WO2024077563A1

WO2024077563A1 - Communication method and apparatus, and device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2024077563A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/125194
Authority: WO
Inventors: 董贤东
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2022-10-13
Filing date: 2022-10-13
Publication date: 2024-04-18
Also published as: CN118202784A

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of communications. Provided are a communication method and apparatus, and a device and a storage medium, which can be applied to an access point (AP) device. The method comprises: determining a first message frame, wherein the first message frame comprises a first identification bit, and the first identification bit is used for indicating that a neighbor AP device supports communication in at least one frequency band of a 45 GHz frequency band and a 60 GHz frequency band; and sending the first message frame. By means of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication mode indicating that a neighbor AP device supports communication in a 45 GHz frequency band and/or a 60 GHz frequency band can be provided.

Description

Communication method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

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

Background technique

With the continuous development of Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology, researchers have proposed the next generation of Wi-Fi technology: Ultra high Reliablity (UHR). Its vision is to improve the reliability of WLAN connections, reduce latency, improve manageability, increase system throughput, and reduce the power consumption of corresponding devices.

In the existing standards, in order to identify the capability information of neighboring access points (APs), APs may send neighbor report information elements to station (STA) devices, including capability information supported by neighboring APs, such as support for high efficiency (HE) and extreme high efficiency (EHT). However, there is no consensus on how to indicate the communication frequency bands supported by neighboring APs in the next-generation UHR standard.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, apparatus, device, and storage medium, which can provide a communication method for indicating that neighboring AP devices support communication in the 45 GHz frequency band and/or the 60 GHz frequency band.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which can be applied to an access point AP device, the method comprising:

Determine a first message frame, where the first message frame includes a first identification bit, where the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band or the 60 GHz frequency band;

The first message frame is sent.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which can be applied to a station STA device, the method comprising:

A first message frame is received, where the first message frame includes a first identification bit, where the first identification bit is used to indicate that a neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of a 45 GHz frequency band or a 60 GHz frequency band.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, the device comprising:

A determining unit, configured to determine a first message frame, wherein the first message frame includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that a neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of a 45 GHz frequency band or a 60 GHz frequency band;

A sending unit is used to send the first message frame.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, the device comprising:

A receiving unit is used to receive a first message frame, where the first message frame includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that a neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band and the 60 GHz frequency band.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point AP device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the processor executes the program, the communication method provided in the first aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

In the sixth aspect, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a site STA device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and when the processor executes the program, it implements the communication method provided in the second aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the computer program is executed by a processor, any one of the communication methods provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure is implemented.

The embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a communication method for indicating that a neighboring AP device supports communication in the 45 GHz frequency band and/or the 60 GHz frequency band.

Additional aspects and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be partially given in the description below, which will become apparent from the description below, or will be learned through the practice of the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for use 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 ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative labor.

FIG1 is a flow chart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG2 is another schematic diagram of a flow chart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG3 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG4 is another schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the term "and/or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may represent three situations: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

The term "plurality" in the embodiments of the present disclosure refers to two or more than two, and other quantifiers are similar thereto.

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. Unless otherwise indicated, when the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the present invention as detailed in the appended claims.

The terms used in this disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the disclosure. The singular forms "a", "the" and "the" used in this disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

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

The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

Among them, the method and the device are based on the same public concept. Since the principles of solving problems by the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be repeated.

The AP device is a wireless switch used in a wireless network and is also an access device for the wireless network. The AP device may include software applications and/or circuits to enable other types of nodes in the wireless network to communicate with the outside and inside of the wireless network through the AP. As an example, the AP device may be a terminal device or a network device equipped with a Wi-Fi chip.

Among them, STA devices may include but are 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 (PNDs), global positioning systems, multimedia devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, etc.

A communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure may be specifically referred to in FIG1 , which is a flow chart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Optionally, the method may be applied to an AP device. The method may include the following steps:

Step S11, determining a first message frame, the first message frame including a first identification bit, the first identification bit being used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band or the 60 GHz frequency band.

The first identification bit may specifically indicate, through at least one bit, that the neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz band and the 60 GHz band. The first identification bit may indicate that the neighboring AP supports communication in both the 45 GHz band and the 60 GHz band by indicating that it is Co-located with 45 GHz/60 GHz AP.

As an example, the first identification bit may include a bit, which, when the value of the bit is 1, indicates that the neighboring AP device supports communication in both the 45 GHz band and the 60 GHz band.

As an example, the first identification bit may include a first bit and/or a second bit. When the value of the first bit is 1, it is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in the 45GHz frequency band. When the value of the second bit is 1, it is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in the 60GHz frequency band.

