U-APSD negotiation method, electronic equipment and storage medium

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of mobile communication, and provides a U-APSD negotiation method, electronic equipment and a storage medium. The U-APSD negotiation method is applied to an access point (AP) device, and the method 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 after the STA is switched from a first access point device (AP) to a second AP, an unplanned automatic energy-saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on a switched target connection; and sending the first wireless frame. The embodiment of the invention provides a U-APSD negotiation mechanism.

Description

U-APSD negotiation method, electronic device and storage medium

[0001] The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of mobile communication technology. Specifically, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a U-APSD negotiation method, an electronic device, and a storage medium.

[0002] Currently, Wi-Fi technology is being researched in areas such as Ultra High Reliability (UHR), with the vision 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 low-latency service transmission mechanism will be further enhanced and support multi-connection scenarios. In order to ensure the transmission of low-latency services, the station device (STA) may switch between multiple access point (AP) devices; therefore, it is necessary to provide a U-APSD negotiation mechanism to ensure the integrity of the power saving mechanism of the STA after switching between multiple AP devices.

[0004]

[0005] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a U-APSD negotiation method, an electronic device, and a storage medium to provide a U-APSD negotiation mechanism.

[0006] On the one hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a station device STA, and the method includes:

[0007] Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switch;

[0008] The first radio frame is sent.

[0009] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a first access point device AP, and the method includes:

[0010] Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0011] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a second access point device AP, and the method includes:

[0012] Receive a third wireless frame; wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0013] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, the electronic device is a station device STA, and the electronic device includes:

[0014] A determination module, configured to determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switch;

[0015] A sending module is used to send the first wireless frame.

[0016] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, the electronic device is a first access point device AP, and the electronic device includes:

[0017] A receiving module is used to receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0018] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is a second access point device AP, and the electronic device includes:

[0019] A receiving module is used to receive a third wireless frame; wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0020] The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an electronic device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the processor executes the program, one or more methods described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented.

[0021] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the computer program is executed by a processor, one or more of the methods described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented.

[0022] In the disclosed embodiment, the STA carries the first identification information (the first identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch) in the first wireless frame, and sends the first wireless frame to the first AP, so that the first AP forwards the information identified by the first identification information to the second AP. In this way, when the STA switches to the second AP due to a change in the communication status of the first AP associated with it, the second AP can perform a cache function according to the U-APSD parameters to ensure the integrity of its power saving mechanism.

[0023] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0024] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a first example of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] FIG2 is one of the flow charts of U-APSD negotiation provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] FIG3 is a second flowchart of the U-APSD negotiation method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] FIG4 is a third flowchart of the U-APSD negotiation method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG5 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG6 is a second structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG7 is a third structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG. 8 is a second schematic diagram of the structure of the electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. Unless otherwise indicated, when the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the present invention as detailed in the appended claims.

[0033] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms used are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. The singular forms of "a", "said" and "the" used in the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates other meanings. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" used in this article refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship. The term "multiple" refers to two or more. In view of this, "multiple" can also be understood as "at least two" in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0034] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in the present disclosure to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, for example, the word "if" used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0035] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0036] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a U-APSD negotiation method, an electronic device, and a storage medium, so as to provide a U-APSD negotiation mechanism.

[0037] Among them, the method and the device are based on the same application concept. Since the method and the device solve the problem in a similar principle, the implementation of the device and the method can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be repeated.

[0038] As a first example, refer to FIG. 1 , which shows an application scenario example of the U-APSD negotiation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0039] In UHR, a station device STA may switch between multiple access point devices AP or AP MLD. For example, when the communication quality of the first AP associated with the STA is very poor, it can seamlessly switch to the second AP for communication, so that data transmission is uninterrupted.

[0040] As shown in FIG. 1 , AP1 is the first AP, that is, the AP that communicates with the STA before switching; AP1 may not be attached to AP MLD (that is, AP1 does not support multi-connection communication); in addition, AP1 may also be attached to AP MLD, and it can be understood that the AP MLD supports multi-connection communication.

[0041] AP2 is the second AP; that is, the AP that communicates with the STA after switching; AP2 may include one or more; AP2 may not be attached to AP MLD (that is, AP2 does not support multi-connection communication); in addition, AP2 may also be attached to AP MLD, and it can be understood that the AP MLD supports multi-connection communication.

[0042] Step 1, STA determines and sends a first wireless frame to AP1. The first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA switches from AP1 to AP2, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with AP1 are used on the target connection after the switch. When AP2 is attached to AP MLD, it can be understood that AP MLD supports multi-connection communication, and the U-APSD parameters negotiated with AP1 can be used in each connection, that is, the same U-APSD parameters can be used in each connection with AP2.

[0043] Optionally, the first radio frame includes an Association Request frame or a Reassociation Request frame. For example, in the process of establishing multiple connections (multi-links), the STA sends a first radio frame to request to establish association or reassociation with AP MLD1 to which AP1 is attached and AP MLD2 to which AP2 is attached.

[0044] In addition, before the STA sends the first wireless frame to AP1, the STA may establish an initial association with AP2 by receiving the parameter information of the AP2 broadcast by AP1 and according to the parameter information. Optionally, when AP2 is not attached to AP MLD (i.e., AP 2 does not support multi-connection communication), the parameter information may only include the MAC address information of AP2, or the device identification information assigned to AP2 by AP1. When AP2 is attached to AP MLD (it can be understood that AP MLD supports multi-connection communication), the parameter information may include the group identification information of the group to which AP2 belongs, and the device identification information of AP2 in the group, etc.; the group identification information of the group to which AP2 belongs may be the MAC address information of the AP MLD.

