Communication method and device, electronic device and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of mobile communication technologies and provide a communication method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The communication method is applied to a perception initiator, and the method includes: determining a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit (MU‑PPDU), and the MU‑PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders; and simultaneously sending the target radio frame to at least two of the perception responders. The embodiments of the present disclosure solve the problem that a large number of termination message frames will occupy a large amount of network resources during the WLAN perception termination process.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of mobile communication technologies. Specifically, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. Background Art

[0002] With the rapid development of mobile communications, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) has achieved significant progress in transmission speed and throughput. Currently, Wi-Fi technology is being researched in areas such as 320 MHz bandwidth transmission and the aggregation and coordination of multiple frequency bands. Its primary application scenarios include video transmission, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR).

[0003] Among the Wi-Fi technologies currently under research, wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing technology may be supported. For example, this technology can be used in applications such as location discovery, proximity detection, and presence detection in dense environments (such as homes and businesses). During the WLAN sensing termination process, one or more sensing measurement establishment processes can be terminated. The sensing initiator and the sensing responder will exchange termination message frames to terminate the process. However, a large number of termination message frames will occupy more network resources and reduce spectrum utilization. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium to solve the problem that a large number of termination message frames will occupy a large amount of network resources during the WLAN perception termination process.

[0005] In one aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, applied to a perception initiating terminal, the method comprising:

[0006] Determining a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders;

[0007] Sending the target wireless frame to at least two of the sensing response terminals simultaneously

[0008] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication method, applied to a first perception response terminal, the method comprising:

[0009] Receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders;

[0010] Obtain a first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU.

[0011] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, wherein the network device is a perception initiator, and the electronic device includes:

[0012] A determination module, configured to determine a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders;

[0013] A sending module is used to simultaneously send the target wireless frame to at least two of the perception response ends.

[0014] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, which is a first sensing response terminal and includes:

[0015] A receiving module, configured to receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders;

[0016] An acquisition module is used to obtain a first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU.

[0017] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, applied to a perception initiating end, the device comprising:

[0018] A radio frame determination module, configured to determine a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders;

[0019] A wireless frame sending module is used to simultaneously send the target wireless frame to at least two of the perception response ends.

[0020] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, applied to a first perception response end, the device comprising:

[0021] A radio frame receiving module, configured to receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders;

[0022] The termination frame acquisition module is used to obtain the first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU.

[0023] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the program, one or more methods described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented.

[0024] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon. When the computer program is executed by a processor, one or more methods described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented.

[0025] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a perception initiator determines a target wireless frame and simultaneously sends the target wireless frame to at least two perception responders; wherein the target wireless frame includes an MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders, thereby reducing the number of times the perception measurement establishment termination message frame is sent, reducing the occupancy of spectrum resources, and improving frequency resource utilization.

[0026] Additional aspects and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be given in part in the following description, which will become apparent from the following description or be learned through practice of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.

[0028] Figure 1 One of the flow charts of the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure;

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

[0030] Figure 3 This is a second schematic diagram of the first example of the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] Figure 4This is a third schematic diagram of the first example of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] Figure 5 This is a second flow chart of the communication method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] Figure 6 This is a second flow chart of the communication method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0034] Figure 7 This is a second flow chart of the communication method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0035] Figure 8 This is a second flow chart of the communication method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] Figure 9 A schematic diagram of the structure of a network device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0037] Figure 10 This is one of the structural diagrams of the electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0038] Figure 11 This is a second structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0039] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the term "and / or" describes the association relationship between associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent three situations: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0040] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the term "plurality" refers to two or more than two, and other quantifiers are similar thereto.

[0041] Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, unless otherwise indicated, like numbers in different figures represent like or similar elements. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments are not intended to represent all possible embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present invention, as detailed in the appended claims.

[0042] The terms used in this disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," "the," and "the" are 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 encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0043] 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 only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. 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 "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining."

