Communication method, site device, access point device and communication system

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention relates to a communication method, station equipment, access point equipment and a communication system. The communication method is applied to station equipment STA, and comprises the following steps: determining a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame comprises first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that the STA requests to wake up a first access point (AP) device in a power saving state so as to transmit uplink data; and sending the first wireless frame to a second AP, and identifying, through the first identification information, that the station device requests to wake up a first access point device in a power-saving state to transmit uplink data, improve the data transmission rate, and reduce the transmission delay.

Description

Communication method, site equipment, access point equipment and communication system Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a communication method, a station device, an access point device, and a communication system. Background Art

[0002] Currently, Wi-Fi technology research focuses on Ultra High Reliability (UHR), with the goal of improving the reliability of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) connections, reducing latency, improving manageability, increasing throughput at different signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) levels, and reducing device-level power consumption.

[0003] In UHR, the power saving mechanism will be further enhanced to ensure the latency requirements of low-latency services.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a station device, an access point device, and a communication system to provide a further enhanced power saving mechanism.

[0006] In one aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, the method comprising:

[0007] Determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that the STA requests to wake up a first access point device AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data;

[0008] Send the first wireless frame to the second AP.

[0009] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication method, the method comprising:

[0010] The second access point device AP receives the first wireless frame;

[0011] The first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information indicates that the site device requests to wake up the first AP in the power saving state to transmit uplink data.

[0012] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication method, the method comprising:

[0013] The target access point device AP receives the polling frame sent by the station device STA and the uplink data frame buffered by the STA;

[0014] The STA sends a first radio frame to the second AP, where the first radio frame carries first identification information, where the first identification information indicates that the STA requests to wake up the first AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data;

[0015] The target AP includes: the first AP, or the second AP is another AP determined by the STA.

[0016] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a site device, the site comprising:

[0017] A determination module is configured to determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that the STA requests to wake up a first access point device AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data;

[0018] A sending module, configured to send the first wireless frame to the second AP

[0019] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, wherein the access point device is a second access point device, and the access point device includes:

[0020] A first receiving module, configured to receive a first wireless frame;

[0021] The first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information indicates that the site device requests to wake up the first AP in the power saving state to transmit uplink data.

[0022] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, wherein the access point device is a target access point device, and the access point device includes:

[0023] A second receiving module is used to receive the polling frame sent by the station device STA and the uplink data frame buffered by the STA;

[0024] The STA sends a first radio frame to the second AP, where the first radio frame carries first identification information, where the first identification information indicates that the STA requests to wake up the first AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data;

[0025] The target AP includes: the first AP, or the second AP is another AP determined by the STA.

[0026] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, including:

[0027] one or more processors;

[0028] The access point device is used to implement the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0029] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, including:

[0030] one or more processors;

[0031] The access point device is used to implement the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication system, including a site device and a second access point device; wherein the site device is configured to implement the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and the second access point device is configured to implement the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0033] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a storage medium storing instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure, or executes the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0034] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the site device carries first identification information in the first wireless frame, and the first identification information indicates that the site device requests to wake up the first access point device in the power saving state to transmit uplink data, thereby increasing the data transmission rate and reducing the transmission delay.

[0035] 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

[0036] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced. The following drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0037] FIG1 is an exemplary schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0038] FIG2 is an exemplary interaction diagram of a method provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0039] FIG3 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0040] FIG4 is a second flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0041] FIG5 is a third flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0042] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a site device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0043] FIG7 is a schematic structural diagram of a second access point device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0044] FIG8 is a schematic structural diagram of a target access point device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0045] FIG9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0046] FIG10 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0047] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a station device, an access point device, and a communication system.

[0048] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, applied to a station device STA, the method including:

[0049] Determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that the STA requests to wake up a first access point device AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data;

[0050] Send the first wireless frame to the second AP.

[0051] In the above embodiment, the site device carries the first identification information in the first radio frame, and the first identification information indicates that the site device requests to wake up the first access point device in the power saving state to transmit uplink data, thereby increasing the data transmission rate and reducing the transmission delay.

[0052] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes: a TID corresponding to the first AP;

[0053] The TID is the TID of the rTWT information element corresponding to the STA or a newly defined TID; the newly defined TID identifies that the service transmitted by the STA is a low-latency service.

[0054] In the above embodiment, the first identification information carries a TID, which is used to identify the service to which the uplink data transmitted by the site device 101 belongs. Optionally, the TID may be the TID of the rTWT information element corresponding to the site device 101, or a newly defined TID.

[0055] Specifically, if the site device 101 is a member of a certain rTWT schedule, the TID can be the TID of the rTWT information element of the rTWT schedule. Alternatively, a new TID is defined in the UHR, and the newly defined TID is used to identify the uplink data frame transmitted by the site device 101 as a low-latency service data frame. The TID uniquely identifies the service transmitted by the STA as a low-latency service.

[0056] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes: the size of the data frame of the uplink data cached by the STA.

[0057] In the above embodiment, the first identification information carries the amount of data cached by the identification site device 101, so that the second access point device 102 knows that the site device 101 needs to wake up other access point devices to receive the uplink data to ensure the transmission delay of the low-latency service.

