WO2024044899A1

WO2024044899A1 - Communication method, electronic device, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2024044899A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/115550
Authority: WO
Inventors: 董贤东
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2022-08-29
Filing date: 2022-08-29
Publication date: 2024-03-07
Also published as: CN117957864A

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of mobile communications. Provided are a communication method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The communication method is applied to an access point device (AP). The method comprises: sending a first radio frame to a station device, and by means of first indication information of the first radio frame and/or transmission time of the first radio frame, indicating whether the first radio frame comprises a user identifier (UID) allocated by the AP to the station device, wherein the station device is an unassociated-station device (U-STA) which is not initially associated with the AP. The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for determining whether an AP needs to allocate a UID to a U-STA.

Description

Communication methods, electronic devices and storage media

Technical field

The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of mobile communication technology. Specifically, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication method, electronic device, and storage medium.

Background technique

With the rapid development of mobile communication technology, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology has made great progress in terms of transmission rate and throughput. Currently, Wi-Fi technology is researched on content such as 320Mhz bandwidth transmission, aggregation and collaboration of multiple frequency bands, etc. Its main application scenarios include video transmission, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) )wait.

Specifically, the aggregation and collaboration of multiple frequency bands refers to the simultaneous communication between devices in 2.4GHz, 5.8GHz, 6GHz and other frequency bands. For scenarios in which devices communicate in multiple frequency bands at the same time, new definitions are needed. Media Access Control (MAC) mechanism for management. In addition, the aggregation and coordination of multiple frequency bands is expected to support low-latency transmission.

Currently, the maximum bandwidth supported by multi-band aggregation and collaboration technology is 320MHz (160MHz+160MHz). In addition, it may also support 240MHz (160MHz+80MHz) and other bandwidths supported by existing standards.

Among the Wi-Fi technologies currently being studied, wireless LAN (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) sensing (Sensing) technology may be supported. For example, application scenarios such as location discovery, proximity detection (Proximity Detection) and presence detection (Presence Detection) in dense environments (such as home environments and enterprise environments).

In the WLAN sensing measurement scenario, there is a station device (Unassociated-Station, U-STA) that is not associated with the access point device (Access Point, AP), and the U-STA may participate in subsequent sensing measurements; if the U-STA If the STA participates in subsequent sensing measurements, the AP may be required to allocate a user identifier (UID) to the U-STA; therefore, a way to indicate whether the AP allocates a UID to the U-STA needs to be provided.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, electronic device, and storage medium to provide a way to determine whether an AP needs to allocate a UID to a U-STA.

On the one hand, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, which is applied to an access point device. The method includes:

Send the first wireless frame to the site device, and indicate whether the access point device AP is included in the first wireless frame through first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the site device;

Wherein, the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP.

On the other hand, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication method, which is applied to site equipment. The method includes:

Receive the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP;

Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame.

On the other hand, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an electronic device, where the electronic device is an access point device, and the electronic device includes:

A sending module, configured to send the first wireless frame to the site device, and indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the access point through first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the access point device AP to the site device;

On the other hand, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an electronic device, where the electronic device is a site device, and the electronic device includes:

A receiving module, configured to receive the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP;

Determining module, configured to determine whether the first wireless frame includes the user assigned by the AP to the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. Identifier UID.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an electronic device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the program, one or more of the methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented. method described.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer-readable storage medium. A computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the method as described in one or more embodiments of the present disclosure is implemented. .

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP sends the first wireless frame to the site device, and uses the first indication information and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame in the first wireless frame, that is, using explicit and/or implicit method, indicating whether the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID assigned by the access point device AP to the site device.

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

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. , for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings without exerting creative labor.

Figure 1 is one of the flowcharts of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 2 is one of the schematic diagrams of a first example of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 3 is a second schematic diagram of the first example of the embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 4 is the third schematic diagram of the first example of the embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 5 is a second flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 6 is the third flowchart of the communication method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 7 is the fourth flowchart of the communication method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 9 is a second structural schematic diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a third schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the term "and/or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. these three situations. The character "/" generally indicates that the related objects are in an "or" relationship.

In the embodiment of this disclosure, the term "plurality" refers to two or more than two, and other quantifiers are similar to it.

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

The terminology used in this disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "the" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

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

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in this disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, electronic device, and storage medium to provide a method of determining whether an AP needs to allocate a UID to a U-STA.