[0045] Optionally, the first identification information may be implicitly indicated by indicating the function indicated by the first identification information through an existing identification bit in the first wireless frame. For example, one or more AC U-APSD identification bits in the QoS capabilities information element may be used to represent the first identification information. Specifically, the AC U-APSD identification bits include AC-VO U-APSD identification bits, AC-VI U-APSD identification bits, AC-BK U-APSD identification bits, and AC-BE U-APSD identification bits. If at least one of the above identification bits is included in the first wireless frame, it indicates that after the STA switches from AP1 to AP2, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with AP1 are used, that is, the target connection after the switch adopts the content of the U-APSD parameters.

[0046] In addition, the U-APSD parameters initially negotiated between the STA and AP1 are carried in a QoS capabilities information element, and the QoS capabilities information element may be carried in the first radio frame.

[0047] As an example, the format of the QoS capabilities information element is shown in Table 1 below:

[0048] Table 1:

[0049] As an example, the format of the U-APSD parameters is shown in Table 2 below:

[0050] Table 2:

[0051] Optionally, for the AC-VO U-APSD identifier, AC-VI U-APSD identifier, AC-BK U-APSD identifier, and AC-BE U-APSD identifier, corresponding values ​​can be set in the identification bits of the above identifiers; for example, the identification bit can be set to 1 to indicate that the STA is both trigger enabled (trigger enabled) and delivery enabled (delivery enabled).

[0052] The settings of the "maximum SP length" flags of the 5th and 6th bits can be seen in Table 3:

[0053] Table 3:

[0054] In addition, the first identification information may also be displayed in the form of an indication, for example, a new identification bit may be added in the first wireless frame to indicate the first identification information. As an example, a new identification bit may be added in the inheritance information element, or a new identification bit may be added in the multi-link element information element to indicate the first identification information; optionally, in the new identification bit, information of AP2 may also be identified; for example, information of AP2 may include the MAC address of the AP MLD to which AP2 is attached, the Link ID of the target connection established between the STA and AP2 and its corresponding MAC address, etc.

[0055] Step 2: After receiving the first wireless frame, AP1 sends a third wireless frame to AP2, where the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information is used to notify AP2 that after the STA switches from AP1 to AP2, it uses the U-APSD parameters negotiated with AP1.

[0056] Optionally, AP1 may send the third radio frame to AP2 by broadcasting. In addition, the negotiated U-APSD parameters may also be broadcasted (for example, the U-APSD parameters may be carried in the third radio frame), so that AP2 learns the U-APSD parameters adopted by the STA after the switch.

[0057] Optionally, the third wireless frame may be an action frame or a management frame. For example, AP1 adds an action frame or a management frame and uses the third wireless frame to notify AP2 (AP MLD2) that after STA switches from AP1 to AP2, it uses the U-APSD parameters negotiated with AP1.

[0058] Step 3: AP2 receives the third radio frame and obtains the U-APSD parameters adopted by the STA after the switch. At this point, the U-APSD negotiation process between the STA and AP2 is completed.

[0059] Step 4: If at least one flag in the U-APSD parameter (flag such as AC-VO U-APSD flag, AC-VI U-APSD flag, AC-BK U-APSD flag, AC-BE U-APSD flag) indicates that the STA supports trigger enable and / or transfer enable under the target connection, AP2 can cache the downlink data corresponding to the flag. For example, if the AC-VO U-APSD flag is set to 1, AP2 can cache the AC_VO (voice) data corresponding to the flag.

[0060] Step 5. After the STA switches to AP2, if at least one identification bit in the U-APSD parameter indicates that the STA supports trigger enable and / or transfer enable under the target connection, the STA can send a second wireless frame to AP2 under the target connection to request AP2 to feedback the cached downlink data to the STA.

[0061] As an example, the second radio frame may be a PS-poll (Power Saving) frame. In an actual scenario, after the STA ends sleep, it may send a second radio frame to AP2 to request AP2 to feed back the cached downlink data to the STA.

[0062] In the disclosed embodiment, the STA carries the first identification information (the first identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch) in the first wireless frame, and sends the first wireless frame to the first AP, so that the first AP forwards the information identified by the first identification information to the second AP. In this way, when the STA switches to the second AP due to a change in the communication status of the first AP associated with it, the second AP can perform a cache function according to the U-APSD parameters to ensure the integrity of its power saving mechanism.

[0063] As shown in FIG. 2 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method. Optionally, the method may be applied to a station device STA. The method may include the following steps:

[0064] Step 201, determining a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switch;

[0065] Step 202: Send the first wireless frame.

[0066] In UHR, STA may switch between multiple AP devices or AP MLDs. For example, when the communication quality of the AP associated with the STA is very poor, it can seamlessly switch to another AP for communication, so that data transmission is uninterrupted. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a U-APSD negotiation mechanism to ensure the integrity of the power saving mechanism after the STA switches between multiple AP devices or AP MLDs.

