Communication method and communication device for proxy awareness measurement termination

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a communication method and a communication device for proxy-aware measurement termination. The communication method includes: receiving a sensing measurement termination message frame sent from a first station device, where the sensing measurement termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier corresponding to a sensing measurement process; determining whether to terminate the SBP process, where the access point device is the SBP responder.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications, and more particularly, to a communication method and a communication device for proxy sensing (SBP, sensing by Proxy) measurement termination. Background Art

[0002] Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) has the characteristics of flexibility, mobility, and low cost. With the development of communication technologies and the growth of user requirements, the application research on WLAN is gradually deepening. For example, currently, research is being carried out on WLAN sensing, and its main application scenarios include: location discovery in dense environments (home environment and enterprise environment), proximity detection, and presence detection, etc. Summary of the Invention

[0003] Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide the following technical solutions:

[0004] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication method for proxy sensing (SBP) measurement termination. The communication method is applied to an access point device and includes: receiving a sensing measurement termination message frame sent from a first station device, where the sensing measurement termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier corresponding to a sensing measurement process; determining whether to terminate the SBP process, where the access point device is an SBP responder.

[0005] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication method for proxy sensing (SBP) measurement termination. The communication method is applied to an access point device and includes: receiving a termination message frame sent from a station device; terminating the SBP process based on the termination message frame, where the station device is an SBP initiator and can initiate the SBP process, and the access point device is an SBP responder.

[0006] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication method for proxy sensing (SBP) measurement termination. The communication method is applied to a station device and includes: sending a termination message frame to an access point device; receiving an acknowledgment frame from the access point device, where the access point device is an SBP responder.

[0007] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method for proxy awareness (SBP) measurement termination is provided. The communication method is applied to a station device and includes: receiving an SBP termination frame sent from an access point device; and terminating the SBP process based on the SBP termination frame, where the station device is an SBP initiator and the access point device is an SBP responder.

[0008] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided. The communication device is applied to an access point device and includes: a transceiver module configured to receive a perception measurement termination message frame sent from a first station device, where the perception measurement termination message frame includes a perception measurement establishment identifier corresponding to a perception measurement process; and a processing module configured to determine whether to terminate the SBP process based on the perception measurement termination message frame, where the access point device is an SBP responder.

[0009] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided. The communication device is applied to an access point device and includes: a transceiver module configured to receive a termination message frame sent from a station device; and a processing module configured to terminate the SBP process based on the termination message frame, where the station device is an SBP initiator and is capable of initiating the SBP process, and the access point device is an SBP responder.

[0010] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided. The communication device is applied to a station device and includes: a transceiver module configured to send a termination message frame to an access point device and receive an acknowledgment frame from the access point device, where the access point device is an SBP responder.

[0011] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided. The communication device is applied to a station device and includes: a transceiver module configured to receive an SBP termination frame sent from an access point device; and a processing module configured to terminate the SBP process based on the SBP termination frame, where the station device is an SBP initiator and the access point device is an SBP responder.

[0012] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the computer program, the above-described method is implemented.

[0013] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided. A computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the above-described method is implemented.

[0014] The technical solution provided by the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure improves the termination mechanism of the SBP process and can meet the requirements of WLAN awareness. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] By referring to the accompanying drawings and describing the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure in detail, the above and other features of the embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent, wherein:

[0016] Figure 1 is an exemplary manner of showing WLAN awareness.

[0017] Figure 2 is a flowchart showing a communication method performed by an access point according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0018] Figure 3 is a flowchart showing a communication method performed by an access point according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0019] Figure 4 is a detailed flowchart showing a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment Figure 3 of.

[0020] Figure 5 is a detailed flowchart showing the determination of whether to terminate the SBP process performed by an access point according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0021] Figure 6 is a flowchart showing a communication method performed by an access point according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0022] Figure 7 is a flowchart showing a communication method performed by a station according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0023] Figure 8 is a flowchart showing a communication method performed by an SBP initiator station according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0024] Figure 9 is a block diagram showing a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of the various embodiments of the present disclosure defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. The various embodiments of the present disclosure include various specific details, but these specific details are only considered to be exemplary. In addition, descriptions of well-known technologies, functions, and configurations may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.

