Multi-AP coordination method, access point equipment and communication system

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention relates to a multi-AP (Access Point) coordination method, access point equipment and a communication system. The multi-AP coordination method comprises the following steps: determining a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame of multi-access point equipment; wherein the first wireless frame comprises first identification information; the first identification information is used for identifying that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame; and sending the first wireless frame to further enhance a multi-AP coordination mechanism.

Description

Multi-AP coordination method, access point device and communication system Technical Field

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

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

[0003] In UHR, the multi-AP (M-AP or multi-AP) coordination mechanism will be further enhanced to achieve interference elimination between BSSs, improve user service quality and ensure low-latency service latency.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-AP coordination method, an access point device, and a communication system to further enhance the multi-AP (M-AP or multi-AP) coordination mechanism.

[0006] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a multi-AP coordination method, performed by a first access point device, the method comprising:

[0007] Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame;

[0008] The first radio frame is sent.

[0009] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a multi-AP coordination method, which is performed by a second access point device, and the method includes:

[0010] Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0011] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, wherein the access point device includes a first access point device, including:

[0012] A first determining module is configured to determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame of a multi-access point device; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame;

[0013] The first sending module is configured to send the first wireless frame.

[0014] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, wherein the access point device includes a second access point device, including:

[0015] The first receiving module is used to receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0016] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, including:

[0017] one or more processors;

[0018] The access point device is used to execute the multi-AP coordination method described in the first aspect or the second aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a communication system, including a first access point device and a second access point device; wherein the first access point device is configured to implement the multi-AP coordination method described in the first aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and the second access point device is configured to implement the multi-AP coordination method described in the second aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a storage medium, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the multi-AP coordination method as described in the first aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, or executes the multi-AP coordination method as described in the second aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first AP determines a first wireless frame, which is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame. The first identification information carried by the first wireless frame identifies the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame. In this way, a multi-AP coordination establishment request or a multi-AP coordination establishment response can be performed through the first wireless frame, thereby realizing interaction between multiple APs through the multi-AP coordination establishment frame and establishing coordination between multiple access point devices.

[0022] 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

[0023] 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.

[0024] FIG1 is an exemplary schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] FIG2 is one of exemplary interaction diagrams of a multi-AP coordination method provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] FIG3 is a second exemplary interaction diagram of a multi-AP coordination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] FIG4 is a flowchart of a multi-AP coordination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG5 is a second flow chart of a multi-AP coordination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an access point device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0030] FIG7 is a second structural diagram of an access point device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0031] FIG8 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-AP coordination method, an access point device, and a communication system.

[0034] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a multi-AP coordination method, which is performed by a first access point device AP. The method includes:

[0035] Determine a first wireless frame; the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame;

[0036] The first radio frame is sent.

[0037] In the above embodiment, the first AP determines the first wireless frame, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame, and the first identification information carried by the first wireless frame identifies the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame; in this way, a multi-AP coordination establishment request or a multi-AP coordination establishment response can be performed through the first wireless frame, thereby realizing interaction between multiple APs through the multi-AP coordination establishment frame and establishing coordination between multiple access point devices.

[0038] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information is carried in a first information field of the first radio frame; the first information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame;

[0039] Among them, the first information field is set to a first parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame;

[0040] The first information field is set to a second parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0041] In the above embodiment, the first information field is carried by the first field in the first wireless frame, the first identification information is carried by the first information field, and it is set: when the first information field is set to the first parameter value, the first identification information identifies the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame; when the first information field is set to the second parameter value, the first identification information identifies the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame; in this way, the device receiving the first wireless frame can determine whether the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame through the parameter value in the first information field.

[0042] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments,

[0043] The first wireless frame further includes second identification information and third identification information; the second identification information is used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information corresponding to the multi-AP coordination type.

[0044] In the above embodiment, one or more multi-AP coordination types are identified by the second identification information carried by the first wireless frame, and the coordination parameter information corresponding to each multi-AP coordination type identified by the second identification information is identified by the third identification information carried by the first wireless frame, thereby realizing the coordination strategy established by negotiating multi-AP coordination through the first wireless frame and the parameter information of the specific strategy.

[0045] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments,

[0046] The second identification information is carried in the second information field of the first radio frame; the second information field is carried in the first field of the first radio frame;

[0047] The third identification information is carried in the second field of the first wireless frame.

[0048] In the above embodiment, the second information field is carried by the first field in the first wireless frame, and the second identification information is carried by the second information field; the third identification information is carried by the second field in the first wireless frame; in this way, the device receiving the first wireless frame can obtain the multi-AP coordination type requested or responded by the first AP through the first wireless frame and the corresponding coordination parameter information by parsing the first field and the second field.

