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 comprises the following steps: determining a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame comprises first identification information, and the first identification information identifies support capability information of the station equipment for a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signaling under the condition that a distributed resource unit dRU format is smaller than 242-tone; the QAM signaling comprises at least one of a 1024-QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) signaling and a 4096-QAM signaling; and sending the first wireless frame so as to meet the transmission requirement of the UHR and improve the data transmission distance.

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, a distributed resource unit (dRU) is proposed to improve the communication transmission distance. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the application of dRU in UHR to meet the transmission requirements of UHR.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a site device, an access point device, and a communication system to improve the application of dRU in UHR.

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

[0007] Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the support capability information of the site device for orthogonal amplitude modulation QAM signaling when the distributed resource unit dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0008] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication method, applied to an access point device, the method comprising:

[0009] Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the site device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0010] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, wherein the communication device is a site device, and the site device includes:

[0011] a determining module configured to determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, the first identification information identifying information indicating the site device's support capability for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signaling when a distributed resource unit (dRU) format is smaller than 242-tone; the QAM signaling including at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0012] A sending module is used to send the first wireless frame.

[0013] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, wherein the communication device is an access point device, and the access point device includes:

[0014] 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 the site device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0015] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, wherein the communication device is a site device, including:

[0016] one or more processors;

[0017] The site device is used to execute the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0018] On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, wherein the communication device is an access point device, including:

[0019] one or more processors;

[0020] The access point device is used to implement the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication system, including a site device and an access point device; wherein the site device is configured to implement the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and the access point device is configured to implement the communication method described in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] The 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 as described in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the site device carries first identification information in the first wireless frame. The first identification information identifies the site device's support capability information for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signaling when the distributed resource unit (dRU) format is less than 242-tone, thereby improving the data transmission distance to meet the UHR transmission requirements.

[0024] 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

[0025] 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.

[0026] FIG1 is an exemplary schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] FIG2 is an exemplary interaction diagram of a method provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of a frame structure of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG4 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG5 is a second flow chart of the communication method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a site device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG7 is a schematic structural diagram of an access point device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0034] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method, a station device, an access point device, and a communication system.

[0036] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, applied to a site device, the method comprising:

[0037] Determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, the first identification information identifying the site device's support capability information for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signaling when a distributed resource unit (DRU) format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM (1024-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) signaling and 4096-QAM (4096-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) signaling;

[0038] The first radio frame is sent.

[0039] In the above embodiment, the first identification information identifies the site device's support capability information for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signaling when the distributed resource unit (dRU) format is smaller than 242-tone, thereby enhancing PSD (power spectral density) and improving data transmission distance to meet UHR transmission requirements.

[0040] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first radio frame includes an ultra high reliability capabilities UHR capabilities information element;

[0041] The first identification information is carried in the physical layer capability information PHY capabilities information field of the UHR capabilities information element.

[0042] In the above embodiment, the PHY capabilities information field is used to identify the site device's support capability information for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signaling when the distributed resource unit (DRU) format is smaller than 242-tone, thereby strengthening the requirement that the DRU support QAM signaling.

[0043] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes at least one of the following:

[0044] A first flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0045] A second flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0046] The third flag indicates whether the site device supports 1024-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used;

[0047] A fourth flag bit indicates whether the site device supports 4096-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) access mechanism is used;

[0048] A first identification bit group includes a first sub-identifier and a second sub-identifier; wherein the first sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling, and the second sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 4096-QAM signaling;

[0049] The second identification bit group includes a third sub-identifier and a fourth sub-identifier; wherein, the third sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling, and the fourth sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 4096-QAM signaling.

[0050] In the above embodiment, the first identification information is used to identify various support capability information of the site device for 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling in the dRU, thereby improving the application of the dRU in the UHR.

[0051] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first radio frame includes at least one of a probe request frame, an association request frame, and a reassociation request frame;

[0052] In the first radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR (ultra high reliability) capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

[0053] In the above embodiment, the first wireless frame includes at least one of a Probe Request frame, an Association Request frame, and a Reassociation Request frame, and the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value, which defines the new encapsulation order value occupied by the UHR capabilities information element and improves the application of dRU in UHR.

