CN109309936A - Communication means, device, access point apparatus and the site apparatus of WLAN - Google Patents

Communication means, device, access point apparatus and the site apparatus of WLAN Download PDF

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CN109309936A
CN109309936A CN201710630708.9A CN201710630708A CN109309936A CN 109309936 A CN109309936 A CN 109309936A CN 201710630708 A CN201710630708 A CN 201710630708A CN 109309936 A CN109309936 A CN 109309936A
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Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of communication means of WLAN, device, access point apparatus and site apparatus, wherein the communication means of WLAN includes: to generate wakeup message frame, and wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；Wakeup message frame is sent to site apparatus, wherein, site apparatus determines whether to wake up principal communication interface according to the value of data cached instruction information bit, site apparatus is equipped with principal communication interface and time communication interface, for secondary communication interface for receiving wakeup message frame, principal communication interface can receive down buffer storage data after being waken up.According to the technical solution of the present invention, the power consumption that can further reduce site apparatus, improves the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.

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Communication means, device, access point apparatus and the site apparatus of WLAN
Technical field
The present invention relates to technical fields, communication means, a kind of wireless local area in particular to a kind of WLAN The communication device of net, a kind of access point apparatus and a kind of site apparatus.
Background technique
In July, 2016, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, electricity Gas and Electronic Engineering Association) 802.11 set up next-generation Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity, Wireless Fidelity) technology Study group WUR (Wake up Receiver), i.e. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11ba, in terms of being mainly used in Internet of Things, in order to maximum to the greatest extent The power consumption of communication equipment may be saved.
A kind of wakeup message (wake up) frame is defined in IEEE 802.11ba standard, main purpose is for calling out Wake up the principal communication interface of communication equipment, i.e. communication equipment passes through time communication interface and receives wake up frame, needed for power consumption it is little In 1mw, power consumption needed for the principal communication interface in this way than directly waking up communication equipment is few very much, is conducive to communication equipment and saves function Consumption.
In the related technology, it is carried out in data exchange process based on IEEE 802.11ba standard, the secondary communication of site apparatus connects Mouth then wakes up principal communication interface etc. immediately and receives down buffer storage data once receiving wakeup message frame.
But access point apparatus sends wakeup message frame to site apparatus not necessarily sends down buffer storage number immediately According to, it is also possible to it is to indicate that site apparatus carries out time synchronization or indicates that site apparatus receives the time letter of down buffer storage data Therefore breath wakes up principal communication interface immediately if receiving wakeup message frame, without down buffer storage data are received, then can The unnecessary power consumption penalty of site apparatus is caused, is also unfavorable for reducing data collision, meanwhile, it may be decreased spectrum utilization Rate.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is directed to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art or related technologies.
For this purpose, it is an object of the present invention to provide a kind of communication means of WLAN.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a kind of communication devices of WLAN.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a kind of access point apparatus.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a kind of site apparatus.
To achieve the goals above, the technical solution of the first aspect of the present invention provides a kind of communication of WLAN Method, comprising: generate wakeup message frame, wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；Wakeup message frame is sent to station Point device, wherein site apparatus determines whether to wake up principal communication interface, site apparatus according to the value of data cached instruction information bit Equipped with principal communication interface and time communication interface, secondary communication interface is for receiving wakeup message frame, energy after principal communication interface is waken up Enough receive down buffer storage data.
It in the technical scheme, can be slow in no downlink by the way that data cached indicating bit is arranged in wakeup message frame When deposit data, the non-essential operation for waking up principal communication interface is avoided, to reduce communication equipment (mainly site apparatus one Side) power consumption, reduce the generation of data collision, promote the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.
Wherein, in the technical scheme, the principal communication interface of communication equipment is constantly in dormant state, time of communication equipment Communication interface is likely to be at periodical dormant state, it is also possible to be in wake states.When site apparatus receives wakeup message frame When, the downlink data not cached such as, then without waking up principal communication interface.Wherein, the primary and secondary communication interface of communication equipment may Use the same channel spectrum resource, it is also possible to use different channel spectrum resource.
Specifically, wakeup message frame can also be instruction station in addition to indicating that site apparatus receives down buffer storage data immediately Point device carries out time synchronization operation, or instruction site apparatus determines the communication priority of down buffer storage data.
For example, in order to enable site apparatus more power saving, defining next communication interface in standard agreement be can also pass through not Dormancy state, necessarily, wakeup message frame carry duration and indicate information, i.e., indicate information by duration to indicate time communication equipment Wake-up period, due to not needing to wake up Master Communication Equipment reception down buffer storage data immediately, it is arranged in wakeup message frame Data cached indicating bit instruction site apparatus does not wake up Master Communication Equipment, in addition, secondary communication interface is determining next wake-up period Afterwards, dormant state can also be immediately entered, and then further reduces the power consumption of site apparatus.
Further accordance with the time synchronization information received, can to avoid site apparatus primary and secondary communication interface due to prolonged Suspend mode and and the deviation of access point apparatus time of occurrence in order to further save the power consumption of communication equipment be not each Wakeup message frame all carries time synchronization information, can be and is periodically carried.
In the above-mentioned technical solutions, it is preferable that the communication means of WLAN further include: by the frame head of wakeup message frame Or the first field of body section is set to the first value or second value, the value as data cached instruction information bit；First value is used for Without caching downlink data for site apparatus, instruction site apparatus does not wake up its principal communication interface according to the first value, main logical for instruction Letter interface continues to keep dormant state；It has been that site apparatus has cached downlink data that second value, which is used to indicate, indicates site apparatus Its principal communication interface is waken up according to second value to receive down buffer storage data.
In the technical scheme, by by the first field of the frame head of wakeup message frame or body section be set to the first value or Second value, the first value are used to indicate and do not wake up principal communication interface, and second value, which is used to indicate, wakes up principal communication interface to receive downlink It is data cached, due to parsing wakeup message frame power consumption be usually less than 1mw, by setting the first field be the first value or Second value come indicate whether wake up principal communication interface, can guarantee data communication it is reliable under the premise of, reduce inessential wake-up Power consumption caused by principal communication interface.