[0067] In the disclosed embodiment, the STA determines a first radio frame, and carries first identification information in the first radio frame, wherein the first identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the STA uses the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP, so that when the STA needs to switch to the second AP, the second AP can communicate with the STA according to the U-APSD parameters. For example, the second AP can cache downlink data according to the U-APSD parameters, and feed back the downlink data to the STA after the STA ends sleep.

[0068] Among them, the first AP is the AP that communicates with the STA before switching; the first AP may not be attached to the AP MLD (that is, the first AP does not support multi-connection communication); in addition, the first AP may also be attached to the AP MLD, and it can be understood that the AP MLD supports multi-connection communication.

[0069] The second AP is the AP that communicates with the STA after switching; the second AP may include one or more, and the second AP may not be attached to the AP MLD (that is, the second AP does not support multi-connection communication); in addition, the second AP may also be attached to the AP MLD.

[0070] As an example, the identifier of the target connection may be a Link ID. Optionally, the identifier of the connection between the STA and the first AP may be the same as or different from the Link ID.

[0071] As an example, when the communication quality of the STA and the first AP associated with it does not meet the preset communication quality requirements (the communication quality is very poor), it can seamlessly switch to a second AP for communication so that data transmission is uninterrupted. Among them, after switching from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used under the target connection established between the STA and the second AP. Optionally, when the second AP is attached to AP MLD, it can be understood that AP MLD supports multi-connection communication, then the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP can be used under each connection, that is, the same U-APSD parameters are used under each connection.

[0072] In the disclosed embodiment, the STA carries the first identification information (the first identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch) in the first wireless frame, and sends the first wireless frame to the first AP, so that the first AP forwards the information identified by the first identification information to the second AP. In this way, when the STA switches to the second AP due to a change in the communication status of the first AP associated with it, the second AP can perform a cache function according to the U-APSD parameters to ensure the integrity of its power saving mechanism.

[0073] Optionally, in the disclosed embodiment, the first wireless frame includes an association request (Association Request) frame or a reassociation request (Reassociation Request) frame. For example, in the process of establishing multiple connections (multi-links), the STA sends a first wireless frame to request to establish association or reassociation with AP MLD1 to which AP1 is attached and AP MLD2 to which AP2 is attached.

[0074] The STA sends the first wireless frame to the first AP, so that the first AP forwards the information identified by the first identification information to the second AP. In this way, when the STA switches to the second AP due to a change in the communication status of the first AP associated with it, the second AP can perform a cache function according to the U-APSD parameter to ensure the integrity of its power saving mechanism.

[0075] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a station device STA. The method includes:

[0076] Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switch;

[0077] The first radio frame is sent.

[0078] The first identification information includes one or more ACU-APSD identifiers in the QoS capabilities information element.

[0079] Specifically, the first identification information can be implicitly indicated by using an existing identification bit in the first wireless frame to indicate the function indicated by the first identification information. For example, one or more AC U-APSD identification bits in the QoS capabilities information element can be used to represent the first identification information. Specifically, the AC U-APSD identification bits include AC-VO U-APSD identification bits, AC-VI U-APSD identification bits, AC-BK U-APSD identification bits, and AC-BE U-APSD identification bits. If at least one of the above identification bits is included in the first wireless frame, it indicates that after the STA switches from AP1 to AP2, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with AP1 are used, that is, the target connection after the switch adopts the content of the U-APSD parameters.

[0080] In addition, the U-APSD parameters initially negotiated between the STA and AP1 are carried in a QoS capabilities information element, and the QoS capabilities information element may be carried in the first radio frame.

[0081] As an example, the format of the QoS capabilities information element is as shown in Table 1 above, which is not repeated here.

[0082] The format of the negotiated U-APSD parameter (ie, AC U-APSD identifier) ​​is shown in Table 2 above and will not be described in detail here.

[0083] Optionally, for the AC-VO U-APSD identifier, AC-VI U-APSD identifier, AC-BK U-APSD identifier, and AC-BE U-APSD identifier, corresponding values ​​can be set in the identification bits of the above identifiers; for example, the identification bit can be set to 1 to indicate that the STA is both trigger enabled (trigger enabled) and delivery enabled (delivery enabled).

[0084] The settings of the "maximum SP length" flags of the 5th and 6th bits can be referred to in the above Table 3, and will not be described in detail here.

[0085] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a station device STA. The method includes:

[0086] Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switch;

[0087] The first radio frame is sent.

[0088] Among them, the first identification information includes a newly added identification bit in the first wireless frame; the identification bit is used to identify that the established U-APSD association mechanism is reused after switching from the first AP to the second AP.

[0089] Optionally, the first identification information can also be displayed in the form of an indication. For example, a new identification bit can be added in the first wireless frame to represent the first identification information. The newly added identification bit can be used to identify: the U-APSD association mechanism established between the STA and the first AP can be reused after switching from the first AP to the second AP.

[0090] As an example, a new identification bit can be added in the inheritance information element, or a new identification bit can be added in the multi-link element information element to indicate the first identification information; optionally, the information of AP2 can also be identified in the newly added identification bit; for example, the information of AP2 can include the MAC address of the AP MLD to which AP2 is attached, the Link ID of the target connection established between the STA and AP2 and its corresponding MAC address, etc.

[0091] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a station device STA. The method includes:

[0092] Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switch;

[0093] The first radio frame is sent.