[0054] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0055] receiving a second wireless frame sent by the access point device;

[0056] The second radio frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies the access point device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the second identification information is carried in the UHR capabilities information element of the second radio frame and is set to a reserved bit.

[0057] In the above embodiment, a second radio frame sent by the access point device is received, and the second identification information in the second radio frame identifies the access point device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone, so that the site device obtains the access point device's support capability information for QAM signaling based on the second radio frame and decides whether to join this network.

[0058] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the second radio frame includes at least one of a beacon frame, a probe response frame, an association response frame, and a reassociation response frame;

[0059] In the second radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

[0060] In the above embodiment, the second wireless frame includes at least one of a Beacon frame, a Probe Request frame, an Association Request frame, and a Reassociation Request frame, and the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value, defines the new order value occupied by the UHR capabilities information element, and improves the application of dRU in UHR.

[0061] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication method, applied to an access point device, the method comprising:

[0062] Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the site device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0063] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first radio frame includes a UHR capabilities information element;

[0064] The first identification information is carried in the PHY capabilities information field of the UHR capabilities information element.

[0065] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information includes at least one of the following:

[0066] A first flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0067] A second flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0068] The third flag indicates whether the site device supports 1024-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used;

[0069] A fourth flag bit indicates whether the site device supports 4096-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used;

[0070] A first identification bit group includes a first sub-identifier and a second sub-identifier; wherein the first sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling, and the second sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 4096-QAM signaling;

[0071] The second identification bit group includes a third sub-identifier and a fourth sub-identifier; wherein, the third sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling, and the fourth sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 4096-QAM signaling.

[0072] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first radio frame includes at least one of a Probe Request frame, an Association Request frame, and a Reassociation Request frame;

[0073] In the first radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

[0074] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0075] Determine a second radio frame; wherein the second radio frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies the access point device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the second identification information is carried in the UHR capabilities information element of the second radio frame and is set to a reserved bit.

[0076] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the second wireless frame includes at least one of a Beacon frame, a Probe Response frame, an Association Response frame, and a Reassociation Response frame;

[0077] In the second radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

[0078] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, which is a site device, and the site device 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.

[0079] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, which is an access point device and includes: a first receiving module; wherein the access point device is used to execute the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0080] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, wherein the communication device is a site device, including:

[0081] one or more processors;

[0082] The site device is used to execute the optional implementation of the first aspect.

[0083] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication device, wherein the communication device is an access point device, including:

[0084] one or more processors;

[0085] The access point device is used to perform the optional implementation of the second aspect.

[0086] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication system, including a site device and an access point device; wherein the site device is configured to perform the optional implementation method described in the first aspect, and the access point device is configured as the optional implementation method described in the second aspect.

[0087] In an eighth 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 and second aspects.

[0088] In a ninth 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 and second aspects.

[0089] In a tenth 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 and second aspects.

[0090] In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system, wherein the chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first and second aspects above.

[0091] It is understandable that the aforementioned site devices, access point devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs, chips, or chip systems 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.

[0092] 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.

[0093] 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.

[0094] 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.

[0095] 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.

[0096] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0097] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0098] 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.

[0099] 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.

[0100] 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.

[0101] 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.

[0102] 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.

[0103] 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.

[0104] 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.

[0105] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0106] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0107] 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.

[0108] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0109] As shown in FIG1 , a communication system 100 includes a station device (STA) 101 and an access point device (AP) 102 .

[0110] 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.

[0111] Specifically, the station device 101 may be a terminal device or network device equipped 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, 802.11a, 802.11bf, and 802.11bn, as well as the next generation 802.11 protocol, but is not limited thereto.

[0112] In some embodiments, the access point device 102 can be an access point for a mobile terminal to enter a wired network. The AP is equivalent to a bridge connecting a wired network and a 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 a 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, 802.11bf, 802.11bn, and support the next generation 802.11 protocol, but is not limited to this.

