the link for performing multi-link shared timed wake-up. At this time, the terminal performs data transmission and reception according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message, specifically including:

When the designated time obtained according to the time of the next wake-up arrives, the logical terminals on the links listed in the non-simultaneous sending and receiving link pair information are woken up, and data is sent or received at the same start time on the links listed in the non-simultaneous sending and receiving link pair information according to the scheduling duration calculated according to the shortest wake-up time. After the transmission is completed, the awakened logical terminals on each link enter the sleep state again, and wake up again after the interval time calculated according to the wake-up interval time calculation factor.

If the link where the logical terminal that sends the timed wake-up request message is located is not included in the non-simultaneous sending and receiving link pair, the wake-up parameters contained in the timed wake-up information still indicate the link for performing multi-link shared timed wake-up. At this time, the terminal sends and receives data according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message, and reference can be made to step S103 in the embodiment shown in Figure 1.

If the link where the logical terminal that sends the timed wake-up request message is located is included in the non-simultaneous sending and receiving link pair, the wake-up parameters contained in the timed wake-up information still indicate the link for performing multi-link shared timed wake-up. At this time, multi-link shared timed wake-up is still performed according to the link indicated by the wake-up parameters, that is, the terminal performs data sending and receiving according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message. Refer to step S103 in the embodiment shown in Figure 1.

The present invention is further described below in conjunction with a specific application scenario. In this specific application, the network device is an access point, the terminal STA MLD has three logical terminals STA1, STA2 and STA3, the access point AP MLD has three logical access points AP1, AP2 and AP3, and the STA MLD establishes a multi-link connection with the AP MLD, wherein STA1 establishes a connection with AP1, STA2 establishes a connection with AP2, and STA3 establishes a connection with AP3.

S1001. STA1 sends an Association request message to AP1. The message includes the parameters shown in Table 1.

Table 1

parameter illustrate Multi link element STA MLD multi-link information element EHT capability STA MLD ultra-high throughput system capability information element

Among them, the Multi link element setting example is shown in Table 2.

Table 2

parameter illustrate Multi link control Multilink Control Parameters Common info Multi-link public information Link info Link-specific information

Among them, the Multi link control setting example is shown in Table 3.

table 3

Among them, the Common info setting example is shown in Table 4.

Table 4

parameter illustrate MLD MAC Address MAC address of the device

The Link info setting example is shown in Table 5.

table 5

The EHT capability setting example is shown in Table 6.

Table 6

parameter illustrate EHT MAC capability Media access layer capability information EHT PHY capability Physical layer capability information

The EHT MAC capability includes the parameters shown in Table 7.

Table 7

Multi-link shared timed wake-up refers to using the same TWT (target wake time) parameter set on multiple links so that the logical terminals on each link wake up in the same time period for data transmission.

If STA1 includes a Multi link element in the Association request message and the Multilink element includes two or more Link info, it means that the STA MLD to which STA1 belongs requests to establish a multi-link connection with the AP MLD to which AP1 belongs.

S1002. STA1 receives the Association response message sent by AP1, which includes the parameters shown in Table 8.

Table 8

The parameters included in the Multi link element and EHT capability are the same as those in the Association request message.

S1003. STA1 sends a TWT request message to AP1. The message setting example is shown in Table 9.

Table 9

parameter illustrate Control Negotiating control parameters TWT parameters Scheduled wake-up information

Among them, the Control setting example is shown in Table 10.

Table 10

Among them, the TWT parameters setting example is shown in Table 11.

Table 11

parameter illustrate Request type Message configuration parameters Target wake time Next wake-up time Nominal minimum TWT wake duration Minimum wake-up time TWT wake interval mantissa Wake-up interval calculation factor

Among them, the Request type setting example is shown in Table 12.

Table 12

Among them, the TWT parameters refer to the parameters Target wake time, Nominal minimum TWT wakeduration and TWT wake interval mantissa in Table 11. When the parameter Multi link shared TWT indicates that the TWT parameters are used for multi-link shared timed wake-up, the TWT parameters may also include a parameter Shared link list for indicating the link for performing multi-link shared timed wake-up. At this time, the TWT parameters setting example is shown in Table 13.

