Communication method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of mobile communication, and provide a communication method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium. The communication method comprises: determining a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame comprises a first identification bit, and the first identification bit indicates a wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target radio frame; and sending the target radio frame to a sensing response end, to instruct the sensing response end to receive a null data packet (NDP). Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a format of an NDP announcement (NDPA) frame, to implement WLAN sensing measurement.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure relates to the field of mobile communication technology, and more specifically, to a communication method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. Background Technology

[0002] With the rapid development of mobile communication technology, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology has made significant progress in transmission rate and throughput. Currently, research on Wi-Fi technology focuses on areas such as 320MHz bandwidth transmission, aggregation and coordination of multiple frequency bands, and its main applications include video transmission, Augmented Reality (AR), and Virtual Reality (VR).

[0003] Current Wi-Fi technologies under research may support Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) sensing technologies. Examples include applications such as location discovery, proximity detection, and presence detection in dense environments (e.g., home and enterprise environments). During WLAN sensing, Null Data Packet Announcements (NDPA) are used for measurement; therefore, the format of NDPA frames needs to be provided. Summary of the Invention

[0004] This disclosure provides a communication method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium to provide a format for NDPA frames during WLAN sensing.

[0005] On one hand, embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication method applied to a sensing initiator, the method comprising:

[0006] Identify a target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame;

[0007] Send the target radio frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP.

[0008] On one hand, embodiments of this disclosure provide a communication method applied to a sensing response end, the method comprising:

[0009] Receive a target wireless frame and obtain a first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame.

[0010] Based on the first identifier bit, receive the empty data packet NDP.

[0011] On the other hand, this disclosure also provides a network device, which is a sensing initiator, and the network device includes:

[0012] A determination module is used to determine a target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame;

[0013] The transmitting module sends the target wireless frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP.

[0014] On the other hand, this disclosure also provides a network device, which is a sensing and response terminal, and the network device includes:

[0015] The first receiving module is used to receive a target wireless frame and obtain a first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame.

[0016] The second receiving module is used to receive empty data packets (NDP) according to the first identifier bit.

[0017] On the other hand, embodiments of this disclosure also provide a communication device applied to a sensing initiator, the device comprising:

[0018] A wireless frame determination module is used to determine a target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame;

[0019] The wireless frame transmission module sends the target wireless frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the null data packet NDP.

[0020] On the other hand, this disclosure also provides a communication device for use in a sensing response terminal, the device comprising:

[0021] The third receiving module is used to receive the target wireless frame and obtain the first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame.

[0022] The fourth receiving module is used to receive empty data packets (NDP) according to the first identifier bit.

[0023] This disclosure also provides an electronic device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor executes the program to implement one or more of the methods described in this disclosure.

[0024] This disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements one or more of the methods described in this disclosure.

[0025] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing initiating end determines a target wireless frame; wherein, the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame; the target wireless frame is sent to the sensing responding end, instructing the sensing responding end to receive empty data packets; this embodiment of the present disclosure provides an NDPA frame format for implementing WLAN sensing measurement.

[0026] Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of this disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and will become apparent from the description or may be learned by practice of this disclosure. Attached Figure Description

[0027] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of this disclosure, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments of this disclosure will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments of this disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0028] Figure 1 One of the flowcharts for the communication method provided in the embodiments of this disclosure;

[0029] Figure 2 This is one of the schematic diagrams of a first example of an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0030] Figure 3 This is a second schematic diagram illustrating a first example of an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0031] Figure 4 The third schematic diagram is a first example of an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0032] Figure 5 A second flowchart of the communication method provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] Figure 6 This is one of the structural schematic diagrams of a network device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0034] Figure 7 This is a second schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of this disclosure;

[0035] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Detailed Implementation

[0036] In this disclosure, the term "and / or" describes the relationship between related objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent three cases: A alone, A and B simultaneously, and B alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the preceding and following related objects have an "or" relationship.

[0037] In this disclosure, the term "multiple" refers to two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0038] Exemplary embodiments will now be described in detail, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Unless otherwise indicated, the same numerals in different drawings denote the same or similar elements in the following description relating to the drawings. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with some aspects of the invention as detailed in the appended claims.