[0113] 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.

[0114] 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.

[0115] 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.

[0116] The various embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to wireless local area networks (WLANs), such as those using the 802.11 series of protocols. In a WLAN, a Basic Service Set (BSS) is a fundamental component of a WLAN. A BSS network consists of station devices with some association 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 dedicated to managing the BSS, called an access point, and all other STAs in the network are associated with it. Other stations in the BSS network that are not the central station are called terminals, also called non-AP STAs. Terminals 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, and other factors, a STA cannot detect other STAs that are farther away from it, and the two STAs are each other's hidden nodes.

[0117] FIG2 is an interactive diagram of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2 , the method includes:

[0118] In step 201, the site device 101 determines a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the site device 101's support capability information for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signaling when the distributed resource unit (dRU) format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0119] In UHR, the support capabilities of resource units (RU) and multiple resource units (MRU) for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signaling in different formats are defined. In order to further improve the communication transmission distance, a distributed resource unit (dRU) is proposed. The access point device can use a variety of dRU formats to allocate dRUs to site devices, which is conducive to improving the flexibility of dRU allocation. At the same time, the site equipment uses dRU (distributed radio unit) for uplink data transmission, which is conducive to improving power spectral density (PSD), increasing the system transmission distance, and improving resource utilization. Therefore, in order to improve the application of dRU in UHR, it is necessary to specify the support capabilities of dRU for QAM signaling in different formats.

[0120] Specifically, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, during the process of establishing an initial association with an access point device, the site device determines a first radio frame and carries first identification information in the first radio frame. The first identification information identifies the site device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone. QAM is a method of attaching data to radio frequency waves to transmit information to a receiving device. Commonly used in radio devices such as wireless routers, QAM modulation is used to convert digital data packets into analog signals that can transmit data wirelessly. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; optionally, 1024-QAM is 1024QAM and 4096-QAM is 4096QAM. 4096-QAM increases the modulation rate to 4096QAM, and each OFDM subcarrier can encode 12 bits of data, resulting in a 20% increase in its peak physical layer capability information (PHY) data rate compared to 1024QAM.

[0121] In some embodiments, the format of the dRU includes at least one of the following:

[0122] 26-tone-dRU;

[0123] 52-tone-dRU;

[0124] 106-tone-dRU;

[0125] 242-tone-dRU;

[0126] 484-tone-dRU;

[0127] 26-tone-dRU+52-tone-dRU;

[0128] 26-tone-dRU+106-tone-dRU;

[0129] 52-tone-dRU+106-tone-dRU.

[0130] Among them, 26-tone-dRU+52-tone-dRU, 26-tone-dRU+106-tone-dRU and 52-tone-dRU+106-tone-dRU are multiple distributed resource units (multiple dRU, M-dRU).

[0131] It is understandable that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the dRU format is smaller than 242-tone, for example, including at least one of 26-tone-dRU, 52-tone-dRU, and 106-tone-dRU.

[0132] In some embodiments, the first radio frame includes a UHR capabilities information element. The first identification information is carried in a PHY capabilities information field of the UHR capabilities information element, and the PHY capabilities information field identifies the station device's support capability for QAM signaling when the dRU format is smaller than 242-tone.

[0133] As shown in FIG2 , in some embodiments, the first identification information may be in at least one of the following forms:

[0134] Form 1: The UHR capabilities information element is carried in the first radio frame and occupies one bit in the PHY capabilities information field as the first flag, which indicates whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling. For example, if the first flag bit is set to "0", it indicates that the site device does not support receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; if the first flag bit is set to "1", it indicates that the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0135] Form 2: The UHR capabilities information element is carried in the first radio frame and occupies one bit in the PHY capabilities information field as the second flag, which indicates whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling. For example, if the second flag bit is set to "0", it indicates that the site device does not support sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; if the second flag bit is set to "1", it indicates that the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0136] Form 3: The UHR capabilities information element is carried in the first radio frame, and one bit of the PHY capabilities information field is used as the third flag to identify whether the site device supports 1024-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) access mechanism is used. For example, when the third flag is set to "0", it indicates that the site device does not support 1024-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used; when the third flag is set to "1", it indicates that the site device supports 1024-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used. The target bandwidth (Band Width, BW) can be 160MHz or 320MHz.

