CN120584544A

CN120584544A - Communication method, communication equipment and communication system

Info

Publication number: CN120584544A
Application number: CN202580000422.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 程亚军; 董贤东
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2025-03-07
Filing date: 2025-03-07
Publication date: 2025-09-02

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to a communication method, communication equipment and a communication system. The communication method is executed by access point equipment and comprises the steps of receiving a first wireless frame sent by site equipment, wherein the first wireless frame is used for carrying out frame exchange with the access point equipment in a first channel initially and requesting the access point equipment to confirm the first wireless frame, wherein the first channel is a non-main channel access main channel NPCA PRIMARY channel, determining a first PPDU, wherein the first PPDU carries information for confirming the first wireless frame, and further enhancing a channel switching mechanism.

Description

Communication method, communication device and communication system

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a communication method, a communication device and a communication system.

Background

Currently, wi-Fi technology is being investigated for example ultra high reliability (Ultra High Reliability, UHR), which is promising for improving reliability of wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Networks, WLAN) connections, reducing latency, improving manageability, increasing throughput at different signal-to-noise ratio (Signal to Noise Ratio, SNR) levels, and reducing device-level power consumption, etc.

In UHR, in order to improve throughput of the system and reduce communication latency, when the primary channel senses busy, the device may switch to a non-primary channel for communication, and thus, a channel switching mechanism of the device needs to be further improved to meet the transmission requirement of the UHR.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, a communication device and a communication system to further enhance a channel switching mechanism.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method performed by an access point device, the method comprising:

Receiving a first wireless frame sent by a station device, wherein the first wireless frame is used for initializing frame exchange with the access point device in a first channel and requesting the access point device to confirm the first wireless frame, and the first channel is a non-main channel access main channel NPCA PRIMARY channel;

And determining a first PPDU, wherein the first PPDU carries information for confirming the first wireless frame.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a communication method, performed by a station apparatus, the method including:

the method comprises the steps of determining a first wireless frame, wherein the first wireless frame is used for carrying out frame exchange with access point equipment in a first channel initially and requesting the access point equipment to confirm the first wireless frame, and the first channel is NPCA PRIMARY channels;

and sending a first wireless frame to the access point device.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a communication device, where the communication device is configured to perform the communication method in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a communication device, including:

One or more processors;

wherein the communication device is configured to perform a communication method according to the first aspect or the second aspect in an embodiment of the disclosure.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a communication system, including an access point device and a station device;

Wherein the access point device is configured to implement the communication method of the first aspect and the station device is configured to implement the communication method of the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a communication method according to the first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, or to perform a communication method according to the second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a program product, including at least one of a program, an instruction, which when executed by a communication device, implements the communication method described in the first aspect, or implements the communication method described in the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, under the condition that station equipment successfully contends for a channel at NPCA PRIMARY channels, access point equipment receives a first wireless frame sent by the station equipment, determines a first PPDU, carries information for confirming the first wireless frame in the first PPDU, and the first PPDU is a non-HT PPDU or a non-HT duplicate PPDU, so that a mode of defining how the equipment initiates frame exchange at NPCA PRIMARY channels under an NPCA mechanism can be realized while a request for initial frame exchange initiated by the station equipment is realized, thereby ensuring reliable transmission of the equipment at NPCA PRIMARY channels and further perfecting an NPCA operation flow.

Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following description of the embodiments refers to the accompanying drawings, which are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and do not limit the protection scope of the present disclosure in any way.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is one of the interactive schematic diagrams of the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a second schematic diagram of the communication method according to the embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a third schematic diagram of the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is one of the flow diagrams of the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a second flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an access point device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a station device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, communication equipment and a communication system.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method performed by an access point device, the method comprising:

In the embodiment, under the condition that the station equipment successfully competes for a channel at NPCA PRIMARY channels, the access point equipment receives a first wireless frame sent by the station equipment, determines a first PPDU, carries information for confirming the first wireless frame in the first PPDU, and the first PPDU is a non-HT PPDU or a non-HT duplicate PPDU, so that the request for initial frame exchange initiated by the station equipment can be realized, and meanwhile, the mode of defining how the equipment initiates the frame exchange at NPCA PRIMARY channels under an NPCA mechanism is realized, thereby ensuring the reliable transmission of the equipment at NPCA PRIMARY channels, and further improving the NPCA operation flow.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, a receiving address RA field of the first radio frame carries target receiving end address information;

the method further comprises at least one of:

Determining that address information carried by an RA domain of the first wireless frame is matched with address information of the access point equipment, and sending the first PPDU to the site equipment;

and determining that the address information carried by the RA field of the first wireless frame is not matched with the address information of the access point equipment, and not responding to the first wireless frame.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first PPDU includes a Multi-site device Block acknowledgement Multi-STA Block ACK frame;

the RA domain of the Multi-STA Block ACK frame carries the address information of the station equipment;

The Multi-STA Block ACK frame comprises a first per-AID TID Info field of each associated identifier-traffic identifier information, wherein the first per-AID TID Info field comprises at least one of the following:

An AID11 subfield, a parameter value of the AID11 subfield being set to a lowest 11 bits of an AID of the station device;

An acknowledgement Type ACK Type subfield, a parameter value of the ACK Type subfield being set to a first parameter value;

and a TID subfield, the parameter value of which is set to a second parameter value.