It is data cached that it will be appreciated to those of skill in the art that second value is used to indicate access point apparatus, there are downlinks, Secondary communication interface wakes up principal communication interface after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of second value, and the first value includes removing second All instruction information other than value, i.e., the determination after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of the first value of secondary communication interface do not need to connect It is data cached to accept row, then does not wake up principal communication interface, still, is grasped accordingly according further to the instruction information of the first value Make, such as determines time synchronization information, or determine next wake-up period of time communication interface, or determine the data class of wakeup message frame Type.
Wherein, when the first value is set to bit " 1 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 0 " or the first value When being set to bit " 0 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 1 ".
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication means of WLAN further include: by wakeup message frame The second field be set to third value, it is unicast wakeup message that third value, which is used to indicate time received wakeup message frame of communication equipment, Frame.
In the technical scheme, by the way that the second field of wakeup message frame is set to third value, it can accurately determine and call out Message frame of waking up is unicast wakeup message frame, can further reduce the power consumption of communication equipment, while being conducive to promote frequency spectrum benefit With rate.
In addition, third value can be a bit " 0 ".
The technical solution of the second aspect of the present invention, the communication means of WLAN, comprising: wakeup message frame is received, Wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；Determine whether to wake up principal communication according to the value of data cached instruction information bit Interface, wherein for secondary communication interface for receiving wakeup message frame, principal communication interface can receive down buffer storage number after being waken up According to.
In the technical scheme, it by receiving wakeup message frame, and parses and data cached instruction is set in wakeup message frame Position can avoid the non-essential operation for waking up principal communication interface, to reduce communication equipment in no down buffer storage data The power consumption of (mainly site apparatus side) reduces the generation of data collision, promotes the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.
Wherein, in the technical scheme, the principal communication interface of communication equipment is constantly in dormant state, time of communication equipment Communication interface is likely to be at periodical dormant state, it is also possible to be in wake states.When site apparatus receives wakeup message frame When, the downlink data not cached such as, then without waking up principal communication interface.Wherein, the primary and secondary communication interface of communication equipment may Use the same channel spectrum resource, it is also possible to use different channel spectrum resource.
Specifically, wakeup message frame can also be instruction station in addition to indicating that site apparatus receives down buffer storage data immediately Point device carries out time synchronization operation, or instruction site apparatus determines the communication priority of down buffer storage data.
For example, in order to enable site apparatus more power saving, defining next communication interface in standard agreement be can also pass through not Dormancy state, necessarily, wakeup message frame carry duration and indicate information, i.e., indicate information by duration to indicate time communication equipment Wake-up period, due to not needing to wake up Master Communication Equipment reception down buffer storage data immediately, it is arranged in wakeup message frame Data cached indicating bit instruction site apparatus does not wake up Master Communication Equipment, in addition, secondary communication interface is determining next wake-up period Afterwards, dormant state can also be immediately entered, and then further reduces the power consumption of site apparatus.
Further accordance with the time synchronization information received, can to avoid site apparatus primary and secondary communication interface due to prolonged Suspend mode and and the deviation of access point apparatus time of occurrence in order to further save the power consumption of communication equipment be not each Wakeup message frame all carries time synchronization information, can be and is periodically carried.
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication means of WLAN further include: parsing wakeup message The frame head of frame or the first field of body section are the first value or second value, the value as data cached instruction information bit；True When the first field is the first value calmly, it is data cached that downlink is not present in determination, and does not wake up principal communication interface；Determining the first field When for second value, it is data cached to determine that there are downlinks, and wakes up principal communication interface to receive down buffer storage data.
In the technical scheme, the first value is set to by the first field of the frame head or body section that parse wakeup message frame Or second value, the first value are used to indicate and do not wake up principal communication interface, second value, which is used to indicate, wakes up principal communication interface to receive down Row is data cached, since the power consumption of parsing wakeup message frame is usually less than 1mw, by determining that the first field is the first value Or second value determines whether to wake up principal communication interface, can reduce and inessential call out under the premise of guaranteeing that data communication is reliable Power consumption caused by awake principal communication interface.
It is data cached that it will be appreciated to those of skill in the art that second value is used to indicate access point apparatus, there are downlinks, Secondary communication interface wakes up principal communication interface after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of second value, and the first value includes removing second All instruction information other than value, i.e., the determination after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of the first value of secondary communication interface do not need to connect It is data cached to accept row, then does not wake up principal communication interface, still, is grasped accordingly according further to the instruction information of the first value Make, such as determines time synchronization information, or determine next wake-up period of time communication interface, or determine the data class of wakeup message frame Type.
Wherein, when the first value is set to bit " 1 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 0 " or the first value When being set to bit " 0 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 1 ".
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication means of WLAN further include: parsing wakeup message Whether the second field of frame is third value；When determining the second field is third value, determine that received wakeup message frame is unicast Wakeup message frame.
In the technical scheme, it by determining that the second field of wakeup message frame is set to third value, can accurately determine Wakeup message frame is unicast wakeup message frame, can further reduce the power consumption of communication equipment, while being conducive to promote frequency spectrum Utilization rate.
In addition, third value can be a bit " 0 ".
The technical solution of the third aspect of the present invention, it is also proposed that a kind of communication device of WLAN, comprising: generate Unit, for generating wakeup message frame, wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；Communication unit is called out for sending Message frame wake up to site apparatus, wherein site apparatus determines whether to wake up principal communication according to the value of data cached instruction information bit Interface, site apparatus are equipped with principal communication interface and time communication interface, and for receiving wakeup message frame, principal communication connects secondary communication interface Mouth can receive down buffer storage data after being waken up.
It in the technical scheme, can be slow in no downlink by the way that data cached indicating bit is arranged in wakeup message frame When deposit data, the non-essential operation for waking up principal communication interface is avoided, to reduce communication equipment (mainly site apparatus one Side) power consumption, reduce the generation of data collision, promote the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.
Wherein, in the technical scheme, the principal communication interface of communication equipment is constantly in dormant state, time of communication equipment Communication interface is likely to be at periodical dormant state, it is also possible to be in wake states.When site apparatus receives wakeup message frame When, the downlink data not cached such as, then without waking up principal communication interface.Wherein, the primary and secondary communication interface of communication equipment may Use the same channel spectrum resource, it is also possible to use different channel spectrum resource.
Specifically, wakeup message frame can also be instruction station in addition to indicating that site apparatus receives down buffer storage data immediately Point device carries out time synchronization operation, or instruction site apparatus determines the communication priority of down buffer storage data.