[0026] The terms and words used in this disclosure are not limited to their written meanings, but are used only by the inventors to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the disclosure. Thus, for those skilled in the art, the description of the various embodiments of the disclosure is provided for illustrative purposes only and not for purposes of limitation.

[0027] It should be understood that, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the singular forms "a", "an", "the", and "said" used herein may also include the plural forms. It should be further understood that the phrase "comprising" used in this disclosure means the presence of the described features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and / or components, but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.

[0028] It will be understood that although the terms "first", "second", etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. Thus, without departing from the teachings of the exemplary embodiments, the first element discussed below may be referred to as the second element.

[0029] It should be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other elements, or intervening elements may also be present. In addition, the "connected" or "coupled" used herein may include a wireless connection or wireless coupling. The term "and / or" or the phrase "at least one of / at least one of..." used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the related listed items.

[0030] Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure pertains.

[0031] Figure 1 is an exemplary manner of showing WLAN awareness.

[0032] The process of WLAN awareness can be: the initiator initiates WLAN awareness (e.g., initiates a WLAN awareness session), and there may be multiple responders to respond to it. The specific possible manners can be as Figure 1 shown in (a), (b), and (c) below. Hereinafter, the term "initiator" may be used interchangeably with "WLAN awareness initiator" and "awareness initiator"; the term "responder" may be used interchangeably with "WLAN awareness responder" and "awareness responder".

[0033] Refer to Figure 1In (a) herein, when a sensing initiator (e.g., a client) initiates WLAN sensing, multiple associated or non-associated sensing responders (e.g., three access points (APs)) can respond. Here, "associated" can mean that an association connection for communication is established between the initiator and the responder, and "non-associated" can mean that no association connection for communication is established between the initiator and the responder.

[0034] As an example, a client can include but is not limited to: cellular phones, smart phones, wearable devices, computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), personal communication system (PCS) devices, personal information managers (PIMs), personal navigation devices (PNDs), global positioning systems, multimedia devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, etc.

[0035] An AP can be a wireless switch for a wireless network or an access device for a wireless network. An AP can include software applications and / or circuits to enable other types of nodes in the wireless network to communicate with the outside and inside of the wireless network through the AP. As an example, an AP can be a terminal device or a network device equipped with a Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) chip.

[0036] Figure 1 In (b) is similar to Figure 1 In (a), but in Figure 1 In (b), the respective responders (APs) can communicate with each other.

[0037] Referring to Figure 1 In (c), both the WLAN sensing initiator and the WLAN sensing responder can be clients, and the two can communicate by connecting to the same AP.

[0038] Although in Figure 1 In (a), (b), and (c), it is shown that the client is the initiator and the AP is the responder, however, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, in other exemplary embodiments, the AP can be the initiator and the client can be the responder. In addition, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, the client can also be referred to as a non-AP station (non-AP STA), simply referred to as "station (STA)". In addition, the number of initiators and responders is not limited to Figure 1 Shown in (a), (b), and (c).

[0039] As an illustrative example, a conventional WLAN sensing measurement process may include: a WLAN sensing session setup phase, a WLAN sensing measurement setup phase, and a WLAN sensing measurement termination phase. In the WLAN sensing session setup phase, the initiator may initiate one or more WLAN sensing sessions. In the WLAN sensing measurement setup phase, the initiator may perform one or more WLAN sensing measurement setups. For example, for each WLAN sensing session, the initiator may establish one or more WLAN sensing measurements, where the one or more established WLAN sensing measurements may be identified or distinguished by a sensing measurement setup identifier. Each established WLAN sensing measurement may include one or more sensing measurement events, and sensing measurement operations are performed in each sensing measurement event. In addition, a reporting operation of sensing measurement results may also be selectively performed. In the WLAN sensing measurement termination phase, the sensing measurement is stopped and the sensing session is terminated. In addition, the WLAN sensing measurement termination phase may also be referred to as the "WLAN sensing termination process". It will be understood that the process of the WLAN sensing measurement described above is merely exemplary, and the various phases of the WLAN sensing measurement may be divided differently, or some of the phases may be omitted, or some of the phases may be combined.

