CN116472736A

CN116472736A - Communication method, electronic device, and storage medium

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Publication number: CN116472736A
Application number: CN202380008408.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 董贤东
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-02-22
Filing date: 2023-02-22
Publication date: 2023-07-21

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to the technical field of mobile communication, and provides a communication method, electronic equipment and a storage medium. The communication method is applied to a first Access Point (AP), and comprises the steps of determining a first wireless frame; the first wireless frame comprises capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by a second AP; and transmitting the first wireless frame. The embodiment of the disclosure provides an implementation mode of an AP broadcasting capability information of whether a neighbor AP supports WLAN Sensing.

Description

Communication method, electronic device, and storage medium

Technical Field

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to the technical field of mobile communication, in particular to a communication method, electronic equipment and a storage medium.

Background

Among Wi-Fi technologies currently under study, wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) aware (Sensing) technologies may be supported. For example, application scenarios such as location discovery, proximity detection (Proximity Detection), and presence detection (Presence Detection) in dense environments (e.g., home environments and business environments).

In WLAN Sensing, in order to enable a Station (STA) device to quickly find out whether an Access Point (AP) device supports capability information of WLAN Sensing, the AP may broadcast whether a neighboring AP supports capability information of WLAN Sensing; accordingly, there is a need to provide an implementation of the AP broadcasting capability information of whether a neighboring AP supports WLAN Sensing.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, electronic equipment and a storage medium, so as to provide an implementation mode of broadcasting capability information of whether a neighbor AP supports WLAN Sensing by an AP.

In one aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method applied to a first access point device AP, where the method includes:

determining a first radio frame; the first wireless frame comprises capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by a second AP;

and transmitting the first wireless frame.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the disclosure also provides a communication method applied to the station equipment STA, which comprises the following steps:

receiving a first wireless frame sent by a first Access Point (AP); the first radio frame includes capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the disclosure further provides an electronic device, which is a first access point device AP, and the electronic device includes:

a determining module configured to determine a first radio frame; the first wireless frame comprises capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by a second AP;

and the sending module is used for sending the first wireless frame.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the disclosure also provides an electronic device, which is a station device STA, and the electronic device includes:

the receiving module is used for receiving a first wireless frame sent by the first access point equipment (AP); the first radio frame includes capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an electronic device including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the processor implementing a method as described in one or more of the embodiments of the present disclosure when the program is executed by the processor.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method as described in one or more of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first AP carries capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by one or more second APs in the first radio frame, so that the STA can acquire the capability parameter information supported by the second APs in the first radio frame, and the STA does not need to interact with the second APs through signaling messages to improve the data transmission rate and reduce the data transmission delay.

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 of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

FIG. 1 is one of the flow charts of the communication method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a first example of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a second example provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a second flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 5 is one of schematic structural diagrams of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a second schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 7 is a third schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The following description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, refers to the same or similar elements in different drawings, unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples do not represent all implementations consistent with the invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of the invention as detailed in the accompanying claims.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, the terminology used is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. For example, a and/or B may represent: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship. The term "plurality" refers to two or more, and as such, may also be understood in the presently disclosed embodiments as "at least two".

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in this disclosure to describe various information, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Depending on the context, for example, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "in response to a determination".

The following description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this disclosure, all other embodiments that a person of ordinary skill in the art would obtain without making any inventive effort are within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, electronic equipment and a storage medium, which are used for providing an implementation mode of broadcasting capability information of whether a neighbor AP supports WLAN Sensing or not by an AP.

The method and the device are based on the same application, and because the principles of solving the problems by the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be referred to each other, and the repetition is not repeated.

As shown in fig. 1, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, alternatively, the method may be applied to a first Access Point (AP) device; optionally, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the AP is, for example, a device with a wireless-to-wired Bridging (Bridging) function, and the AP is responsible for extending the service provided by the wired network to the wireless network; a Station device (STA), for example, an electronic device having a wireless network access function, provides a Frame Delivery service to allow information to be delivered.

The method may comprise the steps of:

step 101, determining a first wireless frame; the first radio frame includes capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP.

In WLAN Sensing, in order for the STA to quickly find out whether the AP supports the capability information of WLAN Sensing, the AP may broadcast the capability information of whether the neighbor AP supports the WLAN Sensing; alternatively, the first AP may be an AP that is currently communicatively connected to the STA, and the second AP may have a plurality of APs; the first AP sends the capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by one or more second APs to the STA, so that the STA can acquire the capability parameter information supported by the second APs in the first wireless frame, and the STA does not need to interact the capability parameter information supported by the second APs with the second APs through signaling messages.