For example, in order to enable site apparatus more power saving, defining next communication interface in standard agreement be can also pass through not Dormancy state, necessarily, wakeup message frame carry duration and indicate information, i.e., indicate information by duration to indicate time communication equipment Wake-up period, due to not needing to wake up Master Communication Equipment reception down buffer storage data immediately, it is arranged in wakeup message frame Data cached indicating bit instruction site apparatus does not wake up Master Communication Equipment, in addition, secondary communication interface is determining next wake-up period Afterwards, dormant state can also be immediately entered, and then further reduces the power consumption of site apparatus.
Further accordance with the time synchronization information received, can to avoid site apparatus primary and secondary communication interface due to prolonged Suspend mode and and the deviation of access point apparatus time of occurrence in order to further save the power consumption of communication equipment be not each Wakeup message frame all carries time synchronization information, can be and is periodically carried.
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication device of WLAN further include: the first setting is single Member, for the first field of the frame head of wakeup message frame or body section to be set to the first value or second value, as data cached Indicate the value of information bit；Indicating unit, the first value, which is used to indicate, does not cache downlink data for site apparatus, is used to indicate website Equipment does not wake up its principal communication interface according to the first value, and principal communication interface continues to keep dormant state；Second value is used to indicate Downlink data is cached for site apparatus, indicating unit is also used to indicate that site apparatus wakes up its principal communication interface according to second value To receive down buffer storage data.
In the technical scheme, by by the first field of the frame head of wakeup message frame or body section be set to the first value or Second value, the first value are used to indicate and do not wake up principal communication interface, and second value, which is used to indicate, wakes up principal communication interface to receive downlink It is data cached, due to parsing wakeup message frame power consumption be usually less than 1mw, by setting the first field be the first value or Second value come indicate whether wake up principal communication interface, can guarantee data communication it is reliable under the premise of, reduce inessential wake-up Power consumption caused by principal communication interface.
It is data cached that it will be appreciated to those of skill in the art that second value is used to indicate access point apparatus, there are downlinks, Secondary communication interface wakes up principal communication interface after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of second value, and the first value includes removing second All instruction information other than value, i.e., the determination after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of the first value of secondary communication interface do not need to connect It is data cached to accept row, then does not wake up principal communication interface, still, is grasped accordingly according further to the instruction information of the first value Make, such as determines time synchronization information, or determine next wake-up period of time communication interface, or determine the data class of wakeup message frame Type.
Wherein, when the first value is set to bit " 1 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 0 " or the first value When being set to bit " 0 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 1 ".
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication device of WLAN further include: the second setting is single Member, for the second field of wakeup message frame to be set to third value, third value is used to indicate the received wake-up of time communication equipment and disappears Breath frame is unicast wakeup message frame.
In the technical scheme, by the way that the second field of wakeup message frame is set to third value, it can accurately determine and call out Message frame of waking up is unicast wakeup message frame, can further reduce the power consumption of communication equipment, while being conducive to promote frequency spectrum benefit With rate.
In addition, third value can be a bit " 0 ".
The technical solution of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the communication device of WLAN, comprising: communication unit, for connecing Wakeup message frame is received, wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；Wakeup unit, for being believed according to data cached instruction The value of breath position determines whether to wake up principal communication interface, wherein secondary communication interface is for receiving wakeup message frame, principal communication interface quilt Down buffer storage data can be received after wake-up.
In the technical scheme, it by receiving wakeup message frame, and parses and data cached instruction is set in wakeup message frame Position can avoid the non-essential operation for waking up principal communication interface, to reduce communication equipment in no down buffer storage data The power consumption of (mainly site apparatus side) reduces the generation of data collision, promotes the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.
Wherein, in the technical scheme, the principal communication interface of communication equipment is constantly in dormant state, time of communication equipment Communication interface is likely to be at periodical dormant state, it is also possible to be in wake states.When site apparatus receives wakeup message frame When, the downlink data not cached such as, then without waking up principal communication interface.Wherein, the primary and secondary communication interface of communication equipment may Use the same channel spectrum resource, it is also possible to use different channel spectrum resource.
Specifically, wakeup message frame can also be instruction station in addition to indicating that site apparatus receives down buffer storage data immediately Point device carries out time synchronization operation, or instruction site apparatus determines the communication priority of down buffer storage data.
For example, in order to enable site apparatus more power saving, defining next communication interface in standard agreement be can also pass through not Dormancy state, necessarily, wakeup message frame carry duration and indicate information, i.e., indicate information by duration to indicate time communication equipment Wake-up period, due to not needing to wake up Master Communication Equipment reception down buffer storage data immediately, it is arranged in wakeup message frame Data cached indicating bit instruction site apparatus does not wake up Master Communication Equipment, in addition, secondary communication interface is determining next wake-up period Afterwards, dormant state can also be immediately entered, and then further reduces the power consumption of site apparatus.
Further accordance with the time synchronization information received, can to avoid site apparatus primary and secondary communication interface due to prolonged Suspend mode and and the deviation of access point apparatus time of occurrence in order to further save the power consumption of communication equipment be not each Wakeup message frame all carries time synchronization information, can be and is periodically carried.
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication device of WLAN further include: the first parsing is single Member, for parse wakeup message frame frame head or body section the first field be the first value or second value, as data cached Indicate the value of information bit；Wakeup unit is also used to: when determining the first field is the first value, determining and down buffer storage number is not present According to, and principal communication interface is not waken up；Wakeup unit is also used to: when determining the first field is second value, it is slow to determine that there are downlinks Deposit data, and principal communication interface is waken up to receive down buffer storage data.
In the technical scheme, the first value is set to by the first field of the frame head or body section that parse wakeup message frame Or second value, the first value are used to indicate and do not wake up principal communication interface, second value, which is used to indicate, wakes up principal communication interface to receive down Row is data cached, since the power consumption of parsing wakeup message frame is usually less than 1mw, by determining that the first field is the first value Or second value determines whether to wake up principal communication interface, can reduce and inessential call out under the premise of guaranteeing that data communication is reliable Power consumption caused by awake principal communication interface.