[0058] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information is carried in the QoS control field or the BSR field of the first radio frame.

[0059] In the above embodiment, for example, if the first radio frame is a QoS data frame, the first identification information is carried in the QoS control field of the first radio frame; or, if the first radio frame is a newly defined radio frame (for example, called a wake-up frame), the BSR field can be carried in the wake-up frame, and the first identification information is carried in the BSR field to request to wake up the first access point device 103 in the power saving state to transmit uplink data.

[0060] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the QoS control field of the first radio frame includes a QoS feature information element, and the QoS feature information element identifies the delay requirement parameters of the service transmitted by the STA.

[0061] In the above embodiment, while identifying the characteristics and QoS expectations of a traffic flow (The QoS Characteristics element contains a set of parameters that define the characteristics and QoS expectations of a traffic flow), the delay requirement parameters of the service transmitted by the STA are identified through the QoS Characteristics information element.

[0062] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes: TID bitmap information;

[0063] The TID bitmap information is set to a first parameter value, indicating that the STA requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped by the corresponding TID.

[0064] In the above embodiment, the TID bitmap information indicates whether the STA requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped to the TID. For example, if the first parameter value is 1, the station device 101 requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped to the corresponding TID; alternatively, if the TID bitmap information is set to 0, the station device 101 does not request to wake up the AP of the link mapped to the corresponding TID.

[0065] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes: link bitmap information;

[0066] The link bitmap information is set to a second parameter value, indicating that the STA requests the AP of the link; the AP of the link is an attached AP of the second AP, or is attached to the same AP MLD as the second AP.

[0067] In the above embodiment, the first access point device 103 requested by the station device 101 may be a subordinate AP of the second access point device 102. For example, if the second AP is an AP MLD, the link bitmap information may be used to request the awakening of the subordinate AP of the AP MLD. Alternatively, the first access point device 103 and the second access point device 102 may be subordinate to the same AP MLD.

[0068] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, after sending the first radio frame to the second AP, the method further includes:

[0069] receiving a second radio frame fed back by the second AP, and acquiring status code information in the second radio frame;

[0070] The target AP to be awakened is determined according to the status code information.

[0071] In the above embodiment, the second radio frame is used to respond to the first radio frame, that is, to respond to whether the first access point device 103 can wake up and receive the uplink data buffered by the station device 101 .

[0072] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, determining the target AP to be awakened according to the status code information includes:

[0073] The status code information includes a first status code, and it is determined that the awakened target AP includes the first AP;

[0074] The status code information includes a second status code, and TID bitmap information in the status code information is acquired. The target AP to be awakened is determined to include: an AP of a link mapped by a TID whose TID bitmap information is set to a second parameter value.

[0075] In the above embodiment, the first access point device 103 can serve as the target site device 104, wake up and receive the uplink data buffered by the site device 101, and the second access point device 102 includes a first status code in its reply frame, for example, the first status code is set to "success".

[0076] Alternatively, the second access point device 102 wakes up other site devices (site devices other than the first access point device 103) as the target site device 104. The other site devices wake up and receive the uplink data buffered by the site device 101. The second access point device 102 includes a second status code information in a reply frame, for example, the second status code information is set to "reject-with-suggested".

[0077] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, after determining the awakened target AP according to the status code information, the method includes:

[0078] Under the link corresponding to the target AP, a polling frame and the uplink data frame buffered by the STA are sent to the AP MLD to which the target AP is attached.

[0079] In the above embodiment, the site device 101 sends a polling frame (poll frame) and an uplink data frame cached by the site device 101 to the AP MLD to which the target site device 104 is attached under the link corresponding to the target site device 104, so as to transmit uplink data, improve the data transmission rate, and reduce the transmission delay.

[0080] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the target AP is not in a busy state.

[0081] In the above embodiment, when the site device 101 sends a poll frame (poll frame), it can select the target site device 104 whose working link is not in a busy state to send it, so as to avoid the situation where the working link of the target site device 104 is in a busy state, resulting in the inability to receive the uplink data frame cached by the site device 101.

[0082] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is applied to a second access point device AP. The method includes:

[0083] receiving a first radio frame;

[0084] The first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information indicates that the site device requests to wake up the first AP in the power saving state to transmit uplink data.

[0085] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes: a TID corresponding to the first AP;

[0086] The TID is the TID of the rTWT information element corresponding to the STA or a newly defined TID; the newly defined TID identifies that the service transmitted by the STA is a low-latency service.

[0087] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes: the size of the data frame of the uplink data cached by the STA.

[0088] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information is carried in the QoS control field or the BSR field of the first radio frame.

[0089] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the QoS control field of the first radio frame includes a QoS feature information element, and the QoS feature information element identifies the delay requirement parameters of the service transmitted by the STA.

[0090] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes: TID bitmap information;

[0091] The TID bitmap information is set to a first parameter value, indicating that the STA requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped by the corresponding TID.

[0092] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes: link bitmap information;

[0093] The link bitmap information is set to a second parameter value, indicating that the STA requests the AP of the link; the AP of the link is an attached AP of the second AP, or is attached to the same AP MLD as the second AP.