Among them, the method and the device are based on the same application concept. Since the principles of the method and the device to solve the problem are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be referred to each other, and the repeated details will not be repeated.

As shown in Figure 1, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method can be applied to an access point device. The method can include the following steps:

Step 101: Send a first wireless frame to the site device, indicating whether the access point is included in the first wireless frame through first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the device AP to the site device;

Wherein, UID refers to the unique identifier assigned by the AP or multi-connection access point device AP MLD to the site device, and the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP.

As a first example, referring to Figures 2 to 4, the architecture of WLAN Sensing and the WLAN Sensing process applied to the communication method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure are first introduced.

Figure 2 shows a schematic architectural diagram of WLAN Sensing (process); wherein, the Sensing Initiator (or Initiator) initiates WLAN Sensing (for example, initiates a WLAN sensing session), and there may be multiple sensing responders ( Sensing Responder, or sensing receiver) or responder responds to it, as shown in Responder 1, Responder 2 and Responder 3 in Figure 2. When the sensing initiator initiates WLAN Sensing, multiple associated or non-associated WLAN Sensing sensing responders can respond.

Referring to Figure 3, the sensing initiator and the sensing responder communicate through a communication connection, as shown in the communication connection S1; the sensing responders communicate through the communication connection S2.

Among them, each sensing initiator can be a client (Client); each sensing responder (in this example, sensing responder 1 to sensing responder 3) can be a station device (Station, STA) or an interface. Access Point (AP). In addition, STA and AP can play multiple roles in the WLAN sensing process; for example, in the WLAN sensing process, STA can also serve as a sensing initiator, which may be a sensing transmitter (Sensing Transmitter), a sensing receiver (Sensing Receiver), either both, or neither. In the WLAN sensing process, the sensing responder may also be a sensing transmitter, a sensing receiver, or both.

As another architecture, as shown in Figure 4, the sensing initiator and sensing responder can both be clients, and they can communicate by connecting to the same access point device (AP); in Figure 4, Client1 is the sensing initiator. end, Client2 is the sensing response end.

The AP sends a first wireless frame to the U-STA, and uses the first wireless frame to indicate to the U-STA whether the U-STA includes the UID allocated by the AP; the indication method may be an explicit indication method and/or an implicit indication method. Specifically, the explicit indication method is to indicate through the first indication information of the first wireless frame. For example, the first indication information may occupy one bit; the bit position "0" indicates that the UID is not included in the first wireless frame; The bit position "1" indicates that the UID is included in the first wireless frame.

The implicit method is determined based on the sending time of the first wireless frame; the first wireless frame may be a wireless frame sent in response to the second wireless frame, and the sending time may be from when the AP receives the second wireless frame to sending The time between the first wireless frames; for example, if the AP receives the second wireless frame at time t1 and sends the first wireless frame at time t2, then the time between time t1 and time t2 is the first wireless frame. The frame sending time. If the sending time (duration) is within the preset time range, the UID is included in the first wireless frame, otherwise it is not included. Then the U-STA can determine the sending time based on the time when the first wireless frame is received; for example, if the U-STA receives the first wireless frame within the preset time range after sending the second wireless frame, it is considered that The first wireless frame includes the UID; optionally, a timer can be started when the U-STA sends the second wireless frame. Within the timer time, if the first wireless frame is received, the first wireless frame is considered to be the first wireless frame. The UID is included in the wireless frame and vice versa. In addition, a combination of explicit and implicit methods may also be used to indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the site device; for example, indicating whether the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the site device. When the UID is included in the wireless frame, it is determined that the UID is included in the first wireless frame; for example, the first indication information is set to "1", and the sending time (that is, the sending duration) of the first wireless frame is within the timer timing time. , then it is determined that the UID is included in the first wireless frame, otherwise it is not included.

For example, in the Sensing By Proxy (SBP) scenario, if the U-STA does not establish any type of sensing measurement or ranging measurement with the AP before sending the second wireless frame, the AP needs to be U-STA. The STA assigns a UID; and if the U-STA has established any type of sensing measurement or ranging measurement with the AP before sending the second wireless frame, the AP has already established UID for U-STA during the previous sensing measurement or ranging measurement process. If the -STA is assigned a UID (for ease of distinction, this UID will be called a historical UID later), you can not assign a UID to the U-STA this time, but use the historical UID to continue to establish perception measurements.

Optionally, the second radio frame may be a sensing measurement setup (MeasurementSetup, MS) request frame (or measurement setup request frame), then the first radio frame includes an MS response frame; the second radio frame may be MS Query (inquiry) frame, the first wireless frame includes an MS request frame.