[0044] The following will be combined with the accompanying 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 embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure and not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making any creative efforts shall fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0045] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which are used to solve the problem that a large number of termination message frames will occupy more network resources.

[0046] Among them, the method and the device are based on the same application 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.

[0047] like Figure 1 As shown in , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method may be applied to a network device, which serves as a perception initiator during a perception measurement process; for example, an access point device AP. The method may include the following steps:

[0048] Step 101: determine a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders.

[0049] As a first example, see Figures 2 to 4 First, the architecture and process of WLAN Sensing applied to the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure are introduced.

[0050] Figure 2The schematic diagram of the architecture of a WLAN Sensing (process) is shown; wherein the sensing initiator (or initiator) initiates WLAN Sensing (for example, initiates a WLAN sensing session), and there may be multiple sensing responders (or sensing receivers) or responders responding to it, such as Figure 2 As shown in the responding end 1, responding end 2 and responding end 3 in FIG. When the sensing initiator initiates WLAN Sensing, multiple associated or unassociated WLAN Sensing sensing responding ends can respond.

[0051] See also Figure 3 , the perception initiator and the perception responder communicate through a communication connection, as shown by communication connection S1; the perception responders communicate with each other through communication connection S2.

[0052] Each sensing initiator can be a client; each sensing responder (in this example, sensing responders 1 to 3) can be a station (STA) or access point (AP). Furthermore, STAs and APs can assume multiple roles during the WLAN sensing process. For example, during the WLAN sensing process, a STA can also serve as a sensing initiator, which can be a sensing transmitter, a sensing receiver, both, or neither. During the WLAN sensing process, a sensing responder can also be a sensing transmitter, a sensing receiver, or both.

[0053] As another architecture, Figure 4 As shown, the sensing initiator and the sensing responder can also be clients, and the two can communicate by connecting to the same access point device (AP); Figure 4 Client1 is the perception initiator, and Client2 is the perception responder.

[0054] Generally, the WLAN sensing process includes the establishment of a WLAN sensing session, the establishment of WLAN sensing measurements, and the termination of WLAN sensing measurements. The WLAN sensing process generally includes a Triggered Based Sounding (TB)-based method and a Non-TB based sensing method. Specifically, the TB-based method is that the AP is the Initiator or Transmitter, and the Non-TB Based method is that the STA is the Initiator or Transmitter. In the TB Based scenario, the AP, as the perception initiator, can initiate the termination of one or more sensing measurement settings by sending a perception measurement establishment termination message frame to the STA, which is the perception responder; however, a large number of perception measurement establishment termination message frames will occupy more network resources; and, generally, after the AP sends the perception measurement establishment termination message frame, the STA will reply with a confirmation message (such as an ACK frame), which will further occupy network resources and affect the effective use of the spectrum. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an AP determines a target radio frame, where the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit (MU-PPDU); wherein the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception response ends, that is, the MU-PPDU includes perception measurement establishment termination message frames corresponding to multiple STAs, respectively, and the MU-PPDU includes a PPDU for multiple users (STAs), and each user's PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame of the STA.

[0055] The perception measurement establishment termination frame is a unicast message frame.

[0056] Optionally, the MU-PPDU may be downlink orthogonal frequency division multiple access (DL Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, DL OFDMA), downlink multi-user multiple input multiple output (DL MU-Multi-Input Multi-Output, DL MU-MIMO) or a combination of the two.

[0057] Optionally, the PPDU includes a physical layer header preamble (PLCP Header preamble) and a MAC Protocol Data Unit (MAC Protocol Data Unit, MPDU), or a PLCP Header preamble and an aggregation of the MPDUs (A-MPDU).

[0058] Step 102: Send the target wireless frame to at least two of the perception response terminals simultaneously.

[0059] After determining the target wireless frame, the target wireless frame is sent to multiple perception response ends at the same time; in this way, through one sending operation, multiple response ends can receive the perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to the response end, so as to reduce the sending operation of the perception measurement establishment termination message frame and reduce the occupancy of spectrum resources.