It is data cached that it will be appreciated to those of skill in the art that second value is used to indicate access point apparatus, there are downlinks, Secondary communication interface wakes up principal communication interface after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of second value, and the first value includes removing second All instruction information other than value, i.e., the determination after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of the first value of secondary communication interface do not need to connect It is data cached to accept row, then does not wake up principal communication interface, still, is grasped accordingly according further to the instruction information of the first value Make, such as determines time synchronization information, or determine next wake-up period of time communication interface, or determine the data class of wakeup message frame Type.
Wherein, when the first value is set to bit " 1 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 0 " or the first value When being set to bit " 0 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 1 ".
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication device of WLAN further include: the second parsing is single Member, whether the second field for parsing wakeup message frame is third value；Wakeup unit is also used to: determining that the second field is the When three values, determine that received wakeup message frame is unicast wakeup message frame.
In the technical scheme, it by determining that the second field of wakeup message frame is set to third value, can accurately determine Wakeup message frame is unicast wakeup message frame, can further reduce the power consumption of communication equipment, while being conducive to promote frequency spectrum Utilization rate.
In addition, third value can be a bit " 0 ".
The technical solution of the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is also proposed that a kind of access point apparatus, including such as any of the above-described skill The communication device of WLAN described in art scheme.
In the technical scheme, access point apparatus includes the logical of the WLAN as described in any of the above-described technical solution T unit, therefore whole beneficial effects of the communication device with the WLAN as described in any of the above-described technical solution, Details are not described herein.
The technical solution of the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is also proposed that a kind of site apparatus, including such as any of the above-described technology The communication device of WLAN described in scheme.
In the technical scheme, site apparatus includes the communication of the WLAN as described in any of the above-described technical solution Device, therefore whole beneficial effects of the communication device with the WLAN as described in any of the above-described technical solution, This is repeated no more.
Additional aspect and advantage of the invention will provide in following description section, will partially become from the following description Obviously, or practice through the invention is recognized.
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Above-mentioned and/or additional aspect of the invention and advantage will become from the description of the embodiment in conjunction with the following figures Obviously and it is readily appreciated that, in which:
Fig. 1 shows the schematic flow diagram of the communication means of WLAN according to an embodiment of the invention；
Fig. 2 shows the schematic flow diagrams of the communication means of WLAN according to another embodiment of the invention；
Fig. 3 shows the schematic block diagram of the communication device of WLAN according to an embodiment of the invention；
Fig. 4 shows the schematic block diagram of the communication device of WLAN according to another embodiment of the invention；
Fig. 5 shows the schematic block diagram of access point apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention；
Fig. 6 shows the schematic block diagram of site apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention；
Fig. 7 shows the data interaction schematic diagram of WLAN according to an embodiment of the invention；
Fig. 8 shows the data interaction schematic diagram of WLAN according to another embodiment of the invention.
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To better understand the objects, features and advantages of the present invention, with reference to the accompanying drawing and specific real Applying mode, the present invention is further described in detail.It should be noted that in the absence of conflict, the implementation of the application Feature in example and embodiment can be combined with each other.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to facilitate a full understanding of the present invention, still, the present invention may be used also To be implemented using other than the one described here other modes, therefore, protection scope of the present invention is not by described below Specific embodiment limitation.
Fig. 1 shows the schematic flow diagram of the communication means of WLAN according to an embodiment of the invention.
As shown in Figure 1, the communication means of WLAN according to an embodiment of the invention, comprising: S102 is generated Wakeup message frame, wakeup message frame include data cached instruction information bit；S104, transmission wakeup message frame to site apparatus, In, site apparatus determines whether to wake up principal communication interface according to the value of data cached instruction information bit, and site apparatus is equipped with main logical Believe interface and time communication interface, for receiving wakeup message frame, principal communication interface can receive down secondary communication interface after being waken up Row is data cached.
It in the technical scheme, can be slow in no downlink by the way that data cached indicating bit is arranged in wakeup message frame When deposit data, the non-essential operation for waking up principal communication interface is avoided, to reduce communication equipment (mainly site apparatus one Side) power consumption, reduce the generation of data collision, promote the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.
Wherein, in the technical scheme, the principal communication interface of communication equipment is constantly in dormant state, time of communication equipment Communication interface is likely to be at periodical dormant state, it is also possible to be in wake states.When site apparatus receives wakeup message frame When, the downlink data not cached such as, then without waking up principal communication interface.Wherein, the primary and secondary communication interface of communication equipment may Use the same channel spectrum resource, it is also possible to use different channel spectrum resource.
Specifically, wakeup message frame can also be instruction station in addition to indicating that site apparatus receives down buffer storage data immediately Point device carries out time synchronization operation, or instruction site apparatus determines the communication priority of down buffer storage data.
For example, in order to enable site apparatus more power saving, defining next communication interface in standard agreement be can also pass through not Dormancy state, necessarily, wakeup message frame carry duration and indicate information, i.e., indicate information by duration to indicate time communication equipment Wake-up period, due to not needing to wake up Master Communication Equipment reception down buffer storage data immediately, it is arranged in wakeup message frame Data cached indicating bit instruction site apparatus does not wake up Master Communication Equipment, in addition, secondary communication interface is determining next wake-up period Afterwards, dormant state can also be immediately entered, and then further reduces the power consumption of site apparatus.
Further accordance with the time synchronization information received, can to avoid site apparatus primary and secondary communication interface due to prolonged Suspend mode and and the deviation of access point apparatus time of occurrence in order to further save the power consumption of communication equipment be not each Wakeup message frame all carries time synchronization information, can be and is periodically carried.
In the above-mentioned technical solutions, it is preferable that the communication means of WLAN further include: by the frame head of wakeup message frame Or the first field of body section is set to the first value or second value, the value as data cached instruction information bit；First value is used for Without caching downlink data for site apparatus, instruction site apparatus does not wake up its principal communication interface according to the first value, main logical for instruction Letter interface continues to keep dormant state；It has been that site apparatus has cached downlink data that second value, which is used to indicate, indicates site apparatus Its principal communication interface is waken up according to second value to receive down buffer storage data.
In the technical scheme, by by the first field of the frame head of wakeup message frame or body section be set to the first value or Second value, the first value are used to indicate and do not wake up principal communication interface, and second value, which is used to indicate, wakes up principal communication interface to receive downlink It is data cached, due to parsing wakeup message frame power consumption be usually less than 1mw, by setting the first field be the first value or Second value come indicate whether wake up principal communication interface, can guarantee data communication it is reliable under the premise of, reduce inessential wake-up Power consumption caused by principal communication interface.