In a proxy sensing measurement (Sensing By Proxy, SBP) scenario, the second wireless frame includes a proxy sensing SBP request frame, and the first wireless frame includes an SBP response frame.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP sends the first wireless frame to the site device, and uses the first indication information and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame in the first wireless frame, that is, using explicit and/or implicit method, indicating whether the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID assigned by the access point device AP to the site device. The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a way to determine whether the AP needs to allocate a UID to the U-STA.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method can be applied to an access point device. The method can include the following steps:

Send the first wireless frame to the site device, and indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the U-STA through the first indication information of the first wireless frame; wherein, the first indication Information indicating whether the UID is included in the first wireless frame;

In the explicit indication mode, the first indication information of the first wireless frame indicates, for example, the first indication information may occupy one bit; the bit position "0" indicates that the UID is not included in the first wireless frame; The bit position "1" indicates that the UID is included in the first wireless frame.

Send the first wireless frame to the site device, and indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the U-STA through the sending time of the first wireless frame; wherein the sending time is in the first Within a preset time period, the first wireless frame includes the UID; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP.

The implicit method is determined based on the sending time of the first wireless frame; the first wireless frame may be a wireless frame sent in response to the second wireless frame, and the sending time may be when the AP receives the second wireless frame. The time between sending the first wireless frame; if the sending time (duration) is within a preset time range, the UID is included in the first wireless frame, and vice versa. Optionally, the first preset timing time may be 10 milliseconds (ms) or 30ms.

The U-STA can determine the sending time based on the time when the first wireless frame is received; for example, if the U-STA receives the first wireless frame within the preset time range after sending the second wireless frame, it is considered that the second wireless frame is received. A wireless frame includes the UID; optionally, a timer can be started when the U-STA sends the second wireless frame. Within the timer time, if the first wireless frame is received, the first wireless frame is considered to be the first wireless frame. The UID is included in the frame and not otherwise.

The first wireless frame is sent to the station device, and the first indication information and the sending time both indicate that the UID is included in the first wireless frame, indicating that the UID is included in the first wireless frame.

A combination of explicit and implicit methods may be used to indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the site device; for example, both explicit and implicit indications in the first wireless frame If the UID is included, it is determined that the UID is included in the first wireless frame; for example, if the first indication information is set to "1", and the sending time (ie, the sending duration) of the first wireless frame is within the timer timing time, then it is determined that the UID is included in the first wireless frame. The UID is included in the first wireless frame; if there is an indication in the explicit or implicit indication method that the UID is not included in the first wireless frame, then it is not included.

Send the first wireless frame to the site device, and indicate, through first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame, that the first wireless frame includes allocation by the AP for the site device. The user identifier UID; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP;

According to the UID, the U-STA is allocated uplink resources or downlink resources for the sensing measurement process.

Wherein, the AP sends a first wireless frame to the site device, and uses an explicit and/or implicit method in the first wireless frame to indicate that the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the site device. , allocate uplink resources or downlink resources for the sensing measurement process to the U-STA according to the UID, that is, identify the uplink resources or downlink resources assigned to the U-STA for sensing measurement through the UID.

Referring to Figure 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method can be applied to an access point device. The method can include the following steps:

Step 501: Receive the second wireless frame sent by the U-STA;

Step 502: Send the first radio frame to the U-STA, indicating whether the first radio frame includes the access through the first indication information of the first radio frame and/or the sending time of the first radio frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the point device AP to the U-STA.

Wherein, the first wireless frame is a wireless frame sent in response to a second wireless frame. After receiving the second wireless frame sent by the U-STA, the AP sends a message to the site device in response to the second wireless frame. The first wireless frame uses an explicit and/or implicit method in the first wireless frame to indicate that the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the site device.

Optionally, the second radio frame includes an MS inquiry frame, and the first radio frame includes an MS request frame;

The second radio frame includes a sensing measurement establishment MS request frame, and the first radio frame includes an MS response frame;

or

In an SBP scenario, the second wireless frame includes an agent-aware SBP request frame, and the first wireless frame includes an SBP response frame.

Referring to Figure 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method can be applied to an access point device. The method can include the following steps:

Step 601: Receive a proxy awareness SBP request frame sent by the U-STA; the SBP request frame includes second indication information, and the first indication information indicates that the U-STA participates in wireless local area network WLAN awareness measurement.