[0060] For a responder that does not support the MU format, since it also initiates 1v1 perception measurement during the perception measurement process, the AP can initiate a separate perception measurement establishment and termination process.

[0061] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a perception initiator determines a target radio frame and simultaneously sends the target radio frame to at least two perception responders; wherein the target radio frame includes an MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders, thereby reducing the number of times the perception measurement establishment termination message frame is sent, reducing the occupancy of spectrum resources, and improving frequency resource utilization; the embodiment of the present disclosure solves the problem that a large number of termination message frames will occupy more network resources during the WLAN perception termination process.

[0062] In an optional embodiment, the MU-PPDU further includes a trigger frame (trigger frame) corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination frames;

[0063] The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured for the perception response end, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception response end replies to the perception measurement setup termination frame.

[0064] Among them, the trigger frame is used to indicate the uplink resource unit (RU) configured for the perception response end, and the RU is used to carry the confirmation message (e.g., uplink ACK frame) of the perception response end in reply to the perception measurement establishment termination frame. For example, the RU is 26-tone (subcarrier), 52-tone, or the MRU is 106+52, 52+26tone, and so on.

[0065] See also Figure 5The present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method may be applied to a network device that acts as a perception initiator during a perception measurement process; for example, an access point device (AP). The method may include the following steps:

[0066] Step 501: Determine a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders; the MU-PPDU target radio frame also includes a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination frames.

[0067] The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured for the perception response end, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception response end replies to the perception measurement setup termination frame.

[0068] The MU-PPDU includes an aggregated first MAC protocol data unit MPDU; the aggregated first MPDU includes the aggregated perception measurement setup termination frame and the aggregated trigger frame.

[0069] Among them, the architecture of WLAN Sensing applied in the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure and the WLAN Sensing process refer to the above-mentioned first example and are not repeated here.

[0070] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP determines a target wireless frame, where the target wireless frame includes a MU-PPDU; the MU-PPDU includes a PPDU for multiple users (STAs), and each user's PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame and a trigger frame of the STA.

[0071] Specifically, the MU-PPDU includes an aggregated first MAC protocol data unit MPDU; for example, in a DL OFDMA format or a DL MU-MIMO format, the AP sends the aggregated first MPDU in the form of a MU-PPDU (the aggregated first MPDU is subsequently represented by an A-MPDU), and the A-MPDU includes the aggregated perception measurement establishment termination frame and the aggregated trigger frame.

[0072] Among them, in the A-MPDU, the perception measurement establishment termination frame and the trigger frame are both unicast message frames, and the AP aggregates them respectively to form an A-MPDU for transmission; for example, multiple perception measurement establishment termination frames are aggregated, and multiple trigger frames are aggregated to form an A-MPDU.

[0073] Step 502: Send the target wireless frame to at least two of the sensing response terminals simultaneously.

[0074] After determining the target wireless frame, the target wireless frame is sent to multiple perception response ends at the same time; in this way, through one sending operation, multiple response ends can receive the perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to the response end, so as to reduce the sending operation of the perception measurement establishment termination message frame and reduce the occupancy of spectrum resources.

[0075] See also Figure 6 The present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method may be applied to a network device that acts as a perception initiator during a perception measurement process; for example, an access point device (AP). The method may include the following steps:

[0076] Step 601: Determine a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders; the MU-PPDU target radio frame also includes a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination frames.

[0077] The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured for the perception response end, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception response end replies to the perception measurement setup termination frame.

[0078] The MU-PPDU includes a second MPDU; the second MPDU includes the perception measurement setup termination frame and the trigger frames respectively corresponding to the perception measurement setup termination frames.

[0079] Among them, the architecture of WLAN Sensing applied in the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure and the WLAN Sensing process refer to the above-mentioned first example and are not repeated here.

[0080] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP determines a target wireless frame, where the target wireless frame includes a MU-PPDU; the MU-PPDU includes a PPDU for multiple users (STAs), and each user's PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame and a trigger frame of the STA.