Alternatively, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the AP and STA may be devices supporting multiple connections, for example, may be denoted as AP MLD and non-AP MLD, respectively; the AP MLD may represent an access point supporting a multi-connection communication function, and the non-AP MLD may represent a station supporting the multi-connection communication function. For ease of illustration, the description will follow with respect to APs, STAs, but this is not a limitation of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Alternatively, the capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP may be obtained by the first AP from a Beacon (Beacon) frame, a Probe Response (Probe Response) frame, an association Response (Association Response) frame, etc. broadcasted by the second AP. The second AP may also be another AP located around the broadcast AP, not attached to the same AP MLD (multi-link device) as the broadcast AP (first AP).

Further, the capability parameter information includes at least one of:

bandwidth (BW), spatial stream number (Number of spatial streams, NSS) parameters, number of STAs supported; the number of STAs supported, for example, the maximum number of STAs simultaneously connected supported by the second AP.

Step 102, transmitting the first radio frame.

Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wireless frame includes a Beacon (Beacon) frame or a Probe Response (Probe Response) frame, and the Probe Response frame may be an unsolicited Probe Response (unsolicited Probe Response) frame.

The first AP carries the capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by one or more second APs in the first wireless frame, so that the STA can acquire the capability parameter information supported by the second APs in the first wireless frame, and the STA does not need to interact the capability parameter information supported by the second APs with the second APs through signaling messages, thereby improving the data transmission rate and reducing the data transmission delay.

As a first example, referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 illustrates a specific application scenario in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the first AP has a plurality of neighbor APs, e.g., AP2, AP3, … …, APn; the second AP may be one or more of AP2, AP3, … …, APn; wherein, when there are a plurality of second APs, the capability parameter information of the supported sensing measurement capability of each of the second APs may be different, and the capability parameter information of the supported sensing measurement capability of each of the second APs may be included in the first wireless frame. The second AP broadcasts capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP to the first AP through broadcasting Beacon frames, probe Response frames, association Response frames and the like, and the first AP carries the capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP, such as bandwidth, space flow parameters, the number of supported STAs and the like, in a first radio frame and sends the first radio frame to the STAs; the STA may have one or more such that the STA may acquire capability parameter information supported by the second AP in the first wireless frame.

As a second example, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 shows an application diagram of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure; wherein the method is applicable to a first AP, the method may comprise the steps of:

step 301, determining a first radio frame, and subsequently performing step 302, step 303 or step 304.

The first wireless frame includes a Beacon frame or a Probe Response frame.

The first radio frame further includes first identification information, where the first identification information identifies whether the second AP supports sensing measurement.

Alternatively, the first radio frame includes a Neighbor Report information element, and as shown in table 1 below, the first identification information may be carried in a BSSID information field of the Neighbor Report information element.

Step 302, if the first identification information identifies that the second AP does not support the sensing measurement, then step 306 is executed, or it is continued to determine whether other second APs support the sensing measurement.

Step 303, the first identification information identifies that the second AP supports the sensing measurement, and then step 304 is performed.

Step 304, the first radio frame includes second identification information, where the second identification information identifies that the capability parameter information of the second AP is the same as or different from the capability parameter information of the first AP, and step 305 or step 306 is performed subsequently.

In the case that the first identification information is set to 1, a bit may be further selected in the BSSID information field for carrying second identification information, as shown in table 2 below, where the second identification information is set to 1, and identifies that the second AP is the same as the capability parameter information of the first AP; the second identification information is set to 0, and capability parameter information identifying the second AP is not identical to capability parameter information of the first AP.

In step 305, the second identification information identifies that the capability parameter information of the second AP is different from the capability parameter information of the first AP, where the capability parameter information supported by the second AP is carried in a sub-element (sub) of the Neighbor Report information element, and step 306 is performed.

One of the values 198 to 220 may be selected, e.g. 198 is selected as the identity of the Subelement, the Subelement ID of the neighbor report element is shown in table 3 below.

Step 306, transmitting the first radio frame.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, which is applied to a first AP, and comprises the following steps:

And transmitting the first wireless frame.