[0137] Form 4: The UHR capabilities information element is carried in the first radio frame and occupies one bit of the PHY capabilities information field as the fourth flag, which indicates whether the site device supports 4096-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used.

[0138] For example, when the fourth flag bit is set to "0", it indicates that the site device does not support 4096-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used; when the fourth flag bit is set to "1", it indicates that the site device supports 4096-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used.

[0139] Form 5: The UHR capabilities information element is carried in the first radio frame, and occupies 2 bits of the PHY capabilities information field as the first identification bit group. The first identification bit group includes a first sub-identifier (occupying one bit) and a second sub-identifier (occupying one bit); wherein the first sub-identifier identifies whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling, and the second sub-identifier identifies whether the site device supports receiving 4096-QAM signaling.

[0140] For example, when the first identification bit group is set to "00", it indicates that the site device does not support receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; when the first identification bit group is set to "01", it indicates that the site device does not support receiving 1024-QAM signaling but supports receiving 4096-QAM signaling; when the first identification bit group is set to "10", it indicates that the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling but does not support receiving 4096-QAM signaling; when the first identification bit group is set to "11", it indicates that the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0141] Form 6: The UHR capabilities information element is carried in the first radio frame, and occupies 2 bits of the PHY capabilities information field as the second identification bit group. The second identification bit group includes a third sub-identifier (occupying one bit) and a fourth sub-identifier (occupying one bit); wherein the third sub-identifier identifies whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling, and the fourth sub-identifier identifies whether the site device supports sending 4096-QAM signaling.

[0142] For example, when the second identification bit group is set to "00", it indicates that the site device does not support sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; when the second identification bit group is set to "01", it indicates that the site device does not support sending 1024-QAM signaling but supports sending 4096-QAM signaling; when the second identification bit group is set to "10", it indicates that the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling but does not support sending 4096-QAM signaling; when the second identification bit group is set to "11", it indicates that the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0143] In some embodiments, the first radio frame includes at least one of a Probe Request frame, an Association Request frame, and a Reassociation Request frame, and in the first radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value. As shown in Table 1 below, in the Probe Request frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies an order value of "96."

[0144] Table 1:

[0145] Step 202: The site device 101 sends the first radio frame.

[0146] The first identification information carried by the first radio frame by the site device indicates the support capability information of the site device for QAM signaling when the dRU format is smaller than 242-tone.

[0147] For example, in some embodiments, the first wireless frame is sent during the connection process between the station device and the access point device. For example, during the scanning phase, the station device sends a Probe Request frame carrying the first identification information, or during the association phase, the station device sends an Association Request frame carrying the first identification information, or during the reconnection phase, the station device sends a Reassociation Request frame carrying the first identification information.

[0148] Step 203: The access point device 102 receives the first wireless frame;

[0149] Among them, the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the site device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; wherein the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0150] As another embodiment, referring to FIG. 3 , the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure further includes steps 301 to 303 .

[0151] Step 301: The access point device 102 determines a second radio frame; wherein the second radio frame includes second identification information, the second identification information identifying the access point device's support capability for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the second identification information is carried in a UHR capabilities information element of the second radio frame and is set to a reserved bit;

[0152] In some embodiments, after receiving the first radio frame, the access point device needs to reply to the site device with a data frame if the site device is currently allowed to connect. Specifically, the access point device determines a second radio frame and carries second identification information in the second radio frame, which is used to identify the access point device's support capability for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone.

[0153] In some embodiments, the second identification information is carried in the UHR capabilities information element of the second radio frame and is set to a reserved bit (Reserved). In the case where the dRU format is less than 242-tone, the AP may support all QAM signaling, for example, supporting both 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling. In order to maintain consistency of the protocol and the frame structure of the UHR capabilities information element, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second radio frame still carries a second identification information, and the second identification information may occupy one or more reserved bits in the UHR capabilities information element, and be consistent with the first identification information.