Among them, the U-STA sends an SBP request frame to the AP, containing the second indication information (identification bit or information bit) to identify the U-STA to participate in the perception measurement. The AP may assign a UID to the U-STA, and the UID is used to identify the U-STA in the perception measurement. -The uplink resources or downlink resources required by STA.

Step 602: Send an SBP response frame to the U-STA, indicating whether the AP included in the SBP response frame is the U-STA through the first indication information of the SBP response frame and/or the sending time of the SBP response frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the STA.

The AP sends an SBP response frame to the site device (U-STA), and uses an explicit and/or implicit method in the SBP response frame to indicate whether the SBP response frame includes the user assigned by the AP to the site device. Identifier UID.

In an optional embodiment, before receiving the second radio frame sent by the U-STA, the method includes:

Send a third wireless frame to the U-STA, indicate that the AP supports SBP capability information through the third wireless frame, and establish a pre-associated security negotiation PASN with the U-STA.

Among them, the AP needs to notify U-STA in advance that the AP supports SBP capability information, that is, the AP supports the SBP process; optionally, the third wireless frame can be a broadcast beacon frame, or a unicast, Broadcast probe response frame (Probe Response).

After receiving the AP's SBP sensing measurement capability information, the U-STA will complete the Pre-Associated Security Negotiation (PASN) process with the AP to negotiate the session key.

In an optional embodiment, after establishing the pre-association security negotiation PASN with the U-STA, the method includes:

Within the second preset time period, SBP sensing measurement with the U-STA is established.

After completing the PASN with the U-STA, the AP can establish SBP sensing measurement with the U-STA within a second preset time period to save the power of the U-STA. Optionally, the second preset timing time may be 10 milliseconds (ms).

Referring to Figure 7, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method can be applied to site equipment. The method can include the following steps:

Step 701: Receive the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established initial association with the AP.

Among them, the architecture of WLAN Sensing applied to the communication method and the WLAN Sensing process provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure refer to the aforementioned first example, and will not be described again here.

The U-STA receives the first wireless frame sent by the AP, and simultaneously indicates whether the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP; the indication method may be an explicit indication method and/or an implicit indication method.

Step 702: Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the user identifier assigned by the AP to the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. UID.

Specifically, the explicit indication method is to indicate through the first indication information of the first wireless frame. For example, the first indication information may occupy one bit; the bit position "0" indicates that the UID is not included in the first wireless frame; The bit position "1" indicates that the UID is included in the first wireless frame.

The implicit method is determined based on the sending time of the first wireless frame; the first wireless frame may be a wireless frame sent in response to the second wireless frame, and the sending time may be from when the AP receives the second wireless frame to sending The time between the first wireless frames; for example, if U-STA sends the second wireless frame at time t1 and receives the first wireless frame at time t2, then the time between time t1 and time t2 is the time between time t1 and time t2. The sending time of a radio frame. If the sending time (duration) is within the preset time range, the UID is included in the first wireless frame, otherwise it is not included.

Then the U-STA can determine the sending time based on the time when the first wireless frame is received; for example, if the U-STA receives the first wireless frame within the preset time range after sending the second wireless frame, it is considered that The first wireless frame includes the UID; optionally, a timer can be started when the U-STA sends the second wireless frame. Within the timer time, if the first wireless frame is received, the first wireless frame is considered to be the first wireless frame. The UID is included in the wireless frame and vice versa.

In addition, a combination of explicit and implicit methods may also be used to indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the site device; for example, indicating whether the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the site device. When the UID is included in the wireless frame, it is determined that the UID is included in the first wireless frame; for example, the first indication information is set to "1", and the sending time (that is, the sending duration) of the first wireless frame is within the timer timing time. , then it is determined that the UID is included in the first wireless frame, otherwise it is not included.

In order to further identify whether the UID is carried, a bit can be used to identify whether the UID is included in the SBP response frame. If the U-STA and the AP have established any form of sensing measurement or ranging measurement before, this bit is set to The "0" flag does not contain the UID. After the timing time is exceeded, the U-STA cannot be used to reuse the previously assigned UID. If it is not established, it is set to "1", which means the UID is included in the frame.

Optionally, the second wireless frame may be a sensing measurement setup (MeasurementSetup, MS) request frame, then the first wireless frame includes an MS response frame; the second wireless frame may be an MS Query (query) frame. , the first radio frame includes an MS request frame.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the U-STA receives the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP, and determines the first wireless frame based on the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. Whether the wireless frame includes the user identifier UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA, that is, whether the first wireless frame includes the AP as the station is determined explicitly and/or implicitly The device-assigned user identifier UID.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method can be applied to site equipment. The method can include the following steps:

Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame; wherein the first indication information indicates that the UID in the first wireless frame Whether to include the UID.