The first wireless frame further comprises first identification information, and the first identification information identifies whether the second AP supports sensing measurement or not; for example, the first identification information is set to 1, identifying that the second AP supports the sensing measurement; the first identification information is set to 0, identifying that the second AP does not support the awareness measurement. Optionally, taking the example that the first radio frame includes a Neighbor Report (Neighbor Report) information element, capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP may be carried in the Neighbor Report information element, and then the first identification information may be carried in a basic service set (Basic Service Sets Basic Service Set, BSS) identification information field (BSSID information) of the Neighbor Report information element, and a BSSID information partial field format is shown in the following table 1:

table 1:

as shown in table 1, the first identification information may occupy a Bits bit, the first identification information is set to 1, and the second AP is identified to support the sensing measurement; the first identification information is set to 0, identifying that the second AP does not support the awareness measurement.

and transmitting the first wireless frame.

The first wireless frame further comprises first identification information, and the first identification information identifies whether the second AP supports sensing measurement or not;

the first identification information identifies that the second AP supports sensing measurement, the first wireless frame comprises second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that the capability parameter information of the second AP is the same as or different from the capability parameter information of the first AP.

That is, in case that the second AP supports the sensing measurement, the first radio frame further includes second identification information for identifying that capability parameter information of the second AP is the same as or different from that of the first AP; for example, in the case where each capability parameter of the second AP is the same as each capability parameter of the first AP, the second identification information may be set to 1; in case that at least one capability parameter of the second AP is different from a corresponding capability parameter of the first AP, the second identification information may be set to 0.

and transmitting the first wireless frame.

the first identification information identifies that the second AP supports sensing measurement, the first radio frame includes second identification information, the second identification information identifies that capability parameter information of the second AP is different from capability parameter information of the first AP, and the first radio frame includes capability parameter information supported by the second AP.

In each piece of capability parameter information of the second AP, if at least one piece of capability parameter corresponding to the first AP is different, the second identification information may be set to 0, and if the capability parameter information identifying the second AP is different from the capability parameter information of the first AP, the first radio frame includes capability parameter information supported by the second AP; accordingly, if the capability parameters of the second AP are the same as those of the first AP, the second identification information may be set to 1, and the first wireless frame may not carry the capability parameter information supported by the second AP, and only the capability parameter information supported by the second AP is indicated through the second identification information, that is, the capability parameter information supported by the second AP may refer to the capability parameters of the first AP. In addition, when the second AP has multiple second APs, if all the capability parameters of the AP2 in the second AP are the same as those of the first AP, the second identification information of the AP2 may be set to 1, and the first wireless frame may not carry the capability parameter information supported by the AP 2; if the at least one capability parameter of the AP3 in the second AP is the same as that of the first AP, the second identification information of the AP2 may be set to 0, and the first radio frame includes capability parameter information supported by the AP 3.

and transmitting the first wireless frame.

the first identification information identifies that the second AP supports sensing measurement, the first radio frame includes second identification information, the second identification information identifies that capability parameter information of the second AP is the same as or different from capability parameter information of the first AP, and the first identification information and/or the second identification information is carried in a BSSID information field of a neighbor report element of the first radio frame.

Wherein the first radio frame comprises a Neighbor Report information element, and the first identification information and/or the second identification information can be carried in the Neighbor Report information element; for example, referring to the foregoing table 1, the first identification information is carried in a BSSID information field; in the case where the first identification information is set to 1, a bit may be further selected in the BSSID information field for carrying the second identification information, and the BSSID information partial field format is as shown in table 2 below as an example:

Table 2:

as shown in table 2, the second identification information may occupy a Bits bit, the second identification information is set to 1, and the capability parameter information identifying the second AP is the same as that of the first AP; the second identification information is set to 0, and the capability parameter information for identifying the second AP is not identical to the capability parameter information of the first AP, so that the first wireless frame comprises the capability parameter information supported by the second AP; accordingly, if the capability parameters of the second AP are the same as those of the first AP, the second identification information may be set to 1, and the first wireless frame may not include the capability parameter information supported by the second AP.

Further, as shown in table 2, in the case where the second identification information exists in the first radio frame, the first identification information becomes selectable; that is, capability parameter information supported by the second AP may be indicated only by the second identification information.

and transmitting the first wireless frame.