[0039] 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. The singular forms “a,” “the,” and “the” as used in this disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should 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.

[0040] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc., may be used in this disclosure to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish information of the same type from one another. For example, without departing from the scope of this disclosure, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information. Depending on the context, for example, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "when," "when," or "in response to determination."

[0041] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this disclosure, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this disclosure.

[0042] This disclosure provides a communication method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium for providing a format of NDPA frames during WLAN sensing.

[0043] The method and apparatus are based on the same concept of the application. Since the methods and apparatus solve problems in similar ways, the implementation of the apparatus and methods can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be described again.

[0044] like Figure 1 As shown in the illustration, this disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method can be applied to a network device, which can be a sensing initiator. The method may include the following steps:

[0045] Step 101, determine the target wireless frame; wherein, the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame;

[0046] As a first example, see Figures 2 to 4 First, the architecture and process of the WLAN sensing measurement method provided in this disclosure are introduced.

[0047] Figure 2 The diagram illustrates an architecture for WLAN Sensing; in this process, a sensing initiator (or initiator terminal) initiates WLAN Sensing (e.g., initiates a WLAN sensing session), and multiple sensing responders (SensingResponder, or sensing receiver) or responding terminals may respond to it, such as... Figure 2 The response terminals 1, 2, and 3 are shown in the diagram. When the sensing initiator initiates WLAN Sensing, multiple associated or unassociated WLAN Sensing response terminals can respond.

[0048] See Figure 3 The sensing initiator and the sensing responder communicate through a communication connection, as shown in communication connection S1; the sensing responders communicate with each other through communication connection S2.

[0049] In this context, each sensing initiator can be a client; each sensing responder (in this example, sensing responder 1 to sensing responder 3) can be a station device (STA) or an access point device (AP). Furthermore, STAs and APs can assume multiple roles in the WLAN sensing process; for example, an STA can act as a sensing initiator, which may be a sensing transmitter, a sensing receiver, or both, or neither. Similarly, a sensing responder can also be a sensing transmitter, a sensing receiver, or both.

[0050] As another architecture, such as Figure 4 As shown, both the sensing initiator and the sensing response end can be clients, and they can communicate by connecting to the same access point (AP) device. Figure 4 In this context, Client1 is the sensing initiator, and Client2 is the sensing response provider.

[0051] Typically, during WLAN sensing, such as in downlink sensing measurement (DL Sensing), the initiating end determines the target radio frame and carries a first identifier bit in the target radio frame. The first identifier bit indicates the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target radio frame. Optionally, the first identifier bit may include a measurement setup ID and / or a sensing measurement event ID. Each measurement setup ID may correspond to one or more measurement instance IDs. The first identifier bit is carried in the target radio frame to indicate the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target radio frame at the sensing response end. For example, the measurement setup ID and / or measurement instance ID may be carried in the probe dialog token field of the target radio frame.

[0052] Step 102: Send the target radio frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP.

[0053] Optionally, during the DL Sensing Sounding process in a WLAN Sensing scenario, the target radio frame type can be a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame. An NDPA (Null Data Packet Announcement) frame is used to instruct the responding end to receive a null data packet (Null Data Packet, NDP). For example, during DL Sensing Sounding, after sending an NDPA frame, the sensing initiator will send an NDP; therefore, the sensing responding end needs to receive the NDP frame. It is understood that during the WLAN Sensing process, multiple sensing responding ends may participate in the Measurement Instance.

[0054] In this embodiment of the disclosure, a target wireless frame is determined; wherein, the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame; the target wireless frame is sent to the sensing response end, instructing the sensing response end to receive empty data packets; this embodiment of the disclosure provides an NDPA frame format for implementing WLAN sensing measurement.

[0055] In an optional embodiment, the first identifier bit includes: a measurement setup ID included in the WLAN sensing measurement process, and / or a measurement instance ID corresponding to the measurement setup ID; the measurement setup ID is used to identify the sensing measurement process; the WLAN sensing measurement process may include one or more measurement instances, that is, each measurement setup ID can correspond to one or more measurement instance IDs; the first identifier bit may carry the measurement setup ID, or it may directly carry the measurement instance ID (the measurement instance ID can uniquely identify a sensing measurement event), or it may include both.