[0154] Step 302: The access point device 102 sends the second wireless frame;

[0155] The second identification information carried by the access point device in the second radio frame indicates the access point device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is smaller than 242-tone.

[0156] In some embodiments, the second wireless frame includes at least one of a Beacon frame, a Probe Response frame, an Association Response frame, and a Reassociation Response frame. For example, the access point device sends a Beacon frame carrying the second identification information during the broadcast phase, or during the probe phase, the access point device replies with a Probe Response frame carrying the second identification information, or during the association phase, the access point device replies with an Association Response frame carrying the second identification information, or during the reassociation phase, the access point device replies with a Reassociation Response frame carrying the second identification information.

[0157] In some embodiments, in the second radio frame, the packing order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

[0158] Step 303: The site device 101 receives the second radio frame and determines the access point device 102's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is smaller than 242-tone.

[0159] Among them, the site device receives the second wireless frame sent by the access point device, and then determines the access point device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone based on the second wireless frame, and then decides whether to join the network to meet UHR transmission requirements, improve communication transmission distance, and improve system throughput.

[0160] 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", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0161] 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.

[0162] In some embodiments, terms such as wireless access scheme and waveform may be used interchangeably.

[0163] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "setting", "indicated", "some", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable. "Specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "setting A", "indicated A", "some 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, some A, any A, or first A, etc., but not limited to this.

[0164] 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.

[0165] 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.

[0166] 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 203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 301 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto; the combination of step 201 and step 202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, the combination of step 202 and step 203 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, the combination of step 203 and step 301 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, the combination of step 301 and step 302 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of step 302 and step 303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but are not limited thereto.

[0167] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2 .

[0168] FIG4 is a flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0169] As shown in FIG4 , the above method may be applied to a site device 101, and the above method includes:

[0170] Step 401: The site device 101 determines a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes first identification information, the first identification information identifying the site device's support capability for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signaling when a distributed resource unit (DRU) format is smaller than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0171] Step 402: The site device 101 sends the first radio frame.

[0172] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first radio frame includes an ultra high reliability capability UHR capabilities information element;

[0173] The first identification information is carried in the physical layer capability information PHY capabilities information field of the UHR capabilities information element.

[0174] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes at least one of the following:

[0175] A first flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0176] A second flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0177] The third flag indicates whether the site device supports 1024-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) access mechanism is used;

[0178] A fourth flag bit indicates whether the site device supports 4096-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used;

[0179] A first identification bit group includes a first sub-identifier and a second sub-identifier; wherein the first sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling, and the second sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 4096-QAM signaling;

[0180] The second identification bit group includes a third sub-identifier and a fourth sub-identifier; wherein, the third sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling, and the fourth sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 4096-QAM signaling.

[0181] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first radio frame includes at least one of a probe request frame, an association request frame, and a reassociation request frame;

[0182] In the first radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

[0183] Step 403 , the site device 101 receives a second wireless frame sent by the access point device 102 ;

[0184] The second radio frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies the access point device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the second identification information is carried in the UHR capabilities information element of the second radio frame and is set to a reserved bit.

[0185] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second wireless frame includes at least one of a beacon frame, a Probe Response frame, an Association Response frame, and a Reassociation Response frame;

[0186] In the second radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

[0187] 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, step 402 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 403 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; the combination of step 401 and step 402 may be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0188] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 4 .

[0189] FIG5 is a second flowchart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0190] As shown in FIG5 , the above method may be applied to an access point device 102, and the above method includes:

[0191] In step 501, the access point device 102 receives a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the site device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0192] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first radio frame includes a UHR capabilities information element;

[0193] The first identification information is carried in the PHY capabilities information field of the UHR capabilities information element.