Step S12: Send a first message frame.

After the first message frame is determined, the first message frame is sent to a station (STA) device.

In the communication method applied to an access point AP device provided in the present disclosure, the first message frame includes a neighbor report information element (Neighbor Report Element), and the neighbor report information element includes a first identification bit.

That is, the AP device can indicate to the neighbor AP device that it supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz band or the 60 GHz band by sending the first message frame including the neighbor report information element. Specifically, the indication can be made through the first identification bit in the neighbor report information element.

In the communication method applied to an access point AP device provided in the present disclosure, a neighbor report information element includes a basic service set (BSS) identification (ID) information field, and the basic service set identification information field includes a first identification bit.

That is, the AP device can indicate to the neighbor AP device that it supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz band or the 60 GHz band by sending a first message frame including a neighbor report information element. Specifically, it can be indicated by the first identification bit in the basic service set identifier (BSSID) information field included in the neighbor report information element.

As an example, the first identification bit may be at least one bit in the reserved bits in the basic service set identification information field.

In the communication method applied to the access point AP device provided in the present disclosure, the first identification bit is also used to indicate that the neighbor AP supports ultra-high reliability (Ultra High Reliablity, UHR) capability.

Among them, the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in the sub-7GHz frequency band when the neighboring AP device supports the UHR capability.

As an example, the first message frame includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit can be used to indicate that the neighbor AP supports communication in sub-7 GHz, 45 GHz and 60 GHz frequency bands at the same time.

In the communication method applied to an access point AP device provided in the present disclosure, a neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and a first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in a 45 GHz frequency band or a 60 GHz frequency band. The first information element includes at least one of bandwidth (Bandwidth, BW) information, number of spatial streams (Number of Spatial Stream, NSS) or modulation and coding scheme (Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS) corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the 45 GHz frequency band or the 60 GHz frequency band.

Specifically, the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in the 45 GHz frequency band, and the first information element includes at least one of the bandwidth information, number of spatial streams, or modulation and coding strategy corresponding to the neighboring AP device when communicating in the 45 GHz frequency band.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, where the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 45 GHz frequency band, and the first information element includes bandwidth information corresponding to the neighbor AP device communicating in the 45 GHz frequency band.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 45GHz frequency band. The first information element includes the number of spatial streams corresponding to the neighbor AP device communicating in the 45GHz frequency band, such as the maximum number of spatial streams supported.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 45GHz frequency band. The first information element includes the modulation and coding strategy corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the 45GHz frequency band.

Specifically, the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in the 60 GHz frequency band, and the first information element includes at least one of the bandwidth information, number of spatial streams, or modulation and coding strategy corresponding to the neighboring AP device when communicating in the 60 GHz frequency band.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, where the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 60 GHz frequency band, and the first information element includes bandwidth information corresponding to the neighbor AP device communicating in the 60 GHz frequency band.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 60GHz frequency band. The first information element includes the number of spatial streams corresponding to the neighbor AP device communicating in the 60GHz frequency band, such as the maximum number of spatial streams supported.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 60GHz frequency band. The first information element includes the modulation and coding strategy corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the 60GHz frequency band.

In the communication method applied to an access point AP device provided in the present disclosure, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports ultra-high reliability UHR capability. The first information element includes at least one of the bandwidth information or packet extension (PE) information corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the sub-7GHz frequency band.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports ultra-high reliability UHR capability. The first information element includes bandwidth information corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the sub-7GHz frequency band.

Among them, when the neighbor AP device communicates in the sub-7 GHz frequency band, the corresponding bandwidth information can be 640 MHz or 320 MHz+160 MHz, etc., and there is no restriction here.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports ultra-high reliability UHR capability. The first information element includes corresponding packet extension information when the neighbor AP device communicates in the sub-7GHz frequency band.

Optionally, when the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports ultra-high reliability UHR capability, the first information element may also include at least one of the number of spatial streams or modulation and coding strategies corresponding to the neighboring AP device when communicating in the sub-7GHz frequency band.

In the communication method applied to an access point AP device provided in the present disclosure, when the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, the first information element is at least one of a capability information element (Capabilities Element) or an operation information element (Operational Element).

The content of the first information element is the same as the content of the capability information element or the operation information element in a beacon frame or a probe response frame (Probe Response) sent by an AP device in the same basic service set.

In the communication method applied to the access point AP device provided in the present disclosure, the neighbor report information element also indicates through other identification bits that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 5 GHz frequency band and/or the 6 GHz frequency band.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a second identification bit and a third identification bit. When the values of the second identification bit and the third identification bit are 1, it indicates that the neighbor AP device supports communication in both the 5GHz frequency band and the 6GHz frequency band.