[0094] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, after receiving the first radio frame, the method further includes:

[0095] A second radio frame is sent to the STA, where the second radio frame carries status code information, where the status code information identifies the awakened target AP.

[0096] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the status code information includes a first status code, and the target AP includes the first AP;

[0097] The status code information includes a second status code, the status code information includes TID bitmap information, and the target AP includes: an AP of a link mapped by a TID whose TID bitmap information is set to a second parameter value.

[0098] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the target AP is not in a busy state.

[0099] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, which is applied to a target access point device AP. The method includes:

[0100] Receive a polling frame sent by a station device STA and an uplink data frame buffered by the STA;

[0101] The STA sends a first radio frame to the second AP, where the first radio frame carries first identification information, where the first identification information indicates that the STA requests to wake up the first AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data;

[0102] The target AP includes: the first AP, or the second AP is another AP determined by the STA.

[0103] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a site device, which includes at least one of a determination module and a sending module; wherein the site device is used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0104] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, which is a second access point device AP, comprising: a first receiving module; wherein the above-mentioned access point device is used to execute the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0105] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, wherein the access point device is a target access point device AP, including:

[0106] A second receiving module; wherein the above-mentioned access point device is used to execute an optional implementation of the third aspect.

[0107] In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a site device, including:

[0108] one or more processors;

[0109] The site device is used to execute the optional implementation of the first aspect.

[0110] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, wherein the access point device is a second access point device AP, including:

[0111] one or more processors;

[0112] The access point device is used to perform the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0113] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, wherein the access point device is a target access point device AP, including:

[0114] one or more processors;

[0115] The access point device is used to execute the optional implementation of the third aspect.

[0116] In the tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication system, comprising a site device, a second access point device, and a target access point device; wherein the site device is configured to perform the optional implementation method described in the first aspect, the second access point device is configured as the optional implementation method described in the second aspect, and the target access point device is configured as the optional implementation method described in the fourth aspect.

[0117] In the eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed on a communication device, enables the communication device to execute the optional implementation methods described in the first, second, and third aspects.

[0118] In the twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation of the first aspect, the second aspect, and the third aspect.

[0119] In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first, second, and third aspects.

[0120] In a fourteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system, which includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first, second, and third aspects above.

[0121] It is understandable that the aforementioned site device, second access point device, target access point device, communication system, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip, or chip system are all used to perform the methods proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0122] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a station device, an access point device, and a communication system. In some embodiments, the terms communication method, signal transmission method, wireless frame transmission method, etc. are interchangeable, and the terms information processing system, communication system, etc. are interchangeable.

[0123] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0124] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0125] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0126] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0127] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0128] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0129] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0130] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0131] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0132] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0133] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0134] In some embodiments, devices and equipment can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they can also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", etc.

[0135] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.

[0136] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0137] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0138] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0139] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0140] As shown in FIG1 , a communication system 100 includes a station device (STA) 101 , a second access point device (AP) 102 , a first access point device (first AP) 103 , and a target access point device (target AP) 104 .

[0141] In some embodiments, the target access point device 104 may be within range of the first access point device 103 .

[0142] In some embodiments, the site device 101 includes, for example, a wireless communication chip, a wireless sensor, or a wireless communication terminal that supports WiFi communication. Optionally, the wireless communication terminal includes, but is not limited to, at least one of a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device that supports WiFi communication, a car with WiFi communication, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver capabilities, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device used in industrial control, a wireless terminal device used in self-driving, a wireless terminal device used in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device used in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device used in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device used in a smart city, and a wireless terminal device used in a smart home.

[0143] Specifically, the station device 101 may be a terminal device or network device with a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) chip. Optionally, the station device 101 may support multiple WLAN standards such as 802.11ax, 802.11be, 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b, and 802.11a, as well as the next generation 802.11 protocol, but is not limited thereto.

[0144] In some embodiments, the second access point device 102, the first access point device 103, and the target access point device 104 can be access points for mobile terminals to enter the wired network. The AP is equivalent to a bridge connecting the wired network and the wireless network. Its main function is to connect various wireless network clients together and then connect the wireless network to the Ethernet. Specifically, the AP can be a terminal device or network device with a wireless fidelity chip. Optionally, the AP can support multiple WLAN standards such as 802.11ax, 802.11be, 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b and 802.11a, as well as support the next generation 802.11 protocol, but is not limited to this.

[0145] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP and STA may be devices supporting multiple connections, for example, they may be represented as a multi-connection access point device (AP MLD) and a multi-connection site device (Non-Access Point Multi-Link Device, Non-AP MLD), respectively; the AP MLD may represent an access point supporting multi-connection communication functions, and the non-AP MLD may represent a site supporting multi-connection communication functions.

[0146] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0147] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1 , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1 , or may include other entities outside of FIG1 . The number and form of the entities are arbitrary, and the entities may be physical or virtual. The connection relationships between the entities are illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0148] The various embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless local area network (WLAN), such as a local area network that adopts the 802.11 series of protocols. In a WLAN, a basic service set (BSS) is a basic component of a WLAN. A BSS network is composed of station devices with certain associations within a specific coverage area. One scenario of association is that stations communicate directly with each other in an ad hoc network, which is called an independent basic service set (IBSS). Another more common scenario is that in a BSS network, there is only one central station with a dedicated BSS management function, which is called an access point device, and other stations in the BSS network that are not APs are called terminals, also called non-AP STAs. APs and non-AP STAs are collectively referred to as STAs. When describing STAs, there is no need to distinguish between APs and non-AP STAs. In the same BSS network, due to distance, transmission power, etc., a STA cannot detect other STAs that are farther away from it, and the two are hidden nodes of each other.