In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is configured to acknowledge the first radio frame in a case where a parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to a first parameter value and a parameter value of the TID subfield is set to a second parameter value.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, after the sending of the first PPDU to the station device, the method further includes:

and carrying out frame exchange with the station equipment on the first channel.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication method, performed by a station apparatus, the method including:

Determining a first wireless frame, wherein the first wireless frame is used for carrying out frame exchange with access point equipment in a first channel initially and requesting the access point equipment to confirm the first wireless frame, and the first channel is NPCA PRIMARY channels;

and sending a first wireless frame to the access point device.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, a receiving address RA field of the first radio frame carries target receiving end address information;

The method further comprises the steps of:

The method comprises the steps of receiving a first PPDU sent by site equipment, wherein the first PPDU carries information for confirming a first wireless frame, and the access point equipment determines that address information carried by an RA domain of the first wireless frame is matched with address information of the access point equipment.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first PPDU includes a Multi-STA Block ACK frame;

The Multi-STA Block ACK frame comprises a first per-AID TID Info field, wherein the first per-AID TID Info field comprises at least one of the following:

an AID11 subdomain, the parameter value of the AID11 subdomain being set to the lowest 11 bits of the station device AID;

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, in a case where a parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to a first parameter value and a parameter value of the TID subfield is set to a second parameter value, the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is used to acknowledge the first radio frame.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, after the receiving the first PPDU sent by the access point device, the method further includes:

And carrying out frame exchange with the access point equipment on the first channel.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a communication device, where the communication device is configured to perform the optional implementation manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

One or more processors;

wherein the communication device is configured to perform the alternative implementation manner of the first aspect or to perform the alternative implementation manner of the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication system, including an access point device configured to perform the alternative implementation of the first aspect and a station device configured to perform the alternative implementation of the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the alternative implementation of the first or second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a program product which, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform a method as described in the alternative implementation manner of the first or second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a computer programme which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method as described in the alternative implementation of the first or second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip or chip system. The chip or chip system comprises a processing circuit configured to perform the method described in accordance with an alternative implementation of the first or second aspect described above.

It will be appreciated that the communication device, communication system, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip or chip system described above is adapted to perform the methods set forth in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages of the corresponding method, and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, communication equipment and a communication system. In some embodiments, terms of a communication method and a signal transmission method, a radio frame transmission method, and the like may be replaced with each other, and terms of an information processing system, a communication system, and the like may be replaced with each other.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather are exemplary of some embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in an embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps may be arbitrarily combined, for example, a scheme in which part of the steps are removed in an embodiment may also be implemented as an independent embodiment, the order of the steps may be arbitrarily exchanged in an embodiment, further, alternative implementations in an embodiment may be arbitrarily combined, further, the embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, for example, part or all of the steps of different embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and an embodiment may be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

In the various embodiments of the disclosure, terms and/or descriptions of the various embodiments are consistent throughout the various embodiments and may be referenced to each other in the absence of any particular explanation or logic conflict, and features from different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments in accordance with their inherent logic relationships.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, "plurality" refers to two or more.

In some embodiments, the terms "at least one (at least one of A or B, at least one of A and B)", "one or more (one or more)", "multiple (a pluralityof)", "multiple (multiple), and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, the recitations of "A, B at least one of", "A and/or B", "in one case A, in another case B", "in response to one case A", "in response to another case B", etc., may include the following, in some embodiments A (executing A irrespective of whether or not branch B is present), in some embodiments B (executing B irrespective of whether or not branch A is present), in some embodiments selecting execution from A and B (with A and B being selectively executed), in some embodiments A and B (both A and B being executed). Similar to the above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

In some embodiments, the description modes such as "A or B" can comprise the following technical schemes, wherein A (A is executed independent of whether B branches exist) in some embodiments, B (B is executed independent of whether A branches exist) in some embodiments, and the selection of execution (A and B are selectively executed) from A and B in some embodiments. Similar to the above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

The prefix words "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects, and do not limit the location, order, priority, number, content, etc. of the description objects, and the statement of the description object refers to the claims or the description of the embodiment context, and should not constitute unnecessary limitations due to the use of the prefix words. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal words before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" do not limit the position or the order between the "fields", and the "first" and the "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by the "first" and the "second" are in the same message or not. For another example, describing an object as "level", ordinal words preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit priority between "levels". As another example, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal words, and may be one or more, taking "first device" as an example, where the number of "devices" may be one or more. Further, the objects modified by different prefix words may be the same or different, for example, the description object is a "device", the "first device" and the "second device" may be the same device or different devices, the types of which may be the same or different, and, further, the description object is an "information", the "first information" and the "second information" may be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof may be the same or different.

In some embodiments, "comprising a", "containing a", "for indicating a", "carrying a", may be interpreted as carrying a directly, or as indicating a indirectly.

In some embodiments, terms such as "time/frequency", "time-frequency domain", and the like refer to the time domain and/or the frequency domain.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in some embodiments, "in response to the determination of the term" in response to the determination of the term "in the case of the term" in the term "," at the term "when the term" is used; "when the terms of the terms, these descriptions are intended to be illustrative of the corresponding processes that a device may perform under certain objective conditions, and are not necessarily limited in time, nor are they intended to require that the device have to perform certain acts in their implementation, nor are they intended to imply that other limitations must be present.

In some embodiments, terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "above" and the like may be interchanged, and terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "below", "lower than or equal to", "no higher than", "below" and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, the device and the like may be interpreted as physical or virtual, and the names thereof are not limited to those described in the embodiments. Terms such as "apparatus," "device," "circuit," "network element," "network function," "network device," "function," "node," "unit," "component," "system," "network," "chip system," "entity," "body," and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, a "network" may be interpreted as an apparatus (e.g., access network device, core network device, etc.) contained in a network.