[0081] Specifically, the MU-PPDU includes a second MPDU; the second MPDU includes the perception measurement establishment termination frame and the trigger frames corresponding to the perception measurement establishment termination frames respectively; that is, in the second MPDU, the perception measurement establishment termination frame of each STA is set in a one-to-one correspondence with the trigger frame of the STA, for example, after a short interframe space (SIFS) after sending the perception measurement establishment termination message frame, the AP sends the trigger frame of the STA again.

[0082] Step 602: Send the target wireless frame to at least two of the perception response terminals simultaneously.

[0083] After determining the target wireless frame, the target wireless frame is sent to multiple perception response ends at the same time; in this way, through one sending operation, multiple response ends can receive the perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to the response end, so as to reduce the sending operation of the perception measurement establishment termination message frame and reduce the occupancy of spectrum resources.

[0084] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a perception initiator determines a target wireless frame and simultaneously sends the target wireless frame to at least two perception responders; wherein the target wireless frame includes an MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders, thereby reducing the number of times the perception measurement establishment termination message frame is sent, reducing the occupancy of spectrum resources, and improving frequency resource utilization.

[0085] In the above embodiment, the AP initiates the sending of a perception measurement setup termination frame as an MU user. The first aggregated MPDU includes the aggregated perception measurement setup termination frame and the aggregated trigger frame, and the second MPDU includes the perception measurement setup termination frame and the trigger frames corresponding to the perception measurement setup termination frames. In the above two methods, because the lengths of the unicast perception measurement setup termination message frames sent by the AP vary (including the number of measurement setup IDs), padding may be added to some short frames.

[0086] See also Figure 7 The present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method may be applied to an electronic device, which may be a station device STA. The station device STA is a first perception responder (hereinafter referred to as STA1). The method includes:

[0087] Step 701: Receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders.

[0088] Among them, the architecture of WLAN Sensing applied in the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure and the WLAN Sensing process refer to the above-mentioned first example and are not repeated here.

[0089] Generally, the WLAN sensing process includes the establishment of a WLAN sensing session, the establishment of WLAN sensing measurements, and the termination of WLAN sensing measurements. The WLAN sensing process generally includes a TB-Based method and a Non-TB based sensing method. Specifically, the TB-based method is that the AP is the Initiator or Transmitter, and the Non-TB Based method is that the STA is the Initiator or Transmitter. In the TB Based scenario, the AP, as the perception initiator, can initiate the termination of one or more sensing measurement settings by sending a perception measurement establishment termination message frame to the STA, which is the perception responder; however, a large number of perception measurement establishment termination message frames will occupy more network resources; and, generally, after the AP sends the perception measurement establishment termination message frame, the STA will reply with a confirmation message (such as an ACK frame), which will further occupy network resources and affect the effective use of the spectrum. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first perception response end receives a target wireless frame, where the target wireless frame includes a MU-PPDU; wherein the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception response ends, that is, the MU-PPDU includes perception measurement establishment termination message frames corresponding to multiple STAs, respectively, and the MU-PPDU includes a PPDU for multiple users (STAs), and the PPDU of each user includes the perception measurement establishment termination message frame of the STA.

[0090] The perception measurement establishment termination frame is a unicast message frame.

[0091] Optionally, the MU-PPDU may be downlink orthogonal frequency division multiple access (DL Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, DL OFDMA), downlink multi-user multiple input multiple output (DL MU-Multi-Input Multi-Output, DL MU-MIMO) or a combination of the two.

[0092] Optionally, the PPDU includes a physical layer header preamble (PLCP Header preamble) and a MAC Protocol Data Unit (MAC Protocol Data Unit, MPDU), or a PLCP Header preamble and an aggregation of the MPDUs (A-MPDU).

[0093] Step 702: Obtain a first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU.