[0149] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of a communication method and an interaction diagram of the communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2 , the method includes:

[0150] In step 201, the station device 101 determines a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that the STA requests to wake up a first access point device AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data.

[0151] In UHR, power saving (PS) is a research priority, but AP power saving is still under development. Typically, APs come in three forms: soft APs (or soft AP MLD), non-simultaneous transmitting and receiving (NSTR) mobile APs (or NSTR mobileAP MLD), and regular APs (or regular AP MLD). Regular APs, such as routers, support both simultaneous transmitting and receiving (STR) and NSTR communications. For example, soft APs and NSTR mobile APs are typically battery-powered, resulting in high power consumption. Furthermore, their communication with STAs is typically not continuous for extended periods. Therefore, a mechanism to support AP power saving is required.

[0152] In UHR, APs may still support multi-link communication, and STAs may also be attached to non-AP MLDs that also support multi-link communication. Multi-link communication between the two will also be established according to the existing 802.11be architecture. Because the AP or AP MLD may enter power-saving mode on each link, and the AP will wake up at regular intervals for uplink and downlink transmission on each link, reducing latency is also a research focus in UHR. If the AP enters a dormant state for a longer period, the service transmission delay will also increase, which may not meet low-latency requirements. Mechanisms are needed to ensure that STAs can transmit uplink low-latency services in a timely manner even when the AP is dormant.

[0153] In the disclosed embodiment, the station device 101 determines a first radio frame and carries first identification information in the first radio frame. The first identification information indicates that the STA requests to wake up the first access point device 103 in a power-saving state to transmit uplink data. The first radio frame can be a newly defined radio frame (e.g., a wake-up frame) or a quality of service (QoS) data frame.

[0154] The station device 101 carries first identification information in the first radio frame, and the first identification information indicates that the station device 101 requests to wake up the first access point device 103 in the power saving state to transmit uplink data. For example, when the station device 101 locally buffers uplink data to be sent, the station device 101 requests to wake up more access point devices to receive the uplink data to reduce transmission latency.

[0155] Step 202: The site device 101 sends the first wireless frame to the second AP.

[0156] Second access point device (second AP) 102 is an AP that maintains a communication connection with station device 101 and is currently awake. Station device 101 sends a first radio frame to second access point device 102, requesting that second access point device 102 wake up other APs (e.g., first access point device 103) to transmit uplink data, thereby increasing data transmission rate and reducing transmission latency.

[0157] In some embodiments, the first identification information includes: a traffic identifier (TID) corresponding to the first AP;

[0158] The TID is the TID of the restricted target wake time (rTWT) information element corresponding to the STA or a newly defined TID; the newly defined TID identifies the service transmitted by the STA as a low-latency service. For example, for backward compatibility, TID = 2, and the newly defined field is 3. In addition, it is understood that the newly defined TID can also identify the service transmitted by the STA as a non-low-latency service.

[0159] The first identification information carries a TID, which is used to identify the service to which the uplink data transmitted by the site device 101 belongs. Optionally, the TID may be the TID of the rTWT information element corresponding to the site device 101, or a newly defined TID.

[0160] Specifically, if the site device 101 is a member of a certain rTWT schedule, the TID can be the TID of the rTWT information element of the rTWT schedule. Alternatively, a new TID is defined in the UHR, and the newly defined TID is used to identify the uplink data frame transmitted by the site device 101 as a low-latency service data frame. The TID uniquely identifies the service transmitted by the STA as a low-latency service.

[0161] In some embodiments, the first identification information includes: the size of the data frame of the uplink data cached by the STA.

[0162] The size of the data frames cached by the site device 101, such as the queue size of the cached data, identifies the amount of cached data. The first identification information includes the amount of data cached by the site device 101, so that the second access point device 102 understands that the site device 101 needs to wake up other access point devices to receive the uplink data, thereby ensuring the transmission latency of low-latency services.

[0163] In some embodiments, the first identification information is carried in a QoS control field or a buffer status report (BSR) field of the first radio frame.

[0164] For example, if the first radio frame is a QoS data frame, the first identification information is carried in the QoS control field of the first radio frame; or, if the first radio frame is a newly defined radio frame (for example, called a wake-up frame), the BSR field can be carried in the wake-up frame, and the first identification information is carried in the BSR field to request to wake up the first access point device 103 in the power saving state to transmit uplink data.

[0165] In some embodiments, the QoS control field of the first radio frame includes a QoS characteristic information element (QoS characteristic element), and the QoS characteristic information element identifies a delay requirement parameter of a service transmitted by the site device 101.

[0166] The delay requirement parameter may be a specific time value, or may be mapped to a specific time value through a mapping relationship. For example, a time value of "0" may be mapped to 1 millisecond, and a time value of "1" may be mapped to 2 milliseconds.