[0056] In an optional embodiment, the target radio frame includes a sounding dialogtoken field;

[0057] The first identifier is carried in the probe token field; optionally, the aforementioned Measurement Setup ID and the corresponding Measurement Instance ID can be carried in the probe token number subfield. The probe token field can consist of two parts: Measurement Setup ID and Measurement Instance ID; wherein, the same Measurement Setup ID may contain multiple Measurement Instance IDs.

[0058] In an optional embodiment, the target radio frame includes a STA info field; the NDPA frame contains at least one STA info field.

[0059] The STA info field includes an Association Identifier (AID) or a User Identifier (UID) bit. The AID or UID bit indicates the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process; that is, the AID or UID bit indicates the responding end of the sensing detection. AID represents the Association Identifier, and UID represents the User Identifier. Optionally, for responding ends that have not established an association (association being a communication connection) with the initiating end, their AID can be assigned by the initiating end during the WLAN sensing measurement setup process.

[0060] In an optional embodiment, the STA info field further includes sensing measurement parameter information corresponding to the AID or UID identifier bit. This sensing measurement parameter information may include partial bandwidth (BW) information, resource unit (RU) information, and / or number of spatial streams (NSS) parameter information. The RU information is determined based on the transmission bandwidth of the NDPA frame. For example, when the transmission bandwidth is 20MHz, the RU information is identified as 26-tone feedback (802.11ax version) or 242-tone feedback (802.11be version). If there is a mixture of 802.11ax and 802.11be, it is 26-tone feedback. Optionally, the NSS number identifies the NSS parameter information for transmitting downlink measurement NDPA frames.

[0061] In an optional embodiment, the STA info field also includes parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end; during the WLAN Sensing process, after receiving the NDPA frame, the responding end will also send back an NDP frame (which is a different NDP from the NDP received by the sensing responding end in step 102) to the sensing initiating end; therefore, the STA info field also includes parameter information of the NDP frame sent by the responding end, such as NSS information, bandwidth information, etc.

[0062] In an optional embodiment, the target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, which indicates that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing Null Data Packet Announcement (NDPA) frame; during the DL Sensing Sounding process in a WLAN Sensing scenario, the NDPA frame is used to indicate that the responding end receives a null data packet (NDP).

[0063] In an optional embodiment, the second identifier is carried in: the control field of the target radio frame, the subtype subtype of the control field, or the sounding dialog token field.

[0064] As an example, taking the control domain as an example, the effective type domain and subtype subdomain combinations of the target radio frame are shown in Table 1 below:

[0065] Table 1:

[0066]

[0067] When the Type value is 01, it is the control field, and a second flag bit can be carried in the control field; for example, the second flag bit can be carried in the sub-type sub-field corresponding to the bits 0000–0001.

[0068] In addition, a second identifier bit can be used in the sounding dialog token field.

[0069] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing initiating end determines a target wireless frame; wherein, the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame; the target wireless frame is sent to the sensing responding end, instructing the sensing responding end to receive empty data packets; this embodiment of the present disclosure provides an NDPA frame format for implementing WLAN sensing measurement.

[0070] This disclosure also provides a communication method, which can be applied to a network device, wherein the network device can be a sensing initiator; the method may include the following steps:

[0071] Identify the target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit including: a sensing measurement establishment identifier included in the WLAN sensing measurement process, and / or a sensing measurement event identifier corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier;

[0072] Send the target radio frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP.

[0073] This disclosure also provides a communication method, which can be applied to a network device, wherein the network device can be a sensing initiator; the method may include the following steps:

[0074] Identify the target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a STA info field; the STA info field includes an AID identifier bit or a UID identifier bit, the AID identifier bit or UID identifier bit indicating the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process;

[0075] Send the target radio frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP.

[0076] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the STA info field further includes sensing measurement parameter information corresponding to the AID identifier bit or the UID identifier bit.

[0077] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the STA info field may further include parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end.

[0078] This disclosure also provides a communication method, which can be applied to a network device, wherein the network device can be a sensing initiator; the method may include the following steps:

[0079] The target wireless frame is identified; the target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, the second identifier bit indicating that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame.

[0080] Send the target radio frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP.