[0049] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments,

[0050] The second information field is set to a preset parameter value, and the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value;

[0051] or

[0052] The second information field includes at least two bits, and the bits correspond to the coordination type. The second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit, and the parameter value of the target bit is set to a third parameter value.

[0053] In the above embodiment, the parameter value of the target bit is set to a third parameter value. By setting the second identification information to identify the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value in the second information field, or the second identification information to identify the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit in the second information field, the setting method of the multi-AP coordination type can be diversified.

[0054] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first radio frame further includes fourth identification information and fifth identification information;

[0055] The fourth identification information identifies that the frame type of the first wireless frame is a UHR action frame; the fifth identification information is set to a fourth parameter value, identifying that the frame type of the UHR action frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame.

[0056] In the above embodiment, the frame type of the first wireless frame is identified as a UHR action frame by the fourth identification information carried by the first wireless frame, and the frame type of the UHR action frame is identified as a multi-AP coordination establishment frame by setting the fifth identification information carried by the first wireless frame to the fourth parameter value, thereby defining the multi-AP coordination establishment frame.

[0057] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame, and the method further includes:

[0058] A second wireless frame is received; wherein the second wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first wireless frame.

[0059] In the above embodiment, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame, and by receiving a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first wireless frame, interaction between multiple APs through the multi-AP coordination establishment frame is achieved, and coordination between multiple access point devices is established.

[0060] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, after receiving the second radio frame, the method further includes:

[0061] Send a third radio frame; wherein the third radio frame indicates that the first access point device has received the second radio frame.

[0062] In the above embodiment, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame. After receiving the multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first wireless frame, the third wireless frame is sent to inform the device receiving the first wireless frame that the first access point device has received the second wireless frame, thereby successfully establishing coordination between the multiple access point devices between the first access point device and the device receiving the first wireless frame.

[0063] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a multi-AP coordination method, which is performed by a second access point device. The method includes:

[0064] Receive a first wireless frame; the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0065] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first identification information is carried in a first information field of a request type of the first radio frame; the first information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame;

[0066] Among them, the first information field is set to a first parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame;

[0067] The first information field is set to a second parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0068] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments,

[0069] The first wireless frame further includes second identification information and third identification information; the second identification information is used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information corresponding to the multi-AP coordination type.

[0070] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments,

[0071] The second identification information is carried in the second information field of the first radio frame; the second information field is carried in the first field of the first radio frame;

[0072] The third identification information is carried in the second field of the first wireless frame.

[0073] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments,

[0074] The second information field is set to a preset parameter value, and the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value;

[0075] or

[0076] The second information field includes at least two bits, and the bits correspond to the coordination type. The second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit, and the parameter value of the target bit is set to a third parameter value.

[0077] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first radio frame further includes fourth identification information and fifth identification information;

[0078] The fourth identification information identifies that the frame type of the first wireless frame is a UHR action frame; the fifth identification information is set to a fourth parameter value, identifying that the frame type of the UHR action frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame.

[0079] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame, and the method further includes:

[0080] Determine a second wireless frame; wherein the second wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first wireless frame;

[0081] The second radio frame is sent.

[0082] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, after sending the second radio frame, the method further includes:

[0083] Receive a third radio frame; wherein the third radio frame indicates that the first access point device has received the second radio frame.

[0084] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, comprising a first access point device, wherein the first access point device comprises at least one of a first determination module and a first sending module; wherein the first access point device is configured to execute an optional implementation of the first aspect.

[0085] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, including: a first receiving module; wherein the above-mentioned second access point device is used to perform the optional implementation manner of the second aspect.

[0086] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an access point device, including:

[0087] one or more processors;

[0088] The access point device is used to perform an optional implementation of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0089] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication system, comprising a first access point device and a second access point device; wherein the first access point device is configured to perform the optional implementation method described in the first aspect, and the second access point device is configured to perform the optional implementation method described in the second aspect.

[0090] In a seventh 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 an optional implementation as described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0091] In an eighth 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 manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

[0092] In a ninth 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 or second aspect.

[0093] In a tenth 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 or second aspect.

[0094] It is understandable that the aforementioned 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.

[0095] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-AP coordination method, an access point device, and a communication system. In some embodiments, the terms multi-AP coordination method, signal transmission method, wireless frame transmission method, etc. are interchangeable, and the terms information processing system, communication system, etc. are interchangeable.

[0096] 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.

[0097] 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.

[0098] 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.

[0099] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0100] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," and the like can be used interchangeably.