In addition, terms such as "uplink", "downlink", and the like may be replaced with terms corresponding to communication between terminals (e.g., "side)". For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be replaced with side-uplink channels, uplink, downlink, etc. may be replaced with side-downlink channels.

In some embodiments link may represent "connect", "link", and under various embodiments both "connect", "link" may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with laws and regulations of the country of locale.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained after user consent is obtained.

Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the tables of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and any combination of elements, any rows, or any columns may also be implemented as a separate embodiment.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1, the communication system 100 includes an Access Point (AP) 101 and a Station (STA) 102.

In some embodiments, the station device may support Multi-link communication, i.e., a station device supporting Multi-link communication (Non-AP MLD, abbreviated as "Multi-link station device"; AP MLD, i.e., AP Multi-LINK DEVICE, an access point device supporting Multi-link communication, abbreviated as "Multi-link access point device"; MLD, i.e., multi-LINK DEVICE, a device supporting Multi-link communication), and the access point device may also support Multi-link communication, i.e., an access point device supporting Multi-link communication (AP Multi-LINK DEVICE, AP MLD).

In some embodiments, the STA may be a stand-alone STA or an affiliated STA of the Non-AP MLD, without limitation.

In some embodiments, the AP may be a stand-alone AP or an accessory AP of an AP MLD, without limitation.

Alternatively, in the case where one device supports multilink communication, the device may be referred to as a "multilink device", that is, an "MLD level device".

In some embodiments, the first device and the second device may establish an initial association.

In some embodiments, the station apparatus includes, for example, a wireless communication chip, a wireless sensor, or a wireless communication terminal that supports Wi-Fi communication functions. Optionally, the wireless communication terminal is at least one of a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, an internet of things device supporting Wi-Fi communication function, an automobile with WiFi communication function, a smart car, a tablet (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiving function, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in teleoperation (remote medical surgery), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (SMART GRID), a wireless terminal device in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (SMART CITY), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), but is not limited thereto.

In particular, the station device may be a terminal device or a network device with a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) chip. Alternatively, the station device may support multiple WLAN standards such as 802.11ax, 802.11be, 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b, and 802.11a, 802.11bf, and 802.11bn, and support the next generation 802.11 protocol, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the access point device may be an access point where the mobile terminal enters a wired network. The AP acts as a bridge connecting the wired network and the wireless network, and is mainly used to connect the wireless network clients together and then access the wireless network to the ethernet. In particular, the AP may be a terminal device or a network device with a wireless fidelity chip. Alternatively, the AP may support multiple WLAN standards such as 802.11ax, 802.11be, 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b, and 802.11a, 802.11bf, 802.11bn, etc., and support the next generation 802.11 protocol, but is not limited thereto.

It may be understood that, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not limited to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to similar technical problems.

The embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1, or a part of the main body, but are not limited thereto. The respective bodies shown in fig. 1 are examples, and the communication system may include all or part of the bodies in fig. 1, or may include other bodies than fig. 1, and the number and form of the respective bodies may be arbitrary, and the respective bodies may be physical or virtual, and the connection relationship between the respective bodies is examples, and the respective bodies may not be connected or may be connected, and the connection may be arbitrary, direct connection or indirect connection, or wired connection or wireless connection.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to wireless local area networks (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN), such as those employing 802.11 family of protocols. In WLAN, basic service set (BSS, basic SERVICE SET) is a Basic component of WLAN. A BSS network is made up of station devices having some association within a particular coverage area. One scenario of association is where stations communicate directly with each other in an ad hoc network, which is known as an independent BSS (IBSS, INDEPENDENT BASIC SERVICE SET). Another more common scenario is that only one central station with a full-time managed BSS in a BSS network is called an access point device, while other stations in the BSS network than an AP are called terminals, also called non-AP STAs, the AP and non-AP STAs being collectively called STAs. There is no need to distinguish between AP and non-AP STAs when describing STAs. In the same BSS network, one STA cannot detect other STAs far away from the STA due to distance, transmission power, and the like, and the two STAs are hidden nodes of each other.

Fig. 2 is an interactive schematic diagram of a communication method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the method includes:

Step 201, a station device determines a first radio frame, where the first radio frame is used for initially performing frame exchange with the access point device in a first channel and requesting the access point device to acknowledge the first radio frame, where the first channel is a Non-primary channel access-primary channel (NPCA PRIMARY channels; NPCA is Non-PRIMARY CHANNEL ACCESS, non-primary channel access).

In Wi-Fi communication, a device may determine that a channel is busy or idle through both physical carrier sensing and virtual carrier sensing, and consider a current channel to be idle if and only if both physical carrier and virtual carrier sensing indicate that the channel is idle. Wherein the virtual carrier sense, i.e. whether it is idle or not, is determined by a network allocation vector (Network Allocation Vector, NAV) maintained by the device.

Alternatively, the NAV may be understood as a timer that defines the duration that the current channel needs to be occupied. In data communication, a device occupying a channel informs other devices of the channel occupying time through a Duration field in a packet. Devices that do not acquire channel resources maintain or update their own NAV values by comparing the Duration field values in the received packets. When the NAV value is 0, the virtual carrier sense considers that the current channel is idle.