[0040] In addition, in order to efficiently utilize the spectrum, the method of sensing by proxy (SBP) can also be adopted. For the SBP process in the SBP method, it can generally be divided into two stages. In the first stage, a non-AP STA can be used as an SBP initiator to send, for example, an SBP request frame to an AP STA (SBP-capable AP STA) that supports SBP; the AP STA that receives the SBP request frame can be used as an SBP responder to send an SBP response frame to the SBP initiator (non-AP STA) to indicate whether the SBP request is rejected or accepted. The first stage can be called the process of establishing SBP. If the AP STA accepts the SBP request, then in the second stage, the AP STA can initiate WLAN sensing measurements (conventional WLAN sensing measurements as described above) with one or more non-AP STAs. The second stage can be similar to at least a part of the process of the conventional WLAN sensing measurement described above. Here, the "one or more non-AP STAs" may or may not include the non-AP STA that is the SBP responder. In the following, for the convenience of description, the non-AP STA that is the SBP initiator can be simply referred to as the "SBP initiator", "SBP initiator STA", "SBP initiator site", or "SBP initiator site device", and the non-AP STA that is not the SBP initiator can be simply referred to as the "non-SBP initiator STA", "non-SBP initiator site", or "non-SBP initiator site device". In addition, for the convenience of description, the AP STA that accepts the SBP request can be simply referred to as the "SBP responder AP", "SBP responder access point", or "SBP responder access point device".

[0041] In the conventional WLAN sensing termination process, the sensing initiator (or sensing responder) can initiate the termination of one or more sensing measurement establishments by sending a sensing measurement establishment termination frame (or called a sensing measurement termination message frame) with a sensing measurement establishment identifier of the measurement establishment to be terminated to the sensing responder (or sensing initiator). In the application scenario of SBP, the SBP process can be terminated after the SBP responder sends the last SBP report frame, or the SBP process can be terminated by the SBP initiator or the SBP responder by sending an SBP termination frame. In the above description, there is a situation where a non-SBP initiator STA sends a sensing measurement establishment termination frame to the AP (SBP responder), and the sensing measurement establishment identifier included in the sensing measurement establishment termination frame is assigned to this STA by the SBP responder AP. Then, in the process of the non-SBP initiator STA initiating the termination of the sensing measurement corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier, the process of SBP termination may be triggered. In current research, there is a lack of a mechanism to avoid this situation from occurring.

[0042] In view of this, according to the concept of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication method and a communication device for proxy awareness (SBP) measurement termination are provided.

[0043] Figure 2 is a flowchart showing a communication method performed by an access point according to an example embodiment. That is, Figure 2 the communication method shown can be applied to an access point device (which may be hereinafter referred to as an "SBP responder AP" or "AP").

[0044] Referring to Figure 2 , in step 210, the AP may receive a termination message frame from the STA; in step 220, the AP may determine whether to terminate the SBP process.

[0045] In Figure 2 's embodiment, the STA may be an SBP initiator site or a non-SBP initiator site; the termination message frame may be a sensing measurement termination message frame or an SBP termination frame. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP may determine whether to terminate the SBP process based on the type of the STA that sends the termination message frame. For example, when the AP receives a termination message frame sent from an SBP initiator site, the AP may determine to terminate the SBP process. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP may determine whether to terminate the SBP process based on the type of the termination message frame. For example, when the termination message frame received by the AP is an SBP termination frame, the AP may determine to terminate the SBP process. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP may determine whether to terminate the SBP process based on the sensing measurement requirements required by the SBP initiator site, which will be described in more detail later with reference to Figure 5 .

[0046] Figure 3 is a flowchart showing a communication method performed by an access point according to an example embodiment. Figure 3 The communication method shown can be applied to an AP that is a proxy awareness (SBP) measurement responder.