Table 13

S1004. STA1 receives the TWT response message sent by AP1, which includes the parameters shown in Table 14.

Table 14

parameter illustrate Control Negotiating control parameters TWT parameters Scheduled wake-up information

1) If the value of TWT setup command in the TWT response message is Accept, save the parameters contained in the TWT response message locally.

If the Multi link shared TWT value is 1, the corresponding logical entities (e.g., STA1, STA2, and STA3) on the links listed in the Shared link list parameter are controlled to enter the sleep state;

When the specified time obtained by the value of the parameter Target wake time arrives, the logical terminals on the links listed in the Shared linklist parameter are woken up, and each logical terminal receives or sends data on its own link according to the scheduling duration calculated by the Nominal minimum TWT wakeduration. After receiving or sending data, the logical terminals on each link enter the sleep state again and wake up again after the interval time calculated by the TWT wake interval mantissa.

If the links listed in the Shared link list parameter include NSTR link pairs, that is, non-simultaneous transmission and reception link pairs, for example, the Shared link list is set to (link1-2.4GHz, Link2-5GHz, Link3-6GHz), and according to the terminal capability setting, Link2-5GHz and Link3-6GHz are NSTR link pairs, that is, in these two links, while sending data on one link, data cannot be received on the other link; then:

If the NSTR link has data to send or receive to the corresponding logical terminal, each logical terminal is controlled to only send data or only receive data within the scheduling duration;

If the logical terminal of the terminal on only one link (for example, Link2) in the NSTR link pair receives data within the scheduled duration, the logical terminal on the other link (for example, Link3) is controlled not to send data; when the logical terminal on only one link has data to send, the logical access point on the other link is controlled not to send data to the corresponding logical terminal.

If the Multi link shared TWT value is 0, the logical terminal (for example, STA1) on this link will be woken up at the specified time according to the value of the parameter Target wake time, and data will be transmitted on this link for the specified duration according to the Nominal minimum TWT wake duration. After the transmission is completed, it will enter the sleep state again and wake up again after the interval calculated according to the TWT wakeinterval mantissa.

2) If the TWT setup command value is Alternate, the TWT request message is reconstructed according to the parameters in the TWT response and sent to AP1.

3) If the TWT setup command value is Reject, the TWT negotiation process terminates.

In some embodiments, the value of the parameter Multi link shared TWT capable in step S1001 may be set as follows:

1) STA MLD locally includes the parameter dot11MLSharedTWTImplemented. When the parameter value is true, the value of Multi link shared TWT capable is set to 1. When the parameter value is false, the value of Multilink shared TWT capable is set to 0.

2) For each logical terminal of STA MLD, such as STA1, STA2 and STA3, when the value of their respective proprietary parameters dot11TWTOptionActivated (this parameter is used to indicate whether the TWT function is enabled) is true, the value of Multi link shared TWT capable is set to 1; otherwise, the value of Multi link shared TWT capable is set to 0;

3) When the value of the capability parameter TWT Requester Support (this parameter is used to indicate whether it supports being a TWT requester) of each logical terminal of STA MLD is 1, set the value of Multi link shared TWT capable to 1, otherwise set the value of Multi link shared TWT capable to 0.

Optionally, in step S1001, Common info setting examples are shown in Table 15.

Table 15

If the link where the logical terminal sending the TWT request message is located is included in the NSTR pair, the Shared link list may not be included in step S1003, and point 1) in step S1004 is modified as follows: If the Multilink shared TWT value is 1, the logical terminals (for example, STA1 and STA2) on the links listed in the NSTR pair parameters are woken up at the specified time according to the value of the parameter Target wake time, and data packets are sent or received at the same start time on the links listed in the NSTR pair parameters within the specified duration according to the Nominal minimum TWT wakeduration. After the transmission is completed, the logical terminals on each link enter the sleep state again and wake up again after the interval calculated according to the TWT wake intervalmantissa.

If the link where the logical terminal sending the TWT request message is located is not included in the NSTR pair, the Shared link list is still included in step S1003 and the process is executed according to step S1004.

If the link where the logical terminal sending the TWT request message is located is included in the NSTR pair and the Shared link list is still included in step S1003, the multi-link shared timed wake-up operation is still performed according to the value of the Shared link list, that is, it is executed according to step S1004.