[0167] While identifying the characteristics and QoS expectations of a traffic flow (The QoS Characteristics element contains a set of parameters that define the characteristics and QoS expectations of a traffic flow), the QoS characteristics information element is used to identify the delay requirement parameters of the service transmitted by the STA.

[0168] In some embodiments, the first identification information includes: TID bitmap information;

[0169] The TID bitmap information is set to a first parameter value, indicating that the STA requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped by the corresponding TID.

[0170] The first identification information may include multiple TIDs; therefore, the TID bitmap information indicates whether the STA requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped to the TID. For example, if the first parameter value is 1, the station device 101 requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped to the corresponding TID; alternatively, if the TID bitmap information is set to 0, the station device 101 does not request to wake up the AP of the link mapped to the corresponding TID.

[0171] In some embodiments, the first identification information includes: link bitmap information;

[0172] The link bitmap information is set to the second parameter value, indicating that the site device 101 requests the AP of the link; the AP of the link is an attached AP of the second AP, or is attached to the same AP MLD as the second AP.

[0173] The first access point device 103 requested by the station device 101 may be a subordinate AP of the second access point device 102. For example, if the second AP is an AP MLD, the link bitmap information may be used to request the awakening of the subordinate AP of the AP MLD. Alternatively, the first access point device 103 and the second access point device 102 may be subordinate to the same AP MLD.

[0174] For example, if the second parameter value is 1, the site device 101 requests to wake up the AP working on the link; or if the link bitmap information is set to 0, the site device 101 does not request to wake up the AP of the link mapped by the corresponding TID.

[0175] Step 203: The second access point device 102 wakes up the first access point device 103 (or the target access point device 104).

[0176] The second access point device 102 wakes up other APs (eg, the first access point device 103 or the target access point device 104 ) to transmit uplink data, thereby increasing the data transmission rate and reducing the transmission delay.

[0177] It is understood that in some embodiments, the target access point device 104 may be within the range of the first access point device 103 .

[0178] In step 204 , the second access point device 102 sends a second radio frame to the site device 101 . The second radio frame carries status code information, where the status code information identifies the target AP to be awakened.

[0179] The second access point device 102 feeds back a second radio frame to the site device 101. The second radio frame is used to respond to the first radio frame, that is, to respond to whether the first access point device 103 can wake up and receive the uplink data buffered by the site device 101. For example, the first access point device can serve as the target site device 104, wake up and receive the uplink data buffered by the site device 101, and the response frame of the second access point device 102 includes status code information set to "success". Alternatively, the second access point device 102 wakes up another site device (other than the first access point device 103) as the target site device 104. If the other site device wakes up and receives the uplink data buffered by the site device 101, the response frame of the second access point device 102 includes status code information set to "reject-with-suggested".

[0180] Step 205: The site device 101 receives the second radio frame fed back by the second AP, obtains status code information in the second radio frame, and determines the target AP to be awakened according to the status code information.

[0181] The site device 101 receives the second radio frame and obtains the status code information in the second radio frame; determines the awakened target AP according to the status code information to transmit the cached uplink data,

[0182] In some embodiments, determining the target AP to be awakened according to the status code information includes:

[0183] The status code information includes a first status code, and it is determined that the awakened target AP includes the first AP;

[0184] The status code information includes a second status code, and TID bitmap information in the status code information is acquired. The target AP to be awakened is determined to include: an AP of a link mapped by a TID whose TID bitmap information is set to a second parameter value.

[0185] The first access point device 103 may serve as the target site device 104, wake up and receive the uplink data buffered by the site device 101, and the second access point device 102 includes a first status code in its reply frame, for example, the first status code is set to "success".

[0186] Alternatively, the second access point device 102 wakes up other site devices (site devices other than the first access point device 103) as the target site device 104. The other site devices wake up and receive the uplink data buffered by the site device 101. The second access point device 102 includes a second status code information in a reply frame, for example, the second status code information is set to "reject-with-suggested".

[0187] Step 206 : The site device 101 sends a polling frame and the uplink data frame buffered by the STA to the AP MLD to which the target AP is attached, under the link corresponding to the target AP.

[0188] The site device 101 sends a polling frame (poll frame) and an uplink data frame cached by the site device 101 to the APMLD attached to the target site device 104 under the link corresponding to the target site device 104 to transmit uplink data, thereby increasing the data transmission rate and reducing the transmission delay.

[0189] In some embodiments, the target AP is not busy.

[0190] For example, when site device 101 sends a poll frame, it may select target site device 104 whose working link is not busy to send the poll frame, thereby avoiding the situation where the working link of target site device 104 is busy and the uplink data frame cached by site device 101 cannot be received.

[0191] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0192] In some embodiments, terms such as "moment", "time point", "time", and "time position" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "duration", "period", "time window", "window", and "time" can be replaced with each other.

[0193] In some embodiments, terms such as "resource block (RB)", "physical resource block (PRB)", "sub-carrier group (SCG)", "resource element group (REG)", "PRB pair", "RB pair", "resource element (RE)", and "sub-carrier" can be used interchangeably.