[0081] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the second identifier bit is carried in: the control domain of the target wireless frame, a sub-type sub-domain of the control domain, or a probe dialogue token domain.

[0082] See Figure 5 This disclosure also provides a communication method applied to a sensing response end, the method comprising:

[0083] Step 501: Receive the target wireless frame and obtain the first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame.

[0084] As a first example, see Figures 2 to 4 First, the architecture and process of WLAN Sensing applied to the communication method provided in this embodiment will be introduced. For details, please refer to the foregoing embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0085] During WLAN sensing, such as in downlink sensing measurement (DL Sensing), the initiating end determines a target radio frame and carries a first identifier bit in the target radio frame. The first identifier bit indicates the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target radio frame. Optionally, the first identifier bit may include a measurement setup ID and / or a measurement instance ID. Each measurement setup ID may correspond to one or more measurement instance IDs. The first identifier bit is carried in the target radio frame to indicate the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target radio frame at the sensing response end. For example, the measurement setup ID and / or measurement instance ID may be carried in the probe dialog token field of the target radio frame.

[0086] Step 502: Receive empty data packet NDP according to the first identifier bit.

[0087] Optionally, during the DL Sensing Sounding process in a WLAN Sensing scenario, the target radio frame type can be a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame. An NDPA (Null Data Packet Announcement) frame is used to instruct the responding end to receive a null data packet (Null Data Packet, NDP). For example, during DL Sensing Sounding, after sending an NDPA frame, the sensing initiator will send an NDP; therefore, the sensing responding end needs to receive the NDP frame. It is understood that during the WLAN Sensing process, multiple sensing responding ends may participate in the Measurement Instance.

[0088] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing response end receives a target wireless frame, obtains a first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame, the first identifier bit indicating the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame; and receives an empty data packet (NDP) based on the first identifier bit. This embodiment of the present disclosure provides an NDPA frame format for implementing WLAN sensing measurement.

[0089] In an optional embodiment, the first identifier bit includes: a measurement setup ID included in the WLAN sensing measurement process, and / or a measurement instance ID corresponding to the measurement setup ID; the measurement setup ID is used to identify the sensing measurement process; the WLAN sensing measurement process may include one or more measurement instances, that is, each measurement setup ID can correspond to one or more measurement instance IDs; the first identifier bit may carry the measurement setup ID, or it may directly carry the measurement instance ID (the measurement instance ID can uniquely identify a sensing measurement event), or it may include both.

[0090] In an optional embodiment, the target radio frame includes a sounding dialog token number.

[0091] The first identifier is carried in the probe token field; optionally, the aforementioned Measurement Setup ID and the corresponding Measurement Instance ID can be carried in the probe token number subfield. The probe token field can consist of two parts: Measurement Setup ID and Measurement Instance ID; wherein, the same Measurement Setup ID may contain multiple Measurement Instance IDs.

[0092] In an optional embodiment, the target radio frame includes a STA info field; the NDPA frame contains at least one STA info field.

[0093] The STA info field includes an Association Identifier (AID) or a User Identifier (UID) bit. The AID or UID bit indicates the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process; that is, the AID or UID bit indicates the responding end of the sensing detection. AID represents the Association Identifier, and UID represents the User Identifier. Optionally, for responding ends that have not established an association (association being a communication connection) with the initiating end, their AID can be assigned by the initiating end during the WLAN sensing measurement setup process.

[0094] In an optional embodiment, the STA info field further includes sensing measurement parameter information corresponding to the AID or UID identifier bit. This sensing measurement parameter information may include partial bandwidth (BW) information, resource unit (RU) information, and / or number of spatial streams (NSS) parameter information. The RU information is determined based on the transmission bandwidth of the NDPA frame. For example, when the transmission bandwidth is 20MHz, the RU information is identified as either 26-tone feedback (802.11ax version) or 242-tone feedback (802.11ax version). If there is a mixture of 802.11ax and 802.11ax, then it is 26-tone feedback. Optionally, the NSS number identifies the NSS parameter information for transmitting downlink measurement NDPA frames.

[0095] In an optional embodiment, the STA info field also includes parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end; during the WLAN Sensing process, after receiving the NDPA frame, the responding end will send back the NDP frame to the sensing initiator; therefore, the STA info field also includes parameter information of the NDP frame sent by the responding end, such as NSS information, bandwidth information, etc.