In some embodiments, when the device detects that the primary channel (PRIMARY CHANNEL) is busy, the primary channel is considered busy, the device fails to contend for the channel, and no frame exchange can be performed. Typically, the transmission within a BSS with an operating bandwidth greater than 20MHz, the transmission channel of the PPDU comprises a 20MHz Primary channel. When Primary channel is busy, the device cannot exchange frames on Secondary channel even if Secondary channel (Secondary Channel, also called as "non-Primary channel") is idle in BSS, thus limiting the effective utilization of spectrum and throughput to a certain extent and being unfavorable for low-delay service transmission.

In some embodiments, under a Non-Primary channel access (Non-PRIMARY CHANNEL ACCESS, NPCA) mechanism, when the Wi-Fi device senses that the Primary channel is busy due to OBSS traffic communication, the Wi-Fi device may switch to the Non-Primary channel and perform channel contention access on the Non-Primary channel, and after successfully contending for the channel, may perform frame exchange within the Non-Primary channel. Therefore, the channel access or frequency utilization efficiency in the broadband system is further improved, and the transmission efficiency is improved.

In some embodiments, under the NPCA mechanism, after the NPCA device (i.e., the device supporting NPCA handover) switches from the Primary channel to the target channel (i.e., NPCA PRIMARY channels), the channel contention may be engaged by way of EDCA (Enhanced Distributed CHANNEL ACCESS ), and under the NPCA PRIMARY channel, the EDCA parameters engaged in the channel contention are the same as the BSS Primary channel parameters.

In some embodiments, under the NPCA mechanism, after a device successfully contends for a channel at NPCA PRIMARY channels, a frame exchange between its associated devices needs to be initiated over an initial control frame (Initial Control Frame, ICF). Alternatively, the initial control frame may be transmitted at a rate of 6 megabits per second (Mb/s), 12Mb/s, or 4Mb/s, and the PPDU carried by the initial control frame may be a non-HT PPDU or a non-HT duplicate PPDU.

In some embodiments, under the NPCA mechanism, the AP acts as a transmission opportunity holder (TXOP holder) on the NPCA PRIMARY channel, and may use a BSRP Trigger frame or a MU-RTS TRIGGER frame (Multi-User Request to SEND TRIGGER, multi-User Request transmission Trigger) as an initial control frame to initialize frame exchange with the STA.

In some embodiments, under the NPCA mechanism, a non-AP STA may use a BSRP GI3 frame as an initial control frame at NPCA PRIMARY channels as a TXOP holder to initiate frame exchanges with the AP.

In some embodiments, the BSRP GI3 frame is a variant of the BSRP Trigger frame. Optionally, an ultra-high reliability variant general information field (UHR variant Common Info field; UHR: ultra High Reliability, ultra-high reliability) may be carried in the BSRP Trigger frame, and UHR variant Common Info field may include a GI And HE/UHR Long training field type field (GI And HE/UHR-LTF TYPE FIELD, HE: HIGH EFFICIENCY, high efficiency; LTF: long TRAINING FIELD, long training field) And/or a transmission opportunity Sharing Mode field (TXS Mode field; TXS: TXOP Sharing; TXOP: transition opportunity). Optionally, the BSRP GI3 frame is a modified frame formed in the case that GIAnd HE in the BSRP Trigger frame is set to parameter value 3.

In some embodiments, under the NPCA mechanism, assuming that the STA uses the BSRP GI3 frame as an initial control frame, it initially exchanges operations with the AP in the frame under NPCA PRIMARY channels, at this time, the AP may need to respond to the BSRP GI3 frame in the form of a non-HT (duplicate) PPDU, but no relevant signaling currently defines how the AP responds to the BSRP GI3 frame.

In some embodiments, the station apparatus may determine the first radio frame after switching to NPCA PRIMARY channels and after successfully contending for the channels through the EDCA mechanism, and send the first radio frame to an AP associated therewith to initiate a frame exchange with the AP.

Alternatively, the first wireless frame may include, but is not limited to, a BSRP GI3 frame.

Alternatively, a first radio frame may be used to initially exchange frames with the access point device on a first channel and request the access point device to respond to the first radio frame with a non-HT (duplicate) PPDU. That is, the information that the access point device acknowledges the first radio frame is transmitted to the station device in a format of a non-HT (duplicate) PPDU.

Optionally, in BSRP GI3 frames, with GIAnd HE/UHR-LTF TYPE FIELD set to parameter value 3, the first radio frame may be used to initially exchange frames with the access point device on the first channel and request the access point device to respond to the first radio frame with a non-HT (duplicate) PPDU.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the receive address (RECEIVE ADDRESS, RA) field in the first radio frame may carry target receiver address information, which may include address information of the access point device.

Alternatively, the address information of the AP may include, but is not limited to, MAC (MEDIA ACCESS Control, medium access layer) address information of the AP. Alternatively, in the case where an AP is affiliated with an AP MLD, the address information of the AP may include, but is not limited to, MAC address information of the AP MLD to which the AP is affiliated.

Optionally, in some embodiments, address information of the station device may also be included in the first wireless frame.

Alternatively, the address information of the STA may include, but is not limited to, MAC (MEDIA ACCESS Control, medium access layer) address information of the STA. Alternatively, in case that the STA is affiliated to the non-AP MLD, the address information of the STA may include, but is not limited to, MAC address information of the non-AP MLD to which the STA is affiliated.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the station device may initiate a frame exchange procedure with the access point device over the NPCA PRIMARY channel by sending a first wireless frame to the access point device.

