Multi-link communication setup method and related apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12284705B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US18601217

    申请日:2024-03-11

    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relates to a multi-link communication setup method and a related apparatus. The method includes: a non-AP MLD sends an association request frame on a first link, to request multi-link setup. An AP MLD returns an association response frame on the first link, to notify whether multi-link setup succeeds. The AP MLD sets a second status code field of a multi-link element of the association response frame to a newly defined value, to indicate that a cause why a link is not accepted is that the first link is not accepted. This application is applied to a WLAN system that supports a next generation Wi-Fi protocol of 802.11ax, for example, 802.11be, Wi-Fi 7, or EHT, and other 802.11 series protocols; and for another example, a next generation protocol of 802.11be: Wi-Fi 8.

    Communications method and communications apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12273804B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-08

    申请号:US18512379

    申请日:2023-11-17

    Abstract: This application provides a communications method and a communications apparatus. A first station in a first multi-link device sends first information to a second multi-link device, where the first information is used to indicate a frequency at which how often a station in a power saving mode in the first multi-link device receives a beacon frame. In this way, the second multi-link device may learn about, based on the first information, how often a frequency at which a station in the first multi-link device receives a beacon frame, thereby helping the second multi-link device effectively manage a cache service of each station in the first multi-link device and manage a data buffer space.

    Channel Access Method and Apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US20250097911A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-20

    申请号:US18962258

    申请日:2024-11-27

    Abstract: This application provides a channel access method and an apparatus, and relates to the field of communication technologies, to resolve a problem that it is difficult for a long range communication device to access a channel, and communication efficiency is low. The method includes: A first device detects a channel status in first duration. If a channel is in an idle state, M is subtracted from a value of a first counter, where M is a positive integer greater than 1. If the value of the first counter is greater than 0, the first device detects the channel status in next first duration; or if the value of the first counter is less than or equal to 0, the first device transmits data through the channel.

    Data transmission method and related apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12244526B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US18362472

    申请日:2023-07-31

    Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method and a related apparatus. The method includes: A network device generates a first physical layer protocol data unit PPDU. The first PPDU includes a first universal-Signaling field U-SIG field and a first extremely high throughput-Signaling field EHT-SIG field, a sum of a quantity of information bits of the first U-SIG field and a quantity of information bits of the first EHT-SIG field is less than or equal to 78 information bits, and at least one of the first U-SIG field and the first EHT-SIG field includes an identifier indication field, where the identifier indication field is used to uniquely identify one station. The network device sends an encoded first PPDU to a station.

    Multi-link communication probe request method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12219636B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US18309776

    申请日:2023-04-29

    Abstract: This application discloses a multi-link communication probe request method and apparatus. The method includes: a non-access point multi-link device (non-AP MLD) generates a probe request frame, and sends the probe request frame to an access point multi-link device (AP MLD), and the AP MLD receives the probe request frame, and generates a probe response frame and sends to the non-AP MLD. The probe request frame includes a first multi-link element (MLE) that is used to request link information of the AP MLD and that includes a first link information field. The first link information field includes a first field. The first field indicates that the non-AP MLD requests the AP MLD to feed back complete information or partial information of a first link. The first link information field corresponds to the first link.

    PPDU transmission method and related apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12212438B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US18074269

    申请日:2022-12-02

    Abstract: Disclosed are a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) transmission method and a related apparatus. The method includes: generating a PPDU, where the PPDU includes a universal signal field (U-SIG), and the U-SIG includes a subfield indicating that the PPDU is a null data packet (NDP); and sending the PPDU. In this way, a beamformee (Bfee) that receives the NDP can identify the NDP earlier. This helps improve efficiency of reading the NDP by the Bfee. The PPDU is an NDP used for a standard after 802.11ax. In a scenario in which wireless communication is performed by using the standard (for example, 802.11be) after 802.11ax, the Bfee can perform channel estimation based on the NDP.

    METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT

    公开(公告)号:US20250024559A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18802186

    申请日:2024-08-13

    Abstract: The technology of this application relates to methods and apparatuses for sending and receiving a physical layer protocol data unit. The method includes: generating a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), where the PPDU includes a short training field, a length of a frequency domain sequence of the short training field is greater than a first length, and the first length is a length, for example, 2048, of a frequency domain sequence of a short training field that is transmitted over a 160 MHz-bandwidth channel, and sending the PPDU over a target channel, where a bandwidth of the target channel is greater than 160 MHz. According to embodiments of this application, a larger actual channel bandwidth can be achieved, and backward compatibility is implemented.

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