[0096] In an optional embodiment, the target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, which indicates that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing Null Data Packet Announcement (NDPA) frame; during the DL Sensing Sounding process in a WLAN Sensing scenario, the NDPA frame is used to indicate that the responding end receives a null data packet (NDP).

[0097] In an optional embodiment, the second identifier is carried in: the control field of the target radio frame, the subtype subfield of the control field, or the sounding dialog token number.

[0098] As an example, taking the control domain as an example, the effective type domain and subtype subdomain combinations of the target radio frame are shown in Table 1 below:

[0099] Table 1:

[0100]

[0101]

[0102] When the Type value is 01, it is the control field, and a second flag bit can be carried in the control field; for example, the second flag bit can be carried in the sub-type sub-field corresponding to the bits 0000–0001.

[0103] In addition, a second identifier bit can be used in the sounding dialog token field.

[0104] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing response end receives a target wireless frame, obtains a first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame, the first identifier bit indicating the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame; and receives an empty data packet (NDP) based on the first identifier bit. This embodiment of the present disclosure provides an NDPA frame format for implementing WLAN sensing measurement.

[0105] This disclosure also provides a communication method, which can be applied to a network device, wherein the network device can be a sensing and response terminal; the method may include the following steps:

[0106] Receive a target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit including: a sensing measurement establishment identifier included in the WLAN sensing measurement process, and / or a sensing measurement event identifier corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier;

[0107] Based on the first identifier bit, receive the empty data packet NDP.

[0108] This disclosure also provides a communication method, which can be applied to a network device, wherein the network device can be a sensing and response terminal; the method may include the following steps:

[0109] Receive a target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a STA info field; the STA info field includes an AID identifier bit or a UID identifier bit, the AID identifier bit or UID identifier bit indicating the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process;

[0110] Based on the target radio frame, receive empty data packets (NDP).

[0111] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the STA info field further includes sensing measurement parameter information corresponding to the AID identifier bit or the UID identifier bit.

[0112] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the STA info field may further include parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end.

[0113] This disclosure also provides a communication method, which can be applied to a network device, wherein the network device can be a sensing and response terminal; the method may include the following steps:

[0114] Receive a target wireless frame; the target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, the second identifier bit indicating that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame;

[0115] Based on the target radio frame, receive empty data packets (NDP).

[0116] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the second identifier bit is carried in: the control domain of the target wireless frame, a sub-type sub-domain of the control domain, or a probe dialogue token domain.

[0117] Based on the same principles as the methods provided in the embodiments of this disclosure, the embodiments of this disclosure also provide a network device, which is a sensing initiator. See [link to relevant documentation]. Figure 6 The network device includes:

[0118] The determination module 601 is used to determine the target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame;

[0119] The sending module 602 sends the target wireless frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP.

[0120] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the first identifier bit includes: a sensing measurement establishment identifier included in the WLAN sensing measurement process, and / or a sensing measurement event identifier corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier.

[0121] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the target wireless frame includes a probe conversation token field;

[0122] The first identifier bit is carried in the probe dialogue token field.

[0123] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the target radio frame includes a STA info field;

[0124] The STA info field includes an AID identifier or a UID identifier, which indicates the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process.

[0125] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the STA info field further includes sensing measurement parameter information corresponding to the AID identifier bit or the UID identifier bit.

[0126] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the STA info field may further include parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end.

[0127] Optionally, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, the second identifier bit indicating that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame.

[0128] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the second identifier bit is carried in: the control domain of the target wireless frame, a sub-type sub-domain of the control domain, or a probe dialogue token domain.

[0129] In this embodiment of the disclosure, the determining module 601 determines the target wireless frame; wherein, the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame; the sending module 602 sends the target wireless frame to the sensing response end, instructing the sensing response end to receive empty data packets; this embodiment of the disclosure provides an NDPA frame format to realize WLAN sensing measurement.

[0130] This disclosure also provides a communication device applied to a sensing initiator, the device comprising:

[0131] A wireless frame determination module is used to determine a target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame;

[0132] The wireless frame transmission module sends the target wireless frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the null data packet NDP.