In an embodiment of the present invention, based on the same inventive concept as the above-mentioned method for saving terminal power consumption, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for saving terminal power consumption, including:

A sending module, used to send a timed wake-up request message to a network device through a terminal, wherein the timed wake-up request message indicates whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up;

A receiving module, configured to receive, through a terminal, a timed wake-up response message sent by a network device, wherein the timed wake-up response message includes timed wake-up information, wherein the timed wake-up information includes wake-up parameters and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared timed wake-up, wherein the wake-up parameters include the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time, and a wake-up interval time calculation factor;

The transceiver module is used to send and receive data through the terminal according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides another device for saving terminal power consumption, including:

A receiving module, configured to receive a timed wake-up request message sent by a terminal through a network device, wherein the timed wake-up request message indicates whether to perform multi-link shared timed wake-up;

A sending module is used to send a timed wake-up response message to a terminal through a network device, wherein the timed wake-up response message includes timed wake-up information, the timed wake-up information includes wake-up parameters, and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared timed wake-up, and the wake-up parameters include the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time, and the wake-up interval time calculation factor.

In an embodiment of the present invention, based on the same inventive concept as the above-mentioned method for saving terminal power consumption, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a device for saving terminal power consumption, the device includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores at least one instruction, at least one segment of program code, a code set or an instruction set, the at least one instruction, at least one segment of program code, a code set or an instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for saving terminal power consumption involved in the above-mentioned embodiment.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores at least one instruction, at least one segment of program code, a code set or an instruction set. The at least one instruction, at least one segment of program code, a code set or an instruction set is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the method of saving terminal power consumption involved in the above embodiment.

It should be understood that in various embodiments of the present invention, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the order of execution, some or all of the steps can be executed in parallel or sequentially, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

In the several embodiments provided by the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative, for example, the division of the modules is only a logical function division, and there may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple modules or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed.

The modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place, or they may be distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the scheme of this embodiment. In addition, the functional modules in the various embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more modules may be integrated into one unit.

If the functions are implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, network device or terminal, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, ROM, RAM) disk or optical disk and other media that can store program codes.

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, which should be included in the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal, comprising:

The terminal sends a first message to the network equipment, wherein the first message comprises a parameter for setting whether the terminal supports multilink sharing timing awakening;

The terminal receives a second message sent by the network equipment in response to the first message, wherein the second message comprises a parameter for setting whether the network equipment supports multi-link sharing timing awakening;

the terminal sends a timing wake-up request message to the network equipment, wherein the timing wake-up request message indicates whether to execute multi-link sharing timing wake-up or not;

the method comprises the steps that a terminal receives a timed wake-up response message sent by network equipment, wherein the timed wake-up response message comprises timed wake-up information, the timed wake-up information comprises wake-up parameters and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link sharing timed wake-up, and the wake-up parameters comprise time of next wake-up, shortest wake-up time and wake-up interval time calculation factors;

the terminal receives and transmits data according to the timing wake-up information in the received timing wake-up response message;

When the timing wake-up information indicates that a wake-up parameter is used for multi-link sharing timing wake-up, the wake-up parameter also indicates a link for executing the multi-link sharing timing wake-up; the step of receiving and transmitting data according to the timing wake-up information in the received timing wake-up response message comprises the following steps:

When the appointed time obtained according to the next awakening time arrives, awakening a corresponding logic terminal on a link indicated by an awakening parameter for multi-link sharing timing awakening in the timing awakening response message; each awakened logic terminal receives or transmits data on the respective link according to the scheduling time length calculated by the shortest awakening time, and after the data is received or transmitted, the awakened logic terminal on each link enters the dormant state again, and wakes up again after the interval time calculated by the awakening interval time calculation factor.

2. The method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to claim 1, wherein if a link indicated by a wake-up parameter for multi-link shared timed wake-up in a timed wake-up response message includes a non-simultaneous transmit-receive link pair, the receiving or transmitting data by each wake-up logic terminal on a respective link according to a scheduling duration calculated by a shortest wake-up time includes:

if the non-simultaneous receiving and transmitting links have data transmission or reception for the corresponding logic terminals, each awakened logic terminal is controlled to only transmit data or only receive data in the scheduling duration;

And if the logic terminal on the link one of the non-simultaneous transceiving link pair receives data in the scheduling time period, controlling the logic terminal on the link two of the non-simultaneous transceiving link to not send the data.