As an example, when the values of the first identification bit, the second identification bit, and the third identification bit are 1, it indicates that the neighboring AP device supports communication in the 5 GHz frequency band, the 6 GHz frequency band, the 45 GHz frequency band, and the 60 GHz frequency band at the same time.

In the communication method applied to an access point AP device provided in the present disclosure, the first message frame is a neighbor report request (Neighbor Report Request) frame.

As an example, an AP device sends a neighbor report request frame, which includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band or the 60 GHz frequency band.

Optionally, the neighbor report request frame includes a neighbor report information element, and the neighbor report information element includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band or the 60 GHz frequency band.

In the communication method applied to an access point AP device provided by the present disclosure, the neighbor AP device is a neighbor device of the AP device that sends the first message frame.

A communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure may be specifically referred to in FIG2 , which is another flow chart of the communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Optionally, the method may be applied to a STA device. The method may include the following steps:

Step S21: Receive a first message frame, where the first message frame includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band and the 60 GHz frequency band.

The first message frame is sent by an AP device, and the neighboring AP device is a neighboring AP device of the AP device that sends the first message frame.

The first identification bit may specifically indicate, through at least one bit, that the neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz band and the 60 GHz band. The first identification bit may indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in both the 45 GHz band and the 60 GHz band by indicating that it is Co-located with 45 GHz/60 GHz AP.

As an example, the first identification bit may include a bit, and when the value of the bit is 1, it indicates that the neighboring AP device supports communication in both the 45 GHz frequency band and the 60 GHz frequency band.

In the communication method applied to the site STA device provided in the present disclosure, the first message frame includes a neighbor report information element (Neighbor Report Element), and the neighbor report information element includes a first identification bit.

In the communication method applied to the site STA device provided in the present disclosure, the neighbor report information element includes a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS) identification (ID) information field, and the basic service set identification information field includes a first identification bit.

In the communication method applied to the site STA device provided in the present disclosure, the first identification bit is also used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports ultra-high reliability (Ultra High Reliablity, UHR) capability.

As an example, the first message frame includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit can be used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in sub-7 GHz, 45 GHz and 60 GHz frequency bands at the same time.

In the communication method applied to the site STA device provided in the present disclosure, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 45GHz frequency band or the 60GHz frequency band. The first information element includes at least one of the bandwidth information, the number of spatial streams, or the modulation and coding strategy corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the 45GHz frequency band or the 60GHz frequency band.

In the communication method applied to the site STA device provided in the present disclosure, the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports ultra-high reliability UHR capability. The first information element includes at least one of the bandwidth information or packet extension (PE) information corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the sub-7GHz frequency band.

In the communication method applied to the site STA device provided in the present disclosure, when the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, the first information element is at least one of a capability information element (Capabilities element) or an operation information element (Operational element).

In the communication method applied to the site STA device provided in the present disclosure, the neighbor report information element also indicates through other identification bits that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 5 GHz frequency band and/or the 6 GHz frequency band.

As an example, the neighbor report information element includes a second identification bit and a third identification bit. When the values of the second identification bit and the third identification bit are 1, it indicates that the neighbor AP device supports communication in both the 5 GHz frequency band and the 6 GHz frequency band.

In the communication method applied to a station STA device provided in the present disclosure, the first message frame is a neighbor report request frame.

As an example, a STA device receives a neighbor report request frame sent by an AP device, where the neighbor report request frame includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band or the 60 GHz frequency band.

In the disclosed embodiment, the AP device may indicate to the neighbor AP device that it supports communication in the 45 GHz band and/or the 60 GHz band through the first identification bit in the first message frame, and may also indicate to the neighbor AP device that it supports UHR capability through the first identification bit. At the same time, the first information element may indicate to the neighbor AP device parameters such as bandwidth information of the frequency band when it supports communication in the corresponding frequency band.