[0133] The device also includes other modules of the network device in the foregoing embodiments, which will not be described in detail here.

[0134] See Figure 7 This disclosure also provides a network device, which is a sensing and response terminal, comprising:

[0135] The first receiving module 701 is used to receive a target wireless frame and obtain a first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame.

[0136] The second receiving module 702 is used to receive the empty data packet NDP according to the first identifier bit.

[0137] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the first identifier bit includes: a sensing measurement establishment identifier included in the WLAN sensing measurement process, and / or a sensing measurement event identifier corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier.

[0138] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the target wireless frame includes a probe conversation token field;

[0139] The first identifier bit is carried in the probe dialogue token field.

[0140] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the target radio frame includes a STA info field;

[0141] The STA info field includes an AID identifier or a UID identifier, which indicates the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process.

[0142] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the STA info field further includes sensing measurement parameter information corresponding to the AID identifier bit or the UID identifier bit.

[0143] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the STA info field may further include parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end.

[0144] Optionally, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, the second identifier bit indicating that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame.

[0145] Optionally, in this embodiment of the disclosure, the second identifier bit is carried in: the control domain of the target wireless frame, a sub-type sub-domain of the control domain, or a probe dialogue token domain.

[0146] In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the first receiving module 701 receives a target wireless frame and obtains a first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the WLAN sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame. The second receiving module 702 receives an empty data packet (NDP) according to the first identifier bit. This embodiment of the present disclosure provides a format for an NDPA frame to realize WLAN sensing measurement.

[0147] This disclosure also provides a communication device for use in a sensing response terminal, the device comprising:

[0148] The third receiving module is used to receive the target wireless frame and obtain the first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame.

[0149] The fourth receiving module is used to receive empty data packets (NDP) according to the first identifier bit.

[0150] The device also includes other modules of the network device in the foregoing embodiments, which will not be described in detail here.

[0151] In one optional embodiment, this disclosure also provides an electronic device, such as... Figure 8 As shown, Figure 8The illustrated electronic device 8000 can be a server, including a processor 8001 and a memory 8003. The processor 8001 and the memory 8003 are connected, for example, via a bus 8002. Optionally, the electronic device 8000 may also include a transceiver 8004. It should be noted that in practical applications, the transceiver 8004 is not limited to one type, and the structure of this electronic device 8000 does not constitute a limitation on the embodiments of this disclosure.

[0152] Processor 8001 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a general-purpose processor, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (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 exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with this disclosure. Processor 8001 may also be a combination that implements computational functions, such as including one or more microprocessor combinations, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, etc.

[0153] Bus 8002 may include a pathway for transmitting information between the aforementioned components. Bus 8002 may be a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus or an EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) bus, etc. Bus 8002 can be divided into address bus, data bus, control bus, etc. For ease of representation, Figure 8 The bus is represented by a single thick line, but this does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

[0154] The memory 8003 may be ROM (Read Only Memory) or other types of static storage devices capable of storing static information and instructions, RAM (Random Access Memory) or other types of dynamic storage devices capable of storing information and instructions, or EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compressed optical discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital universal optical discs, Blu-ray discs, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium capable of carrying or storing desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and accessible by a computer, but not limited thereto.

[0155] The memory 8003 stores application code that executes the present invention and is controlled by the processor 8001. The processor 8001 executes the application code stored in the memory 8003 to implement the content shown in the foregoing method embodiments.

[0156] Among them, electronic devices include, but are not limited to: mobile terminals such as mobile phones, laptops, digital radio receivers, PDAs (personal digital assistants), PADs (tablet computers), PMPs (portable multimedia players), and in-vehicle terminals (such as in-vehicle navigation terminals), as well as fixed terminals such as digital TVs and desktop computers. Figure 8 The electronic device shown is merely an example and should not be construed as limiting the functionality and scope of the embodiments disclosed herein.

[0157] The server provided in this disclosure can be a standalone physical server, a server cluster or distributed system composed of multiple physical servers, or a cloud server providing basic cloud computing services such as cloud services, cloud databases, cloud computing, cloud functions, cloud storage, network services, cloud communication, 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, smartwatch, etc., but is not limited to these. The terminal and server can be directly or indirectly connected via wired or wireless communication, and this disclosure does not impose any restrictions.