[0101] 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.

[0102] 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.

[0103] 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.

[0104] 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.

[0105] 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.

[0106] 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", "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.

[0107] 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.

[0108] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.

[0109] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0110] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0111] 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.

[0112] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a multi-AP coordination system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0113] As shown in FIG1 , a multi-AP coordination system 100 includes a first access point (AP) 101 and a second access point 102 .

[0114] In some embodiments, the first access point device 101 and the second access point device 102 can be access points for mobile terminals 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.

[0115] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP and STA (station) may be devices supporting multiple connections, for example, they may be respectively 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); AP MLD may represent an access point supporting multi-connection communication functions, and non-AP MLD may represent a site supporting multi-connection communication functions.

[0116] In some embodiments, the station device includes, for example, a wireless communication chip, a wireless sensor, or a wireless communication terminal that supports Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi communication, a car with WiFi communication, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and a wireless terminal device in a smart home.

[0117] Specifically, the station device can be a terminal device or network device with a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) chip. Optionally, the relay device 102 and the station device 103 can 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 support the next generation 802.11 protocol, but are not limited thereto.

[0118] 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.

[0119] 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.

[0120] The various embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless local area network (WLAN), such as a local area network that adopts the 802.11 series of protocols. In a WLAN, a basic service set (BSS) is a basic component of a WLAN. A BSS network is composed of station devices with certain associations within a specific coverage area. One scenario of association is that stations communicate directly with each other in an ad hoc network, which is called an independent basic service set (IBSS). Another more common scenario is that in a BSS network, there is only one central station with a dedicated BSS management function, which is called an access point device, and other stations in the BSS network that are not APs are called terminals, also called non-AP STAs. APs and non-AP STAs are collectively referred to as STAs. When describing STAs, there is no need to distinguish between APs and non-AP STAs. In the same BSS network, due to distance, transmission power, etc., a STA cannot detect other STAs that are farther away from it, and the two are hidden nodes of each other.

[0121] FIG2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an interaction of a multi-AP coordination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG2 , the method includes:

[0122] In step 201, the first AP 101 determines a first wireless frame; the first wireless frame is a multiple access point device multiple AP coordination establishment frame (MAP Coordination establishment frame; Multiple AP, MAP); wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multiple AP coordination establishment request frame or a multiple AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0123] Existing 802.11 protocols primarily focus on improving the throughput, rate, and access efficiency of a single BSS or AP. Research on coordinated transmission between multiple BSSs or APs is limited. With the increasing frequency bands supported by Wi-Fi devices and the trend toward higher frequencies, coupled with the diverse demands of communication services, WLAN device deployments are becoming increasingly dense. Consequently, the increasing density of APs can lead to increased inter-cell interference and increase the risk of access conflicts.

[0124] To further enhance user service quality and overall network performance, UHR requires coordination between multiple access points (APs), while pursuing improvements in communication rates, latency, and reliability within a single BSS. Collaboration among multiple APs allows for more rational allocation of communication resources, ensuring communication quality while improving access efficiency and achieving better network performance. Multi-AP coordination primarily eliminates inter-BSS interference, improves user service quality, and reduces latency by implementing coordination strategies such as time-frequency and frequency-domain resource sharing, spatial multiplexing, or joint transmission among multiple APs. However, establishing multi-AP coordination requires efficient signaling for coordinated transmission between APs.

[0125] To this end, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first AP101 determines a first wireless frame, which is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame. The first identification information carried by the first wireless frame identifies the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame. In this way, a multi-AP coordination establishment request or a multi-AP coordination establishment response can be performed through the first wireless frame, thereby realizing interaction between multiple APs through the multi-AP coordination establishment frame and establishing coordination between multiple access point devices.

[0126] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first radio frame further includes fourth identification information and fifth identification information;

[0127] The fourth identification information identifies that the frame type of the first wireless frame is a UHR action frame; the fifth identification information is set to a fourth parameter value, identifying that the frame type of the UHR action frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame.

[0128] Optionally, the MAP Coordination setup frame may be an action frame. The encoding (action field format) of the MAP Coordination setup frame is shown in Table 1 below:

[0129] Table 1:

[0130] As shown in Table 1, the action field of the MAP Coordination setup frame includes, in order: the Category field, the UHR Action field, the Dialog Token field, and the MAP Coordination element. The Category field is used to identify the category of the action frame. For example, the Category field can be set to 38 to identify a UHR action frame, and the Category field can be set to 39 to identify a protected UHR action frame. The UHR Action field is used to identify the frame type of the UHR action frame. For example, the UHR Action field can be set to 0 to identify the frame type of the UHR action frame as a MAP Coordination setup frame. The Dialog Token field is used to identify the current session. The MAP Coordination element is used to identify the frame content of the MAP Coordination setup frame.