[0194] In some embodiments, terms such as wireless access scheme and waveform may be used interchangeably.

[0195] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "setting", "indicated", "a certain", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable. "Specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "setting A", "indicated A", "a certain A", "any A", and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or indication, etc., or as specific A, a certain A, any A, or first A, etc., but not limited to this.

[0196] In some embodiments, the determination or judgment can be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or by a true or false value (Boolean value) represented by true or false, or by comparison of numerical values ​​(for example, comparison with a predetermined value), but is not limited thereto.

[0197] In some embodiments, "not expecting to receive" can be interpreted as not receiving on time domain resources and / or frequency domain resources, or as not performing subsequent processing on the data after receiving it; "not expecting to send" can be interpreted as not sending, or as sending but not expecting the recipient to respond to the content sent.

[0198] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the aforementioned steps and embodiments. For example, step 201 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 204 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 205 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 206 can be implemented as an independent embodiment; the combination of step 201 and step 202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of step 204 and step 205 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0199] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2 .

[0200] FIG3 is a flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0201] As shown in FIG3 , the above method may be applied to a site device 101, and the above method includes:

[0202] Step 301: Determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information indicates that the STA requests to wake up a first access point device AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data;

[0203] Step 302: Send the first wireless frame to the second AP.

[0204] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: a TID corresponding to the first AP;

[0205] The TID is the TID of the rTWT information element corresponding to the STA or a newly defined TID; the newly defined TID identifies that the service transmitted by the STA is a low-latency service.

[0206] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: the size of the data frame of the uplink data cached by the STA.

[0207] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information is carried in a QoS control field or a BSR field of the first radio frame.

[0208] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the QoS control field of the first radio frame includes a QoS feature information element, and the QoS feature information element identifies a delay requirement parameter of the service transmitted by the STA.

[0209] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: TID bitmap information;

[0210] The TID bitmap information is set to a first parameter value, indicating that the STA requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped by the corresponding TID.

[0211] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: link bitmap information;

[0212] The link bitmap information is set to a second parameter value, indicating that the STA requests the AP of the link; the AP of the link is an attached AP of the second AP, or is attached to the same AP MLD as the second AP.

[0213] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, after sending the first wireless frame to the second AP, the method further includes:

[0214] Step 303: Receive a second radio frame fed back by the second AP, and obtain status code information in the second radio frame;

[0215] Step 304: Determine the target AP to be awakened according to the status code information.

[0216] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, determining the target AP to be awakened according to the status code information includes:

[0217] The status code information includes a first status code, and it is determined that the awakened target AP includes the first AP;

[0218] The status code information includes a second status code, and TID bitmap information in the status code information is acquired. The target AP to be awakened is determined to include: an AP of a link mapped by a TID whose TID bitmap information is set to a second parameter value.

[0219] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, after determining the awakened target AP according to the status code information, the method includes:

[0220] Step 305: Send a polling frame and the uplink data frame buffered by the STA to the AP MLD to which the target AP is attached, under the link corresponding to the target AP.

[0221] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the target AP is not in a busy state.

[0222] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the aforementioned steps and embodiments. For example, step 301 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 302 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 305 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; the combination of step 301 and step 302 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, the combination of step 303 and step 304 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of step 304 and step 305 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0223] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 3 .

[0224] FIG4 is a second flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0225] As shown in FIG4 , the above method may be applied to the second access point device 102, and the above method includes:

[0226] Step 401: receiving a first radio frame;

[0227] The first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information indicates that the site device requests to wake up the first AP in the power saving state to transmit uplink data.

[0228] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: a TID corresponding to the first AP;

[0229] The TID is the TID of the rTWT information element corresponding to the STA or a newly defined TID; the newly defined TID identifies that the service transmitted by the STA is a low-latency service.

[0230] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: the size of the data frame of the uplink data cached by the STA.

[0231] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information is carried in a QoS control field or a BSR field of the first radio frame.

[0232] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the QoS control field of the first radio frame includes a QoS feature information element, and the QoS feature information element identifies a delay requirement parameter of the service transmitted by the STA.

[0233] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: TID bitmap information;

[0234] The TID bitmap information is set to a first parameter value, indicating that the STA requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped by the corresponding TID.

[0235] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: link bitmap information;

[0236] The link bitmap information is set to a second parameter value, indicating that the STA requests the AP of the link; the AP of the link is an attached AP of the second AP, or is attached to the same AP MLD as the second AP.

[0237] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving the first radio frame, the method further includes:

[0238] Step 402: Send a second radio frame to the STA, where the second radio frame carries status code information, where the status code information identifies the target AP to be awakened.

[0239] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the status code information includes a first status code, and the target AP includes the first AP;

[0240] The status code information includes a second status code, the status code information includes TID bitmap information, and the target AP includes: an AP of a link mapped by a TID whose TID bitmap information is set to a second parameter value.

[0241] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the target AP is not in a busy state.

[0242] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of the aforementioned steps and embodiments. For example, step 401 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 402 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; the combination of step 401 and step 402 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0243] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 4 .

[0244] FIG5 is a second flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0245] As shown in FIG. 5 , the above method may be applied to the target access point device 104 . In some embodiments, the target access point device 104 may be within the range of the first access point device 103 .