[0047] Referring to Figure 3 , in step 310, the AP may receive a sensing measurement termination message frame sent from a first site device; in step 320, the AP may determine whether to terminate the SBP process. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing measurement termination message frame may include a sensing measurement establishment identifier (MSID: measurement setup identifier), and the sensing measurement establishment identifier may correspond to a sensing measurement process.

[0048] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first station device may be a non-SBP initiator station device (non-SBP initiator STA). That is, Figure 3 the communication method shown may be an operation performed by the AP in response to a sensing measurement termination message frame from the non-SBP initiator STA.

[0049] Although not shown in Figure 3 , optionally, Figure 3 the communication method shown may further include: the AP sending an acknowledgment frame to the first station device to identify the termination of the sensing measurement process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier.

[0050] In step 320, when the AP receives a sensing measurement termination message frame from the non-SBP initiator STA, since the sensing measurement termination message frame sent by the non-SBP initiator STA may be for terminating the sensing measurement process participated by the non-SBP initiator STA (which corresponds to the sensing measurement establishment identifier carried in the sensing measurement termination message frame), the AP needs to further determine whether to terminate the SBP process to avoid mis-triggering of SBP termination.

[0051] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method for determining the termination of the SBP process may be provided. The communication method includes: the AP determining whether to terminate the SBP process based on the sensing measurement requirements required by the second station device as the SBP initiator; and in the case where the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met, the AP sending an SBP termination frame to the second station device to terminate the SBP process. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing measurement requirements required by the second station device as the SBP initiator may meet certain sensing measurement accuracy requirements. For example, the AP may obtain the sensing measurement requirements from the SBP request frame during the establishment of the SBP process. For example, optionally, the sensing measurement requirements may include: the number of STAs participating in the sensing measurement (e.g., the minimum number), the spatial stream, etc. The case where the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met may refer to the situation where the sensing measurement initiated by the AP during the SBP process does not meet the sensing measurement accuracy requirements required by the second station device as the SBP initiator. For example, but not limited to, the number of STAs participating in the sensing measurement is less than the minimum number, or the number of spatial streams used for the sensing measurement is less than the number of spatial streams defined by the sensing measurement requirements, etc. If the required sensing measurement requirements cannot be met, there is no need to continue performing the SBP sensing measurement. Therefore, the AP may terminate the SBP process by sending an SBP termination frame to the second station device.

[0052] In an alternative embodiment, the SBP termination frame sent by the AP to the second station device may include a first identification bit for identifying that the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met. That is, the first identification bit may identify that the reason for terminating the SBP process is that the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met.

[0053] Figure 4 It is a detailed flowchart showing the Figure 3 communication method according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0054] Referring to Figure 4 , in step 410, the SBP responder AP may receive a sensing measurement termination message frame sent from a non-SBP initiator STA, and the sensing measurement termination message frame may include a sensing measurement establishment identifier. In step 420, the SBP responder AP may send an acknowledgment frame (ACK) to the non-SBP initiator STA to identify the termination of the sensing measurement process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier. In step 430, the SBP responder AP may determine whether to terminate the SBP process. For example, the SBP responder AP may perform the determination operation based on the sensing measurement requirements needed by the SBP initiator STA. When it is determined to terminate the SBP process, in step 440, the SBP responder AP may send an SBP termination frame to the SBP initiator STA.

[0055] Although steps 420 and 430 are shown as being Figure 4 executed sequentially in, however, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, steps 420 and 430 may be executed simultaneously, or the execution order of steps 420 and 430 may be interchanged.

[0056] Figure 5 It is a detailed flowchart showing the determination of whether to terminate the SBP process performed by an access point according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0057] In step 510, the AP may determine whether it can meet the sensing measurement requirements needed by the SBP initiator STA (i.e., the second station device).

[0058] If the AP determines that it can meet the required sensing measurement requirements (step 510 is "Yes"), then step 520 is executed. If the AP determines that it cannot meet the required sensing measurement requirements (step 510 is "No"), then step 550 is executed.