[0131] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information is carried in a first information field of the first radio frame; the first information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame;

[0132] Among them, the first information field is set to a first parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame;

[0133] The first information field is set to a second parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0134] Optionally, the first field may be a multi-AP coordination control MAP Coordination Control field in the first radio frame, and the first information field may be a request type Request Type subfield in the MAP Coordination Control field.

[0135] Optionally, the first parameter value can be set to 1 and the second parameter value can be set to 0; correspondingly, when the first information field is set to 1, the first identification information identifies the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame; when the first information field is set to 0, the first identification information identifies the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0136] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wireless frame further includes second identification information and third identification information; the second identification information is used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information corresponding to the multi-AP coordination type.

[0137] Optionally, the second identification information can be used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types. For example, assuming that the multi-AP coordination type can include C-SR coordination (Coordination-Spatial Reuse, a coordination mechanism based on spatial reuse), C-TDMA coordination (Coordination-Time Division Multiple Access, a coordination mechanism based on time division multiple access), and C-OFDMA coordination (Coordination-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, a coordination mechanism based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing), then: the second identification information can be used to identify C-SR coordination, C-TDMA coordination, C-OFDMA coordination, a combination of C-SR coordination and C-TDMA coordination, a combination of C-TDMA coordination and C-OFDMA coordination, a combination of C-SR coordination and C-OFDMA coordination, or a combination of C-SR coordination, C-TDMA coordination and C-OFDMA coordination, and the present disclosure is not limited to this.

[0138] It should be noted that the above multi-AP coordination type is only an example, and the multi-AP coordination type can be changed according to communication requirements.

[0139] Optionally, the coordination parameter information of the multi-AP coordination type identified by the third identification information can correspond one-to-one to the multi-AP coordination type identified by the second identification information, that is, the third identification information identifies the coordination parameter information of the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to each multi-AP coordination type identified by the second identification information.

[0140] As an example, if the second identification information identifies C-SR coordination or C-TDMA coordination, the third identification information identifies C-SR coordination parameters or C-TDMA coordination parameters; if Coordination Type identifies C-SR coordination and C-TDMA coordination, the third identification information identifies C-SR coordination parameters and C-TDMA coordination parameters.

[0141] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, one or more multi-AP coordination types are identified by the second identification information carried by the first wireless frame, and the coordination parameter information corresponding to each multi-AP coordination type identified by the second identification information is identified by the third identification information carried by the first wireless frame, thereby achieving the coordination strategy established by negotiating multi-AP coordination through the first wireless frame and the parameter information of the specific strategy.

[0142] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second identification information is carried in the second information field of the first radio frame; the second information field is carried in the first field of the first radio frame;

[0143] The third identification information is carried in the second field of the first wireless frame.

[0144] Optionally, the first field may be a multi-AP coordination control MAP Coordination Control field in the first radio frame, the second information field may be a coordination type Coordination Type subfield in the MAP Coordination Control field, and the second field may be a MAP Coordination Parameter Information field in the first radio frame.

[0145] As shown in FIG2 , the MAP Coordination element includes a MAP Coordination Control field and a MAP Coordination Parameter Information field.

[0146] The MAP Coordination Control field includes a Coordination Type subfield and a Request Type subfield, and the MAP Coordination Parameter Information field includes coordination parameters corresponding to each coordination type identified by the Coordination Type subfield.

[0147] The first identification information includes a Request Type subfield, the second identification information includes a Coordination Type subfield, and the third identification information includes a MAP Coordination Parameter Information field.

[0148] Optionally, the coordination parameter information of the multi-AP coordination type in the MAP Coordination Parameter Information field corresponds one-to-one to each multi-AP coordination type in the Coordination Type subfield.

[0149] As an example, referring to FIG2 , in the case of the Coordination Type subfields Type-A and Type-B, the MAP Coordination Parameter Information field includes the coordination parameter information Coordination Type-A Parameter Information corresponding to Type-A and the coordination parameter information Coordination Type-B Parameter Information corresponding to Type-B.

[0150] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second information field is set to a preset parameter value, and the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value;

[0151] or

[0152] The second information field includes at least two bits, and the bits correspond to the coordination type. The second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit, and the parameter value of the target bit is set to a third parameter value.