In the explicit indication mode, it is determined by the first indication information of the first wireless frame. For example, the first indication information can occupy one bit; the bit position is "0", which determines that the UID is not included in the first wireless frame; this bit Position "1" determines that the UID is included in the first wireless frame.

Receive the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP.

Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA according to the sending time of the first wireless frame; wherein, if the sending time is within the first preset time, then the The first wireless frame includes the UID;

The implicit method is determined based on the sending time of the first wireless frame; the first wireless frame may be a wireless frame sent in response to the second wireless frame, and the sending time may be from when the AP receives the second wireless frame to sending The time between the first wireless frames; if the sending time (duration) is within the preset time range, the UID is included in the first wireless frame, otherwise it is not included. Optionally, the first preset timing time may be 10 milliseconds (ms) or 30ms.

The first indication information and the sending time both indicate that the UID is included in the first wireless frame, and it is determined that the UID is included in the first wireless frame.

A combination of explicit and implicit methods may be used to determine whether the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the site device; for example, in both explicit and implicit indications in the first wireless frame If the UID is included, it is determined that the UID is included in the first wireless frame; for example, if the first indication information is set to "1", and the sending time (ie, sending duration) of the first wireless frame is within the timer time, then it is determined The UID is included in the first wireless frame; if there is a situation indicating that the UID is not included in the first wireless frame in the explicit or implicit indication method, it is not included.

Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame;

It is determined that the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA, and based on the UID, a perception measurement with the AP is established.

Wherein, the U-STA receives the first wireless frame, and uses explicit and/or implicit methods in the first wireless frame to indicate that the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the site device; Then the AP allocates uplink resources or downlink resources for the sensing measurement process to the U-STA based on the UID; the U-STA establishes sensing measurement with the AP based on the UID.

Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID allocated by the AP to the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame;

It is determined that the first wireless frame does not include the user identifier UID allocated by the AP to the U-STA, and based on the historical UID allocated by the AP to the U-STA, a perception measurement with the AP is established.

If the U-STA has established any type of sensing measurement or ranging measurement with the AP before sending the second wireless frame, the AP has already allocated history to the U-STA during the previous sensing measurement or ranging measurement process. UID, then you may not assign a UID to the U-STA this time, but use the historical UID to continue establishing sensing measurements.

Send a second wireless frame to the AP;

Wherein, the second wireless frame includes an agent-aware SBP request frame, and the first wireless frame includes an SBP response frame;

or

The second radio frame includes an MS inquiry frame, and the first radio frame includes an MS request frame;

The first wireless frame is a wireless frame sent in response to a second wireless frame. After receiving the second wireless frame sent by the U-STA, the AP sends the first wireless frame to the station device in response to the second wireless frame. The wireless frame uses explicit and/or implicit methods in the first wireless frame to indicate that the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the site device.

Send a proxy awareness SBP request frame to the AP; the second wireless frame also includes second indication information, and the first indication information indicates that the U-STA participates in wireless local area network WLAN awareness measurement;

Receive the SBP response frame sent by the access point device AP; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP;

Determine whether the SBP response frame includes the user identifier UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA according to the first indication information of the SBP response frame and/or the sending time of the SBP response frame; wherein, The site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP.

The U-STA sends an SBP request frame to the AP, and the AP feeds back an SBP response frame to the site device. In the SBP response frame, an explicit and/or implicit method is used to indicate whether the SBP response frame includes the AP as the The user identifier UID assigned by the site device.

In an optional embodiment, before sending the second wireless frame to the AP, the method includes:

Receive the third wireless frame sent by the AP;

According to the third wireless frame, it is determined that the AP supports SBP capability information, and then a pre-associated security negotiation PASN with the AP is established.

After receiving the AP's SBP sensing measurement capability information, U-STA will complete the PASN process with the AP and negotiate the session key.

In an optional embodiment, after establishing a pre-association security negotiation PASN with the AP, the method includes:

Within a second preset time period, SBP sensing measurement with the AP is established.