Step 202, the station device sends a first wireless frame to the access point device. Accordingly, the access point device receives the first wireless frame sent by the station device.

And 203, the access point equipment determines a first PPDU, wherein the first PPDU carries information for confirming the first wireless frame, and the first PPDU is a non-HT PPDU or a non-HT duplicate PPDU.

Wherein the first PPDU is configured to respond to the first radio frame;

Alternatively, the first PPDU may include a non-high throughput physical layer protocol data unit (non-HT PPDU; HT, i.e., high throughput; PPDU, i.e., PHYSICAL LAYER Protocol Data Unit, physical layer protocol data unit) or a non-high throughput repetitive physical layer protocol data unit (non-HT duplicate PPDU).

In some embodiments, the access point device may parse the received first radio frame to determine address information carried in the RA domain of the first radio frame.

Optionally, the access point device may continue to perform subsequent operations if the access point device determines that the address information carried by the RA field of the first radio frame matches the address information of the access point device, and may not continue to perform subsequent operations if the access point device determines that the address information carried by the RA field of the first radio frame does not match the address information of the access point device.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the first PPDU comprises a Multi-station device Block acknowledgement (Multi-STA Block ACK) frame;

The Multi-STA Block ACK frame comprises a first Association identifier-traffic identifier information (per-AID TID Info; AID is Association ID, association identifier; TID is TRAFFIC ID, traffic identifier; info is information) field, and the first per-AID TID Info field comprises at least one of the following:

An acknowledgement Type (ACK) subfield, a parameter value of which is set to a first parameter value;

Optionally, at least one per-AID TID Info subfield may be included in the Multi-STA Block ACK frame, each per-AID TID Info subfield corresponding to one STA associated with the AP.

In some embodiments, in the per-AID TID Info subfield in the Multi-STA Block ACK frame, the parameter values of the ACK Type subfield, the partial parameter values of the TID subfield, and the corresponding context information may be seen in table 1.

Table 1:

Referring to table 1, it is clearly defined that the parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to 0 and the parameter value of the TID subfield is set to 13 at ①, meaning of the per-AID TID Info subfield in the multi-STA Block ACK frame. In the case where the parameter value of ② ACK Type subfield is set to 1 and the parameter value of TID subfield is set to 14, and the parameter value of ③ ACK Type subfield is set to 1 and the parameter value of TID subfield is set to 15, the meaning of the per-AID TID Info subfield in the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is in question. In other cases, the meaning of the per-AID TID Info subdomain in the Multi-STA Block ACK frame has not been determined.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the Multi-STA Block ACK frame may be identified for acknowledging the first radio frame according to a sub-field in the Multi-STA Block ACK frame, or the Multi-STA Block ACK frame may be identified for acknowledging the first radio frame jointly by a plurality of sub-fields in the Multi-STA Block ACK frame.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, as one example, the first parameter value may be 1, 0, etc., and the second parameter value may be 13, 12, etc.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is configured to acknowledge the first radio frame in a case where a parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to a first parameter value and a parameter value of the TID subfield is set to a second parameter value.

In some embodiments, taking the first parameter value as 1 and the second parameter value as 13 as an example, that is, in the case where the parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to 1 and the parameter value of the TID subfield is set to 13, the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is used to acknowledge the first radio frame.

In some embodiments, taking the first parameter value as 1 and the second parameter value as 12 as an example, that is, in the case where the parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to 1 and the parameter value of the TID subfield is set to 12, the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is used to acknowledge the first radio frame.

In some embodiments, taking the first parameter value as 0 and the second parameter value as 12 as an example, that is, in the case where the parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to 0 and the parameter value of the TID subfield is set to 12, the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is used to acknowledge the first radio frame.

In some embodiments, the access point device may determine that address information carried in the RA domain of the first radio frame matches address information of the access point device, send a first PPDU to the station device, and correspondingly, the station device receives the first PPDU sent by the access point device.

Optionally, in some embodiments, after determining that the address information carried in the RA domain of the first radio frame matches the address information of the access point device, the AP may further determine whether it is idle on the NPCA PRIMARY channel, and send the first PPDU to the station device if the AP is idle on the NPCA PRIMARY channel.

Alternatively, assuming STA1, which transmits the first wireless frame, may determine that the AP is idle on the NPCA PRIMARY channel without the AP interacting with other STAs on the NPCA PRIMARY channel. The other STAs are STA2 except STA1, and STA1 and STA2 are hidden nodes.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the above method may include:

Step 301, a station device determines a first radio frame, wherein the first radio frame is used for carrying out frame exchange with the access point device in a first channel initially, and requesting the access point device to respond to the first radio frame through a non-HT PPDU or a non-HT duplicate PPDU;

Wherein the first channel is NPCA PRIMARY channels.

Alternatively, a first radio frame may be used to initially exchange frames with the access point device on a first channel and request the access point device to respond to the first radio frame with a non-HT PPDU. That is, the information that the access point device acknowledges the first radio frame is transmitted to the station device in a format of a non-HT (duplicate) PPDU.

In some embodiments, the BSRP GI3 frame is a variant of the BSRP Trigger frame. Optionally, an ultra high reliability variable usage information field (UHR variant Common Info field; UHR: ultra High Reliability; ultra high reliability) may be carried in the BSRP Trigger frame, and UHR variant Common Info field may include a GI And HE/UHR Long training field type field (GI And HE/UHR-LTF TYPE FIELD, HE: HIGH EFFICIENCY; efficient; LTF: long TRAINING FIELD; long training field) And/or a transmission opportunity Sharing Mode field (TXS Mode field; TXS: TXOP Sharing; transmission opportunity Sharing; TXOP: transition opportunity).