It is data cached that it will be appreciated to those of skill in the art that second value is used to indicate access point apparatus, there are downlinks, Secondary communication interface wakes up principal communication interface after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of second value, and the first value includes removing second All instruction information other than value, i.e., the determination after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of the first value of secondary communication interface do not need to connect It is data cached to accept row, then does not wake up principal communication interface, still, is grasped accordingly according further to the instruction information of the first value Make, such as determines time synchronization information, or determine next wake-up period of time communication interface, or determine the data class of wakeup message frame Type.
Wherein, when the first value is set to bit " 1 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 0 " or the first value When being set to bit " 0 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 1 ".
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication means of WLAN further include: by wakeup message frame The second field be set to third value, it is unicast wakeup message that third value, which is used to indicate time received wakeup message frame of communication equipment, Frame.
In the technical scheme, by the way that the second field of wakeup message frame is set to third value, it can accurately determine and call out Message frame of waking up is unicast wakeup message frame, can further reduce the power consumption of communication equipment, while being conducive to promote frequency spectrum benefit With rate.
In addition, third value can be a bit " 0 ".
Fig. 2 shows the schematic flow diagrams of the communication means of WLAN according to another embodiment of the invention.
As shown in Fig. 2, the communication means of WLAN according to another embodiment of the invention, comprising: S202 connects Wakeup message frame is received, wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；S204, according to the value of data cached instruction information bit Determine whether to wake up principal communication interface, wherein secondary communication interface is for receiving wakeup message frame, energy after principal communication interface is waken up Enough receive down buffer storage data.
In the technical scheme, it by receiving wakeup message frame, and parses and data cached instruction is set in wakeup message frame Position can avoid the non-essential operation for waking up principal communication interface, to reduce communication equipment in no down buffer storage data The power consumption of (mainly site apparatus side) reduces the generation of data collision, promotes the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.
Wherein, in the technical scheme, the principal communication interface of communication equipment is constantly in dormant state, time of communication equipment Communication interface is likely to be at periodical dormant state, it is also possible to be in wake states.When site apparatus receives wakeup message frame When, the downlink data not cached such as, then without waking up principal communication interface.Wherein, the primary and secondary communication interface of communication equipment may Use the same channel spectrum resource, it is also possible to use different channel spectrum resource.
Specifically, wakeup message frame can also be instruction station in addition to indicating that site apparatus receives down buffer storage data immediately Point device carries out time synchronization operation, or instruction site apparatus determines the communication priority of down buffer storage data.
For example, in order to enable site apparatus more power saving, defining next communication interface in standard agreement be can also pass through not Dormancy state, necessarily, wakeup message frame carry duration and indicate information, i.e., indicate information by duration to indicate time communication equipment Wake-up period, due to not needing to wake up Master Communication Equipment reception down buffer storage data immediately, it is arranged in wakeup message frame Data cached indicating bit instruction site apparatus does not wake up Master Communication Equipment, in addition, secondary communication interface is determining next wake-up period Afterwards, dormant state can also be immediately entered, and then further reduces the power consumption of site apparatus.
Further accordance with the time synchronization information received, can to avoid site apparatus primary and secondary communication interface due to prolonged Suspend mode and and the deviation of access point apparatus time of occurrence in order to further save the power consumption of communication equipment be not each Wakeup message frame all carries time synchronization information, can be and is periodically carried.
In the above-mentioned technical solutions, it is preferable that the communication means of WLAN further include: by the frame head of wakeup message frame Or the first field of body section is set to the first value or second value, the value as data cached instruction information bit；First value is used for Without caching downlink data for site apparatus, instruction site apparatus does not wake up its principal communication interface according to the first value, main logical for instruction Letter interface continues to keep dormant state；It has been that site apparatus has cached downlink data that second value, which is used to indicate, indicates site apparatus Its principal communication interface is waken up according to second value to receive down buffer storage data.
In the technical scheme, the first value is set to by the first field of the frame head or body section that parse wakeup message frame Or second value, the first value are used to indicate and do not wake up principal communication interface, second value, which is used to indicate, wakes up principal communication interface to receive down Row is data cached, since the power consumption of parsing wakeup message frame is usually less than 1mw, by determining that the first field is the first value Or second value determines whether to wake up principal communication interface, can reduce and inessential call out under the premise of guaranteeing that data communication is reliable Power consumption caused by awake principal communication interface.
It is data cached that it will be appreciated to those of skill in the art that second value is used to indicate access point apparatus, there are downlinks, Secondary communication interface wakes up principal communication interface after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of second value, and the first value includes removing second All instruction information other than value, i.e., the determination after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of the first value of secondary communication interface do not need to connect It is data cached to accept row, then does not wake up principal communication interface, still, is grasped accordingly according further to the instruction information of the first value Make, such as determines time synchronization information, or determine next wake-up period of time communication interface, or determine the data class of wakeup message frame Type.
Wherein, when the first value is set to bit " 1 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 0 " or the first value When being set to bit " 0 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 1 ".
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication means of WLAN further include: parsing wakeup message Whether the second field of frame is third value；When determining the second field is third value, determine that received wakeup message frame is unicast Wakeup message frame.
In the technical scheme, it by determining that the second field of wakeup message frame is set to third value, can accurately determine Wakeup message frame is unicast wakeup message frame, can further reduce the power consumption of communication equipment, while being conducive to promote frequency spectrum Utilization rate.
In addition, third value can be a bit " 0 ".
Fig. 3 shows the schematic block diagram of the communication device of WLAN according to an embodiment of the invention.
As shown in figure 3, the communication device 300 of WLAN according to an embodiment of the invention, comprising: generate single Member 302, for generating wakeup message frame, wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；Communication unit 304, for sending out Send wakeup message frame to site apparatus, wherein site apparatus determines whether to wake up master according to the value of data cached instruction information bit Communication interface, site apparatus are equipped with principal communication interface and time communication interface, and secondary communication interface is main logical for receiving wakeup message frame Letter interface can receive down buffer storage data after being waken up.