After completing the PASN with the U-STA, the AP can establish SBP sensing measurement with the U-STA within a second preset time period to save the power of the U-STA. Optionally, the second preset timing time may be 10 milliseconds (ms)

Referring to Figure 8, based on the same principle as the method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an electronic device. The electronic device is an access point device. The electronic device includes:

The sending module 801 is configured to send a first wireless frame to the site device, and indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the first wireless frame through first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the access point device AP to the site device;

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the sending module is used for:

Through the first indication information of the first wireless frame, it is indicated whether the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the U-STA; wherein, the first indication information indicates whether the UID allocated by the AP to the U-STA is included in the first wireless frame. Whether the UID is included;

Through the sending time of the first wireless frame, indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA; wherein, if the sending time is within the first preset time, then the The first wireless frame includes the UID;

or

The first indication information and the sending time both indicate that the UID is included in the first wireless frame, indicating that the UID is included in the first wireless frame.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the electronic device further includes:

A resource configuration module, configured to allocate uplink resources or downlink resources for the sensing measurement process to the U-STA according to the UID.

A first receiving module, configured to receive the second wireless frame sent by the U-STA;

or

The second radio frame includes an MS inquiry frame, and the first radio frame includes an MS request frame.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second wireless frame includes a proxy awareness SBP request frame, then the second wireless frame also includes second indication information, and the first indication information indicates that the U-STA Participate in wireless LAN WLAN awareness measurements.

The first sending module is configured to send a third wireless frame to the U-STA, indicate through the third wireless frame that the AP supports SBP capability information, and establish a pre-associated security negotiation PASN with the U-STA.

An establishment module, configured to establish SBP sensing measurement with the U-STA within a second preset time period.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a communication device, which is applied to an access point device. The device includes:

A wireless frame sending module, configured to send the first wireless frame to the site device, and indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the first wireless frame through the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the access point device AP to the site device;

The device also includes other modules of the electronic equipment in the previous embodiments, which will not be described again here.

Referring to Figure 9, based on the same principle as the method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an electronic device. The electronic device is a site device. The electronic device includes:

The receiving module 901 is configured to receive the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP;

Determining module 902, configured to determine whether the first wireless frame includes the information allocated by the AP for the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. User identifier UID.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the determining module 902 is used to:

Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame; wherein the first indication information indicates that the UID in the first wireless frame Whether the UID is included;

or

A first determination module, configured to determine that the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA, and establish perception measurement with the AP based on the UID;

or

The second determination module is configured to determine that the first wireless frame does not include the user identifier UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA, and establish the relationship with the U-STA according to the historical UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA. Perceptual measurement between APs.

A second sending module, configured to send a second wireless frame to the AP;

or

A first receiving module, configured to receive the third wireless frame sent by the AP;

The SBP establishing module establishes SBP sensing measurement with the AP within a second preset time period.

A wireless frame receiving module, configured to receive the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP;

UID determination module, configured to determine whether the first wireless frame includes the U-STA allocated by the AP for the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. User identifier UID.

In an optional embodiment, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an electronic device, as shown in Figure 10. The electronic device 1000 shown in Figure 10 can be a server, including: a processor 1001 and a memory 1003. Among them, the processor 1001 and the memory 1003 are connected, such as through a bus 1002. Optionally, electronic device 1000 may also include a transceiver 1004. It should be noted that in practical applications, the number of transceivers 1004 is not limited to one, and the structure of the electronic device 1000 does not constitute a limitation on the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The processor 1001 can be a CPU (Central Processing Unit, central processing unit), a general-purpose processor, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor, a data signal processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, an application-specific integrated circuit), or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). , field programmable gate array) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components, or any combination thereof. It may implement or execute the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with this disclosure. The processor 1001 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, etc.

Bus 1002 may include a path that carries information between the components described above. The bus 1002 may be a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect, Peripheral Component Interconnect Standard) bus or an EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) bus, etc. The bus 1002 can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of presentation, only one thick line is used in Figure 10, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

The memory 1003 may be a ROM (Read Only Memory) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, RAM (Random Access Memory) or other types that can store information and instructions. Dynamic storage devices can also be EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compression Optical disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, Blu-ray disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or can be used to carry or store the desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer Any other medium, without limitation.

The memory 1003 is used to store application code for executing the disclosed solution, and the processor 1001 controls the execution. The processor 1001 is used to execute the application program code stored in the memory 1003 to implement the contents shown in the foregoing method embodiments.