[0153] When the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value, the preset parameter value can correspond to the multi-AP coordination type one by one. Taking the above-mentioned multi-AP coordination type as an example, which can include C-SR coordination, C-TDMA coordination, and C-OFDMA coordination, the preset parameter value can be set to 0, and the corresponding second identification information identifies C-SR coordination; the preset parameter value is set to 1, and the corresponding second identification information identifies C-TDMA coordination; the preset parameter value is set to 2, and the corresponding second identification information identifies C-OFDMA coordination; the preset parameter value is set to 3, and the corresponding second identification information identifies a combination of C-SR coordination and C-TDMA coordination, ..., this disclosure does not limit this.

[0154] When the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the bit set to the third parameter value, taking the above-mentioned multi-AP coordination type as an example, which can include C-SR coordination, C-TDMA coordination, and C-OFDMA coordination, the second information field can be set to include three bits. The embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the correspondence between the three bits and the three coordination methods. Assuming that the first bit corresponds to C-SR coordination, the second bit corresponds to C-TDMA coordination, the third bit corresponds to C-OFDMA coordination, and the third parameter value is 1, then: if the second bit is set to 1, the second identification information identifies C-TDMA coordination; if all three bits are set to 1, the second identification information identifies a combined coordination method of C-SR coordination, C-TDMA coordination, and C-OFDMA coordination.

[0155] Step 202 : The first AP 101 sends a first wireless frame to the second AP 102 .

[0156] Optionally, if the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame, the first AP 101 sends the first wireless frame to the second AP 102 , and a request for establishing multi-AP coordination with the second AP 102 may be initiated to the second AP 102 .

[0157] If the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame, the first AP 101 sends the first wireless frame to the second AP 102 to respond to the multi-AP coordination establishment request initiated by the second AP 102.

[0158] As shown in FIG3 , in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method includes:

[0159] Step 301: The first AP 101 determines a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; and the first identification information is set to a first parameter value.

[0160] Optionally, the value of the first parameter value can be determined by referring to the above description and will not be repeated here.

[0161] Optionally, the first wireless frame also includes second identification information and third identification information, the second identification information is used to identify the coordination type initiated by the first AP101 to the second AP102; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information of the coordination type initiated by the first AP101 to the second AP102.

[0162] Among them, the manner of carrying the first identification information, the second identification information and the third identification information through the first radio frame, the setting of the coordination type and the coordination parameter information are described above and will not be repeated here.

[0163] In step 302 , the first AP 101 sends a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame to the second AP 102 .

[0164] Step 303: The second AP 102 determines a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame (ie, a second radio frame); wherein the second radio frame includes first identification information; and the first identification information is set to a second parameter value.

[0165] Optionally, the multi-AP coordination establishment response frame has the same frame format as the first radio frame. The first information field in the first radio frame is set to the first parameter value, and the first information field in the second radio frame is set to the second parameter value. Furthermore, the second information field in the second radio frame is the same as the second information field in the first radio frame, and the second field in the second radio frame is also the same as the second field in the first radio frame. These are not further described here.

[0166] Taking the first field as the multi-AP coordination control MAP Coordination Control field in the first radio frame, the first information field may be the request type Request Type subfield in the MAP Coordination Control field, the second information field may be the coordination type Coordination Type subfield in the MAP Coordination Control field, and the second field may be the MAP Coordination Parameter Information field in the first radio frame as an example, the Request Type subfield in the first radio frame is set to the first parameter value, and the Request Type subfield in the second radio frame is set to the second parameter value; and the Coordination Type subfield in the second radio frame is the same as the Coordination Type subfield in the first radio frame, and the MAP Coordination Parameter Information field in the second radio frame is also the same as the MAP Coordination Parameter Information field in the first radio frame, which is not repeated here.

[0167] Step 304 : The second AP 102 sends a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame to the first AP 101 .

[0168] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first AP101 sends a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame to the second AP102 to initiate a request to establish multi-AP coordination with the second AP102; and the second AP102 sends a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame (i.e., a second wireless frame) to the first AP101 for the multi-AP coordination establishment request frame to respond to the multi-AP coordination establishment request frame initiated by the first AP101.

[0169] Step 305 : After receiving the second radio frame, the first AP 101 sends a third radio frame to the second AP 102 ; wherein the third radio frame indicates that the first AP 101 has received the second radio frame.

[0170] Optionally, the third wireless frame is an acknowledgment frame ACK (acknowledgement) frame.

[0171] Optionally, after the second AP 102 receives the third radio frame sent by the first AP 101 , it indicates that the multi-AP coordination between the first AP 101 and the second AP 102 is successfully established.

[0172] 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", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0173] 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.

[0174] In some embodiments, terms such as wireless access scheme and waveform may be used interchangeably.

