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- the present disclosure relates to the field of communication, and more particularly, to a communication method and communication device under multiple connections.
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IEEE802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi- Fi technology
- the research scope is: 320MHz bandwidth transmission, aggregation and coordination of multiple frequency bands, etc. It is expected to increase the rate and throughput by at least four times compared to the existing IEEE802.11ax standard.
- Its main application scenarios are Video transmission, AR (Augmented Reality, augmented reality), VR (Virtual Reality, virtual reality), etc.
- the aggregation and coordination of multiple frequency bands refers to the simultaneous communication between devices in the 2.4GHz, 5.8GHz and 6-7GHz frequency bands.
- a new MAC Media Access Control, media access control
- control control
- the maximum bandwidth that will be supported is 320MHz (160MHz+160MHz), and it may also support 240MHz (160MHz+80MHz) and the bandwidth supported in the IEEE802.11ax standard.
- the Quiet Period Request element defines a periodic sequence of quiet intervals requested by the Requester AP from the Responder AP for scheduling.
- the Silent Period Response element defines feedback information from the AP that received the Silent Period Request element.
- the AP can broadcast it through beacon frames or probe response frames.
- the existing standard also introduces the change sequence information element under a single connection to identify the change of BSS system information.
- An exemplary embodiment according to the present disclosure provides a communication method under multiple connections.
- the communication method includes: determining a first message frame under one connection, wherein the first message frame includes a change sequence field, and the value of the change sequence field indicates silence information of multiple connections;
- the first message frame is sent under at least one of the connections.
- the value of the change sequence field is set to a first value to indicate that the quiescence information of the access points under the multiple connections is changed.
- the change sequence field is a field included in the change sequence information element.
- the change sequence information element further includes: a connection identifier, the connection identifier corresponding to the connection for which the silence information is changed.
- the first message frame further includes silence time information.
- the communication method further includes transmitting silent time information under the at least one connection.
- the silence time information includes a second connection identifier, wherein the second connection identifier corresponds to a connection whose silence information changes.
- the silent time information includes a basic service set identification, wherein the basic service set identification corresponds to a connection for which the silent information changes.
- the silent time information includes a time offset corresponding to the connection that sent the silent time information.
- the silent time information includes: an element identifier indicating a type of the silent time information.
- the communication method further includes transmitting silence time information under other connections different from the at least one connection, wherein the silence time information is in the same format as the silence element.
- An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a multi-connection communication method, the communication method comprising:
- a first message frame is received under at least one connection, wherein the first message frame includes a change sequence field, and the value of the change sequence field is used to indicate silence information for multiple connections.
- the value of the change sequence field may be a first value, which indicates that the quiescence information of the access points under the multiple connections is changed.
- the change sequence field is a field included in the change sequence information element.
- the change sequence information element further includes a connection identifier corresponding to a connection for which the silence information is changed.
- the first message frame further includes silence time information.
- the communication method further includes receiving silent time information under the at least one connection.
- the silence time information includes a second connection identifier, wherein the second connection identifier corresponds to a connection whose silence information changes.
- the silent time information includes a basic service set identification, wherein the basic service set identification corresponds to a connection for which the silent information changes.
- the silent time information includes a time offset corresponding to the connection that sent the silent time information.
- the silent time information includes: an element identifier indicating a type of the silent time information.
- the communication method further comprises: receiving silence time information under another connection different from the at least one connection, wherein the silence time information is in the same format as the silence element.
- An exemplary embodiment according to the present disclosure provides a multi-connection communication device.
- the communication device includes: a processing module configured to: determine a first message frame under one connection, wherein the first message frame includes a change sequence field, the change sequence field being used to indicate silence information for multiple connections ; a communication module configured to: send the first message frame under at least one connection in the plurality of connections.
- An exemplary embodiment according to the present disclosure provides a multi-connection communication device.