[0094] Before determining the first radio frame, the method includes:

[0095] Receiving parameter information of the second AP broadcasted by the first AP;

[0096] Establish an initial association with the second AP according to the parameter information.

[0097] Optionally, before sending the first wireless frame, the STA may establish an initial association with the second AP through parameter information of the second AP broadcast by the first AP.

[0098] Optionally, the second AP may have one or more. Optionally, when AP2 is not attached to AP MLD (ie, AP2 does not support multi-connection communication), the parameter information may only include MAC address information of AP2, or device identification information allocated by AP1 to AP2.

[0099] When AP2 is attached to AP MLD (it can be understood that AP MLD supports multi-connection communication), the parameter information may include group identification information of the group to which AP2 belongs, and device identification information of AP2 in the group, etc.; the group identification information of the group to which AP2 belongs may be the MAC address information of the AP MLD.

[0100] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a station device STA. The method includes:

[0101] Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switch;

[0102] The first radio frame is sent.

[0103] After sending the first radio frame, the method further includes:

[0104] The U-APSD parameter identifies that the site device supports trigger enablement and / or transfer enablement under the target connection, sends a second wireless frame to the second AP under the target connection, and the second wireless frame requests the second AP to feed back the cached downlink data to the STA.

[0105] Specifically, after the STA switches to the second AP, if at least one identification bit in the U-APSD parameter indicates that the STA supports trigger enablement and / or transfer enablement under the target connection, the STA can send a second wireless frame to the second AP under the target connection to request the second AP to feedback the cached downlink data to the STA.

[0106] As an example, the second radio frame may be a PS-poll (Power Saving) frame. In an actual scenario, after the STA ends sleep, it may send a second radio frame to the second AP to request the second AP to feed back the cached downlink data to the STA.

[0107] In the disclosed embodiment, the STA carries the first identification information (the first identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch) in the first wireless frame, and sends the first wireless frame to the first AP, so that the first AP forwards the information identified by the first identification information to the second AP. In this way, when the STA switches to the second AP due to a change in the communication status of the first AP associated with it, the second AP can perform a cache function according to the U-APSD parameters to ensure the integrity of its power saving mechanism.

[0108] The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method. Optionally, the method may be applied to a station device STA. The method may include the following steps:

[0109] Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switch;

[0110] The first radio frame is sent.

[0111] Optionally, the first identification information includes one or more ACU-APSD identifiers in the QoS capabilities information element.

[0112] Optionally, the first identification information includes an identification bit newly added in the first radio frame; the identification bit is used to identify that the established U-APSD association mechanism is reused after switching from the first AP to the second AP.

[0113] Optionally, before determining the first radio frame, the method includes:

[0114] Receiving parameter information of the second AP broadcasted by the first AP;

[0115] Establish an initial association with the second AP according to the parameter information.

[0116] Optionally, after sending the first radio frame, the method further includes:

[0117] The U-APSD parameter identifies that the site device supports trigger enablement and / or transfer enablement under the target connection, sends a second wireless frame to the second AP under the target connection, and the second wireless frame requests the second AP to feed back the cached downlink data to the STA.

[0118] Optionally, the first wireless frame includes an association request frame or a re-association request frame.

[0119] Referring to Figure 3, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method. Optionally, the method can be applied to a first access point (AP) device; optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP is, for example, a device with a wireless to wired bridging function, and the AP is responsible for extending the services provided by the wired network to the wireless network; the station device (STA) is, for example, an electronic device with a wireless network access function, and provides a frame delivery (Frame Delivery) service to enable information to be transmitted.

[0120] Step 301, receiving a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0121] Among them, the first AP is the AP that communicates with the STA before switching; the first AP may not be attached to the AP MLD (that is, the first AP does not support multi-connection communication); in addition, the first AP may also be attached to the AP MLD, and it can be understood that the AP MLD supports multi-connection communication.

[0122] The second AP is the AP that communicates with the STA after switching; the second AP may include one or more, and the second AP may not be attached to the AP MLD (ie, the second AP does not support multi-connection communication); in addition, the second AP may also be attached to the AP MLD.

[0123] As an example, the identifier of the target connection may be a Link ID. Optionally, the identifier of the connection between the STA and the first AP may be the same as or different from the Link ID.

[0124] As an example, when the communication quality of the STA and the first AP associated with it does not meet the preset communication quality requirements (the communication quality is very poor), it can seamlessly switch to a second AP for communication so that data transmission is uninterrupted. Among them, after switching from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used under the target connection established between the STA and the second AP. Optionally, when the second AP is attached to AP MLD, it can be understood that AP MLD supports multi-connection communication, then the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP can be used under each connection, that is, the same U-APSD parameters are used under each connection.

[0125] In the disclosed embodiment, the first AP receives a first wireless frame (the first wireless frame carries first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch), so that the first AP forwards the information identified by the first identification information to the second AP. In this way, when the STA switches to the second AP due to a change in the communication status of the first AP associated with it, the second AP can perform a cache function according to the U-APSD parameters to ensure the integrity of its power saving mechanism.

[0126] Optionally, in the disclosed embodiment, the first wireless frame includes an association request (Association Request) frame or a reassociation request (Reassociation Request) frame. For example, in the process of establishing multiple connections (multi-links), the STA sends a first wireless frame to request to establish association or reassociation with AP MLD1 to which AP1 is attached and AP MLD2 to which AP2 is attached.