Among them, electronic devices include but are not limited to: mobile phones, notebook computers, digital broadcast receivers, PDAs (personal digital assistants), PAD (tablet computers), PMP (portable multimedia players), vehicle-mounted terminals (such as vehicle-mounted navigation terminals), etc. mobile terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, etc. The electronic device shown in FIG. 10 is only an example and should not impose any limitations on the functions and scope of use of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The server provided by this disclosure can be an independent physical server, or a server cluster or distributed system composed of multiple physical servers. It can also provide cloud services, cloud databases, cloud computing, cloud functions, cloud storage, network services, Cloud servers for basic cloud computing services such as cloud communications, middleware services, domain name services, security services, CDN, and big data and artificial intelligence platforms. The terminal can be a smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop computer, smart speaker, smart watch, etc., but is not limited to this. The terminal and the server can be connected directly or indirectly through wired or wireless communication methods, and this disclosure is not limited here.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program. When run on a computer, the computer can execute the corresponding content in the foregoing method embodiments.

It should be understood that although various steps in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings are shown in sequence as indicated by arrows, these steps are not necessarily performed in the order indicated by arrows. Unless explicitly stated in this article, the execution of these steps is not strictly limited in order, and they can be executed in other orders. Moreover, at least some of the steps in the flow chart of the accompanying drawings may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages. These sub-steps or stages are not necessarily executed at the same time, but may be executed at different times, and their execution order is also It does not necessarily need to be performed sequentially, but may be performed in turn or alternately with other steps or sub-steps of other steps or at least part of the stages.

It should be noted that the computer-readable medium mentioned above in the present disclosure may be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium, or any combination of the above two. The computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, but is not limited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus or device, or any combination thereof. More specific examples of computer readable storage media may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer disk, a hard drive, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), removable Programmed read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), fiber optics, portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), optical storage device, magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the above. In this disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that contains or stores a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In the present disclosure, a computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, carrying computer-readable program code therein. Such propagated data signals may take a variety of forms, including but not limited to electromagnetic signals, optical signals, or any suitable combination of the above. A computer-readable signal medium may also be any computer-readable medium other than a computer-readable storage medium that can send, propagate, or transmit a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device . Program code embodied on a computer-readable medium may be transmitted using any suitable medium, including but not limited to: wire, optical cable, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination of the above.

The above-mentioned computer-readable medium may be included in the above-mentioned electronic device; it may also exist independently without being assembled into the electronic device.

The computer-readable medium carries one or more programs. When the one or more programs are executed by the electronic device, the electronic device performs the method shown in the above embodiment.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product or computer program is provided, the computer program product or computer program including computer instructions stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The processor of the computer device reads the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions, so that the computer device executes the methods provided in the above various optional implementations.

Computer program code for performing the operations of the present disclosure may be written in one or more programming languages, including object-oriented programming languages such as Java, Smalltalk, C++, and conventional Procedural programming language—such as "C" or a similar programming language. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In situations involving remote computers, the remote computer can be connected to the user's computer through any kind of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or it can be connected to an external computer (such as an Internet service provider through Internet connection).

The flowcharts and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagram may represent a module, segment, or portion of code that contains one or more logic functions that implement the specified executable instructions. It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown one after another may actually execute substantially in parallel, or they may sometimes execute in the reverse order, depending on the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagram and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagram and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems that perform the specified functions or operations. , or can be implemented using a combination of specialized hardware and computer instructions.

The modules involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented in software or hardware. The name of a module does not constitute a limitation on the module itself under certain circumstances. For example, module A can also be described as "module A used to perform operation B".

The above description is only a description of the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and the technical principles applied. Those skilled in the art should understand that the disclosure scope involved in the present disclosure is not limited to technical solutions composed of specific combinations of the above technical features, but should also cover solutions composed of the above technical features or without departing from the above disclosed concept. Other technical solutions formed by any combination of equivalent features. For example, a technical solution is formed by replacing the above features with technical features with similar functions disclosed in this disclosure (but not limited to).