As shown in FIG3 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

A determining unit 31 is used to determine a first message frame, where the first message frame includes a first identification bit, where the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band or the 60 GHz frequency band;

The sending unit 32 is configured to send the first message frame.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first message frame includes a neighbor report information element, and the neighbor report information element includes the first identification bit.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the above-mentioned first identification bit is used to indicate that the above-mentioned neighbor AP device supports communication in the 45GHz frequency band or the 60GHz frequency band. The above-mentioned first information element includes at least one of the corresponding bandwidth information, number of spatial streams or modulation and coding strategies when the above-mentioned neighbor AP device communicates in the 45GHz frequency band or the 60GHz frequency band.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the neighbor report information element includes a basic service set identifier information field, and the basic service set identifier information field includes the first identifier.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification bit is also used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports ultra-high reliability (UHR) capability.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification bit is used to indicate that when the neighbor AP device supports UHR capability, the neighbor AP device supports communication in the sub-7 GHz frequency band.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the above-mentioned first identification bit is used to indicate that the above-mentioned neighbor AP device supports UHR capability, and the above-mentioned first information element includes at least one item of bandwidth information or packet extension information corresponding to the above-mentioned neighbor AP device when communicating in the sub-7GHz frequency band.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information element is a capability information element or an operation information element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first message frame is a neighbor report request frame.

As shown in FIG4 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

The receiving unit 41 is used to receive a first message frame, where the first message frame includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band and the 60 GHz frequency band.

The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an electronic device, as shown in FIG5 , the electronic device 5000 shown in FIG5 includes: a processor 5001 and a memory 5003. The processor 5001 and the memory 5003 are connected, such as through a bus 5002. Optionally, the electronic device 5000 may also include a transceiver 5004. It should be noted that in actual applications, the transceiver 5004 is not limited to one, and the structure of the electronic device 5000 does not constitute a limitation on the embodiment of the present disclosure.

The memory 5003 is used to store application code for executing the embodiments of the present disclosure, and the execution is controlled by the processor 5001. When the electronic device 5000 is used as an AP device, the processor 5001 is used to execute the application code stored in the memory 5003 to implement the communication method applicable to the AP device in this solution. When the electronic device 5000 is used as a STA device, the processor 5001 is used to execute the application code stored in the memory 5003 to implement the communication method applicable to the STA device in this solution.

The bus 5002 may include a path for transmitting information between the above components. The bus 5002 may be a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus or an EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) bus. The bus 5002 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of representation, FIG5 is represented by only one thick line, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

The memory 5003 can be a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and instructions, or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a compact disc (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compressed optical disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, Blu-ray disc, etc.), a magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that 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, but is not limited to these.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the computer-readable storage medium is run on a computer, the computer can execute the corresponding contents of the aforementioned method embodiment.

It should be understood that, although the steps in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings are displayed in sequence as indicated by the arrows, these steps are not necessarily executed in sequence in the order indicated by the arrows. Unless otherwise specified herein, there is no strict order restriction on the execution of these steps, and they can be executed in other orders. Moreover, at least a part of the steps in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages, and these sub-steps or stages are not necessarily executed at the same time, but can be executed at different times, and their execution order is not necessarily sequential, but can be executed in turn or alternately with other steps or at least a part of the sub-steps or stages of other steps.

It should be noted that the computer-readable storage medium disclosed above 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 not limited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, device or device, or any combination of the above. More specific examples of computer-readable storage media may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection with one or more wires, a portable computer disk, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the above. In the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium containing or storing a program that can be used by or in combination with an instruction execution system, device or device. In the present disclosure, a computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in a baseband or as part of a carrier wave, in which a computer-readable program code is carried. This propagated data signal may take a variety of forms, including but not limited to electromagnetic signals, optical signals, or any suitable combination of the above. The computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable storage medium other than a computer readable storage medium, which may send, propagate or transmit a program for use by or in conjunction with an instruction execution system, apparatus or device. The program code contained on the computer readable storage medium may be transmitted using any suitable medium, including but not limited to: wires, optical cables, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination of the above.

The computer-readable storage medium may be included in the AP device or STA device; or may exist independently without being assembled into the AP device or STA device.

The computer-readable storage medium carries one or more programs. When the one or more programs are executed by the AP device or the STA device, the AP device or the STA device is enabled to execute the corresponding communication method.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product or a computer program is provided, the computer program product or the computer program including computer instructions, the computer instructions being stored in a computer-readable storage medium. A processor of a 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 communication method provided in the above-mentioned various optional implementations.

Computer program code for performing the operations of the present disclosure may be written in one or more programming languages, or a combination thereof, including object-oriented programming languages, such as Java, Smalltalk, C++, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as "C" or similar programming languages. The program code may be executed entirely on the user's computer, partially on the user's computer, as a separate software package, partially on the user's computer and partially on a remote computer, or entirely on a remote computer or server. In cases involving a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computer (e.g., through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

The flow chart and block diagram in the accompanying drawings illustrate the possible architecture, function and operation of the system, method and computer program product according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each box in the flow chart or block diagram can represent a module, a program segment or a part of a code, and the module, the program segment or a part of the code contains one or more executable instructions for realizing the specified logical function. It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions marked in the box can also occur in a different order from the order marked in the accompanying drawings. For example, two boxes represented in succession can actually be executed substantially in parallel, and they can sometimes be executed in the opposite order, depending on the functions involved. It should also be noted that each box in the block diagram and/or flow chart, and the combination of the boxes in the block diagram and/or flow chart can be implemented with a dedicated hardware-based system that performs a specified function or operation, or can be implemented with a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

The modules involved in the embodiments described in the present disclosure may be implemented by software or hardware. The name of a module does not limit the module itself in some cases. For example, module A may also be described as "module A for performing operation B".