3. The method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first message and/or the second message further comprises non-simultaneous transmit-receive link pair information.

4. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to claim 3, wherein if the link on which the logical terminal transmitting the timed wake-up request message is located is included in a pair of non-simultaneous transceiving links, the wake-up parameter does not indicate the link on which the multi-link shared timed wake-up is performed.

5. The method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to claim 1, wherein the receiving and transmitting data according to the timing wakeup information in the received timing wakeup response message includes:

When the appointed time obtained according to the next awakening time arrives, awakening the logic terminal on the link listed in the non-simultaneous receiving-transmitting link pair information, sending or receiving data on the link listed in the non-simultaneous receiving-transmitting link pair information at the same starting time according to the scheduling time length calculated by the shortest awakening time, enabling the logic terminal awakened on each link to enter a dormant state again after the transmission is finished, and awakening again after the interval time calculated according to the awakening interval time calculation factor.

6. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the timed wake-up request message comprises timed wake-up information, by means of which it is indicated whether or not to perform a multi-link shared timed wake-up.

7. The method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to claim 6, wherein the timing wake-up information further includes an information setting type, and the information setting type in the timing wake-up request message is selected from the following three types: the method comprises the steps of requesting a wake-up parameter, and not providing the wake-up parameter by itself; providing a wake-up parameter by itself, suggesting the use of the wake-up parameter; itself provides the wake-up parameters that must be used; the information setting type in the timed wake-up response message is selected from the following three types: accepting the request; providing a wake-up parameter different from the wake-up parameter in the timed wake-up request message, and enabling the terminal to send the timed wake-up request message according to the suggested wake-up parameter again; the request is denied.

8. A method of saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 1-5, characterized in that the timed wake-up information comprises configuration parameters of a message in which it is indicated whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared timed wake-up.

9. The method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to claim 7, wherein the wake-up-by-timing information includes configuration parameters of a message, and the configuration parameters of the message include the information setting type.

10. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the timed wake-up request message and/or the timed wake-up response message further comprise negotiation control parameters, and wherein the negotiation control parameters indicate a negotiation independent mode of wake-up or a broadcast mode of wake-up.

11. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the first message is a connection request message or a probe request message and the second message is a connection response message or a probe response message.

12. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the first message and/or the second message comprises an ultra-high throughput system capability information element, the ultra-high throughput system capability information element comprises media access layer capability information, and the parameter for setting whether the terminal or the network device supports multi-link sharing timing wakeup is included in the media access layer capability information.

13. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the first message and/or the second message further comprises a multi-link information element, the multi-link information element comprising a multi-link control parameter, multi-link public information and at least one link proprietary information, wherein the multi-link control parameter comprises a type of the multi-link information element and indicates whether the address of the device is contained in the multi-link public information; the proprietary information includes a link identification and indicates whether the information contains a complete logical entity.

14. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the setting of the parameters by the terminal for setting whether the terminal supports multi-link shared timed wake-up comprises:

the terminal locally comprises a capability parameter for supporting the multi-link sharing timing awakening, when the capability parameter value indicates support, the parameter value for setting whether the multi-link sharing timing awakening is supported indicates support of the multi-link sharing timing awakening, otherwise, the parameter value is set to indicate that the multi-link sharing timing awakening is not supported.

15. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the terminal setting a parameter for setting whether or not to support multi-link shared timed wake-up comprises:

When each logic terminal of the terminal indicates the starting or not, setting the parameter value for setting whether to support the multi-link sharing timing wake-up or not to support the multi-link sharing timing wake-up, otherwise, setting to indicate that the multi-link sharing timing wake-up is not supported.

16. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the terminal setting a parameter for setting whether or not to support multi-link shared timed wake-up comprises:

Setting the parameter value for setting whether to support the multi-link sharing timing wakeup is indicated to support the multi-link sharing timing wakeup when the value of each logic terminal for indicating whether to support the capability parameter as the TWT requester is indicated to support, otherwise, setting to indicate not to support the multi-link sharing timing wakeup.

17. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal, comprising:

The network equipment receives a first message sent by a terminal, wherein the first message comprises a parameter for setting whether the terminal supports multilink sharing timing awakening;

the network equipment responds to the first message and sends a second message to the terminal, wherein the second message comprises parameters for setting whether the network equipment supports multilink sharing timing wakeup;

the method comprises the steps that network equipment receives a timing wake-up request message sent by a terminal, wherein the timing wake-up request message indicates whether to execute multi-link sharing timing wake-up or not;

the network equipment sends a timed wake-up response message to the terminal, wherein the timed wake-up response message comprises timed wake-up information, the terminal is instructed to transmit and receive data according to the timed wake-up information in the received timed wake-up response message, the timed wake-up information comprises wake-up parameters, the wake-up parameters are instructed to be used for multi-link sharing timed wake-up, and the wake-up parameters comprise the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time and a wake-up interval time calculation factor;

When the timing wake-up information indicates that a wake-up parameter is used for multi-link sharing timing wake-up, the wake-up parameter also indicates a link for executing the multi-link sharing timing wake-up; the step of receiving and transmitting data according to the timing wake-up information in the received timing wake-up response message comprises the following steps:

When the appointed time obtained according to the next awakening time arrives, awakening a corresponding logic terminal on a link indicated by an awakening parameter for multi-link sharing timing awakening in the timing awakening response message; each awakened logic terminal receives or transmits data on the respective link according to the scheduling time length calculated by the shortest awakening time, and after the data is received or transmitted, the awakened logic terminal on each link enters the dormant state again, and wakes up again after the interval time calculated by the awakening interval time calculation factor.

18. The method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to claim 17, wherein if the link indicated by the wake-up parameter for multi-link shared wake-up in the wake-up-by-time response message includes a non-simultaneous transmit-receive link pair, further comprising:

When only the logic terminal on the link one of the non-simultaneous transceiving link pair has data transmission, the logic access point on the link two of the non-simultaneous transceiving link is controlled not to transmit data to the corresponding logic terminal.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the first message and/or the second message further comprises non-simultaneous transmit-receive link pair information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein if the link on which the logical terminal that sent the wake-up-by-timing request message is located is included in a pair of non-simultaneous transceiving links, the wake-up parameter does not indicate a link on which to perform multi-link shared wake-up-timing.

21. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 17-20, characterized in that the timed wake-up request message comprises timed wake-up information, by means of which it is indicated whether or not to perform a multi-link shared timed wake-up.

22. The method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to claim 21, wherein the timing wake-up information further includes an information setting type, and the information setting type in the timing wake-up request message is selected from three types of information: the method comprises the steps of requesting a wake-up parameter, and not providing the wake-up parameter by itself; providing a wake-up parameter by itself, suggesting the use of the wake-up parameter; itself provides the wake-up parameters that must be used; the information setting type in the timed wake-up response message is selected from the following three types: accepting the request; providing a wake-up parameter different from the wake-up parameter in the timed wake-up request message, and enabling the terminal to send the timed wake-up request message according to the suggested wake-up parameter again; the request is denied.

23. A method of saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 17-20, characterized in that the timed wake-up information comprises configuration parameters of a message in which it is indicated whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link shared timed wake-up.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the wake-up-by-timing information includes configuration parameters of a message, and wherein the configuration parameters of the message include the information setting type.

25. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 17-20, wherein the timed wake-up request message and/or the timed wake-up response message further comprise negotiation control parameters, wherein the negotiation control parameters indicate a negotiation independent mode of wake-up or a broadcast mode of wake-up.

26. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 17-20, wherein the first message is a connection request message or a probe request message and the second message is a connection response message or a probe response message.

27. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 17-20, wherein the first message and/or the second message comprises an ultra-high throughput system capability information element, the ultra-high throughput system capability information element comprises medium access layer capability information, and the parameter for setting whether the terminal or the network device supports multi-link sharing timing wakeup is included in the medium access layer capability information.