It in the technical scheme, can be slow in no downlink by the way that data cached indicating bit is arranged in wakeup message frame When deposit data, the non-essential operation for waking up principal communication interface is avoided, to reduce communication equipment (mainly site apparatus one Side) power consumption, reduce the generation of data collision, promote the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.
Wherein, in the technical scheme, the principal communication interface of communication equipment is constantly in dormant state, time of communication equipment Communication interface is likely to be at periodical dormant state, it is also possible to be in wake states.When site apparatus receives wakeup message frame When, the downlink data not cached such as, then without waking up principal communication interface.Wherein, the primary and secondary communication interface of communication equipment may Use the same channel spectrum resource, it is also possible to use different channel spectrum resource.
Specifically, wakeup message frame can also be instruction station in addition to indicating that site apparatus receives down buffer storage data immediately Point device carries out time synchronization operation, or instruction site apparatus determines the communication priority of down buffer storage data.
For example, in order to enable site apparatus more power saving, defining next communication interface in standard agreement be can also pass through not Dormancy state, necessarily, wakeup message frame carry duration and indicate information, i.e., indicate information by duration to indicate time communication equipment Wake-up period, due to not needing to wake up Master Communication Equipment reception down buffer storage data immediately, it is arranged in wakeup message frame Data cached indicating bit instruction site apparatus does not wake up Master Communication Equipment, in addition, secondary communication interface is determining next wake-up period Afterwards, dormant state can also be immediately entered, and then further reduces the power consumption of site apparatus.
Further accordance with the time synchronization information received, can to avoid site apparatus primary and secondary communication interface due to prolonged Suspend mode and and the deviation of access point apparatus time of occurrence in order to further save the power consumption of communication equipment be not each Wakeup message frame all carries time synchronization information, can be and is periodically carried.
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication device 300 of WLAN further include: the first setting Unit 306, for the first field of the frame head of wakeup message frame or body section to be set to the first value or second value, as caching The value of data indication information position；Indicating unit 308, the first value, which is used to indicate, does not cache downlink data, instruction for site apparatus Site apparatus does not wake up its principal communication interface according to the first value, and principal communication interface continues to keep dormant state；Second value is for Downlink data is cached for site apparatus, indicating unit 308 is also used to indicate that site apparatus wakes up its principal communication according to second value Interface is to receive down buffer storage data.
In the technical scheme, by by the first field of the frame head of wakeup message frame or body section be set to the first value or Second value, the first value are used to indicate and do not wake up principal communication interface, and second value, which is used to indicate, wakes up principal communication interface to receive downlink It is data cached, due to parsing wakeup message frame power consumption be usually less than 1mw, by setting the first field be the first value or Second value come indicate whether wake up principal communication interface, can guarantee data communication it is reliable under the premise of, reduce inessential wake-up Power consumption caused by principal communication interface.
It is data cached that it will be appreciated to those of skill in the art that second value is used to indicate access point apparatus, there are downlinks, Secondary communication interface wakes up principal communication interface after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of second value, and the first value includes removing second All instruction information other than value, i.e., the determination after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of the first value of secondary communication interface do not need to connect It is data cached to accept row, then does not wake up principal communication interface, still, is grasped accordingly according further to the instruction information of the first value Make, such as determines time synchronization information, or determine next wake-up period of time communication interface, or determine the data class of wakeup message frame Type.
Wherein, when the first value is set to bit " 1 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 0 " or the first value When being set to bit " 0 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 1 ".
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication device 300 of WLAN further include: the second setting Unit 310, for the second field of wakeup message frame to be set to third value, third value is used to indicate that time communication equipment is received calls out Message frame of waking up is unicast wakeup message frame.
In the technical scheme, by the way that the second field of wakeup message frame is set to third value, it can accurately determine and call out Message frame of waking up is unicast wakeup message frame, can further reduce the power consumption of communication equipment, while being conducive to promote frequency spectrum benefit With rate.
In addition, third value can be a bit " 0 ".
It is worth it is emphasized that the communication device 300 of above-mentioned WLAN can be compatible with or be integrated in has The access point apparatus such as mobile phone, tablet computer, music player, navigation device and the router of Wi-Fi communication module.
Specifically, above-mentioned communication unit 304 can be the antenna and carrier wave tune of the communication device 300 of above-mentioned WLAN Molding block etc., above-mentioned generation unit 302, above-mentioned first setting unit 306, above-mentioned indicating unit 308 and above-mentioned second setting are single Member 310 can be processor (CPU), controller (MCU), the embedded micro-control core of the communication device 300 of above-mentioned WLAN Piece and baseband processor etc..
Fig. 4 shows the schematic block diagram of the communication device of WLAN according to another embodiment of the invention.
As shown in figure 4, the communication device 400 of WLAN according to another embodiment of the invention, comprising: communication Unit 402, for receiving wakeup message frame, wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；Wakeup unit 404, is used for Determine whether to wake up principal communication interface according to the value of data cached instruction information bit, wherein secondary communication interface wakes up for receiving Message frame, principal communication interface can receive down buffer storage data after being waken up.
In the technical scheme, it by receiving wakeup message frame, and parses and data cached instruction is set in wakeup message frame Position can avoid the non-essential operation for waking up principal communication interface, to reduce communication equipment in no down buffer storage data The power consumption of (mainly site apparatus side) reduces the generation of data collision, promotes the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.
Wherein, in the technical scheme, the principal communication interface of communication equipment is constantly in dormant state, time of communication equipment Communication interface is likely to be at periodical dormant state, it is also possible to be in wake states.When site apparatus receives wakeup message frame When, the downlink data not cached such as, then without waking up principal communication interface.Wherein, the primary and secondary communication interface of communication equipment may Use the same channel spectrum resource, it is also possible to use different channel spectrum resource.
Specifically, wakeup message frame can also be instruction station in addition to indicating that site apparatus receives down buffer storage data immediately Point device carries out time synchronization operation, or instruction site apparatus determines the communication priority of down buffer storage data.
For example, in order to enable site apparatus more power saving, defining next communication interface in standard agreement be can also pass through not Dormancy state, necessarily, wakeup message frame carry duration and indicate information, i.e., indicate information by duration to indicate time communication equipment Wake-up period, due to not needing to wake up Master Communication Equipment reception down buffer storage data immediately, it is arranged in wakeup message frame Data cached indicating bit instruction site apparatus does not wake up Master Communication Equipment, in addition, secondary communication interface is determining next wake-up period Afterwards, dormant state can also be immediately entered, and then further reduces the power consumption of site apparatus.