[0094] After receiving the target wireless frame, STA1 obtains a first sensing measurement setup termination frame corresponding to the first sensing responder and terminates the sensing measurement process based on the first sensing measurement setup termination frame. In this way, through a single transmission operation by the sensing initiator, multiple sensing responders can receive the sensing measurement setup termination message frame corresponding to the responder, thereby reducing the number of sensing measurement setup termination message frame transmission operations and reducing spectrum resource usage.

[0095] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first perception response end receives a target wireless frame and obtains a first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception response end in the MU-PPDU; wherein the target wireless frame includes the MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception response ends, which can reduce the number of times the perception measurement establishment termination message frame is sent, reduce the occupancy of spectrum resources, and improve frequency resource utilization.

[0096] See also Figure 8 The present disclosure provides a communication method. Optionally, the method may be applied to an electronic device, where the electronic device may be a station device STA, and the station device STA is a first perception responder. The method includes:

[0097] Step 801: Receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a sensing measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two sensing responders;

[0098] The MU-PPDU also includes a trigger frame (trigger frame) corresponding to each of the sensing measurement establishment termination frames;

[0099] The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured for the perception response end, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception response end replies to the perception measurement setup termination frame.

[0100] The trigger frame is used to indicate the uplink resource unit (RU) configured for the perception responder, and the RU is used to carry the confirmation message (eg, uplink ACK frame) of the perception responder in reply to the perception measurement setup termination frame.

[0101] Step 802: Obtain a first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU.

[0102] Step 803: Send the confirmation message in the first uplink resource unit corresponding to the first perception measurement establishment termination frame.

[0103] STA1 replies with a confirmation message in the first uplink resource unit, instructing the AP to confirm receipt of the first perception measurement establishment termination frame; after replying to the AP confirmation message, STA1 may terminate the perception measurement process.

[0104] In an optional embodiment, the MU-PPDU includes an aggregated first MAC protocol data unit MPDU; the aggregated first MPDU includes the aggregated perception measurement setup termination frame and the aggregated trigger frame.

[0105] Specifically, the MU-PPDU includes an aggregated first MAC protocol data unit MPDU; for example, in a DL OFDMA format or a DL MU-MIMO format, the AP sends the aggregated first MPDU in the form of a MU-PPDU (the aggregated first MPDU is subsequently represented by an A-MPDU), and the A-MPDU includes the aggregated perception measurement establishment termination frame and the aggregated trigger frame.

[0106] Among them, in the A-MPDU, the perception measurement establishment termination frame and the trigger frame are both unicast message frames, and the AP aggregates them respectively to form an A-MPDU for transmission; for example, multiple perception measurement establishment termination frames are aggregated, and multiple trigger frames are aggregated to form an A-MPDU.

[0107] In an optional embodiment, the MU-PPDU includes a second MPDU; the second MPDU includes the perception measurement setup termination frame and the trigger frames respectively corresponding to the perception measurement setup termination frames.

[0108] The MU-PPDU includes a PPDU for multiple users (STAs), and the PPDU of each user includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame and a trigger frame of the STA.

[0109] Specifically, the MU-PPDU includes a second MPDU; the second MPDU includes the perception measurement establishment termination frame and the trigger frames corresponding to the perception measurement establishment termination frames respectively; that is, in the second MPDU, the perception measurement establishment termination frame of each STA is set in a one-to-one correspondence with the trigger frame of the STA, for example, after a short interframe space (SIFS) after sending the perception measurement establishment termination message frame, the AP sends the trigger frame of the STA again.

[0110] In the above embodiment, the AP initiates the sending of a perception measurement setup termination frame as an MU user. The first aggregated MPDU includes the aggregated perception measurement setup termination frame and the aggregated trigger frame, and the second MPDU includes the perception measurement setup termination frame and the trigger frames corresponding to the perception measurement setup termination frames. In the above two methods, because the lengths of the unicast perception measurement setup termination message frames sent by the AP vary (including the number of measurement setup IDs), padding may be added to some short frames.