28. A method for saving power consumption of a terminal according to any of claims 17-20, characterized in that the first message and/or the second message further comprises a multi-link information element, the multi-link information element comprising a multi-link control parameter, multi-link public information and at least one link proprietary information, wherein the multi-link control parameter comprises a type of multi-link information element and indicates whether the address of the device is contained in the multi-link public information; the proprietary information includes a link identification and indicates whether the information contains a complete logical entity.

29. An apparatus for saving power consumption of a terminal, comprising:

A sending module, configured to send a first message to a network device through a terminal, where the first message includes a parameter for setting whether the terminal supports multi-link sharing timing wakeup; sending a timing wake-up request message to network equipment through a terminal, wherein the timing wake-up request message indicates whether to execute multi-link sharing timing wake-up or not;

A receiving module, configured to receive, by using a terminal, a second message sent by a network device in response to the first message, where the second message includes a parameter for setting whether the network device supports multi-link sharing timing wakeup; receiving a timing wake-up response message sent by a network device through a terminal, wherein the timing wake-up response message comprises timing wake-up information, the timing wake-up information comprises wake-up parameters and indicates whether the wake-up parameters are used for multi-link sharing timing wake-up, and the wake-up parameters comprise the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time and a wake-up interval time calculation factor;

The receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving and transmitting data through the terminal according to the timing wake-up information in the received timing wake-up response message;

When the timing wake-up information indicates that a wake-up parameter is used for multi-link sharing timing wake-up, the wake-up parameter also indicates a link for executing the multi-link sharing timing wake-up; the step of receiving and transmitting data according to the timing wake-up information in the received timing wake-up response message comprises the following steps:

When the appointed time obtained according to the next awakening time arrives, awakening a corresponding logic terminal on a link indicated by an awakening parameter for multi-link sharing timing awakening in the timing awakening response message; each awakened logic terminal receives or transmits data on the respective link according to the scheduling time length calculated by the shortest awakening time, and after the data is received or transmitted, the awakened logic terminal on each link enters the dormant state again, and wakes up again after the interval time calculated by the awakening interval time calculation factor.

30. An apparatus for saving power consumption of a terminal, comprising:

The receiving module is used for receiving a first message sent by the terminal through the network equipment, wherein the first message comprises a parameter for setting whether the terminal supports multilink sharing timing awakening; receiving a timing wake-up request message sent by a terminal through network equipment, wherein the timing wake-up request message indicates whether to execute multilink sharing timing wake-up or not;

A sending module, configured to send, by the network device, a second message to the terminal in response to the first message, where the second message includes a parameter for setting whether the network device supports multi-link sharing timing wakeup; sending a timing wake-up response message to a terminal through network equipment, wherein the timing wake-up response message comprises timing wake-up information, the terminal is instructed to transmit and receive data according to the timing wake-up information in the received timing wake-up response message, the timing wake-up information comprises wake-up parameters, the wake-up parameters are instructed to be used for multi-link sharing timing wake-up, and the wake-up parameters comprise the time of the next wake-up, the shortest wake-up time and a wake-up interval time calculation factor;

When the timing wake-up information indicates that a wake-up parameter is used for multi-link sharing timing wake-up, the wake-up parameter also indicates a link for executing the multi-link sharing timing wake-up; the step of receiving and transmitting data according to the timing wake-up information in the received timing wake-up response message comprises the following steps:

When the appointed time obtained according to the next awakening time arrives, awakening a corresponding logic terminal on a link indicated by an awakening parameter for multi-link sharing timing awakening in the timing awakening response message; each awakened logic terminal receives or transmits data on the respective link according to the scheduling time length calculated by the shortest awakening time, and after the data is received or transmitted, the awakened logic terminal on each link enters the dormant state again, and wakes up again after the interval time calculated by the awakening interval time calculation factor.

31. A system for saving terminal power consumption, characterized in that the system comprises a terminal for performing the method for saving terminal power consumption according to any of the claims 1-16 and a network device for performing the method for saving terminal power consumption according to any of the claims 17-28.

32. An apparatus for conserving terminal power consumption, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory having stored therein at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, set of codes, or set of instructions, the at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, set of codes, or set of instructions being loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for conserving terminal power consumption of any of claims 1-28.

33. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, code set, or instruction set, the at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, code set, or instruction set being loaded and executed by a processor to implement the method of saving terminal power consumption of any of claims 1-28.