- the communication device includes a receiving module configured to receive a first message frame under at least one connection, wherein the first message frame includes a change sequence field, the value of the change sequence field being used to indicate multiple connections silent information.
- the electronic device includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor.
- the processor executes the computer program to implement the method as described above.
- a computer-readable storage medium is provided according to example embodiments of the present disclosure.
- a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium.
- the computer program when executed by a processor, implements the method as described above.
- the technical solutions provided by the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can reduce signaling overhead, enable devices to communicate under multiple connections, and improve network throughput.
- FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a communication scenario under multiple connections.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a communication device according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a communication scenario under multiple connections.
- a basic service set may consist of an AP and one or more stations (STA: station) communicating with the AP.
- a basic service set can be connected to the distribution system DS (Distribution System) through its AP, and then connected to another basic service set to form an extended service set ESS (Extended Service Set).
- DS Distribution System
- ESS Extended Service Set
- AP is a wireless switch for wireless network, and it is also the core of wireless network.
- AP equipment can be used as a wireless base station, mainly used as a bridge for connecting wireless networks and wired networks. With this access point AP, wired and wireless networks can be integrated.
- the AP may include software applications and/or circuitry to enable other types of nodes in the wireless network to communicate with the outside and inside of the wireless network through the AP.
- the AP may be a terminal device or a network device equipped with a Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity, wireless fidelity) chip.
- Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity, wireless fidelity
- a station may include, but is not limited to, cellular phones, smart phones, wearable devices, computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), personal communication system (PCS) devices, personal information managers (PIMs), personal navigation Devices (PND), Global Positioning Systems, Multimedia Devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, etc.
- PDAs personal digital assistants
- PCS personal communication system
- PIMs personal information managers
- PND personal navigation Devices
- IoT Internet of Things
- the AP and the STA may support the function of multi-connection.
- the AP and the STA may support the function of multi-connection.
- an example in which one AP communicates with one STA under multiple connections is mainly described, however, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.
- the AP MLD may represent an access point supporting the multi-connection communication function
- the STA MLD may represent a station supporting the multi-connection communication function.
- AP MLD can work under three connections, such as AP1, AP2 and AP3 shown in Figure 1
- STA MLD can also work under three connections, such as STA1, STA2 and STA3 shown in Figure 1.
- AP1 and STA1 communicate through a corresponding connection Link 1
- AP2 and AP3 communicate with STA2 and STA3 through Link 2 and Link 3, respectively.
- Link 1 to Link 3 may be multiple connections at different frequencies, for example, connections at 2.4GHz, 5GHz, 6GHz, and so on. Furthermore, multiple channels can exist under each connection.
- an AP MLD may be connected to multiple STA MLDs or may be connected to a STA that only supports a single connection (ie , sites that only support existing standards, can be referred to simply as: legacy sites), or under each connection, the AP can communicate with multiple sites.
- a change sequence (change sequence) information element is defined in the existing standard to identify the change of the system information, as shown in Table 1 below:
- the change sequence information element indicates the change of system information within the BSS.
- the "Change Sequence" field is 1 octet (Octet), which is defined as an unsigned integer, which can be initialized to 0 and incremented when any element inside the beacon frame is critically updated.
- the AP When a critical update occurs to any element inside the beacon frame, the AP will increment the value of the "Change Sequence" field (modulo 256) in the next beacon frame sent. The following events will be classified as critical updates:
- EDCA Enhanced Distributed Channel Access
- Multi-connection communication means that an AP multi-link device (MLD: multi-link device) will form multiple BSSs under different connections, and a non-AP STA MLD will communicate with an AP MLD under multiple connections, then for How to broadcast the AP silence time of the BSS formed by the same AP MLD to the Non-AP STA MLD needs to be defined.
- the definition of the existing standard for example, Table 1
- the AP MLD and the non-AP STA MLD may support the function of being able to transmit and/or receive simultaneously under multiple connections at the same time.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a first message frame may be determined.
- the first message frame may be determined by the AP under one of the multiple connections it supports.