[0059] Taking the case where meeting the sensing measurement requirements needed by the SBP initiator STA means meeting the minimum number of STAs participating in the sensing measurement as an example for description.

[0060] For example, if the sensing measurement requirements needed by the SBP initiator STA limit that at least 5 STAs are required to participate in the sensing measurement, and the AP has established sensing measurements with 5 or more STAs, then it can be determined that the sensing measurement requirements can be met (step 510 is "Yes"), and step 520 can be executed.

[0061] In step 520, the AP may determine whether the SBP sensing measurement has been completed.

[0062] For example, continuing to refer to the above embodiment, if the sensing measurements established by the AP with 5 or more STAs have not been completed (step 520 is "No"), then in step 530, the AP may determine not to terminate the SBP process, that is, not to send an SBP termination frame to the SBP initiator STA. On the contrary, if all the sensing measurements established by the AP with 5 or more STAs have been completed (step 520 is "Yes"), then in step 540, the AP may determine to terminate the SBP process, that is, the AP may send an SBP termination frame to the SBP initiator STA.

[0063] For example, if the sensing measurement requirements required by the SBP initiator STA specify that at least 5 STAs need to participate in the sensing measurement, however, the AP has only established sensing measurements with 4 or fewer STAs, then the AP may determine that the required sensing measurement requirements cannot be met (step 510 is "No"). Then, in step 550, the AP may determine to terminate the SBP process. That is to say, in the case where the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met, the AP may send an SBP termination frame to the SBP initiator STA (for example, the second station device above) to terminate the SBP process. In other words, if the required sensing measurement requirements cannot be met, there is no need to continue performing the SBP sensing measurement, so the SBP process can be terminated in advance, which can save energy, and the SBP sensing measurement that meets the sensing measurement requirements can be initiated again when needed. Optionally, in step 550, the SBP termination frame may carry an identification bit for identifying the reason for terminating the SBP process. For example, the SBP termination frame may carry a first identification bit, and the first identification bit may be set to indicate that the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met. That is, the first identification bit may identify the reason for terminating the SBP process as the inability to meet the sensing measurement requirements. As a non-limiting embodiment, the first identification bit may be referred to as a reason code and is carried in the SBP termination frame.

[0064] In addition, although not shown in Figure 5 , in step 540, the SBP termination frame may carry an identification bit. For example, in an alternative embodiment, the identification bit carried in the SBP termination frame in step 540 may be set to indicate that the reason for terminating the SBP process is the completion of the SBP sensing measurement. For example, in another alternative embodiment, the identification bit carried in the SBP termination frame in step 540 may be implemented using the first identification bit, and the first identification bit may be set to a reserved bit or may be set to a value different from that in step 550 to indicate that the reason for terminating the SBP process is the completion of the SBP sensing measurement.

[0065] As a non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-SBP initiating STA may send a sensing measurement termination message frame (i.e., a sensing measurement establishment termination frame) to an SBP responding AP. Among them, the termination message frame may include a sensing measurement establishment identifier (MSID), and the MSID may be assigned by the SBP responding AP. After receiving the termination message frame sent by the non-SBP initiating STA, the SBP responding AP may reply with an ACK to the non-SBP initiating STA to identify the termination of the sensing measurement process corresponding to the MSID. In addition, the SBP responding AP may determine whether to send an SBP termination frame to the SBP initiating STA according to the sensing measurement requirements of the SBP initiating STA (for example, factors such as the minimum number of STAs participating in the sensing measurement required by the SBP initiating STA during the SBP sensing measurement establishment process). In addition, when the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met, the SBP termination frame sent by the SBP responding AP may carry a first identification bit (for example, a reason code) to indicate that it cannot meet the sensing measurement requirements of the SBP initiating STA.

[0066] Figure 6 is a flowchart showing a communication method performed by an access point according to an exemplary embodiment. Figure 6 The shown communication method may be applied to an AP acting as an SBP responder.

[0067] Refer to Figure 6 , in step 610, the AP may receive a termination message frame sent by the STA; in step 620, the AP may terminate the SBP process based on the termination message frame. In Figure 6 's embodiment, the STA may be an SBP initiator and be able to initiate the SBP process. That is, Figure 6 the shown communication method may be an operation performed by the AP in response to a termination message frame from the SBP initiating STA.