Further accordance with the time synchronization information received, can to avoid site apparatus primary and secondary communication interface due to prolonged Suspend mode and and the deviation of access point apparatus time of occurrence in order to further save the power consumption of communication equipment be not each Wakeup message frame all carries time synchronization information, can be and is periodically carried.
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication device 400 of WLAN further include: the first parsing Unit 406, for parse wakeup message frame frame head or body section the first field be the first value or second value, as caching The value of data indication information position；Wakeup unit 404 is also used to: when determining the first field is the first value, determining and downlink is not present It is data cached, and principal communication interface is not waken up；Wakeup unit 404 is also used to: when determining the first field is second value, determination is deposited In down buffer storage data, and principal communication interface is waken up to receive down buffer storage data.
In the technical scheme, the first value is set to by the first field of the frame head or body section that parse wakeup message frame Or second value, the first value are used to indicate and do not wake up principal communication interface, second value, which is used to indicate, wakes up principal communication interface to receive down Row is data cached, since the power consumption of parsing wakeup message frame is usually less than 1mw, by determining that the first field is the first value Or second value determines whether to wake up principal communication interface, can reduce and inessential call out under the premise of guaranteeing that data communication is reliable Power consumption caused by awake principal communication interface.
It is data cached that it will be appreciated to those of skill in the art that second value is used to indicate access point apparatus, there are downlinks, Secondary communication interface wakes up principal communication interface after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of second value, and the first value includes removing second All instruction information other than value, i.e., the determination after reception is packaged with the wakeup message frame of the first value of secondary communication interface do not need to connect It is data cached to accept row, then does not wake up principal communication interface, still, is grasped accordingly according further to the instruction information of the first value Make, such as determines time synchronization information, or determine next wake-up period of time communication interface, or determine the data class of wakeup message frame Type.
Wherein, when the first value is set to bit " 1 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 0 " or the first value When being set to bit " 0 ", second value is correspondingly set to a bit " 1 ".
In any of the above-described technical solution, it is preferable that the communication device 400 of WLAN further include: the second parsing Unit 408, whether the second field for parsing wakeup message frame is third value；Wakeup unit 404 is also used to: determining second When field is third value, determine that received wakeup message frame is unicast wakeup message frame.
In the technical scheme, it by determining that the second field of wakeup message frame is set to third value, can accurately determine Wakeup message frame is unicast wakeup message frame, can further reduce the power consumption of communication equipment, while being conducive to promote frequency spectrum Utilization rate.
In addition, third value can be a bit " 0 ".
It is worth it is emphasized that the communication device 400 of above-mentioned WLAN can be compatible with or be integrated in has The site apparatus such as mobile phone, tablet computer, music player, navigation device and the router of Wi-Fi communication module.
Specifically, above-mentioned communication unit 402 can be the antenna and carrier wave tune of the communication device 400 of above-mentioned WLAN Molding block etc., above-mentioned wakeup unit 404, above-mentioned first resolution unit 406 and above-mentioned second resolution unit 408 can be above-mentioned nothing Processor (CPU), controller (MCU), embedded microcontroller chip and baseband processor of the communication device 400 of line local area network etc..
Fig. 5 shows the schematic block diagram of access point apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.
As shown in figure 5, access point apparatus 500 according to an embodiment of the invention, including such as any of the above-described technology The communication device 300 of WLAN described in scheme.
Fig. 6 shows the schematic block diagram of site apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention.
As shown in fig. 6, site apparatus 600 according to another embodiment of the invention, including such as any of the above-described technology The communication device 400 of WLAN described in scheme.
It is carried out specifically below with reference to communication plan of the Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 to the WLAN of embodiment according to the present invention Bright, basic service set includes access point apparatus 500 and site apparatus 600, wherein site apparatus 600 includes time communication interface 604 With principal communication interface 602.
Embodiment one:
Fig. 7 shows the data interaction schematic diagram of WLAN according to an embodiment of the invention.
As shown in fig. 7, the data interaction step of WLAN according to an embodiment of the invention includes: access point Equipment 500 is cached with the down buffer storage data for being sent to site apparatus 600, and access point apparatus 500 generates wakeup message frame, and First field of the frame head (or frame) of wakeup message frame is set to second value, wakeup message frame is sent to site apparatus 600, Secondary communication interface 604 receives wakeup message frame, and is determined as unicast wakeup message frame according to the third value of its second field, and It is data cached to determine that there are downlinks according to the second value of the first field, then " wakes up " principal communication interface 602, principal communication interface 602 Wake states are entered by dormant state, and feedback control frame (such as ACK frame) is to access point apparatus 500,500 basis of access point apparatus Feedback control frame (such as ACK frame) determines that principal communication interface 602 has been waken up, then down buffer storage data single broadcasting is sent to principal communication Interface 602, after principal communication interface 602 is properly received, feedback control frame (such as ACK frame) to access point apparatus 500, to indicate to complete Down buffer storage DRP data reception process.
Embodiment two:
Fig. 8 shows the data interaction schematic diagram of WLAN according to another embodiment of the invention.
As shown in figure 8, the data interaction step of WLAN according to another embodiment of the invention includes: access The uncached down buffer storage data for being sent to site apparatus 600 of point device 500, access point apparatus 500 generate wakeup message frame It is used to indicate the relevant time synchronization of site apparatus 600 instruction information, then by the first of the frame head (or frame) of wakeup message frame Field is set to the first value, wakeup message frame is sent to site apparatus 600, secondary communication interface 604 receives and parses through wakeup message Frame indicates information with the relevant time synchronization of determination, and is determined according to the first value of the first field and down buffer storage number is not present According to, then principal communication interface 602 " is not waken up ", and unicast wakeup message frame is determined as according to the third value of its second field, therefore, Site apparatus 600 needs feedback control frame (such as ACK frame) also to determine the receive process for completing wakeup message frame.