[0127] The first AP receives the first wireless frame, so that the first AP forwards the information identified by the first identification information to the second AP. In this way, when the STA switches to the second AP due to a change in the communication status of the first AP associated with it, the second AP can perform a cache function according to the U-APSD parameter to ensure the integrity of its power saving mechanism.

[0128] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a first AP. The method includes:

[0129] Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0130] The first identification information includes one or more ACU-APSD identifiers in the QoS capabilities information element.

[0131] Specifically, the first identification information can be implicitly indicated by using an existing identification bit in the first wireless frame to indicate the function indicated by the first identification information. For example, one or more AC U-APSD identification bits in the QoS capabilities information element can be used to represent the first identification information. Specifically, the AC U-APSD identification bits include AC-VO U-APSD identification bits, AC-VI U-APSD identification bits, AC-BK U-APSD identification bits, and AC-BE U-APSD identification bits. If at least one of the above identification bits is included in the first wireless frame, it indicates that after the STA switches from AP1 to AP2, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with AP1 are used, that is, the target connection after the switch adopts the content of the U-APSD parameters.

[0132] In addition, the U-APSD parameters initially negotiated between the STA and AP1 are carried in a QoS capabilities information element, and the QoS capabilities information element may be carried in the first radio frame.

[0133] As an example, the format of the QoS capabilities information element is as shown in Table 1 above, which is not repeated here.

[0134] The format of the negotiated U-APSD parameter (ie, AC U-APSD identifier) ​​is shown in Table 2 above and will not be described in detail here.

[0135] Optionally, for the AC-VO U-APSD identifier, AC-VI U-APSD identifier, AC-BK U-APSD identifier, and AC-BE U-APSD identifier, corresponding values ​​can be set in the identification bits of the above identifiers; for example, the identification bit can be set to 1 to indicate that the STA is both trigger enabled (trigger enabled) and delivery enabled (delivery enabled).

[0136] The settings of the "maximum SP length" flags of the 5th and 6th bits can be referred to in the above Table 3, and will not be described in detail here.

[0137] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a first AP. The method includes:

[0138] Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0139] Among them, the first identification information includes a newly added identification bit in the first wireless frame; the identification bit is used to identify that the established U-APSD association mechanism is reused after switching from the first AP to the second AP.

[0140] Optionally, the first identification information can also be displayed in the form of an indication. For example, a new identification bit can be added in the first wireless frame to represent the first identification information. The newly added identification bit can be used to identify: the U-APSD association mechanism established between the STA and the first AP can be reused after switching from the first AP to the second AP.

[0141] As an example, a new identification bit can be added in the inheritance information element, or a new identification bit can be added in the multi-link element information element to indicate the first identification information; optionally, the information of AP2 can also be identified in the newly added identification bit; for example, the information of AP2 can include the MAC address of the AP MLD to which AP2 is attached, the Link ID of the target connection established between the STA and AP2 and its corresponding MAC address, etc.

[0142] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes:

[0143] The U-APSD mechanism information negotiated with the STA is forwarded to the second AP.

[0144] Specifically, the format of the negotiated U-APSD mechanism information (U-APSD mechanism information is also U-APSD parameters, such as AC U-APSD identifier) ​​is as shown in Table 2 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0145] Optionally, for the AC-VO U-APSD identifier, AC-VI U-APSD identifier, AC-BK U-APSD identifier, and AC-BE U-APSD identifier, corresponding values ​​can be set in the identification bits of the above identifiers; for example, the identification bit can be set to 1 to indicate that the STA is both trigger enabled (trigger enabled) and delivery enabled (delivery enabled).

[0146] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a first AP. The method includes:

[0147] Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0148] Before receiving the first radio frame, the method includes:

[0149] Broadcasting parameter information of the second AP;

[0150] The parameter information is used by the STA to establish an initial association with the second AP.

[0151] Optionally, before sending the first wireless frame, the STA may establish an initial association with the second AP through parameter information of the second AP broadcast by the first AP.

[0152] Optionally, the second AP may have one or more. Optionally, when AP2 is not attached to AP MLD (ie, AP2 does not support multi-connection communication), the parameter information may only include MAC address information of AP2, or device identification information allocated by AP1 to AP2.

[0153] When AP2 is attached to AP MLD (it can be understood that AP MLD supports multi-connection communication), the parameter information may include group identification information of the group to which AP2 belongs, and device identification information of AP2 in the group, etc.; the group identification information of the group to which AP2 belongs may be the MAC address information of the AP MLD.

[0154] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a first AP. The method includes:

[0155] Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0156] After receiving the first radio frame, the method includes:

[0157] A third wireless frame is sent to the second AP, wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, wherein the second identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch.

[0158] Optionally, the third wireless frame may be an action frame or a management frame. For example, AP1 adds an action frame or a management frame and uses the third wireless frame to notify AP2 (AP MLD2) that after STA switches from AP1 to AP2, it uses the U-APSD parameters negotiated with AP1.

[0159] Optionally, AP1 may send the third radio frame to AP2 by broadcasting. In addition, the negotiated U-APSD parameters may also be broadcasted (for example, the U-APSD parameters may be carried in the third radio frame), so that AP2 learns the U-APSD parameters adopted by the STA after the switch.