Alternatively, the first radio frame may be used to request that the access point device respond to the first radio frame with a non-HT PPDU with GIAnd HE/UHR-LTF TYPE FIELD/TXS (TXOP Sharing) Mode field set to parameter value 3.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the target receiver address information carried in the RA domain in the first radio frame may include address information of the access point device.

Step 302, the station device sends a first wireless frame to the access point device. Accordingly, the access point device receives the first wireless frame sent by the station device.

And 303, the access point equipment determines a first PPDU, wherein the first PPDU carries information for confirming the first wireless frame, and the first PPDU is a non-HT PPDU or a non-HT duplicate PPDU.

Wherein the first PPDU is configured to respond to the first radio frame;

wherein the format of the first PPDU is a non-HT PPDU format or a non-high throughput-repeatability-physical layer protocol data unit (non-HT duplicate PPDU) format.

In step 304, the access point device may determine that address information carried in the RA domain of the first radio frame matches with address information of the access point device, and send a first PPDU to the station device, where the station device receives the first PPDU sent by the access point device.

In step 305, the station apparatus exchanges frames with the access point apparatus on a first channel.

Optionally, in some embodiments, after the station device receives the first PPDU sent by the access point device, the station device may exchange frames with the access point device on a NPCA PRIMARY channel.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the above method may include:

step 401, station equipment determines a first wireless frame, wherein the first wireless frame is used for carrying out frame exchange with the access point equipment in a first channel initially, and requesting the access point equipment to respond to the first wireless frame through a non-HT PPDU or a non-HT duplicate PPDU;

Wherein the first channel is NPCA PRIMARY channels.

The station apparatus transmits a first wireless frame to the access point apparatus, step 402. Accordingly, the access point device receives the first wireless frame sent by the station device.

In step 403, the access point device determines that the address information carried in the RA domain of the first radio frame does not match the address information of the access point device, and does not respond to the first radio frame.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the AP may further send the first PPDU to the station device if it is determined that address information carried in the RA domain of the first radio frame does not match address information of the access point device, or if it is determined that the AP is not idle on the NPCA PRIMARY channel.

In some embodiments, the names of information and the like are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", "symbol", "bit", "data", "program", "chip", and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, terms such as "time of day," "point of time," "time location," and the like may be interchanged, and terms such as "duration," "period," "time window," "time," and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms of radio access scheme (WIRELESS ACCESS SCHEME), waveform (waveform), etc. may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms such as "specific (certains)", "predetermined (preseted)", "preset", "set", "indicated (indicated)", "certain", "arbitrary", "first", and the like may be replaced with each other, and "specific a", "predetermined a", "preset a", "set a", "indicated a", "certain a", "arbitrary a", "first a" may be interpreted as a predetermined in a protocol or the like, may be interpreted as a obtained by setting, configuring, or indicating, or the like, may be interpreted as specific a, certain a, arbitrary a, or first a, or the like, but are not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the determination or judgment may be performed by a value (0 or 1) expressed in 1 bit, may be performed by a true-false value (boolean) expressed in true (true) or false (false), or may be performed by a comparison of values (e.g., a comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, "not expecting to receive" may be interpreted as not receiving on time domain resources and/or frequency domain resources, or as not performing subsequent processing on data or the like after it is received, or "not expecting to transmit" may be interpreted as not transmitting, or as transmitting but not expecting the receiver to respond to the transmitted content.

The communication method according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the foregoing steps and embodiments. For example, step 201 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 202 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 203 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 301 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 303 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 304 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 305 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 401 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 402 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 403 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, a combination of step 201 and step 202 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, a combination of step 201, step 202 and step 203 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, a combination of step 301 and step 302 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, a combination of step 303 and step 304 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, a combination of step 301, step 302, step 303, step 304 and step 305 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, a combination of step 301, step 302, step 304 and step 305 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, a combination of step 403 and step 401 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but not limited to the separate embodiment, the combination of step 401 and step 402 may be implemented as a separate embodiment.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to alternative implementations described before or after the description corresponding to fig. 4.

Fig. 5 is one of the flow diagrams of the communication method shown according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 5, the above method may be applied to an access point device, and the above method includes:

Step 501, a first radio frame sent by a station device is received, where the first radio frame is used for initially performing frame exchange with the access point device in a first channel and requesting the access point device to confirm the first radio frame, a receiving address RA field of the first radio frame carries target receiving end address information, and the first channel is a non-main channel access main channel NPCA PRIMARY channel.

And 502, determining a first PPDU, wherein the first PPDU carries information for confirming the first wireless frame.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a receiving address RA field of the first radio frame carries target receiving end address information;

the method further comprises at least one of:

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first PPDU includes a Multi-station device Block acknowledgement Multi-STA Block ACK frame;

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, in a case where a parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to a first parameter value and a parameter value of the TID subfield is set to a second parameter value, the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is used to acknowledge the first radio frame.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, after the sending the first PPDU to the station device, the method further includes:

Optionally, in an embodiment of the disclosure, the method further includes:

In some embodiments, reference may be made to steps in other embodiments and optional implementations thereof described before or after the description corresponding to the present embodiment, and other relevant portions of the description, which are not described herein.