Claims

A communication method, applied to access point equipment, characterized in that the method includes:

Send the first wireless frame to the site device, and indicate whether the access point device AP is included in the first wireless frame through first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the site device;

Wherein, the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP.
The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame indicates whether the first wireless frame includes the The user identifier UID assigned by the access point device AP to the site device includes:

Through the first indication information of the first wireless frame, it is indicated whether the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the U-STA; wherein, the first indication information indicates whether the UID allocated by the AP to the U-STA is included in the first wireless frame. Whether the UID is included;

Through the sending time of the first wireless frame, indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA; wherein, if the sending time is within the first preset time, then the The first wireless frame includes the UID;

or

The first indication information and the sending time both indicate that the UID is included in the first wireless frame, indicating that the UID is included in the first wireless frame.
The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that after sending the first wireless frame to the site device, the method further includes:

According to the UID, the U-STA is allocated uplink resources or downlink resources for the sensing measurement process.
The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that before sending the first wireless frame to the site device, the method further includes:

Receive the second wireless frame sent by the U-STA;

Wherein, the second wireless frame includes an agent-aware SBP request frame, and the first wireless frame includes an SBP response frame;

The second radio frame includes a sensing measurement establishment MS request frame, and the first radio frame includes an MS response frame;

or

The second radio frame includes an MS inquiry frame, and the first radio frame includes an MS request frame.
The communication method according to claim 4, wherein the second wireless frame includes an agent-aware SBP request frame, and the second wireless frame further includes second indication information, and the first indication information indicates that the The U-STA participates in wireless LAN WLAN awareness measurement.
The communication method according to claim 5, characterized in that before receiving the second wireless frame sent by the U-STA, the method includes:

Send a third wireless frame to the U-STA, indicate that the AP supports SBP capability information through the third wireless frame, and establish a pre-associated security negotiation PASN with the U-STA.
The communication method according to claim 6, characterized in that after establishing the pre-association security negotiation PASN with the U-STA, the method includes:

Within the second preset time period, SBP sensing measurement with the U-STA is established.
A communication method applied to site equipment, characterized in that the method includes:

Receive the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP;

Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame.
The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that, determining whether the first wireless frame includes the first wireless frame according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA includes:

Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the UID allocated by the AP for the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame; wherein the first indication information indicates that the UID in the first wireless frame Whether the UID is included;

Determine whether the first wireless frame includes the UID assigned by the AP to the U-STA according to the sending time of the first wireless frame; wherein, if the sending time is within the first preset time, then the The first wireless frame includes the UID;

or

The first indication information and the sending time both indicate that the UID is included in the first wireless frame, and it is determined that the UID is included in the first wireless frame.
The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that after determining whether the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID allocated by the AP to the U-STA, the method further includes:

Determine that the first wireless frame includes the user identifier UID allocated by the AP to the U-STA, and establish sensing measurements with the AP based on the UID;

or

It is determined that the first wireless frame does not include the user identifier UID allocated by the AP to the U-STA, and based on the historical UID allocated by the AP to the U-STA, a perception measurement with the AP is established.
The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that before receiving the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP, the method further includes:

Send a second wireless frame to the AP;

Wherein, the second wireless frame includes an agent-aware SBP request frame, and the first wireless frame includes an SBP response frame;

The second radio frame includes a sensing measurement establishment MS request frame, and the first radio frame includes an MS response frame;

or

The second radio frame includes an MS inquiry frame, and the first radio frame includes an MS request frame.
The communication method according to claim 11, wherein the second wireless frame includes an agent-aware SBP request frame, then the second wireless frame further includes second indication information, and the first indication information indicates that the The U-STA participates in wireless LAN WLAN awareness measurement.
The communication method according to claim 12, characterized in that before sending the second wireless frame to the AP, the method includes:

Receive the third wireless frame sent by the AP;

According to the third wireless frame, it is determined that the AP supports SBP capability information, and then a pre-associated security negotiation PASN with the AP is established.
The communication method according to claim 13, characterized in that after establishing the pre-association security negotiation PASN with the AP, the method includes:

Within a second preset time period, SBP sensing measurement with the AP is established.
An electronic device, the electronic device is an access point device, characterized in that the electronic device includes:

A sending module, configured to send the first wireless frame to the site device, and indicate whether the first wireless frame includes the access point through first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. The user identifier UID assigned by the access point device AP to the site device;

Wherein, the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP.
An electronic device, the electronic device is a site device, characterized in that the electronic device includes:

A receiving module, configured to receive the first wireless frame sent by the access point device AP; wherein the site device is an unassociated site device U-STA that has not established an initial association with the AP;

Determining module, configured to determine whether the first wireless frame includes the user assigned by the AP to the U-STA according to the first indication information of the first wireless frame and/or the sending time of the first wireless frame. Identifier UID.
An electronic device, characterized in that it includes a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the program, it implements any one of claims 1 to 7. method or implement the method described in any one of claims 8 to 14.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method or implementation of any one of claims 1 to 7 is implemented. The method of any one of claims 8 to 14.