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure and an explanation of the technical principles used. Those skilled in the art should understand that the scope of disclosure involved in the present disclosure is not limited to the technical solutions formed by a specific combination of the above technical features, but should also cover other technical solutions formed by any combination of the above technical features or their equivalent features without departing from the above disclosed concept. For example, the above features are replaced with the technical features with similar functions disclosed in the present disclosure (but not limited to) by each other.

Claims

A communication method, characterized in that it is applied to an access point AP device, the method comprising:

Determine a first message frame, where the first message frame includes a first identification bit, where the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of the 45 GHz frequency band or the 60 GHz frequency band;

The first message frame is sent.
The method according to claim 1 is characterized in that the first message frame includes a neighbor report information element, and the neighbor report information element includes the first identification bit.
The method according to claim 2 is characterized in that the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 45GHz frequency band or the 60GHz frequency band, and the first information element includes at least one of the bandwidth information, number of spatial streams or modulation and coding strategy corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the 45GHz frequency band or the 60GHz frequency band.
The method according to claim 2 is characterized in that the neighbor report information element includes a basic service set identification information field, and the basic service set identification information field includes the first identification bit.
The method according to claim 2 is characterized in that the first identification bit is also used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports ultra-high reliability (UHR) capability.
The method according to claim 5 is characterized in that the first identification bit is used to indicate that when the neighbor AP device supports UHR capability, the neighbor AP device supports communication in the sub-7GHz frequency band.
The method according to claim 5 is characterized in that the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports UHR capability. The first information element includes at least one of the bandwidth information or packet extension information corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the sub-7GHz frequency band.
The method according to claim 3 or 7 is characterized in that the first information element is a capability information element or an operation information element.
The method according to claim 1 is characterized in that the first message frame is a neighbor report request frame.
A communication method, characterized in that it is applied to a site STA device, the method comprising:

A first message frame is received, where the first message frame includes a first identification bit, where the first identification bit is used to indicate that a neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of a 45 GHz frequency band or a 60 GHz frequency band.
The method according to claim 10 is characterized in that the first message frame includes a neighbor report information element, and the neighbor report information element includes the first identification bit.
The method according to claim 11 is characterized in that the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports communication in the 45GHz frequency band or the 60GHz frequency band, and the first information element includes at least one of the bandwidth information, number of spatial streams or modulation and coding strategy corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the 45GHz frequency band or the 60GHz frequency band.
The method according to claim 11 is characterized in that the neighbor report information element includes a basic service set identification information field, and the basic service set identification information field includes the first identification bit.
The method according to claim 11 is characterized in that the first identification bit is also used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports ultra-high reliability (UHR) capability.
The method according to claim 14 is characterized in that the first identification bit is used to indicate that when the neighbor AP device supports UHR capability, the neighbor AP device supports communication in the sub-7GHz frequency band.
The method according to claim 14 is characterized in that the neighbor report information element includes a first information element, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that the neighbor AP device supports UHR capability, and the first information element includes at least one of the bandwidth information or packet extension information corresponding to the neighbor AP device when communicating in the sub-7GHz frequency band.
The method according to claim 12 or 16 is characterized in that the first information element is a capability information element or an operation information element.
The method according to claim 10 is characterized in that the first message frame is a neighbor report request frame.
A communication device, characterized in that the device comprises:

A determining unit, configured to determine a first message frame, wherein the first message frame includes a first identification bit, and the first identification bit is used to indicate that a neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of a 45 GHz frequency band or a 60 GHz frequency band;

A sending unit, configured to send the first message frame.
A communication device, characterized in that the device comprises:

A receiving unit is used to receive a first message frame, where the first message frame includes a first identification bit, where the first identification bit is used to indicate that a neighboring AP device supports communication in at least one of a 45 GHz frequency band or a 60 GHz frequency band.
An access point AP device, characterized in that the AP device includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the method described in any one of claims 1 to 9 when executing the program.
A site STA device, characterized in that the STA device includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the method described in any one of claims 10 to 18 when executing the program.
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 according to any one of claims 1 to 18 is implemented.