The communication method according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the foregoing steps and embodiments. For example, step 501 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step 502 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and the combination of step 501 and step 502 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

Fig. 6 is a second flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

As shown in fig. 6, the above method may be applied to a station apparatus, and the above method includes:

Step 601, determining a first radio frame, where the first radio frame is used for performing frame exchange with an access point device in a first channel initially, and requesting the access point device to confirm the first radio frame, where the first channel is NPCA PRIMARY channels.

Step 602, a first wireless frame is sent to the access point device.

The method further comprises the steps of:

The method comprises the steps of receiving a first PPDU sent by station equipment, wherein the first PPDU carries information for confirming a first wireless frame, and the access point equipment determines that address information carried by an RA domain of the first wireless frame is matched with address information of the access point equipment.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first PPDU includes a Multi-STA Block ACK frame;

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, after the receiving the first PPDU sent by the access point device, the method further includes:

The communication method according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the foregoing steps and embodiments. For example, step 601 may be implemented as a stand-alone embodiment, step 602 may be implemented as a stand-alone embodiment, and a combination of step 601 and step 602 may be implemented as a stand-alone embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

The embodiment of the disclosure also provides a device (also referred to as a communication device or the like) for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is proposed, which includes a unit or a module for implementing each step performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is also proposed, which includes a unit or module configured to implement steps performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above apparatus is merely a division of a logic function, and may be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated when actually implemented. Furthermore, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of processor-invoked software, e.g. the device comprises a processor, which is connected to a memory, in which instructions are stored, the processor invoking the instructions stored in the memory for implementing any of the above methods or for implementing the functions of the units or modules of the device, wherein the processor is e.g. a general purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CentralProcessing Unit, CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Or the units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, where the functions of some or all of the units or modules may be implemented by a design of a hardware circuit, where the hardware circuit may be understood as one or more processors, for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the functions of some or all of the units or modules may be implemented by a design of logic relationships between elements within the circuit, and in another implementation, the hardware circuit may be implemented by a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), where a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA) may include a number of logic gates, where the connection relationships between the logic gates are configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of some or all of the units or modules. All units or modules of the above device may be realized in the form of invoking software by a processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part in the form of invoking software by a processor, and in the rest in the form of hardware circuits.

In the disclosed embodiments, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capability, in one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capability, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL processor, DSP), etc., in another implementation, the processor may implement a function through a logic relationship of a hardware circuit, where the logic relationship of the hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable, for example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (application-SPECIFICINTEGRATED CIRCUIT, ASIC) or a programmable logic device (programmablelogic device, PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads the configuration document, and the process of implementing the configuration of the hardware circuit may be understood as a process of loading instructions by the processor to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. Furthermore, a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence may be also be considered as an ASIC, such as a neural network Processing Unit (Neural Network Processing Unit, NPU), tensor Processing Unit (Tensor Processing Unit, TPU), deep learning Processing Unit (DEEP LEARNING Processing Unit, DPU), and the like.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an access point device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The access point device is configured to perform any of the above methods. In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 7, an access point device 700 may include at least one of a transceiver module 701, a processing module 702, and the like.

In some embodiments, the transceiver module 701 is configured to receive a first radio frame sent by a station device, where the first radio frame is configured to initially exchange frames with the access point device in a first channel and request the access point device to acknowledge the first radio frame, where the first channel is a non-primary channel access primary channel NPCA PRIMARY channel, and a processing module 702 is configured to determine a first PPDU, where the first PPDU carries information for acknowledging the first radio frame.

Optionally, the processing module 601 is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g. step 203, step 303, step 403, step 502, but not limited thereto) performed by the access point device in any of the above methods, which is not described herein. The transceiver module 602 is configured to perform at least one of the transceiver steps (e.g. step 202, step 302, step 304, step 305, step 402, step 501, step 503, but not limited thereto) performed by the access point device in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

In some embodiments, the processing module may be interchangeable with the processor, the determining module, and the transceiver module may be interchangeable with the transceiver, the transmitting module, and the receiving module.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a station device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The station apparatus is for performing any of the above methods. In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 8, the site device 800 may include a processing module 801 and a transceiver module 802.

In some embodiments, the processing module 801 is configured to determine a first radio frame, where the first radio frame is configured to initially exchange frames with an access point device on a first channel and request the access point device to acknowledge the first radio frame, where the first channel is NPCA PRIMARY channels;

The transceiver module 802 is configured to send a first radio frame to the access point device, and receive a first PPDU sent by the access point device, where the first PPDU carries information for acknowledging the first radio frame.

Optionally, the processing module 801 is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps (such as, but not limited to, step 201, step 301, step 401, and step 601) performed by the station device in any of the above methods, which is not described herein. The transceiver module 802 is configured to perform at least one of the transceiver steps (e.g. step 202, step 302, step 304, step 305, step 402, step 602, step 603, but not limited thereto) performed by the station device in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 900 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 900 may be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip system, a processor, etc. supporting the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. supporting the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 900 may be used to implement the methods described in the method embodiments described above, and reference may be made in particular to the description of the method embodiments described above.

As shown in fig. 9, the communication device 900 is configured to perform any of the above methods. In some embodiments, communication device 900 includes one or more processors 901. The processor 901 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, etc., and may be a baseband processor or a central processing unit, for example. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process data for the programs. Optionally, the communication device 900 is configured to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the one or more processors 901 are configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device 900 to perform any of the methods above.