The first wireless frame further comprises first identification information and/or second identification information, and the first identification information and/or the second identification information are carried in a BSSID information field of a neighbor report element of the first wireless frame;

the first identification information identifies that the second AP supports a sensing measurement; the second identification information identifies that the capability parameter information of the second AP is different from the capability parameter information of the first AP;

capability parameter information supported by the second AP is carried in a sub-element (sub) of the neighbor report element;

the identifier (sub-element ID) of the sub-element is set to a first parameter value, where the identifier includes capability parameter information supported by the second AP, for example, one of values 198 to 220 may be selected, 198 is selected as the identifier of the sub-element, and the sub-element ID of the neighbor report element is shown in the following table 3:

table 3:

as shown in table 3, 198 is selected as the identifier of the sub-element, and when the sub-element ID is 198, the sub-element is indicated as capability parameter information supported by the second AP.

Further, the format of the sub-element (sending element) is shown in the following table 4:

Table 4:

wherein one of the values 198 to 220 may be selected as the Element ID of the subelement.

In addition, when the second AP has multiple second APs, if all the capability parameters of the AP2 in the second AP are the same as those of the first AP, the second identification information of the AP2 may be set to 1, and the first wireless frame may not carry the capability parameter information supported by the AP 2; if at least one capability parameter of the AP3 in the second AP is the same as at least one capability parameter of the first AP, the second identification information of the AP2 may be set to 0, and the first radio frame includes capability parameter information supported by the AP3, and the capability parameter information supported by the AP3 is carried in a sub-element (sub-element) of the neighbor report element.

and transmitting the first wireless frame.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the disclosure, the first radio frame further includes first identification information, where the first identification information identifies whether the second AP supports a sensing measurement.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information identifies that the second AP supports the sensing measurement, and the first radio frame includes second identification information, where the second identification information identifies that capability parameter information of the second AP is the same as or different from capability parameter information of the first AP.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second identification information identifies that capability parameter information of the second AP is different from capability parameter information of the first AP, and the first radio frame includes capability parameter information supported by the second AP.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information and/or the second identification information is carried in a BSSID information field of a neighbor report element of the first radio frame.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, capability parameter information supported by the second AP is carried in a subelement of the neighbor report element;

the identification of the sub-element is set to a first parameter value, and the identification of the sub-element comprises capability parameter information supported by the second AP.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the disclosure, the first wireless frame includes a beacon frame or a probe response frame.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the disclosure, the capability parameter information includes at least one of:

bandwidth BW parameters, spatial stream NSS parameters, number of STAs supported.

Referring to fig. 4, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, optionally applicable to a station apparatus STA, which may include the steps of:

step 401, receiving a first wireless frame sent by a first access point device AP; the first radio frame includes capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP.

The architecture of the applied WLAN Sensing of the communication method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure refers to the foregoing first example, and is not described herein again.

Alternatively, the capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP may be obtained by the first AP from a Beacon (Beacon) frame, a Probe Response (Probe Response) frame, an association Response (Association Response) frame, etc. broadcasted by the second AP. The second AP may also be another AP located around the broadcast AP, not attached to the same AP MLD (multi-link device) as the broadcast AP.

Further, the capability parameter information includes at least one of:

The STA receives the first wireless frame, acquires the capability parameter information of the supported sensing measurement capability of one or more second APs carried in the first wireless frame, so that the STA can acquire the capability parameter information supported by the second APs in the first wireless frame, and the STA does not need to interact the capability parameter information supported by the second APs with the second APs through signaling messages, thereby improving the data transmission rate and reducing the data transmission delay.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication method, optionally, the method may be applied to a station device STA, and the method may include the following steps:

receiving a first wireless frame sent by a first Access Point (AP); the first wireless frame comprises capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by a second AP;

The first radio frame further includes first identification information, where the first identification information identifies whether the second AP supports sensing measurement. For example, the first identification information is set to 1, identifying that the second AP supports the sensing measurement; the first identification information is set to 0, identifying that the second AP does not support the awareness measurement. Optionally, taking the example that the first radio frame includes a Neighbor Report (Neighbor Report) information element, the capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP may be carried in the Neighbor Report information element, and then the first identification information may be carried in a basic service set (Basic Service Sets Basic Service Set, BSS) identification information field (BSSID information) of the Neighbor Report information element, and a BSSID information part of field format is shown in the foregoing table 1 and is not described herein.

The first identification information and/or the second identification information is carried in a BSSID information field of a neighbor report element of the first radio frame.