[0068] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the termination message frame sent by the STA may be an SBP termination frame or a sensing measurement termination message frame. In other words, if the SBP initiating STA participates in subsequent sensing measurements after the SBP process is established, the SBP initiating STA may initiate both a sensing measurement termination message frame and an SBP termination frame to terminate the SBP process. In addition, in an alternative embodiment, the termination message frame (sensing measurement termination message frame or SBP termination frame) may include a sensing measurement establishment identifier to identify the termination of the SBP process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier. The sensing measurement establishment identifier may be assigned by the SBP responding AP. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the sensing measurement establishment identifier may be omitted in the termination frame sent by the SBP initiating STA.

[0069] As a non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure, if the SBP initiator STA participates in subsequent sensing measurements, when the SBP initiator STA can only initiate ordinary sensing measurement processes (trigger-based (TB) sensing measurements and / or non-trigger-based (Non-TB) sensing measurements), the SBP initiator STA can send a sensing measurement termination message frame, but the sensing measurement termination message frame cannot include the sensing measurement establishment identifier assigned by the SBP responder AP to avoid false triggering of SBP termination. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, that the SBP initiator STA can only initiate ordinary sensing measurement processes may mean that the SBP initiator STA cannot initiate an SBP process (or SBP sensing measurement). However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, if the SBP initiator STA can only initiate ordinary sensing measurement processes, such an SBP initiator STA can be restricted from sending a sensing measurement termination message frame, thereby avoiding false triggering of SBP termination.

[0070] Figure 7 is a flowchart showing a communication method performed by a station according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0071] Referring to Figure 7 , in step 710, the station device may send a termination message frame to the access point device; in step 720, the station device may receive an acknowledgment frame from the access point device. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the access point device may be an SBP responder. The station device may be a non-SBP initiator station device, or may be an SBP initiator station device, which will be described in more detail in different embodiments below.

[0072] For example, the station device may be a non-SBP initiator station device, and the termination message frame in step 710 may include a sensing measurement establishment identifier. In this case, after receiving the acknowledgment frame, the station device may terminate the sensing measurement process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier based on the acknowledgment frame. In addition, in this case, the termination message frame in step 710 may be a sensing measurement termination message frame. That is, in this embodiment, the station device may correspond to Figure 4 the non-SBP initiator STA in

[0073] and perform corresponding operations.

[0074] Figure 8 It is a flowchart showing a communication method executed by an SBP initiator site according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0075] Referring to Figure 8 , in step 810, the site device may receive an SBP termination frame sent from the access point device; in step 820, the site device may terminate the SBP process based on the SBP termination frame. Among them, the site device is the SBP initiator, and the access point device is the SBP responder. That is to say, in this embodiment, the site device may correspond to the SBP initiator STA in Figure 4 and perform corresponding operations.

[0076] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the SBP termination frame in step 810 is sent by the access point device based on the perception measurement requirements that cannot be met by the site device (SBP initiator STA). The required perception measurement requirements have been described in detail in the above embodiments, and the repeated description is omitted here.

[0077] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, optionally, the SBP termination frame in step 810 includes a first identification bit for identifying that the perception measurement requirements cannot be met. The SBP initiator STA can learn from this first identification bit that the reason for the termination of the SBP process is that its required perception measurement requirements have not been met.

[0078] Figure 9 It is a block diagram showing a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment. Figure 9 The communication device 900 of

[0079] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, Figure 9 The communication device 900 shown in Figure 9 can be applied to an access point device (SBP responder AP). For example, the transceiver module 920 may be configured to: receive a termination message frame; the processing module 910 may be configured to: determine whether to terminate the SBP process. That is to say, Figure 2 and Figure 5 The communication device 900 shown in

[0080] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, Figure 9The communication device 900 shown can be applied to an access point device (SBP responder AP). For example, the transceiver module 920 can be configured to: receive a sensing measurement termination message frame sent from a first station device, where the sensing measurement termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier corresponding to a sensing measurement process; the processing module 910 can be configured to: determine whether to terminate the SBP process. That is, Figure 9 The communication device 900 shown can perform the communication method with reference to Figure 3 and Figure 5 the operations performed by the SBP responder AP described in Figure 4 . To avoid redundancy, the repeated descriptions are omitted here.