- the first message frame may be a beacon frame or a probe response frame broadcast by the AP, however, example embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto, according to a communication environment, the first message frame may be a beacon frame or a probe response frame broadcast by the AP.
- the message frame can be any other type of frame.
- the first message frame may be determined according to the communication capability of the AP and the current communication environment.
- the pre-stored or pre-written first message frame may be directly obtained.
- the first message frame (eg, beacon frame or probe response frame) may include a change sequence field.
- the change sequence field indicates muting information for multiple connections.
- the AP muting information may include an AP muting period or muting duration. That is, according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, the value of a change sequence field (eg, the change sequence field shown in Table 2 below) may be set to a first value to indicate that the silence information of APs under multiple connections is changed (ie, AP silence period or silence duration changes under multiple connections).
- a change sequence field eg, the change sequence field shown in Table 2 below
- the first message frame may be sent under at least one of the plurality of connections.
- the change sequence field may be sent under at least one connection in a manner of being carried in the first message frame.
- the change sequence field can only indicate whether the AP silence information has changed, and the specific silence information can be further notified to the receiver (eg, a station) through silence time information (also referred to as silence time information element). Details will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 .
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a change sequence information element and silent time information may be determined.
- the change sequence information element and the silence time information may be included in the first message frame (eg, beacon frame or probe response frame), and the change may also be determined when the first message frame is determined in step 210 of FIG. 2 .
- Sequence information element and silence time information may be carried in the same first message frame for transmission through the same first message frame, or the two may be carried in different first message frames respectively , so as to send through different first message frames respectively.
- an example of the first message frame may be a beacon frame or a probe response frame, however, the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
- the change sequence information element may have a format as shown in Table 2 below.
- the change sequence field described with reference to step 210 of FIG. 2 may be the change sequence field included in the change sequence information element. For example, when the value of change sequence is set to "00000101", its value is 5, and then modulo 256 to indicate that the silent time information under multiple connections has changed.
- the change sequence information element may include a connection identification.
- the connection identification may correspond to a connection whose mute information has changed.
- the connection identifiers may correspond to individual connections (eg, the Link identifiers in Table 2), and in another example, the connection identifiers may correspond to groups of individual connections (eg, Table 2). in the Link set).
- connection identifier may also indicate which connection or connections are in The next silent message changes.
- the value of the element ID (Element ID) may be set to a value different from that shown in Table 1. , thereby indicating to the recipient that the change sequence information element is an element of a newly defined type by setting a different value.
- connection identifier may also be omitted, and the value of the element identifier of Table 2 may also be the same as that of Table 1.
- the silent time information determined in step 310 may have the format shown in Table 3 below.
- the silent time information may include a second connection identifier, such as the link ID in Table 3.
- the second connection identifier may correspond to a connection whose mute information has changed.
- the silent time information may include a basic service set identification (BSSID).
- BSSID basic service set identification
- the basic service set identifier corresponds to the connection for which the quiescing information has changed.
- the basic service set identifier can indicate which basic service set the connection whose quiescing information has changed belongs to.
- the silent time information may include a time offset corresponding to the connection sending the silent time information (such as Time shifting to reference link in Table 3), which may be used to indicate the connection where the silent time occurred and the connection currently sending the silent time information time difference between.
- the connection in which silence occurs may be the first connection (Link1) shown in Figure 1, and its corresponding time is T1, assuming that silence is sent under all three connections (Link 1 to Link 3) shown in Figure 1 time information, then the time offset field may be a value corresponding to 0, s1, and s2, where 0, s1, and s2 may indicate the time difference of Link 1 to Link 3, respectively, with respect to the connection (ie, Link 1) where the silence occurred .
- the times when Link 1 to Link 3 transmit the silent time information respectively may correspond to T1, T1+s1 and T1+s2.
- the time offset field of the silent time information may directly indicate a specific time corresponding to a connection that transmits the silent time information.