[0175] In some embodiments, terms such as "certain", "preset", "preset", "setting", "indicated", "a certain", "any", and "first" can be interchangeable. "Specific A", "preset A", "preset A", "setting A", "indicated A", "a certain A", "any A", and "first A" can be interpreted as A pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or as A obtained through setting, configuration, or indication, etc., or as specific A, a certain A, any A, or first A, etc., but not limited to this.

[0176] 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.

[0177] 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.

[0178] The multi-AP coordination 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 301 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, step 303 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and step 305 can be implemented as an independent embodiment; the combination of step 201 and step 202 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, the combination of step 301 and step 302 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, the combination of step 303 and step 304 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, the combination of step 305 and step 306 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, the combination of step 301, step 302, step 303 and step 304 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, the combination of step 301, step 302, step 303, step 304, step 305 and step 306 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of step 305 and step 306 can be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0179] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 2 .

[0180] FIG4 is a flowchart of a multi-AP coordination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0181] As shown in FIG4 , the above method may be applied to the first AP 101 , and includes:

[0182] Step 401, determine a first wireless frame; the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0183] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information is carried in a first information field of the first radio frame; the first information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame;

[0184] Among them, the first information field is set to a first parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame;

[0185] The first information field is set to a second parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0186] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wireless frame further includes second identification information and third identification information; the second identification information is used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information corresponding to the multi-AP coordination type.

[0187] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second identification information is carried in a coordination type second information field of the first radio frame; the second information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame;

[0188] The third identification information is carried in the second field of the first wireless frame.

[0189] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure,

[0190] The second information field is set to a preset parameter value, and the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value;

[0191] or

[0192] The second information field includes at least two bits, and the bits correspond to the coordination type. The second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit, and the parameter value of the target bit is set to a third parameter value.

[0193] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first radio frame further includes fourth identification information and fifth identification information;

[0194] The fourth identification information identifies that the frame type of the first wireless frame is a UHR action frame; the fifth identification information is set to a fourth parameter value, identifying that the frame type of the UHR action frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame.

[0195] The optional implementation of step 401 can refer to the optional implementation of step 201 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0196] Step 402: Send the first wireless frame.

[0197] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame, and the method further includes:

[0198] A second wireless frame is received; wherein the second wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first wireless frame.

[0199] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving the second radio frame, the method further includes:

[0200] Send a third radio frame; wherein the third radio frame indicates that the first access point device 101 has received the second radio frame.

[0201] The optional implementation of step 402 can refer to the optional implementation of step 201 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0202] The multi-AP coordination 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; the combination of step 401 and step 402 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

[0203] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 4 .

[0204] FIG5 is a second flowchart of a multi-AP coordination method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0205] As shown in FIG5 , the above method may be applied to the second access point device 102, and the above method includes:

[0206] Step 501, receiving a first wireless frame; the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0207] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information is carried in the first information field of the first radio frame;

[0208] The first information field is carried in the first field of the first radio frame;

[0209] Among them, the first information field is set to a first parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame;

[0210] The first information field is set to a second parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0211] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wireless frame further includes second identification information and third identification information; the second identification information is used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information corresponding to the multi-AP coordination type.

[0212] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second identification information is carried in a second information field of the first radio frame; the second information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame;

[0213] The third identification information is carried in the second field of the first wireless frame.

[0214] Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure,

[0215] The second information field is set to a preset parameter value, and the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value;

[0216] or

[0217] The second information field includes at least two bits, and the bits correspond to the coordination type. The second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit, and the parameter value of the target bit is set to a third parameter value.

[0218] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first radio frame further includes fourth identification information and fifth identification information;

[0219] The fourth identification information identifies that the frame type of the first wireless frame is a UHR action frame; the fifth identification information is set to a fourth parameter value, identifying that the frame type of the UHR action frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame.

[0220] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame, and the method further includes:

[0221] Determine a second wireless frame; wherein the second wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first wireless frame;

[0222] The second radio frame is sent.

[0223] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, after sending the second radio frame, the method further includes:

[0224] Receive a third radio frame; wherein the third radio frame indicates that the first access point device has received the second radio frame.

[0225] The optional implementation of step 501 can refer to the optional implementation of step 201 in Figure 2 and other related parts in the embodiment involved in Figure 2, which will not be repeated here.

[0226] In some embodiments, reference may be made to other optional implementations described before or after the description corresponding to FIG. 5 .

[0227] 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.

[0228] 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.

[0229] 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.

[0230] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an access point device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG6 , the access point device is a first access point device, and the first access point device 600 may include at least one of a first determining module 601 and a first sending module 602 .

[0231] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned first determination module 601 is used to determine a first wireless frame; wherein, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame of a multi-access point device; wherein, the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame; the first sending module 602 is used to send the first wireless frame.