[0194] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes at least one of the following:

[0195] A first flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0196] A second flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling;

[0197] The third flag indicates whether the site device supports 1024-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used;

[0198] A fourth flag bit indicates whether the site device supports 4096-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used;

[0199] A first identification bit group includes a first sub-identifier and a second sub-identifier; wherein the first sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling, and the second sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 4096-QAM signaling;

[0200] The second identification bit group includes a third sub-identifier and a fourth sub-identifier; wherein, the third sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling, and the fourth sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 4096-QAM signaling.

[0201] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first radio frame includes at least one of a Probe Request frame, an Association Request frame, and a Reassociation Request frame;

[0202] In the first radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

[0203] Step 502: The access point device 102 determines a second radio frame; wherein the second radio frame includes second identification information, the second identification information identifying the access point device's support capability for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the second identification information is carried in a UHR capabilities information element of the second radio frame and is set to a reserved bit;

[0204] Step 503: The access point device 102 sends the second wireless frame.

[0205] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second wireless frame includes at least one of a Beacon frame, a Probe Response frame, an Association Response frame, and a Reassociation Response frame;

[0206] In the second radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

[0207] 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 501 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 502 may be implemented as an independent embodiment; the combination of step 501 and step 502 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of step 502 and step 503 may be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0208] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 5 .

[0209] 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.

[0210] 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.

[0211] 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.

[0212] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a station device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6 , the station device 600 may include at least one of a determining module 601 and a sending module 602 .

[0213] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned determination module 601 is used to determine a module for determining a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the site device's support capability information for quadrature amplitude modulation QAM signaling when the distributed resource unit dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0214] In some embodiments, the sending module 602 is configured to send the first wireless frame.

[0215] Optionally, the determining module 601 is configured to execute at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step 201 and step 401) executed 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 at least one of step 202 and step 402, which are not described in detail here.

[0216] FIG7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an access point device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7 , the access point device 700 may include: a receiving module 701 .

[0217] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned receiving module 701 is used to receive a first wireless frame; wherein, the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the site device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

[0218] Optionally, the receiving module 701 is configured to execute at least one of the communication steps (eg, step 203 and step 501 ) executed by the access point device 102 in any of the above methods, which will not be described in detail herein.

[0219] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal 800 (e.g., user equipment) proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Terminal 800 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 800 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.

[0220] As shown in Figure 8, terminal 800 includes one or more processors 801. Processor 801 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 800 is used to perform any of the above methods.

[0221] In some embodiments, the terminal 800 further includes one or more memories 802 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 802 may be located outside the terminal 800.

[0222] In some embodiments, the terminal 800 further includes one or more transceivers 804. When the terminal 800 includes one or more transceivers 804, the transceiver 804 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step 202, step 203, step 302, step 303, step 402, step 403, step 501, step 503, but not limited thereto), and the processor 801 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, step 201, step 301, step 401, step 502, but not limited thereto).

[0223] 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.

[0224] In some embodiments, terminal 800 may include one or more interface circuits 803. Optionally, interface circuit 803 is connected to memory 802. Interface circuit 803 may be configured to receive signals from memory 802 or other devices, and may be configured to send signals to memory 802 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 803 may read instructions stored in memory 802 and send the instructions to processor 801.

[0225] The terminal 800 described in the above embodiment may be a communication device such as a user device, but the scope of the terminal 800 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the terminal 800 may not be limited by FIG8 . 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, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0226] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 900 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the terminal 800 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 900 shown in FIG9 , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0227] The chip 900 includes one or more processors 901 , and the chip 900 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0228] In some embodiments, chip 900 further includes one or more 903. Optionally, interface circuit 903 is connected to memory 902. Interface circuit 903 can be used to receive signals from memory 902 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to memory 902 or other devices. For example, interface circuit 903 can read instructions stored in memory 902 and send the instructions to processor 901.

[0229] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 903 executes at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, step 202, step 203, step 302, step 303, step 402, step 403, step 501, step 503, but not limited to these), and the processor 901 executes at least one of the other steps (for example, step 201, step 301, step 401, step 502, but not limited to these).

[0230] In some embodiments, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

[0231] In some embodiments, the chip 900 further includes one or more memories 902 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 902 may be external to the chip 900.