In some embodiments, the communication device 900 also includes one or more transceivers 902. When the communication device 900 includes one or more transceivers 902, the transceivers 902 perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., but not limited to, steps 202, 302, 304, 305, 402, 501, 503, 602, 603) in the above-described method, and the processor 901 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., but not limited to, steps 201, 203, 301, 303, 401, 403, 502, 601). In alternative embodiments, the transceiver may include a receiver and/or a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, terms such as transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver circuit, interface, etc. may be replaced with each other, terms such as transmitter, transmitter unit, transmitter circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, and terms such as receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, communication device 900 also includes one or more memories 903 for storing data and/or instructions. Optionally, the one or more processors 901 are configured to invoke the instructions stored in the memory 903 to cause the communication device 900 to perform any of the methods above. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 903 may be external to the communications device 900. In alternative embodiments, communication device 900 may include one or more interface circuits 904. Optionally, an interface circuit 904 is coupled to the memory 902, the interface circuit 904 being operable to receive data and/or instructions from the memory 902 or other device, and being operable to send data and/or instructions to the memory 902 or other device. For example, the interface circuit 904 may read data and/or instructions stored in the memory 902 and send the data and/or instructions to the processor 901.

The communication device 900 in the above embodiment description may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 900 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 900 may not be limited by fig. 9. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. The communication device may be, for example, 1) a stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system or subsystem of a chip, (2) a set of one or more ICs, which may optionally also include storage means for storing data, programs and/or instructions, (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem, (4) a module that may be embedded within other devices, (5) a receiver, terminal device, smart terminal device, cellular telephone, wireless device, handset, mobile unit, vehicle-mounted device, network device, cloud device, artificial intelligence device, etc., (6) others, etc.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 1000 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. For the case where the communication device 900 may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to a schematic structural diagram of the chip 1000 shown in fig. 10, but is not limited thereto.

Chip 1000 includes one or more processors 1001. Chip 1000 is used to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, chip 1000 also includes one or more interface circuits 1002. Alternatively, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, etc. may be interchanged. In some embodiments, chip 1000 also includes one or more memories 1003 for storing data and/or instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 1003 may be external to the chip 1000. Optionally, interface circuit 1002 is coupled to memory 1003, interface circuit 1002 may be used to receive data and/or instructions from memory 1003 or other devices, and interface circuit 1002 may be used to send data and/or instructions to memory 1003 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 1002 may read data and/or instructions stored in the memory 1003 and send the data and/or instructions to the processor 1001.

In some embodiments, interface circuit 1002 performs at least one of the communication steps (e.g., but not limited to, step 202, step 302, step 304, step 305, step 402, step 501, step 503, step 602, step 603) of the methods described above. The interface circuit 1002 performs communication steps such as transmission and/or reception in the above-described method, for example, refers to the interface circuit 1002 performing data and/or instruction interaction between the processor 1001, the chip 1000, the memory 1003, or the transceiver device. In some embodiments, processor 1001 performs at least one of the other steps (e.g., step 201, step 203, step 301, step 303, step 401, step 403, step 502, step 601, but is not limited thereto).

The modules and/or devices described in the embodiments of the virtual device, the physical device, the chip, etc. may be arbitrarily combined or separated according to circumstances. Alternatively, some or all of the steps may be performed cooperatively by a plurality of modules and/or devices, without limitation.

The disclosed embodiments also provide a storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium described above is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may be a storage medium readable by other devices. Alternatively, the above-described storage medium may be a non-transitory (non-transitory) storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may also be a transitory storage medium.

The disclosed embodiments also provide a program product comprising a program and/or instructions which, when executed by a communication device, cause the communication device to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the above-described program product is a computer program product. Optionally, the program product is stored on the storage medium.

The disclosed embodiments also propose computer programs, which when run on a computer, cause the computer to carry out any of the above methods.

Claims

1. A method of communication, performed by an access point device, the method comprising:

2. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving address RA field of the first radio frame carries target receiving end address information;

the method further comprises at least one of:

3. The communication method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first PPDU comprises a Multi-site device Block acknowledgement Multi-STA Block ACK frame;

4. The communication method according to claim 3, wherein the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is used to acknowledge the first radio frame in a case where a parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to a first parameter value and a parameter value of the TID subfield is set to a second parameter value.

5. The communication method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein after the transmitting the first PPDU to the station apparatus, the method further comprises:

6. A method of communication, performed by a station apparatus, the method comprising:

and sending a first wireless frame to the access point device.

7. The communication method according to claim 6, wherein the receiving address RA field of the first radio frame carries target receiving end address information;

The method further comprises the steps of:

8. The communication method of claim 7, wherein the first PPDU comprises a Multi-STA Block ACK frame;

9. The communication method according to claim 8, wherein the Multi-STA Block ACK frame is used to acknowledge the first radio frame in a case where a parameter value of the ACK Type subfield is set to a first parameter value and a parameter value of the TID subfield is set to a second parameter value.

10. The communication method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein after the receiving the first PPDU transmitted by the access point device, the method further comprises:

11. A communication device for performing the communication method of any one of claims 1 to 5 or claim 6 to 10.

12. A communication system comprising an access point device and a station device;

Wherein the access point device is configured to implement the communication method of any one of claims 1 to 5 and the station device is configured to implement the communication method of any one of claims 6 to 10.

13. A storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the communication method of any one of claims 1 to 5 or to perform the communication method of any one of claims 6 to 10.

14. A program product comprising at least one of a program, instructions, characterized in that the at least one of a program, instructions, when executed by a communication device, implements the communication method of any one of claims 1 to 5, or implements the communication method of any one of claims 6 to 10.