[0232] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first identification information is carried in a first information field of the first radio frame; the first information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame;

[0233] Among them, the first information field is set to a first parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame;

[0234] The first information field is set to a second parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0235] Optionally, in some embodiments,

[0236] The first wireless frame further includes second identification information and third identification information; the second identification information is used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information corresponding to the multi-AP coordination type.

[0237] In the above embodiment, one or more multi-AP coordination types are identified by the second identification information carried by the first wireless frame, and the coordination parameter information corresponding to each multi-AP coordination type identified by the second identification information is identified by the third identification information carried by the first wireless frame, thereby realizing the coordination strategy established by negotiating multi-AP coordination through the first wireless frame and the parameter information of the specific strategy.

[0238] Optionally, in some embodiments,

[0239] The second identification information is carried in the second information field of the first radio frame; the second information field is carried in the first field of the first radio frame;

[0240] The third identification information is carried in the second field of the first wireless frame.

[0241] Optionally, in some embodiments,

[0242] The second information field is set to a preset parameter value, and the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value;

[0243] or

[0244] The second information field includes at least two bits, and the bits correspond to the coordination type. The second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit, and the parameter value of the target bit is set to a third parameter value.

[0245] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first radio frame further includes fourth identification information and fifth identification information;

[0246] The fourth identification information identifies that the frame type of the first wireless frame is a UHR action frame; the fifth identification information is set to a fourth parameter value, identifying that the frame type of the UHR action frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame.

[0247] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first access point device 600 may further include a second receiving module, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame, and the second receiving module is used to: receive a second wireless frame; wherein the second wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first wireless frame.

[0248] Optionally, the first sending module 602 and the second receiving module may be the same module.

[0249] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first sending module 602 is further configured to send a third radio frame after receiving the second radio frame; wherein the third radio frame indicates that the first access point device has received the second radio frame.

[0250] FIG7 is a second schematic diagram of the structure of an access point device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7 , the access point device is a second access point device, and the second access point device 700 may include: a first receiving module 701 .

[0251] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned first receiving module 701 is used to receive a first wireless frame; wherein, the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein, the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0252] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first identification information is carried in a first information field of a request type of the first radio frame; the first information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame;

[0253] Among them, the first information field is set to a first parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame;

[0254] The first information field is set to a second parameter value, and the first identification information identifies that the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

[0255] Optionally, in some embodiments,

[0256] The first wireless frame further includes second identification information and third identification information; the second identification information is used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information corresponding to the multi-AP coordination type.

[0257] Optionally, in some embodiments,

[0258] The second identification information is carried in the second information field of the first radio frame; the second information field is carried in the first field of the first radio frame;

[0259] The third identification information is carried in the second field of the first wireless frame.

[0260] Optionally, in some embodiments,

[0261] The second information field is set to a preset parameter value, and the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value;

[0262] or

[0263] The second information field includes at least two bits, and the bits correspond to the coordination type. The second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit, and the parameter value of the target bit is set to a third parameter value.

[0264] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first radio frame further includes fourth identification information and fifth identification information;

[0265] The fourth identification information identifies that the frame type of the first wireless frame is a UHR action frame; the fifth identification information is set to a fourth parameter value, identifying that the frame type of the UHR action frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment frame.

[0266] Optionally, in some embodiments, the second access point device 700 may further include a second determining module and a second sending module, the first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame,

[0267] The second determining module is configured to determine a second radio frame; wherein the second radio frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first radio frame;

[0268] The second sending module is used to send the second wireless frame.

[0269] Optionally, in some embodiments, the first receiving module 701 is further configured to receive a third radio frame after sending the second radio frame; wherein the third radio frame indicates that the first access point device has received the second radio frame.

[0270] Optionally, the first receiving module 701 and the second sending module may be the same module.

[0271] 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.

[0272] 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.

[0273] 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.

[0274] 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 302, step 304, step 305, step 402, and step 501, but not limited thereto), and the processor 801 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, step 201, step 301, and step 303, but not limited thereto).

[0275] 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.

[0276] 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.

[0277] 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.

[0278] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 900 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the terminal 1300 can be a chip or a chip system, reference can be made to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 900 shown in FIG9 , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0279] The chip 900 includes one or more processors 901 , and the chip 900 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0280] 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.

[0281] 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 302, step 304, step 305, step 402, step 501, but not limited to these), and the processor 901 executes at least one of the other steps (for example, step 201, step 301, step 303, but not limited to these).

[0282] In some embodiments, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

[0283] 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.

[0284] 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.