The technical scheme of the present invention has been explained in detail above with reference to the attached drawings, and the invention proposes a kind of the logical of WLAN Letter scheme, by the way that data cached indicating bit is arranged in wakeup message frame, can in no down buffer storage data, avoid it is non-must The operation for the wake-up principal communication interface wanted reduces data to reduce the power consumption of communication equipment (mainly site apparatus side) The generation of conflict promotes the availability of frequency spectrum and data throughout.
Step in the method for the present invention can be sequentially adjusted, combined, and deleted according to actual needs.
Unit in apparatus of the present invention can be combined, divided, and deleted according to actual needs.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the various methods of above-described embodiment is can It is completed with instructing relevant hardware by program, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, storage Medium include read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), programmable read only memory (Programmable Read-only Memory, PROM), erasable programmable is read-only deposits Reservoir (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EPROM), disposable programmable read-only memory (One- Time Programmable Read-Only Memory, OTPROM), the electronics formula of erasing can make carbon copies read-only memory (Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, EEPROM), CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory, CD-ROM) or other disc memories, magnetic disk storage, magnetic tape storage or can For carrying or any other computer-readable medium of storing data.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not intended to restrict the invention, for the skill of this field For art personnel, the invention may be variously modified and varied.All within the spirits and principles of the present invention, made any to repair Change, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a kind of communication means of WLAN is suitable for access point apparatus, which is characterized in that the WLAN leads to Letter method includes:
Wakeup message frame is generated, the wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；
The wakeup message frame is sent to site apparatus,
Wherein, the site apparatus determines whether to wake up principal communication interface, institute according to the value of the data cached instruction information bit Site apparatus is stated equipped with the principal communication interface and time communication interface, the secondary communication interface is for receiving the wakeup message Frame, the principal communication interface can receive down buffer storage data after being waken up.
2. the communication means of WLAN according to claim 1, which is characterized in that further include:
First field of the frame head of the wakeup message frame or body section is set to the first value or second value, as the caching The value of data indication information position；
First value is used to indicate the secondary communication interface, and there is no the down buffer storage data, indicate the site apparatus root The principal communication interface is not waken up according to first value；
The second value is used to indicate the secondary communication interface there are the down buffer storage data, indicate the site apparatus according to The second value wakes up the principal communication interface to receive the down buffer storage data.
3. the communication means of WLAN according to claim 1 or 2, which is characterized in that further include:
Second field of the wakeup message frame is set to third value, the third value is used to indicate the secondary communication equipment and receives The wakeup message frame be unicast wakeup message frame.
4. a kind of communication means of WLAN, be suitable for site apparatus, the site apparatus be equipped with principal communication interface and time Communication interface, which is characterized in that the communication means of the WLAN includes:
Wakeup message frame is received, the wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；
Determine whether to wake up the principal communication interface according to the value of the data cached instruction information bit,
Wherein, for receiving the wakeup message frame, the principal communication interface can receive the secondary communication interface after being waken up Down buffer storage data.
5. the communication means of WLAN according to claim 4, which is characterized in that further include:
First field of the frame head or body section that parse the wakeup message frame is the first value or second value, as the caching The value of data indication information position；
It when determining first field is first value, determines and the down buffer storage data is not present, and do not wake up described Principal communication interface；
When determining first field is the second value, determine that there are the down buffer storage data, and it is logical to wake up the master Believe interface to receive the down buffer storage data.
6. the communication means of WLAN according to claim 4 or 5, which is characterized in that further include:
Whether the second field for parsing the wakeup message frame is third value；
When determining second field is the third value, determine that the received wakeup message frame is unicast wakeup message Frame.
7. a kind of communication device of WLAN is suitable for access point apparatus, which is characterized in that the WLAN leads to T unit includes:
Generation unit, for generating wakeup message frame, the wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；
Communication unit, for sending the wakeup message frame to site apparatus,
Wherein, the site apparatus determines whether to wake up principal communication interface, institute according to the value of the data cached instruction information bit Site apparatus is stated equipped with the principal communication interface and time communication interface, the secondary communication interface is for receiving the wakeup message Frame, the principal communication interface can receive down buffer storage data after being waken up.
8. the communication device of WLAN according to claim 7, which is characterized in that further include:
First setting unit, for the first field of the frame head of the wakeup message frame or body section to be set to the first value or Two-value, the value as the data cached instruction information bit；
Indicating unit, first value is used to indicate the secondary communication interface, and there is no the down buffer storage data, are used to indicate The site apparatus does not wake up the principal communication interface according to first value；
The second value is used to indicate the secondary communication interface there are the down buffer storage data, and the indicating unit is also used to refer to Show that the site apparatus wakes up the principal communication interface according to the second value to receive the down buffer storage data.
9. the communication device of WLAN according to claim 7 or 8, which is characterized in that further include:
Second setting unit, for the second field of the wakeup message frame to be set to third value, the third value is used to indicate The received wakeup message frame of secondary communication equipment is unicast wakeup message frame.
10. a kind of communication device of WLAN, be suitable for site apparatus, the site apparatus be equipped with principal communication interface and time Communication interface, which is characterized in that the communication device of the WLAN includes:
Communication unit, for receiving wakeup message frame, the wakeup message frame includes data cached instruction information bit；
Wakeup unit, for determining whether to wake up the principal communication interface according to the value of the data cached instruction information bit,
Wherein, for receiving the wakeup message frame, the principal communication interface can receive the secondary communication interface after being waken up Down buffer storage data.
11. the communication device of WLAN according to claim 10, which is characterized in that further include:
First resolution unit, the first field for the frame head or body section that parse the wakeup message frame are the first value or the Two-value, the value as the data cached instruction information bit；
The wakeup unit is also used to: when determining first field is first value, it is slow to determine that there is no the downlinks Deposit data, and the principal communication interface is not waken up；
The wakeup unit is also used to: when determining first field is the second value, determining that there are the down buffer storages Data, and the principal communication interface is waken up to receive the down buffer storage data.
12. the communication device of WLAN described in 0 or 11 according to claim 1, which is characterized in that further include:
Second resolution unit, whether the second field for parsing the wakeup message frame is third value；
The wakeup unit is also used to: when determining second field is the third value, determining that the received wake-up disappears Breath frame is unicast wakeup message frame.
13. a kind of access point apparatus characterized by comprising
The communication device of WLAN as described in any one of claim 7 to 9.
14. a kind of site apparatus characterized by comprising
The communication device of WLAN as described in any one of claim 10 to 12.
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