[0160] In the disclosed embodiment, the first AP receives a first wireless frame (the first wireless frame carries first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch), so that the first AP forwards the information identified by the first identification information to the second AP. In this way, when the STA switches to the second AP due to a change in the communication status of the first AP associated with it, the second AP can perform a cache function according to the U-APSD parameters to ensure the integrity of its power saving mechanism.

[0161] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a first AP. The method includes:

[0162] Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0163] Optionally, the first identification information includes one or more ACU-APSD identifiers in the QoS capabilities information element.

[0164] Optionally, the first identification information includes an identification bit newly added in the first radio frame; the identification bit is used to identify that the established U-APSD association mechanism is reused after switching from the first AP to the second AP.

[0165] Optionally, the U-APSD mechanism information negotiated with the STA is forwarded to the second AP.

[0166] Optionally, before receiving the first radio frame, the method includes:

[0167] Broadcasting parameter information of the second AP;

[0168] The parameter information is used by the STA to establish an initial association with the second AP.

[0169] Optionally, after receiving the first radio frame, the method includes:

[0170] A third wireless frame is sent to the second AP, wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, wherein the second identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch.

[0171] Optionally, the first wireless frame includes an association request frame or a re-association request frame.

[0172] Referring to FIG. 4 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method. Optionally, the method may be applied to a second AP. The method may include the following steps:

[0173] Step 401, receiving a third wireless frame; wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0174] Among them, the first AP is the AP that communicates with the STA before switching; the first AP may not be attached to the AP MLD (that is, the first AP does not support multi-connection communication); in addition, the first AP may also be attached to the AP MLD, and it can be understood that the AP MLD supports multi-connection communication.

[0175] The second AP is the AP that communicates with the STA after switching; the second AP may include one or more, and the second AP may not be attached to the AP MLD (ie, the second AP does not support multi-connection communication); in addition, the second AP may also be attached to the AP MLD.

[0176] As an example, the identifier of the target connection may be a Link ID. Optionally, the identifier of the connection between the STA and the first AP may be the same as or different from the Link ID.

[0177] As an example, when the communication quality of the STA and the first AP associated with it does not meet the preset communication quality requirements (the communication quality is very poor), it can seamlessly switch to a second AP for communication so that data transmission is uninterrupted. Among them, after switching from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used under the target connection established between the STA and the second AP. Optionally, when the second AP is attached to AP MLD, it can be understood that AP MLD supports multi-connection communication, then the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP can be used under each connection, that is, the same U-APSD parameters are used under each connection.

[0178] In the disclosed embodiment, the second AP receives a third wireless frame (the third wireless frame carries second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch). When the STA switches to the second AP due to changes in the communication status of the first AP associated with it, the second AP can perform a caching function based on the U-APSD parameters to ensure the integrity of its power saving mechanism.

[0179] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes:

[0180] Receive U-APSD mechanism information negotiated between the STA and the first AP.

[0181] Specifically, the format of the negotiated U-APSD mechanism information (U-APSD mechanism information is also U-APSD parameters, such as AC U-APSD identifier) ​​is as shown in Table 2 above, which will not be repeated here.

[0182] Optionally, for the AC-VO U-APSD identifier, AC-VI U-APSD identifier, AC-BK U-APSD identifier, and AC-BE U-APSD identifier, corresponding values ​​can be set in the identification bits of the above identifiers; for example, the identification bit can be set to 1 to indicate that the STA is both trigger enabled (trigger enabled) and delivery enabled (delivery enabled).

[0183] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a second AP. The method includes:

[0184] Receive a third wireless frame; wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0185] Optionally, the third wireless frame may be an action frame or a management frame. For example, AP1 adds an action frame or a management frame and uses the third wireless frame to notify AP2 (AP MLD2) that after STA switches from AP1 to AP2, it uses the U-APSD parameters negotiated with AP1.

[0186] Among them, the U-APSD parameter identifies that the site device supports trigger enablement and / or transfer enablement under the target connection, receives the second wireless frame sent by the STA under the target connection, and feeds back the cached downlink data to the STA.

[0187] As an example, if at least one flag in the U-APSD parameter (flag such as AC-VO U-APSD flag, AC-VI U-APSD flag, AC-BK U-APSD flag, AC-BE U-APSD flag) indicates that the STA supports trigger enable and / or transfer enable under the target connection, then AP2 can cache the downlink data corresponding to the flag. For example, if the AC-VO U-APSD flag is set to 1, then AP2 can cache the AC_VO (voice) data corresponding to the flag. Upon receiving the second wireless frame sent by the STA, the cached downlink data can be fed back to the STA.

[0188] The present disclosure provides a U-APSD negotiation method, which is applied to a second AP. The method includes:

[0189] Receive a third wireless frame; wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0190] Optionally, U-APSD mechanism information negotiated between the STA and the first AP is received.

[0191] Optionally, the U-APSD parameter identifies that the site device supports trigger enablement and / or transfer enablement under the target connection, receives a second wireless frame sent by the STA under the target connection, and feeds back the cached downlink data to the STA.

[0192] Referring to FIG. 5 , based on the same principle as the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, the electronic device is a station device STA, and the electronic device includes:

[0193] The determining module 501 is used to determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switching;

[0194] The sending module 502 is configured to send the first wireless frame.

[0195] The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a U-APSD negotiation device, which is applied to a station device STA, and the device includes:

[0196] A wireless frame determination module, configured to determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the STA is switched from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameter negotiated with the first AP is used on the target connection after the switch;

[0197] A wireless frame sending module is used to send the first wireless frame.