[0111] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first perception response end receives a target wireless frame and obtains a first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception response end in the MU-PPDU; wherein the target wireless frame includes the MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception response ends, which can reduce the number of times the perception measurement establishment termination message frame is sent, reduce the occupancy of spectrum resources, and improve frequency resource utilization.

[0112] See also Figure 9 Based on the same principle as the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a network device, wherein the network device is a perception initiator, such as an access point device AP, and the network device includes:

[0113] A determination module 901 is configured to determine a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a sensing measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two sensing responders;

[0114] The sending module 902 is used to simultaneously send the target wireless frame to at least two of the perception response terminals.

[0115] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the MU-PPDU further includes a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination frames;

[0116] The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured for the perception response end, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception response end replies to the perception measurement setup termination frame.

[0117] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the MU-PPDU includes an aggregated first MAC protocol data unit MPDU;

[0118] The aggregated first MPDU includes the aggregated sensing measurement setup termination frame and the aggregated trigger frame.

[0119] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the MU-PPDU includes a second MPDU;

[0120] The second MPDU includes the perception measurement setup termination frame and the trigger frames respectively corresponding to the perception measurement setup termination frames.

[0121] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the perception measurement establishment termination frame is a unicast message frame.

[0122] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the determination module 901 determines a target wireless frame, and the sending module 902 simultaneously sends the target wireless frame to at least two of the perception response terminals; wherein, the target wireless frame includes an MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception response terminals, thereby reducing the number of times the perception measurement establishment termination message frame is sent, reducing the occupancy of spectrum resources, and improving frequency resource utilization.

[0123] The present disclosure also provides a communication device, which is applied to a sensing initiating end. The device includes:

[0124] A radio frame determination module, configured to determine a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders;

[0125] A wireless frame sending module is used to simultaneously send the target wireless frame to at least two of the perception response ends.

[0126] The apparatus further includes other modules corresponding to the network device in the aforementioned embodiment to perform other functions corresponding to the network device, which will not be described in detail here.

[0127] See also Figure 10 Based on the same principle as the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, which may be a station device STA, and the station device STA is a first perception responder; the electronic device includes:

[0128] A receiving module 1001 is configured to receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a sensing measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two sensing responders;

[0129] The acquisition module 1002 is configured to acquire a first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU.

[0130] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the MU-PPDU further includes a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination frames;

[0131] The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured by the perception responder, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception responder replies to the perception measurement setup termination frame;

[0132] The electronic device further comprises:

[0133] A message sending module is used to send the confirmation message in the first uplink resource unit corresponding to the first perception measurement establishment termination frame after the acquisition module 1002 obtains the first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception response end in the MU-PPDU; after sending the confirmation message, terminate the perception measurement process.

[0134] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the MU-PPDU includes an aggregated first MAC protocol data unit MPDU;

[0135] The aggregated first MPDU includes the aggregated sensing measurement setup termination frame and the aggregated trigger frame.

[0136] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the MU-PPDU includes a second MPDU;

[0137] The second MPDU includes the perception measurement setup termination frame and the trigger frames respectively corresponding to the perception measurement setup termination frames.

[0138] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the perception measurement establishment termination frame is a unicast message frame.

[0139] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the receiving module 1001 receives a target wireless frame, and the acquiring module 1002 acquires a first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception response end in the MU-PPDU; wherein the target wireless frame includes the MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception response ends, which can reduce the number of times the perception measurement establishment termination message frame is sent, reduce the occupancy of spectrum resources, and improve frequency resource utilization.

[0140] The present disclosure also provides a communication device, which is applied to a first perception response terminal. The device includes:

[0141] A radio frame receiving module, configured to receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders;

[0142] The termination frame acquisition module is used to obtain the first perception measurement establishment termination frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU.

[0143] The device also includes other modules corresponding to the electronic device in the aforementioned embodiment to perform other functions corresponding to the electronic device, which will not be described in detail here.