[0232] The present disclosure also provides a storage medium having instructions stored thereon. When the instructions are executed on the terminal 800, the terminal 800 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.

[0233] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the terminal 800, enables the terminal 800 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0234] 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, applied to a site device, 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 the support capability information of the site device for quadrature amplitude modulation QAM signaling when the distributed resource unit dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; The first radio frame is sent.

2. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first radio frame includes an ultra high reliability capabilities UHR capabilities information element; The first identification information is carried in the physical layer capability information PHY capabilities information field of the UHR capabilities information element.

3. The communication method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The first identification information includes at least one of the following: A first flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; A second flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; The third flag indicates whether the site device supports 1024-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA access mechanism is used; A fourth flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports 4096-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used; A first identification bit group includes a first sub-identifier and a second sub-identifier; wherein the first sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling, and the second sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 4096-QAM signaling; The second identification bit group includes a third sub-identifier and a fourth sub-identifier; wherein the third sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 1024 QAM signaling, and the fourth sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 4096-QAM signaling.

4. The communication method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first radio frame includes at least one of a Probe Request frame, an Association Request frame, and a Reassociation Request frame; In the first radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

5. The communication method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method further comprises: receiving a second wireless frame sent by the access point device; Among them, the second radio frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies the access point device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the second identification information is carried in the UHR capabilities information element of the second radio frame and is set to a reserved bit.

6. The communication method according to claim 5, characterized in that: The second wireless frame includes at least one of a beacon frame, a probe response frame, an association response frame, and a reassociation response frame; In the second radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

7. A communication method, applied to an access point device, characterized in that: The method comprises: Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the support capability information of the site device for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

8. The communication method according to claim 7, characterized in that: The first radio frame includes a UHR capabilities information element; The first identification information is carried in the PHY capabilities information field of the UHR capabilities information element.

9. The communication method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that: The first identification information includes at least one of the following: A first flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; A second flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; The third flag indicates that the site device has a working bandwidth greater than the target bandwidth and a downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used. Whether 1024-QAM signaling is supported; A fourth flag bit, indicating whether the site device supports 4096-QAM signaling when the working bandwidth is greater than the target bandwidth and the downlink OFDMA access mechanism is used; A first identification bit group includes a first sub-identifier and a second sub-identifier; wherein the first sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 1024-QAM signaling, and the second sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports receiving 4096-QAM signaling; The second identification bit group includes a third sub-identifier and a fourth sub-identifier; wherein the third sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 1024-QAM signaling, and the fourth sub-identifier indicates whether the site device supports sending 4096-QAM signaling.

10. The communication method according to claim 8, characterized in that: The first wireless frame includes at least one of a Probe Request frame, an Association Request frame, and a Reassociation Request frame; In the first radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

11. The communication method according to claim 7, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Determine a second radio frame; wherein the second radio frame includes second identification information, and the second identification information identifies the access point device's support capability information for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the second identification information is carried in the UHR capabilities information element of the second radio frame and is set to a reserved bit; The second radio frame is sent.

12. The communication method according to claim 11, characterized in that: The second wireless frame includes at least one of a Beacon frame, a Probe Response frame, an Association Response frame, and a Reassociation Response frame; In the second radio frame, the encapsulation order field of the UHR capabilities information element occupies a new order value.

13. 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 the support capability information of the site device for quadrature amplitude modulation QAM signaling when the distributed resource unit dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling; A sending module is used to send the first wireless frame.

14. An access point device, characterized in that: The access point device comprises: A receiving module, used for receiving a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information, and the first identification information identifies the support capability information of the site device for QAM signaling when the dRU format is less than 242-tone; the QAM signaling includes at least one of 1024-QAM signaling and 4096-QAM signaling.

15. A communication device, the communication device being a station 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 6.

16. A communication device, the communication device being an access point device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The access point device is used to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 7 to 12.

17. A communication system, characterized in that: It comprises a site device and an access point device; wherein the site device is configured to implement the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, and the access point device is configured to implement the communication method according to any one of claims 7 to 12.

18. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, or execute the communication method according to any one of claims 7 to 12.

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