- one of the multiple connections supported by the AP may be set as a reference connection (eg, a connection where silence occurs or any other connection), and when the silence time information is sent under at least one connection, at least one
- the time offset in the silent time information under each of the connections may indicate the time offset of each connection relative to the reference connection when the silent time information was sent.
- a reference connection may not be set, but a reference time may be set, and then the time offset may correspond to the offset of the corresponding reference time when each connection transmits the silence time information.
- the silent time information may include an element identification (ie, Element ID in Table 3) indicating the type of the silent time information. That is, in the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the silent time information (with the format shown in Table 3) sent in step 310 can be identified as a newly defined type through element identification.
- element identification ie, Element ID in Table 3
- the silence time information may also include the following fields: length, silence count, silence period, silence duration, silence offset. These fields are used to define specific information when the silent information changes, and their meanings are similar to those of the related art, so only some of the fields are briefly described below.
- Quiet count can be set as: the number of target beacon frame transmission time (TBTT: target beacon transmission time) until the beacon interval starting from the next quiet interval.
- Quiet Period can be set as: defined by this Quiet Time element (as indicated in Table 3, which can also be referred to as a new type of Quiet Element), the duration of the beacon interval between the start of the regularly scheduled Quiet Interval. quantity. Additionally, a "Silent Period" set to 0 indicates that no periodic silent interval is defined.
- Quiet Duration is set to the duration of the quiet interval, expressed in time units (TUs).
- Quiet Offset is set as the offset between the start of the quiet interval and the TBTT specified by "Quiet Count", expressed in units of TU.
- the value of "Silence Offset" can be less than one beacon interval.
- a change sequence information element and silence time information may be sent under at least one connection. That is to say, the silent time information shown in Table 3 can be carried under the connection of the change sequence information element shown in the broadcast table 2.
- the change sequence information element and the silence time information may be sent together based on the first connection and other connections, or the change sequence information element and the silence time information may be sent only through the first connection. In some possible embodiments, the change sequence information element and the silence time information may also be sent through different connections.
- the first message frame may include both the change sequence information element and the silence time information, and at this time the change sequence is sent under at least one of the multiple connections. Both information elements and silent time information.
- the change sequence information element and the silence time information are not included in the same first message frame, for example, when the change sequence information element and the silence time information are respectively included in different message frames, it may be The first message frame carrying the change sequence information element is sent under Link 1 and Link 2 shown in 1), and then the silence time information is sent under the same connection (for example, Link 1 and Link 2 shown in Figure 1). another first message frame.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a change sequence information element and silent time information may be determined.
- a change sequence information element may be sent under the first connection.
- the first connection is any at least one connection of a plurality of connections supported by the AP.
- the change sequence information element may have a format as shown in Table 2, however, example embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto, for example, the change sequence information element may also have a format as shown in Table 1, which may be determined according to whether the recipient Supports multi-connection communication to determine.
- the change sequence information element may be sent together based on the first connection and other connections, or the change sequence information element may be sent only through the first connection.
- the silent time information may be sent under other connections than the first connection.
- the format of the quiet time information may be the same as the format of the Quiet Element (QE: Quiet Element) defined in the existing standard.
- the format of the Silence Element (QE) defined in the existing standard may be as shown in Table 4 below.
- the silent time information determined in step 410 and sent in step 430 may be a device that supports multi-connection communication (eg, a non-AP STA MLD) as well as silent elements (shown in Table 4) that are recognized by devices that do not support multi-connectivity communications (eg, legacy sites).
- a device that does not support multi-connection communication eg, legacy sites that only support single-connection communication
- the silent time information determined in step 410 and sent in step 430 may be a device that supports multi-connection communication (eg, a non-AP STA MLD) as well as silent elements (shown in Table 4) that are recognized by devices that do not support multi-connectivity communications (eg, legacy sites).