[0144] In an optional embodiment, the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, such as Figure 11 As shown, Figure 11 The electronic device 1100 shown may be a server, including a processor 1101 and a memory 1103. The processor 1101 and the memory 1103 are connected, for example, via a bus 1102. Optionally, the electronic device 1100 may further include a transceiver 1104. It should be noted that in actual applications, the number of transceivers 1104 is not limited to one, and the structure of the electronic device 1100 does not constitute a limitation on the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0145] The processor 1101 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 the present disclosure. The processor 1101 may also be a combination that implements computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, and the like.

[0146] The bus 1102 may include a path for transmitting information between the above components. The bus 1102 may be a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus or an EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) bus. The bus 1102 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of representation, Figure 11 Only one thick line is used in the diagram, but this does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

[0147] The memory 1103 may be a ROM (Read Only Memory) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a RAM (Random Access Memory) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, or an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compact discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs, Blu-ray discs, etc.), a magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to these.

[0148] The memory 1103 is used to store application code for executing the solution of the present disclosure, and the execution is controlled by the processor 1101. The processor 1101 is used to execute the application code stored in the memory 1103 to implement the content shown in the above method embodiment.

[0149] Among them, electronic devices include but are not limited to: mobile terminals such as mobile phones, laptops, digital broadcast receivers, PDAs (personal digital assistants), PADs (tablet computers), PMPs (portable multimedia players), vehicle-mounted terminals (such as vehicle-mounted navigation terminals), etc., and fixed terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, etc. Figure 11 The electronic device shown is only an example and should not limit the functions and scope of use of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0150] The server provided by the present disclosure may be an independent physical server, or a server cluster or distributed system composed of multiple physical servers. It may also be a cloud server that provides basic cloud computing services such as cloud services, cloud databases, cloud computing, cloud functions, cloud storage, network services, cloud communications, middleware services, domain name services, security services, CDN, and big data and artificial intelligence platforms. The terminal may be a smartphone, tablet computer, laptop computer, desktop computer, smart speaker, smart watch, etc., but is not limited to these. The terminal and the server may be directly or indirectly connected via wired or wireless communication, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

[0151] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon. When the computer-readable storage medium is run on a computer, the computer can execute the corresponding contents of the aforementioned method embodiment.

[0152] It should be understood that although the steps in the flowcharts of the accompanying drawings are shown in sequence as indicated by the arrows, these steps are not necessarily executed 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 some of the steps in the flowcharts 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 portion of the sub-steps or stages of other steps.

[0153] It should be noted that the computer-readable medium mentioned above in the present disclosure may be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium, or any combination of the two. A computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, device, or component, 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 that contains or stores a program that can be used by or in conjunction with an instruction execution system, device, or component. In the present disclosure, a computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, which carries computer-readable program code. Such a 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. A computer-readable signal medium may also be any computer-readable medium other than a computer-readable storage medium that can transmit, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in conjunction with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The program code contained on the computer-readable medium may be transmitted using any suitable medium, including but not limited to wires, optical cables, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination thereof.

[0154] The computer-readable medium may be included in the electronic device, or may exist independently without being incorporated into the electronic device.

[0155] The computer-readable medium carries one or more programs. When the one or more programs are executed by the electronic device, the electronic device executes the method shown in the above embodiment.

[0156] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product or computer program is provided, the computer program product or computer program including computer instructions stored in a computer-readable storage medium. 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 optional implementations described above.

[0157] 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 stand-alone software package, partially on the user's computer and partially on a remote computer, or entirely on the 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).

[0158] The flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawings illustrate the possible implementation architecture, functions and operations of the systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each box in the flowchart or block diagram can represent a module, program segment, or a part of code, and the module, program segment, or a part of 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 than that 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 flowchart, and the combination of the boxes in the block diagram and / or flowchart, can be implemented with a dedicated hardware-based system that performs the specified function or operation, or can be implemented with a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

[0159] The modules described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in software or hardware. In some cases, the name of a module does not necessarily define the module itself. For example, module A may also be described as "module A for performing operation B."