[0158] This disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that, when run on a computer, enables the computer to execute the corresponding content in the aforementioned method embodiments.

[0159] It should be understood that although the steps in the flowcharts of the accompanying figures are shown sequentially as indicated by the arrows, these steps are not necessarily executed in the order indicated by the arrows. Unless explicitly stated herein, there is no strict order restriction on the execution of these steps, and they can be executed in other orders. Moreover, at least some steps in the flowcharts of the accompanying figures may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages. These sub-steps or stages are not necessarily completed at the same time, but can be executed at different times, and their execution order is not necessarily sequential, but can be performed alternately or in turn with other steps or at least some of the sub-steps or stages of other steps.

[0160] It should be noted that the computer-readable medium described in this disclosure can be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium, or any combination thereof. A computer-readable storage medium can be, for example,—but not limited to—an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination thereof. More specific examples of a computer-readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer disk, a hard disk, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), optical fiber, portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), optical storage device, magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination thereof. In this disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium can be any tangible medium containing or storing a program that can be used by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In this disclosure, a computer-readable signal medium can include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, carrying computer-readable program code. Such propagated data signals can take various forms, including but not limited to electromagnetic signals, optical signals, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer-readable signal medium can be any computer-readable medium other than a computer-readable storage medium, which can send, propagate, or transmit a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The program code contained on the computer-readable medium can be transmitted using any suitable medium, including but not limited to: wires, optical fibers, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination thereof.

[0161] The aforementioned computer-readable medium may be included in the aforementioned electronic device; or it may exist independently and not assembled into the electronic device.

[0162] The aforementioned computer-readable medium carries one or more programs, which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the methods shown in the above embodiments.

[0163] According to one aspect of this disclosure, a computer program product or computer program is provided, comprising computer instructions stored in a computer-readable storage medium. A processor of a computer device reads the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium and executes the computer instructions, causing the computer device to perform the methods provided in the various alternative implementations described above.

[0164] Computer program code for performing the operations of this disclosure can be written in one or more programming languages ​​or a combination thereof, including object-oriented programming languages ​​such as Java, Smalltalk, and C++, and conventional procedural programming languages ​​such as the "C" language or similar programming languages. The program code can be executed entirely on the user's computer, partially on the user's computer, as a standalone 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 remote computers, the remote computer can be connected to the user's computer via any type of network—including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN)—or can be connected to an external computer (e.g., via the Internet using an Internet service provider).

[0165] The flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawings illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of this disclosure. In this regard, each block in a flowchart or block diagram may represent a module, segment, or portion of code containing one or more executable instructions for implementing a specified logical function. It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions indicated in the blocks may occur in a different order than those indicated in the drawings. For example, two consecutively indicated blocks may actually be executed substantially in parallel, and they may sometimes be executed in reverse order, depending on the functions involved. It should also be noted that each block in the block diagrams and / or flowcharts, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and / or flowcharts, can be implemented using a dedicated hardware-based system that performs the specified function or operation, or using a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

[0166] The modules described in the embodiments of this disclosure can be implemented in software or in hardware. The name of a module does not necessarily limit the module itself; for example, module A can also be described as "module A for performing operation B".

[0167] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of this disclosure and an explanation of the technical principles employed. Those skilled in the art should understand that the scope of this disclosure is not limited to technical solutions formed by specific combinations of the above-described technical features, but should also cover other technical solutions formed by arbitrary combinations of the above-described technical features or their equivalents without departing from the above-described concept. For example, technical solutions formed by substituting the above features with (but not limited to) technical features disclosed in this disclosure that have similar functions.

Claims

1. A communication method applied to a sensing initiator, characterized in that, The method includes: Identify a target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame; Send the target radio frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP; The target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, which indicates that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame. The target radio frame includes a STA info field; the STA info field includes an AID identifier or a UID identifier. The AID identifier or the UID identifier indicates the responding end that participates in the WLAN sensing measurement process; The STA info field also includes parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end; the NDP is used to respond to the target radio frame, and the parameter information includes at least one of the following: NSS information, bandwidth information.

2. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first identifier includes: a sensing measurement establishment identifier included in the WLAN sensing measurement process, and / or a sensing measurement event identifier corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier.

3. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The target radio frame includes a probe session token field; The first identifier bit is carried in the probe dialogue token field.

4. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The STA info field also includes sensing measurement parameter information corresponding to the AID or UID identifier.

5. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The second identifier is carried in: the control field of the target wireless frame, a sub-type sub-field of the control field, or a probe conversation token field.

6. A communication method applied to a sensing response end, characterized in that, The method includes: Receive a target wireless frame and obtain a first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame. Receive empty data packet NDP based on the first identifier bit; The target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, which indicates that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame. The target radio frame includes a STA info field; the STA info field includes an AID identifier or a UID identifier. The AID identifier or the UID identifier indicates the responding end that participates in the WLAN sensing measurement process; The STA info field also includes parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end; the NDP is used to respond to the target radio frame, and the parameter information includes at least one of the following: NSS information, bandwidth information.

7. The communication method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The first identifier includes: a sensing measurement establishment identifier included in the WLAN sensing measurement process, and / or a sensing measurement event identifier corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier.

8. The communication method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The target radio frame includes a probe session token field; The first identifier bit is carried in the probe dialogue token field.

9. The communication method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The STA info field also includes sensing measurement parameter information corresponding to the AID or UID identifier.

10. The communication method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The second identifier is carried in: the control field of the target wireless frame, a sub-type sub-field of the control field, or a probe conversation token field.

11. A network device, wherein the network device is a sensing initiator, characterized in that, The network device includes: A determination module is used to determine a target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame; The sending module sends the target wireless frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP; The target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, which indicates that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame. The target wireless frame includes a STA info field; the STA info field includes an AID identifier bit or a UID identifier bit; the AID identifier bit or the UID identifier bit indicates the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process; The STA info field also includes parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end; the NDP is used to respond to the target radio frame, and the parameter information includes at least one of the following: NSS information, bandwidth information.

12. A network device, wherein the network device is a sensing and response terminal, characterized in that, The network device includes: The first receiving module is used to receive a target wireless frame and obtain a first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame. The second receiving module is used to receive empty data packets (NDP) according to the first identifier bit. The target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, which indicates that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame. The target wireless frame includes a STA info field; the STA info field includes an AID identifier bit or a UID identifier bit; the AID identifier bit or the UID identifier bit indicates the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process; The STA info field also includes parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end; the NDP is used to respond to the target radio frame, and the parameter information includes at least one of the following: NSS information, bandwidth information.

13. A communication device applied to a sensing initiator, characterized in that, The device includes: A wireless frame determination module is used to determine a target wireless frame; wherein the target wireless frame includes a first identifier bit, the first identifier bit indicating the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame; The wireless frame transmission module sends the target wireless frame to the sensing response terminal, instructing the sensing response terminal to receive the empty data packet NDP. The target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, which indicates that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame. The target wireless frame includes a STA info field; the STA info field includes an AID identifier bit or a UID identifier bit; the AID identifier bit or the UID identifier bit indicates the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process; The STA info field also includes parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end; the NDP is used to respond to the target radio frame, and the parameter information includes at least one of the following: NSS information, bandwidth information.

14. A communication device applied to a sensing response end, characterized in that, The device includes: The third receiving module is used to receive the target wireless frame and obtain the first identifier bit carried in the target wireless frame. The first identifier bit indicates the wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing measurement process corresponding to the target wireless frame. The fourth receiving module is used to receive empty data packets (NDP) according to the first identifier bit. The target wireless frame further includes a second identifier bit, which indicates that the type of the target wireless frame is a WLAN Sensing NDPA frame. The target wireless frame includes a STA info field; the STA info field includes an AID identifier bit or a UID identifier bit; the AID identifier bit or the UID identifier bit indicates the responding end participating in the WLAN sensing measurement process; The STA info field also includes parameter information corresponding to the NDP sent by the responding end; the NDP is used to respond to the target radio frame, and the parameter information includes at least one of the following: NSS information, bandwidth information.

15. 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, wherein the processor, when executing the program, implements the method of any one of claims 1 to 10.

16. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any one of claims 1 to 10.

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