Wherein the first radio frame comprises a Neighbor Report information element, and the first identification information and/or the second identification information can be carried in the Neighbor Report information element; for example, referring to the foregoing table 1, the first identification information is carried in a BSSID information field; in the case where the first identification information is set to 1, a bit may be further selected in the BSSID information field for carrying the second identification information, and as an example, the BSSID information part field format is shown in the foregoing table 2 and will not be described herein.

The capability parameter information supported by the second AP is carried in a sub-element of the neighbor report element;

the identifier of the Subelement is set to a first parameter value, the Subelement is identified to include capability parameter information supported by the second AP, for example, one value from 198 to 220 is selected, 198 is selected as the identifier of the Subelement, the Subelement ID of the neighbor report element is shown in the foregoing table 3, 198 is selected as the identifier of the Subelement, and when the Subelement ID is 198, the Subelement is indicated to be the capability parameter information supported by the second AP.

Further, as shown in the foregoing table 4, a value of 198 to 220 may be selected as the Element ID of the sub-Element.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the STA receives the first radio frame, and acquires the capability parameter information of the sensing measurement capability supported by one or more second APs carried in the first radio frame, so that the STA can acquire the capability parameter information supported by the second APs in the first radio frame, and the STA does not need to interact with the second APs through signaling messages to improve the data transmission rate and reduce the data transmission delay.

Referring to fig. 5, based on the same principle as the method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, which is a first access point device AP, and includes:

a determining module 501, configured to determine a first wireless frame; the first wireless frame comprises capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by a second AP;

a sending module 502, configured to send the first radio frame.

The embodiment of the disclosure also provides a communication device applied to the first access point equipment AP, the device comprising:

a radio frame determining module configured to determine a first radio frame; the first wireless frame comprises capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by a second AP;

and the wireless frame transmitting module is used for transmitting the first wireless frame.

The apparatus further includes other modules of the electronic device in the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein.

Referring to fig. 6, based on the same principle as the method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, which is a site device, including:

a receiving module 601, configured to receive a first wireless frame sent by a first access point device AP; the first radio frame includes capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP.

The embodiment of the disclosure also provides a communication device applied to the first site equipment, which comprises:

the wireless frame receiving module is used for receiving a first wireless frame sent by the first access point equipment AP; the first radio frame includes capability parameter information of sensing measurement capability supported by the second AP.

In an alternative embodiment, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, as shown in fig. 7, where the electronic device 700 shown in fig. 7 may be a server, including: a processor 701 and a memory 703. The processor 701 is coupled to a memory 703, such as via a bus 702. Optionally, the electronic device 700 may also include a transceiver 704. It should be noted that, in practical applications, the transceiver 704 is not limited to one, and the structure of the electronic device 700 is not limited to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The processor 701 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit ), general purpose processor, DSP (Digital Signal Processor, data signal processor), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit ), FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array, field programmable gate array) or other programmable logic device, transistor logic device, hardware components, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with this disclosure. The processor 701 may also be a combination that performs computing functions, such as including one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, or the like.

Bus 702 may include a path to transfer information between the components. Bus 702 may be a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect, peripheral component interconnect Standard) bus or an EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture ) bus, or the like. Bus 702 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in fig. 7, but not only one bus or one type of bus.

The Memory 703 may be, but is not limited to, ROM (Read Only Memory) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, RAM (Random Access Memory ) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory ), CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory, compact disc Read Only Memory) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compact discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs, blu-ray discs, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

The memory 703 is used for storing application program codes for executing the present disclosure and is controlled by the processor 701 for execution. The processor 701 is configured to execute application code stored in the memory 703 to implement what is shown in the foregoing method embodiments.

Among them, electronic devices include, but are not limited to: mobile terminals such as mobile phones, notebook computers, digital broadcast receivers, PDAs (personal digital assistants), PADs (tablet computers), PMPs (portable multimedia players), in-vehicle terminals (e.g., in-vehicle navigation terminals), and the like, and stationary terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, and the like. The electronic device shown in fig. 7 is merely an example and should not be construed to limit the functionality and scope of use of the disclosed embodiments.

The server provided by the disclosure may be an independent physical server, a server cluster or a distributed system formed by a plurality of physical servers, or a cloud server providing cloud services, cloud databases, cloud computing, cloud functions, cloud storage, network services, cloud communication, middleware services, domain name services, security services, CDNs, basic cloud computing services such as big data and artificial intelligence platforms. The terminal may be, but is not limited to, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a smart speaker, a smart watch, etc. The terminal and the server may be directly or indirectly connected through wired or wireless communication, and the disclosure is not limited herein.