- the communication method according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can prevent legacy sites from being unable to parse according to this
- the newly defined silent time information under multi-connection ie, the silent time information shown in Table 3 is disclosed, so as to achieve backward compatibility with legacy sites.
- the communication method can identify the change of the silence information (for example, the silence period or the silence duration) of the AP MLD under the multi-connection in the change sequence information element, and further define its specific information element, To broadcast over one or more connections, enabling stations (e.g., Non-AP STA MLDs) to obtain the AP's silent time under one connection or multiple connections, while enabling backward compatibility with legacy stations.
- enabling stations e.g., Non-AP STA MLDs
- the communication method according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can reduce signaling overhead, enable devices to communicate under multiple connections, and improve network throughput.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a communication device 500 according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the communication device 500 may include a processing module 510 and a communication module 530 .
- the processing module 510 may be configured to determine the first message frame under one connection.
- the first message frame includes a change sequence field.
- the value of the change sequence field is used to indicate silence information for multiple connections.
- the communication module 530 may be configured to send the first message frame under at least one of the plurality of connections.
- the value of the change sequence field may be set to a first value to indicate that the mute information of the access points under the multiple connections is changed. For example, when the value of change sequence is set to "00000101", its value is 5, and then modulo 256 to identify that the silent time information under multiple connections has changed.
- the change sequence field may be a field included in the change sequence information element.
- the change sequence information element may include: a connection identification.
- the connection identifier corresponds to the connection whose mute information has changed.
- the first message frame may further include silence time information.
- the communication module 520 may be further configured to transmit silent time information under the at least one connection.
- the silent time information may include the second connection identification.
- the second connection identifier corresponds to the connection whose mute information has changed.
- the silent time information may include a basic service set identification.
- the basic service set ID corresponds to the connection for which the quiesce information has changed.
- the silent time information may include a time offset corresponding to the connection sending the silent time information (such as Time shifting to reference link in Table 3), which may be used to indicate the connection where the silent time occurred and the current sending silent time
- the time difference between connections of information may be the first connection (Link1) shown in Figure 1, and its corresponding time is T1, assuming that silence is sent under all three connections (Link 1 to Link 3) shown in Figure 1 time information, then the time offset field may be a value corresponding to 0, s1, and s2, where 0, s1, and s2 may indicate the time difference of Link 1 to Link 3, respectively, with respect to the connection (ie, Link 1) where the silence occurred .
- the times when Link 1 to Link 3 transmit the silent time information respectively may correspond to T1, T1+s1 and T1+s2.
- the time offset field of the silent time information may directly indicate a specific time corresponding to a connection that transmits the silent time information.
- one of the multiple connections supported by the AP may be set as a reference connection (eg, a connection where silence occurs or any other connection), and when the silence time information is sent under at least one connection, at least one The time offset in the silent time information under each of the connections may indicate the time offset of each connection relative to the reference connection when the silent time information was sent.
- a reference connection may not be set, but a reference time may be set, and then the time offset may correspond to the offset of the corresponding reference time when each connection transmits the silence time information.
- the silent time information may include an element identification indicating a type of the silent time information.
- the communication module 520 may be further configured to transmit the silent time information under other connections different from the at least one connection.
- the format of the silence time information is the same as that of the silence element (shown in Table 4).
- communication device 500 may include more or fewer modules.
- module may be implemented by a combination of software and/or hardware, which is not specifically limited by the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the communication device can reduce signaling overhead, enable the device to communicate under multiple connections, and improve network throughput.
- the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication method under multiple connections.
- the communication method may include receiving a first message frame under at least one connection, wherein the first message frame includes a change sequence field, the value of the change sequence field being used to indicate silence information for a plurality of connections.
- a device that supports multiple connections eg, STA MLD
- a device that supports single connection eg, a legacy station
- the value of the change sequence field may be a first value, which indicates that the muting information of the access points under the plurality of connections is changed.
- the change sequence field is a field included in a change sequence information element.