[0160] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure and an illustration of the technical principles employed. 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 the specific combination of the above-mentioned technical features, but also includes other technical solutions formed by any combination of the above-mentioned technical features or their equivalents without departing from the above-mentioned disclosed concepts. For example, a technical solution formed by replacing the above-mentioned features with (but not limited to) technical features with similar functions disclosed in this disclosure.

Claims

1. A communication method, applied to a sensing initiator, characterized in that: The method comprises: Determining a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders and a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination message frames; The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured by the perception responder, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception responder replies to the perception measurement setup termination message frame; The target wireless frame is sent to at least two of the sensing response terminals simultaneously.

2. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein: The MU-PPDU includes an aggregated first MAC protocol data unit MPDU; The aggregated first MPDU includes the aggregated sensing measurement setup termination message frame and the aggregated trigger frame.

3. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein: The MU-PPDU includes a second MPDU; The second MPDU includes the perception measurement setup termination message frame and the trigger frames respectively corresponding to the perception measurement setup termination message frames.

4. The communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The perception measurement establishment termination message frame is a unicast message frame.

5. A communication method, applied to a first perception response terminal, characterized in that: The method comprises: Receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders and a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination message frames; The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured by the perception responder, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception responder replies to the perception measurement setup termination message frame; Obtain a first perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU; Sending the confirmation message in a first uplink resource unit corresponding to the first perception measurement establishment termination message frame; After sending the confirmation message, the perception measurement process is terminated. The communication method according to claim 5 , wherein: The MU-PPDU includes an aggregated first MAC protocol data unit MPDU; The aggregated first MPDU includes the aggregated sensing measurement setup termination message frame and the aggregated trigger frame.

7. The communication method according to claim 5, wherein: The MU-PPDU includes a second MPDU; The second MPDU includes the perception measurement setup termination message frame and the trigger frames respectively corresponding to the perception measurement setup termination message frames.

8. The communication method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that: The perception measurement establishment termination message frame is a unicast message frame.

9. A network device, the network device being a perception initiator, characterized in that: The network equipment includes: a determination module, configured to determine a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, the MU-PPDU including a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders and a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination message frames; The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured by the perception responder, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception responder replies to the perception measurement setup termination message frame; A sending module is used to simultaneously send the target wireless frame to at least two of the perception response ends.

10. An electronic device, the electronic device being a first sensing response terminal, characterized in that: The electronic device comprises: a receiving module, configured to receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders and a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination message frames; The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured by the perception responder, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception responder replies to the perception measurement setup termination message frame; An acquisition module is used to obtain a first perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU.

11. A communication device, applied to a sensing initiating end, characterized in that: The device comprises: a radio frame determination module, configured to determine a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders and a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination message frames; The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured by the perception responder, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception responder replies to the perception measurement setup termination message frame; A wireless frame sending module is used to simultaneously send the target wireless frame to at least two of the perception response ends.

12. A communication device, applied to a first perception response end, characterized in that: The device comprises: a radio frame receiving module, configured to receive a target radio frame; wherein the target radio frame includes a multi-user physical layer protocol data unit MU-PPDU, and the MU-PPDU includes a perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to at least two perception responders and a trigger frame corresponding to each of the perception measurement establishment termination message frames; The trigger frame indicates an uplink resource unit configured by the perception responder, and the uplink resource unit carries a confirmation message in which the perception responder replies to the perception measurement setup termination message frame; a termination message frame acquisition module, configured to acquire a first perception measurement establishment termination message frame corresponding to the first perception responder in the MU-PPDU; A confirmation message sending module, configured to send the confirmation message in a first uplink resource unit corresponding to the first perception measurement establishment termination message frame; The perception measurement termination module is configured to terminate the perception measurement process after the confirmation message sending module sends the confirmation message.

13. An electronic device, characterized in that: The method comprises 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 method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 or 5 to 8 is implemented.

14. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, which implements the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 or 5 to 8 when executed by a processor.

Images