[0198] The device also includes other modules of the electronic device in the aforementioned embodiment, which will not be described in detail here.

[0199] Referring to FIG. 6 , based on the same principle as the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, the electronic device is a first access point device AP, and the electronic device includes:

[0200] The receiving module 601 is used to receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0201] The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a U-APSD negotiation device, which is applied to a first access point device AP, and the device includes:

[0202] A wireless frame receiving module is used to receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0203] The device also includes other modules of the electronic device in the aforementioned embodiment, which will not be described in detail here.

[0204] Referring to FIG. 7 , based on the same principle as the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, the electronic device is a second access point device AP, and the electronic device includes:

[0205] The receiving module 701 is used to receive a third wireless frame; wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that after the site device STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0206] The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a U-APSD negotiation device, which is applied to a second access point device AP, and the device includes:

[0207] A wireless frame receiving module is used to receive a third wireless frame; wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that after the station device STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection.

[0208] The device also includes other modules of the electronic device in the aforementioned embodiment, which will not be described in detail here.

[0209] In an optional embodiment, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, as shown in FIG8 , the electronic device 600 shown in FIG8 may be a server, including: a processor 601 and a memory 603. The processor 601 and the memory 603 are connected, such as through a bus 602. Optionally, the electronic device 600 may further include a transceiver 604. It should be noted that in actual applications, the transceiver 604 is not limited to one, and the structure of the electronic device 600 does not constitute a limitation on the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0210] Processor 601 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a general purpose processor, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components or any combination thereof. It may implement or execute various exemplary logic blocks, modules and circuits described in conjunction with the disclosure of the present invention. Processor 601 may also be a combination that implements computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, etc.

[0211] The bus 602 may include a path for transmitting information between the above components. The bus 602 may be a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus or an EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) bus, etc. The bus 602 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of representation, FIG8 only uses one thick line, but does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

[0212] The memory 603 can be a ROM (Read Only Memory) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a RAM (Random Access Memory) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and instructions, or an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compressed optical disk, laser disk, optical disk, digital versatile disk, Blu-ray disk, etc.), a magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store the desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to these.

[0213] The memory 603 is used to store application code for executing the solution of the present disclosure, and the execution is controlled by the processor 601. The processor 601 is used to execute the application code stored in the memory 603 to implement the content shown in the above method embodiment.

[0214] The electronic devices include, but are not limited to, mobile phones, laptop computers, digital broadcast receivers, PDAs (personal digital assistants), PADs (tablet computers), PMPs (portable multimedia players), vehicle-mounted terminals (such as vehicle-mounted navigation terminals), etc., and fixed terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, etc. The electronic device shown in FIG8 is only an example and should not bring any limitation to the functions and scope of use of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0215] The server provided by the present disclosure may be an independent physical server, or a server cluster or distributed system composed of multiple physical servers, or a cloud server that provides basic cloud computing services such as cloud services, cloud databases, cloud computing, cloud functions, cloud storage, network services, cloud communications, middleware services, domain name services, security services, CDN, and big data and artificial intelligence platforms. The terminal may be a smart phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, desktop computer, smart speaker, smart watch, etc., but is not limited thereto. The terminal and the server may be directly or indirectly connected via wired or wireless communication, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

[0216] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the computer-readable storage medium is run on a computer, the computer can execute the corresponding contents of the aforementioned method embodiment.

[0217] It should be understood that, although the steps in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings are displayed in sequence as indicated by the arrows, these steps are not necessarily executed in sequence in the order indicated by the arrows. Unless otherwise specified herein, there is no strict order restriction on the execution of these steps, and they can be executed in other orders. Moreover, at least a part of the steps in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages, and these sub-steps or stages are not necessarily executed at the same time, but can be executed at different times, and their execution order is not necessarily sequential, but can be executed in turn or alternately with other steps or at least a part of the sub-steps or stages of other steps.

[0218] It should be noted that the computer-readable medium disclosed above may be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium or any combination of the above two. The computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, device or device, or any combination of the above. More specific examples of computer-readable storage media may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection with one or more wires, a portable computer disk, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the above. In the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium containing or storing a program that may be used by or in combination with an instruction execution system, device or device. In the present disclosure, a computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in a baseband or as part of a carrier wave, in which a computer-readable program code is carried. This propagated data signal may take a variety of forms, including but not limited to an electromagnetic signal, an optical signal, or any suitable combination of the above. The computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium other than a computer readable storage medium, which may send, propagate or transmit a program for use by or in conjunction with an instruction execution system, apparatus or device. The program code contained on the computer readable medium may be transmitted using any suitable medium, including but not limited to: wires, optical cables, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination of the above.

[0219] The computer-readable medium may be included in the electronic device, or may exist independently without being installed in the electronic device.

[0220] The computer-readable medium carries one or more programs. When the one or more programs are executed by the electronic device, the electronic device executes the method shown in the above embodiment.

[0221] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product or a computer program is provided, the computer program product or the computer program includes computer instructions, the computer instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium. A processor of a computer device reads the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions, so that the computer device performs the methods provided in the above-mentioned various optional implementations.