- the change sequence information element further includes a connection identifier corresponding to the connection for which the silence information has changed.
- the first message frame further includes silence time information.
- the communication method further comprises receiving silent time information under the at least one connection.
- the silence time information includes a second connection identification, wherein the second connection identification corresponds to a connection whose silence information changes.
- the silence time information includes a basic service set identification, wherein the basic service set identification corresponds to a connection for which the silence information changes.
- the silent time information includes a time offset corresponding to the connection that sent the silent time information.
- the silent time information includes an element identification indicating a type of the silent time information.
- the communication method further comprises receiving silence time information under a different connection than the at least one connection, wherein the silence time information is in the same format as the silence element.
- the above-mentioned change sequence information element, silence time information, and silence element may be similar to those described with reference to Tables 1 to 4, and repeated descriptions are omitted here for brevity.
- the station may perform a corresponding silence operation based thereon.
- example embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a multi-connection communication device.
- the communication device may correspond to a site or a control device on the site side.
- the communication device may include a receiving module configured to receive a first message frame under at least one connection, wherein the first message frame includes a change sequence field, the value of the change sequence field being used to indicate a plurality of connections silent information.
- the value of the change sequence field may be a first value, which indicates that the muting information of the access points under the plurality of connections is changed.
- the change sequence field is a field included in a change sequence information element.
- the change sequence information element further includes a connection identifier corresponding to the connection for which the silence information has changed.
- the first message frame further includes silence time information.
- the receiving module may be further configured to receive silent time information under the at least one connection.
- the silence time information includes a second connection identification, wherein the second connection identification corresponds to a connection whose silence information changes.
- the silence time information includes a basic service set identification, wherein the basic service set identification corresponds to a connection for which the silence information changes.
- the silent time information includes a time offset corresponding to the connection that sent the silent time information.
- the silent time information includes an element identification indicating a type of the silent time information.
- the receiving module may be further configured to receive silence time information under a different connection than the at least one connection, wherein the silence time information is in the same format as the silence element.
- the above-mentioned change sequence information element, silence time information, and silence element may be similar to those described with reference to Tables 1 to 4, and repeated descriptions are omitted here for brevity.
- the communication device may further include other modules, eg, a processing module, which may be configured to, after receiving the change sequence information element and/or the silence time information, perform corresponding execution based on the received content Silent operation.
- a processing module which may be configured to, after receiving the change sequence information element and/or the silence time information, perform corresponding execution based on the received content Silent operation.
- the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an electronic device, the electronic device includes a processor and a memory; wherein, the memory stores machine-readable instructions (or may referred to as a "computer program"); a processor for executing machine-readable instructions to implement the methods described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 .
- the memory stores machine-readable instructions (or may referred to as a "computer program”); a processor for executing machine-readable instructions to implement the methods described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 .
- Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method described with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 is implemented.
- a processor may be used to implement or execute various exemplary logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit, central processing unit), general processing device, DSP (Digital Signal Processor, data signal processor), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, application-specific integrated circuit), FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array, Field Programmable Gate Array) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components or any combination thereof.
- a processor may also be a combination that implements computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, and the like.
- the memory may be, for example, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) Read memory), CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory, CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compact disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, Blu-ray disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic A storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, without limitation.
- ROM Read Only Memory
- RAM Random Access Memory
- EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- CD-ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory
- CD-ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory
- optical disc storage including compact disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, Blu-ray disc, etc.
- magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic A storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can
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- 一种多连接下的通信方法,所述通信方法包括:在一个连接下确定第一消息帧,其中,所述第一消息帧包括变更序列字段,所述变更序列字段的值用于指示多个连接的静默信息;在所述多个连接中的至少一个连接下发送第一消息帧。
- 根据权利要求1所述的通信方法,其中,所述变更序列字段的值设置为第一值,以指示所述多个连接下的接入点的静默信息发生变化。
- 根据权利要求2所述的通信方法,其中,所述变更序列字段是变更序列信息元素中包括的字段。
- 根据权利要求3所述的通信方法,其中,所述变更序列信息元素还包括:连接标识,所述连接标识与所述静默信息发生变化的连接相对应。
- 根据权利要求2所述的通信方法,所述第一消息帧还包括静默时间信息。
- 根据权利要求1所述的通信方法,所述通信方法还包括:在所述至少一个连接下发送静默时间信息。
- 根据权利要求5或6所述的通信方法,其中,所述静默时间信息包括第二连接标识,其中,所述第二连接标识与静默信息发生变化的连接相对应。
- 根据权利要求5或6所述的通信方法,其中,所述静默时间信息包括基本服务集标识,其中,所述基本服务集标识与静默信息发生变化的连接相对应。
- 根据权利要求7所述的通信方法,其中,所述静默时间信息包括与发送所述静默时间信息的连接相对应的时间偏移。
- 根据权利要求7中的任一项所述的通信方法,其中,所述静默时间信息包括:指示所述静默时间信息的类型的元素标识。
- 根据权利要求1所述的通信方法,其中,所述通信方法还包括:在与所述至少一个连接不同的其他连接下发送静默时间信息,其中,所述静默时间信息的格式与静默元素的格式相同。
- 一种多连接下的通信方法,所述通信方法包括:在至少一个连接下接收第一消息帧,其中,所述第一消息帧包括变更序列字段,所述变更序列字段的值用于指示多个连接的静默信息。
- 根据权利要求12所述的通信方法,其中,所述变更序列字段的值为第一值,指示所述多个连接下的接入点的静默信息发生变化。
- 根据权利要求13所述的通信方法,其中,所述变更序列字段是变更序列信息元素中包括的字段。
- 根据权利要求14所述的通信方法,其中,所述变更序列信息元素还包括:连接标识,所述连接标识与所述静默信息发生变化的连接相对应。
- 根据权利要求13所述的通信方法,其中,所述第一消息帧还包括静默时间信息。
- 根据权利要求12所述的通信方法,其中,所述通信方法还包括:在所述至少一个连接下接收静默时间信息。
- 根据权利要求16或17所述的通信方法,其中,所述静默时间信息包括第二连接标识,其中,所述第二连接标识与静默信息发生变化的连接相对应。
- 根据权利要求16或17所述的通信方法,其中,所述静默时间信息包括基本服务集标识,其中,所述基本服务集标识与静默信息发生变化的连接相对应。
- 根据权利要求19所述的通信方法,其中,所述静默时间信息包括与发送所述静默时间信息的连接相对应的时间偏移。
- 根据权利要求19所述的通信方法,其中,所述静默时间信息包括:指示所述静默时间信息的类型的元素标识。
- 根据权利要求12所述的通信方法,其中,所述通信方法还包括:在与所述至少一个连接不同的其他连接下接收静默时间信息,其中,所述静默时间信息的格式与静默元素的格式相同。
- 一种多连接下的通信设备,所述通信设备包括:处理模块,被配置为:在一个连接下确定第一消息帧,其中,所述第一消息帧包括变更序列字段,所述变更序列字段的值用于指示多个连接的静默信息;通信模块,被配置为:在所述多个连接中的至少一个连接下发送所述第一消息帧。
- 一种多连接下的通信设备,所述通信设备包括:接收模块,被配置为:在至少一个连接下接收第一消息帧,其中,所述第一消息帧包括变更序列字段,所述变更序列字段的值用于指示多个连 接的静默信息。
- 一种电子设备,包括存储器、处理器及存储在所述存储器上并在所述处理器上可运行的计算机程序,其中,所述处理器执行所述计算机程序时实现权利要求1-11或12-22任一项所述的方法。
- 一种计算机可读存储介质,其中,所述计算机可读存储介质上存储有计算机程序,该计算机程序被处理器执行时实现权利要求1-11或12-22任一项所述的方法。
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