[0285] 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.

[0286] 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 multi-AP coordination method, characterized in that, Performed by a first access point device, the method includes: Determine a first wireless frame; wherein, the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein, the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame; Transmit the first wireless frame.

2. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 1, wherein The first identification information is carried in a first information field of the first wireless frame; the first information field is carried in a first field of the first wireless frame; Wherein, the first information field is set to a first parameter value, and the first identification information identifies the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame; The first information field is set to a second parameter value, and the first identification information identifies the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

3. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first wireless frame further includes second identification information and third identification information; the second identification information is used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information corresponding to the multi-AP coordination type.

4. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 3, characterized in that The second identification information is carried in a second information field of the first wireless frame; the second information field is carried in a first field of the first wireless frame; The third identification information is carried in a second field of the first wireless frame.

5. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 4, characterized in that The second information field is set to a preset parameter value, and the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value; Or The second information field includes at least two bits, and the bits correspond to the coordination types; The second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit, and the parameter value of the target bit is set to a third parameter value.

6. The multi-AP coordination method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that The first wireless frame further includes fourth identification information and fifth identification information; The fourth identification information identifies the frame type of the first wireless frame as a UHR action frame; the fifth identification information is set to a fourth parameter value, identifying the frame type of the UHR action frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment frame.

7. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 6, wherein The first wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame, and the method further includes: Receive a second wireless frame; wherein, the second wireless frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first wireless frame.

8. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 7, wherein After receiving the second wireless frame, the method further includes: Transmit a third wireless frame; wherein, the third wireless frame indicates that the first access point device has received the second wireless frame.

9. A multi-AP coordination method, characterized in that, Performed by a second access point device, the method includes: Receive a first wireless frame; wherein, the first wireless frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein, the first wireless frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first wireless frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

10. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 9, characterized in that, The first identification information is carried in a first information field of the first radio frame; the first information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame; Wherein, the first information field is set to a first parameter value, and the first identification information identifies the first radio frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame; The first information field is set to a second parameter value, and the first identification information identifies the first radio frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

11. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 9, wherein, The first radio frame further includes second identification information and third identification information; the second identification information is used to identify one or more multi-AP coordination types; the third identification information is used to identify coordination parameter information corresponding to the multi-AP coordination type.

12. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 11, wherein, The second identification information is carried in a second information field of the first radio frame; the second information field is carried in a first field of the first radio frame; The third identification information is carried in a second field of the first radio frame.

13. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 12, wherein, The second information field is set to a preset parameter value, and the second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the preset parameter value; Or The second information field includes at least two bit positions, and the bit positions correspond to the coordination types; The second identification information identifies the multi-AP coordination type corresponding to the target bit position, and the parameter value of the target bit position is set to a third parameter value.

14. The multi-AP coordination method according to any one of claims 9 to 13, characterized in that The first radio frame further includes fourth identification information and fifth identification information; The fourth identification information identifies the frame type of the first radio frame as a UHR action frame; the fifth identification information identifies a fourth parameter value.

15. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 14, wherein When the first radio frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame, the method further includes: Determining a second radio frame; wherein, the second radio frame is a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame for the first radio frame; Sending the second radio frame.

16. The multi-AP coordination method according to claim 15, characterized in that, After sending the second radio frame, the method further includes: Receiving a third radio frame; wherein, the third radio frame indicates that the first access point device has received the second radio frame.

17. An access point device, characterized in that, The access point device is a first access point device, including: A first determination module, configured to determine a first radio frame; wherein, the first radio frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein, the first radio frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first radio frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame; A first sending module, configured to send the first radio frame.

18. An access point device, characterized in that, The access point device is a second access point device, including: A first receiving module, configured to receive a first radio frame; Wherein, the first radio frame is a multi-access point device multi-AP coordination establishment frame; wherein, the first radio frame includes first identification information; the first identification information is used to identify the first radio frame as a multi-AP coordination establishment request frame or a multi-AP coordination establishment response frame.

19. An access point device, characterized in that, Including: One or more processors; Among them, the access point device is used to execute the multi-AP coordination method described in any one of claims 1 to 9 or 10 to 18.

20. A communication system, characterized in that, It includes a first access point device and a second access point device; among them, the first access point device is configured to implement the multi-AP coordination method described in any one of claims 1 to 8, and the second access point device is configured to implement the multi-AP coordination method described in any one of claims 9 to 16.

21. A storage medium, the storage medium stores instructions, characterized in that, When the instruction runs on the communication device, it causes the communication device to execute the multi-AP coordination method described in any one of claims 1 to 8 or 9 to 16.

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