The disclosed embodiments provide a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the corresponding method embodiments described above.

It should be understood that, although the steps in the flowcharts of the figures are shown in order as indicated by the arrows, these steps are not necessarily performed in order as indicated by the arrows. The steps are not strictly limited in order and may be performed in other orders, unless explicitly stated herein. Moreover, at least some of the steps in the flowcharts of the figures may include a plurality of sub-steps or stages that are not necessarily performed at the same time, but may be performed at different times, the order of their execution not necessarily being sequential, but may be performed in turn or alternately with other steps or at least a portion of the other steps or stages.

It should be noted that the computer readable medium described in the present disclosure may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium, or any combination of the two. The computer readable storage medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer-readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In the present disclosure, however, the computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, with the computer-readable program code embodied therein. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: electrical wires, fiber optic cables, RF (radio frequency), and the like, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The computer readable medium may be contained in the electronic device; or may exist alone without being incorporated into the electronic device.

The computer-readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the methods shown in the above-described embodiments.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer program product or computer program comprising computer instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium. The computer instructions are read from the computer-readable storage medium by a processor of a computer device, and executed by the processor, cause the computer device to perform the methods provided in the various alternative implementations described above.

Computer program code for carrying out operations of the present disclosure may be written in one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, smalltalk, C ++ and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

The flowcharts and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

The modules described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in software or hardware. The name of a module is not limited to the module itself in some cases, and for example, an a module may also be described as "an a module for performing a B operation".

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and description of the principles of the technology being employed. It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the scope of the disclosure referred to in this disclosure is not limited to the specific combinations of features described above, but also covers other embodiments which may be formed by any combination of features described above or equivalents thereof without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. Such as those described above, are mutually substituted with the technical features having similar functions disclosed in the present disclosure (but not limited thereto).

Claims

1. A communication method applied to a first access point device AP, the method comprising:

and transmitting the first wireless frame.

2. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the first radio frame further comprises first identification information identifying whether the second AP supports a perception measurement.

3. The communication method according to claim 2, wherein the first identification information identifies that the second AP supports a sensing measurement, and the first radio frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that capability parameter information of the second AP is the same as or different from capability parameter information of the first AP.

4. The communication method according to claim 3, wherein the second identification information identifies capability parameter information of the second AP as being different from capability parameter information of the first AP, and the first radio frame includes capability parameter information supported by the second AP.

5. A communication method according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the first identification information and/or the second identification information is carried in a BSSID information field of a neighbor report element of the first radio frame.

6. The communication method according to claim 5, wherein the capability parameter information supported by the second AP is carried in a sub-element of the neighbor report element;

7. A communication method according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first radio frame comprises a beacon frame or a probe response frame.

8. The communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the capability parameter information includes at least one of:

9. A communication method applied to a station device STA, the method comprising:

10. The communication method of claim 9, wherein the first radio frame further comprises first identification information identifying whether the second AP supports a perception measurement.

11. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein the first identification information identifies that the second AP supports a sensing measurement, and wherein the first radio frame includes second identification information, and wherein the second identification information identifies that capability parameter information of the second AP is the same as or different from capability parameter information of the first AP.

12. The communication method according to claim 11, wherein the second identification information identifies capability parameter information of the second AP as being different from capability parameter information of the first AP, and the first radio frame includes capability parameter information supported by the second AP.

13. The communication method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the first identification information and/or the second identification information is carried in a BSSID information field of a neighbor report element of the first radio frame.

14. The communication method according to claim 13, wherein the capability parameter information supported by the second AP is carried in a sub-element of the neighbor report element;

15. A method of communicating according to any of claims 9 to 14, wherein the first radio frame comprises a beacon frame or a probe response frame.

16. The communication method according to any one of claims 9 to 15, wherein the capability parameter information includes at least one of:

17. An electronic device, the electronic device being a first access point device AP, the electronic device comprising:

and the sending module is used for sending the first wireless frame.

18. An electronic device, the electronic device being a station device STA, the electronic device comprising:

19. An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the processor implementing the method of any one of claims 1 to 8 or the method of any one of claims 9 to 16 when the program is executed.

20. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it has stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any of claims 1 to 8 or implements the method of any of claims 9 to 16.