[0222] Computer program code for performing the operations of the present disclosure may be written in one or more programming languages, or a combination thereof, including object-oriented programming languages, such as Java, Smalltalk, C++, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as "C" or similar programming languages. The program code may be executed entirely on the user's computer, partially on the user's computer, as a separate software package, partially on the user's computer and partially on a remote computer, or entirely on a remote computer or server. In cases involving a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computer (e.g., through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

[0223] The flow chart and block diagram in the accompanying drawings illustrate the possible architecture, function and operation of the system, method and computer program product according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each square box in the flow chart or block diagram can represent a module, a program segment or a part of a code, and the module, the program segment or a part of the code contains one or more executable instructions for realizing the specified logical function. It should also be noted that in some implementations as replacements, the functions marked in the square box can also occur in a sequence different from that marked in the accompanying drawings. For example, two square boxes represented in succession can actually be executed substantially in parallel, and they can sometimes be executed in the opposite order, depending on the functions involved. It should also be noted that each square box in the block diagram and / or the flow chart, and the combination of the square boxes in the block diagram and / or the flow chart can be implemented with a dedicated hardware-based system that performs the specified function or operation, or can be implemented with a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

[0224] The modules involved in the embodiments described in the present disclosure may be implemented by software or hardware. The name of a module does not limit the module itself in some cases. For example, module A may also be described as "module A for performing operation B".

[0225] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure and an explanation of the technical principles used. Those skilled in the art should understand that the scope of disclosure involved in the present disclosure is not limited to the technical solutions formed by a specific combination of the above technical features, but should also cover other technical solutions formed by any combination of the above technical features or their equivalent features without departing from the above disclosed concept. For example, the above features are replaced with the technical features with similar functions disclosed in the present disclosure (but not limited to) by each other to form a technical solution.

Claims

A U-APSD negotiation method, applied to a station device STA, is characterized in that: The method includes: determining a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies: after the STA switches from a first access point device AP to a second AP, the unplanned automatic power saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch; and sending the first wireless frame. The U-APSD negotiation method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first identification information includes one or more ACU-APSD identifiers in the QoS capabilities information element. The U-APSD negotiation method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first identification information includes an identification bit newly added in the first wireless frame; the identification bit is used to identify that the established U-APSD association mechanism is reused after switching from the first AP to the second AP. The U-APSD negotiation method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: Before determining the first wireless frame, the method includes: receiving parameter information of the second AP broadcast by the first AP; and establishing an initial association with the second AP according to the parameter information. The U-APSD negotiation method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: After sending the first wireless frame, the method also includes: the U-APSD parameter identifies that the site device supports trigger enablement and / or transfer enablement under the target connection, and sends a second wireless frame to the second AP under the target connection, and the second wireless frame requests the second AP to feedback the cached downlink data to the STA. A U-APSD negotiation method, applied to a first access point device AP, is characterized in that: The method includes: receiving a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies: after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch. The U-APSD negotiation method according to claim 6, characterized in that: The first identification information includes one or more ACU-APSD identifiers in the QoS capabilities information element. The U-APSD negotiation method according to claim 6, characterized in that: The first identification information includes an identification bit newly added in the first wireless frame; the identification bit is used to identify that the established U-APSD association mechanism is reused after switching from the first AP to the second AP. The U-APSD negotiation method according to claim 8, characterized in that: The method includes: forwarding U-APSD mechanism information negotiated with the STA to the second AP. The U-APSD negotiation method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that: Before receiving the first wireless frame, the method includes: broadcasting parameter information of the second AP; the parameter information is used for the STA to establish an initial association with the second AP. The U-APSD negotiation method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that: After receiving the first wireless frame, the method includes: sending a third wireless frame to the second AP, the third wireless frame including second identification information, and the second identification information identifies that after the STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch. A U-APSD negotiation method, applied to a second access point device AP, is characterized in that: The method includes: receiving a third wireless frame; wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies: after the station device STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch. The U-APSD negotiation method according to claim 12, characterized in that: The method also includes: receiving U-APSD mechanism information negotiated between the STA and the first AP. The U-APSD negotiation method according to claim 12, characterized in that: The method also includes: the U-APSD parameter identifies that the site device supports trigger enablement and / or transfer enablement under the target connection, receives a second wireless frame sent by the STA under the target connection, and feeds back the cached downlink data to the STA. An electronic device, the electronic device is a station device STA, characterized in that: The electronic device includes: a determination module, used to determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies: after the STA switches from a first access point device AP to a second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the target connection after the switch; and a sending module is used to send the first wireless frame. An electronic device, the electronic device is a first access point device AP, characterized in that: The electronic device includes: a receiving module for receiving a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies: after the station device STA switches from the first access point device AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection. An electronic device, wherein the electronic device is a second access point device AP, characterized in that: The electronic device includes: a receiving module, used to receive a third wireless frame; wherein the third wireless frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies: after the station device STA switches from the first AP to the second AP, the unplanned automatic energy saving transmission U-APSD parameters negotiated with the first AP are used on the switched target connection. An electronic device, characterized in that: The invention comprises a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the processor executes the program, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is implemented, or the method according to any one of claims 6 to 11 is implemented, or the method according to any one of claims 12 to 14 is implemented. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements the method of any one of claims 1 to 5, or the method of any one of claims 6 to 11, or the method of any one of claims 12 to 14.

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