[0246] The above methods include:

[0247] Step 501: receiving a polling frame sent by a station device STA and an uplink data frame buffered by the STA;

[0248] The STA sends a first radio frame to the second AP, where the first radio frame carries first identification information, where the first identification information indicates that the STA requests to wake up the first AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data;

[0249] The target AP includes: the first AP, or the second AP is another AP determined by the STA.

[0250] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided, comprising units or modules for implementing each step performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

[0251] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0252] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capability. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capability, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP); in another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit, and the logical relationship of the above hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable, such as a hardware circuit implemented by a processor as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and implementing the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0253] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a station device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6 , the station device 600 may include at least one of a determining module 601 and a sending module 602 .

[0254] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned determination module 601 is used to determine a first wireless frame; wherein, the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies: the STA requests to wake up the first access point device AP in the power saving state to transmit uplink data; the sending module 602 is used to send the first wireless frame to the second AP.

[0255] Optionally, the determining module 601 is configured to execute at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step 201, step 202, step 205, step 206, step 301, step 303, step 304, and step 305, but not limited thereto) performed by the site device 101 in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here. The sending module 602 is configured to execute step 302.

[0256] FIG7 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an access point device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7 , the access point device is a second access point device, and the second access point device 700 may include: a first receiving module 701 .

[0257] In some embodiments, the first receiving module 701 is configured to receive a first radio frame;

[0258] The first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information indicates that the site device requests to wake up the first AP in the power saving state to transmit uplink data.

[0259] Optionally, the first receiving module 701 is configured to execute at least one of the communication steps (eg, step 203, step 204, step 401, step 402, but not limited thereto) performed by the second access point device 102 in any of the above methods, which will not be described in detail here.

[0260] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an access point device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG8 , the access point device is a target access point device, and the target access point device 800 may include: a second receiving module 801 .

[0261] In some embodiments, the second receiving module 801 is configured to receive a polling frame sent by a station device STA and an uplink data frame buffered by the STA;

[0262] The STA sends a first radio frame to the second AP, where the first radio frame carries first identification information, where the first identification information indicates that the STA requests to wake up the first AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data;

[0263] The target AP includes: the first AP, or the second AP is another AP determined by the STA.

[0264] Optionally, the second receiving module 801 is configured to execute the communication steps (such as step 501 , but not limited thereto) performed by the target access point device 104 in any of the above methods, which will not be described in detail here.

[0265] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal 900 (e.g., user equipment) proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Terminal 900 can be a chip, chip system, or processor that supports a network device implementing any of the above methods, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports a terminal implementing any of the above methods. Terminal 900 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0266] As shown in Figure 9, terminal 900 includes one or more processors 901. Processor 901 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control communication devices (such as base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. Terminal 900 is used to perform any of the above methods.

[0267] In some embodiments, the terminal 900 further includes one or more memories 902 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 902 may be located outside the terminal 900.

[0268] In some embodiments, the terminal 900 further includes one or more transceivers 904. When the terminal 900 includes one or more transceivers 904, the transceiver 904 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step 201, step 202, step 204, step 205, step 206, step 302, step 305, step 401, step 402, and step 501, but not limited thereto), and the processor 901 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, step 301, step 303, and step 304, but not limited thereto).

[0269] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter. The receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0270] In some embodiments, terminal 900 may include one or more interface circuits 903. Optionally, interface circuit 903 is connected to memory 902. Interface circuit 903 may be configured to receive signals from memory 902 or other devices, and may be configured to send signals to memory 902 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 903 may read instructions stored in memory 902 and send the instructions to processor 901.

[0271] The terminal 900 described in the above embodiment may be a communication device such as a user device, but the scope of the terminal 900 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the terminal 900 may not be limited to FIG. 13A. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: (1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data and programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0272] FIG10 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 1000 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the terminal 1300 can be a chip or a chip system, reference can be made to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 1000 shown in FIG10 , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0273] The chip 1000 includes one or more processors 1001 , and the chip 1000 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0274] In some embodiments, chip 1000 further includes one or more 1003. Optionally, interface circuit 1003 is connected to memory 1002. Interface circuit 1003 can be used to receive signals from memory 1002 or other devices, and interface circuit 1003 can be used to send signals to memory 1002 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 1003 can read instructions stored in memory 1002 and send the instructions to processor 1001.

[0275] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 1003 executes at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step 201, step 202, step 204, step 205, step 206, step 302, step 305, step 401, step 402, step 501, but not limited to these), and the processor 1001 executes at least one of the other steps (for example, step 301, step 303, step 304, but not limited to these).

[0276] In some embodiments, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

[0277] In some embodiments, the chip 1000 further includes one or more memories 1002 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 1002 may be external to the chip 1000.

[0278] The present disclosure also provides a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the terminal 900, the terminal 900 executes any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may also be a transient storage medium.

[0279] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the terminal 900, enables the terminal 900 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0280] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: Determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that a station device STA requests to wake up a first access point device AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data; The first wireless frame is sent to the second AP.

2. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first identification information includes: a TID corresponding to the first AP; The TID is the TID of the rTWT information element corresponding to the STA or a newly defined TID; the newly defined TID identifies that the service transmitted by the STA is a low-latency service.

3. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first identification information includes: the size of the data frame of the uplink data cached by the STA.

4. The communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The first identification information is carried in the QoS control field or the BSR field of the first radio frame.

5. The communication method according to claim 4, characterized in that: The QoS control field of the first radio frame includes a QoS feature information element, and the QoS feature information element identifies a delay requirement parameter of the service transmitted by the STA.

6. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first identification information includes: TID bitmap information; The TID bitmap information is set to a first parameter value, indicating that the STA requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped by the corresponding TID.

7. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first identification information includes: link bitmap information; The link bitmap information is set to a second parameter value, indicating that the STA requests the AP of the link; the AP of the link is an affiliated AP of the second access point device, or is affiliated to the same AP MLD as the second access point device.

8. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: After sending the first wireless frame to the second AP, the method further includes: receiving a second radio frame fed back by the second AP, and acquiring status code information in the second radio frame; The target AP to be awakened is determined according to the status code information.

9. The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that: The step of determining the target AP to be awakened according to the status code information includes: The status code information includes a first status code, and it is determined that the awakened target AP includes the first AP; The status code information includes a second status code, and TID bitmap information in the status code information is acquired, and the target AP to be awakened is determined to include: an AP of a link mapped by a TID whose TID bitmap information is set to a second parameter value.

10. The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that: After determining the awakened target AP according to the status code information, the method includes: Under the link corresponding to the target AP, a polling frame and the uplink data frame buffered by the STA are sent to the AP MLD to which the target AP is attached.

11. The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that: The target AP is not in a busy state.

12. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The second access point device AP receives a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that the station device STA requests to wake up the first AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data.

13. The communication method according to claim 12, characterized in that: The first identification information includes: a TID corresponding to the first AP; The TID is the TID of the rTWT information element corresponding to the STA or a newly defined TID; the newly defined TID identifies that the service transmitted by the STA is a low-latency service.

14. The communication method according to claim 12, characterized in that: The first identification information includes: the size of the data frame of the uplink data cached by the STA.

15. The communication method according to any one of claims 12 to 14, characterized in that: The first identification information is carried in the QoS control field or the BSR field of the first radio frame.

16. The communication method according to claim 15, characterized in that: The QoS control field of the first radio frame includes a QoS feature information element, and the QoS feature information element identifies a delay requirement parameter of the service transmitted by the STA.

17. The communication method according to claim 12, characterized in that: The first identification information includes: TID bitmap information; The TID bitmap information is set to a first parameter value, indicating that the STA requests to wake up the AP of the link mapped by the corresponding TID.

18. The communication method according to claim 12, characterized in that: The first identification information includes: link bitmap information; The link bitmap information is set to a second parameter value, indicating that the STA requests the AP of the link; the AP of the link is a subordinate AP of the second AP, or is subordinate to the same AP MLD as the second AP.

19. The communication method according to claim 12, characterized in that: After receiving the first radio frame, the method further includes: A second radio frame is sent to the STA, where the second radio frame carries status code information, where the status code information identifies the awakened target AP.

20. The communication method according to claim 19, characterized in that: The status code information includes a first status code, and the target AP includes the first AP; The status code information includes a second status code, the status code information includes TID bitmap information, and the target AP includes: an AP of a link mapped by a TID whose TID bitmap information is set to a second parameter value.

21. The communication method according to claim 19, characterized in that: The target AP is not in a busy state.

22. A communication method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The target access point device AP receives the polling frame sent by the station device STA and the uplink data frame buffered by the STA; The STA sends a first radio frame to the second AP, and carries first identification information in the first radio frame, where the first identification information identifies that the STA requests to wake up the first AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data; The target AP includes: the first AP, or other APs determined by the second AP for the STA.

23. A site device, characterized in that: The site equipment includes: A determination module, configured to determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that a station device STA requests to wake up a first access point device AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data; A sending module is used to send the first wireless frame to the second AP.

24. An access point device, the access point device being a second access point device, characterized in that: The access point device comprises: A first receiving module, configured to receive a first wireless frame; The first radio frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information indicates that the site device requests to wake up the first AP in the power saving state to transmit uplink data.

25. An access point device, the access point device being a target access point device, characterized in that: The access point device comprises: A second receiving module, used to receive a polling frame sent by a station device STA and an uplink data frame buffered by the STA; The STA sends a first radio frame to the second AP, and carries first identification information in the first radio frame, where the first identification information identifies that the STA requests to wake up the first AP in a power saving state to transmit uplink data; The target AP includes: the first AP, or other APs determined by the second AP for the STA.

26. A site device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The site device is used to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

27. An access point device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The access point device is used to execute the communication method described in any one of claims 12 to 21 or 22.

28. A communication system, characterized in that: It includes a site device, a second access point device, and a target access point device; wherein the site device is configured to implement the communication method described in any one of claims 1 to 11, the second access point device is configured to implement the communication method described in any one of claims 12 to 21, and the target access point device is configured to implement the communication method described in claim 22.

29. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on the communication device, the communication device executes the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, or executes the communication method according to any one of claims 12 to 18, or executes the communication method according to claim 22.

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