[0081] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, Figure 9 The communication device 900 shown can be applied to an access point device (SBP responder AP). For example, the transceiver module 920 can be configured to: receive a termination message frame sent from a station device; the processing module 910 can be configured to: terminate the SBP process based on the termination message frame. That is, Figure 9 The communication device 900 shown can perform the communication method with reference to Figure 6 . To avoid redundancy, the repeated descriptions are omitted here.

[0082] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, Figure 9 The communication device 900 shown can be applied to a station device. For example, the transceiver module 920 can be configured to: send a termination message frame to an access point device; and receive an acknowledgment frame from the access point device. The station device may be an SBP initiator STA or a non-SBP initiator STA. That is, Figure 9 The communication device 900 shown can perform the communication method with reference to Figure 7 . To avoid redundancy, the repeated descriptions are omitted here.

[0083] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, Figure 9 The communication device 900 shown can be applied to a station device. For example, the transceiver module 920 can be configured to: receive an SBP termination frame sent from an access point device; the processing module 910 can be configured to: terminate the SBP process based on the SBP termination frame. Wherein, the station device is an SBP initiator and the access point device is an SBP responder. That is, Figure 9 The communication device 900 shown can perform the communication method with reference to Figure 8 and Figure 4 the operations performed by the SBP initiator STA described in

[0084] It will be understood that Figure 9The illustrated communication device 900 is merely exemplary, and embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto. For example, the communication device 900 may further include other modules, such as a memory module, etc. In addition, the various modules in the communication device 900 may be combined into more complex modules or divided into more separate modules.

[0085] The communication method and communication device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure improve the mechanism for SBP termination, can avoid mis-triggering of SBP termination, and meet the requirements of WLAN awareness.

[0086] Based on the same principle as the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an electronic device, which includes a processor and a memory; wherein, machine-readable instructions (which may also be referred to as "computer programs") are stored in the memory; the processor is configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to implement the method Figures 2 to 8 described with reference to

[0087] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method Figures 2 to 8 described with reference to

[0088] In an exemplary embodiment, the processor may be used to implement or execute various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure. For example, 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. The processor may also be a combination that implements a computing function, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, etc.

[0089] In an exemplary embodiment, the memory may be, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compact discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs, Blu-ray discs, etc.), magnetic disk storage media, or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto.

[0090] It should be understood that although the steps in the flowcharts of the accompanying drawings are shown sequentially as indicated by the arrows, these steps are not necessarily executed sequentially in the order indicated by the arrows. Unless otherwise clearly stated in this document, there is no strict order restriction for the execution of these steps, and they can be executed in other orders. In addition, at least a part of the steps in the flowcharts of the accompanying drawings may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages. These sub-steps or stages are not necessarily executed at the same time, but can be executed at different times, and their execution order is not necessarily sequential, but can be executed alternately or in turn with at least a part of other steps or sub-steps or stages of other steps.

[0091] Although the present disclosure has been shown and described with reference to certain embodiments thereof, those skilled in the art will understand that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure should not be limited to the embodiments, but should be defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A communication method for proxy-aware SBP measurement termination, applied to an access point device, includes: Receiving a sensing measurement termination message frame sent from a first station device, where the sensing measurement termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier corresponding to a sensing measurement process; Determining whether to terminate the SBP process, where the access point device is an SBP responder; where the determining whether to terminate the SBP process includes: Determining whether to terminate the SBP process based on the sensing measurement requirements of a second station device that is an SBP initiator; In the case where the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met, the access point device sends an SBP termination frame to the second station device to terminate the SBP process; where the SBP termination frame includes a first identification bit for identifying that the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met.

2. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein, The first station device is a non-SBP initiator station device, where the communication method further includes: The access point device sends an acknowledgment frame to the first station device to identify the termination of the sensing measurement process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier.

3. A communication method for proxy-aware SBP measurement termination, applied to an access point device, includes: Receiving a termination message frame sent from a station device; Terminating the SBP process based on the termination message frame, where the station device is an SBP initiator and can initiate the SBP process, and the access point device is an SBP responder; where the termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier to identify the termination of the SBP process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier; where the termination message frame is an SBP termination frame or a sensing measurement termination message frame.

4. A communication method for proxy-aware SBP measurement termination, applied to a station device, includes: Sending a termination message frame to an access point device; Receiving an acknowledgment frame from the access point device; where the access point device is an SBP responder; where the termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier; where the communication method further includes: Terminating the sensing measurement process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier based on the acknowledgment frame; where the termination message frame is a sensing measurement termination message frame.

5. The communication method according to claim 4, wherein, The station device is a non-SBP initiator station device.

6. The communication method according to claim 4, wherein The station device is an SBP initiator station device and can initiate the SBP process, where the communication method further includes: Terminating the SBP process based on the acknowledgment frame.

7. The communication method according to claim 6, wherein The termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier to identify the termination of the SBP process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier.

8. The communication method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein The termination message frame is an SBP termination frame or a sensing measurement termination message frame.

9. A communication method for proxy-aware SBP measurement termination, applied to a station device, includes: Receiving an SBP termination frame sent from an access point device; Terminating the SBP process based on the SBP termination frame, where the station device is an SBP initiator and the access point device is an SBP responder; Among them, the SBP termination frame includes a first identification bit for identifying that the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met. Among them, the SBP termination frame is sent by the access point device based on the inability to meet the sensing measurement requirements required by the station device.

10. A communication device, applied to an access point device, includes: A transceiver module, configured to: receive a sensing measurement termination message frame sent from a first station device, where the sensing measurement termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier corresponding to a sensing measurement process. A processing module, configured to: determine whether to terminate the SBP process based on the sensing measurement termination message frame. Among them, the access point device is an SBP responder. Among them, the processing module is further configured to: Determine whether to terminate the SBP process based on the sensing measurement requirements required by a second station device that is an SBP initiator. In the case where the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met, the access point device sends an SBP termination frame to the second station device to terminate the SBP process. Among them, the SBP termination frame includes a first identification bit for identifying that the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met.

11. A communication device, applied to an access point device, includes: A transceiver module, configured to: receive a termination message frame sent from a station device. A processing module, configured to: terminate the SBP process based on the termination message frame. Among them, the station device is an SBP initiator and can initiate the SBP process, and the access point device is an SBP responder. Among them, the termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier to identify the termination of the SBP process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier. Among them, the termination message frame is an SBP termination frame or a sensing measurement termination message frame.

12. A communication device, applied to a station device, includes: A transceiver module, configured to: send a termination message frame to an access point device; And receive an acknowledgment frame from the access point device. Among them, the access point device is an SBP responder. Among them, the termination message frame includes a sensing measurement establishment identifier. Among them, the transceiver module is further configured to: Terminate the sensing measurement process corresponding to the sensing measurement establishment identifier based on the acknowledgment frame. Among them, the termination message frame is a sensing measurement termination message frame.

13. A communication device, applied to a station device, includes: A transceiver module, configured to: receive an SBP termination frame sent from an access point device. A processing module, configured to: terminate the SBP process based on the SBP termination frame. Among them, the station device is an SBP initiator, and the access point device is an SBP responder. Among them, the SBP termination frame includes a first identification bit for identifying that the sensing measurement requirements cannot be met. Among them, the SBP termination frame is sent by the access point device based on the inability to meet the sensing measurement requirements required by the station device.

14. An electronic device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein, When the processor executes the computer program, the method according to claim 1 or 2, claim 3, any one of claims 4 to 8, or claim 9 is implemented.

15. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein, A computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method described in claim 1 or 2, claim 3, any one of claims 4 to 8, or claim 9 is implemented.

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