Sensing measurement report frame format

Abstract

A method and apparatus associated with a sensing measurement report frame format are provided. The method includes receiving, by an access point (AP) or station (STA), a request for at least one sensing measurement report. The method also includes transmitting, by the AP or STA, a sensing measurement report frame including a category field, a public action field, at least one measurement setup identifier field, and at least one sensing measurement report element. The sensing management report frame may include a category field, a public action field, a dialogue token field, a measurement setup identifier field, and a sensing measurement report element.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] [Cross reference] This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 320,879, entitled "SENSING MEASUREMENT REPORT FRAME FORMAT," filed on March 17, 2022, and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. 18 / 119,912, entitled "SENSING MEASUREMENT REPORT FRAME FORMAT," filed on March 10, 2023, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

[0002] [Technical field] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication networks, and more particularly to methods and frame formats relating to sensing measurement report frames. [Background technology]

[0003] The IEEE 802.11bf (11bf) standard aims to amend existing wireless local area network (WLAN) standards to enhance sensing capabilities through 802.11 compliant waveforms. Using IEEE 802.11bf, a station (STA) can detect characteristics (e.g., range, speed, angle, motion, presence or proximity, gestures, etc.) of intended targets (e.g., objects, humans, animals, etc.) within an environment (e.g., home, office, room, vehicle, enterprise, etc.) using received Wi-Fi signals.

[0004] A Wi-Fi sensing session is initiated by a STA acting as a sensing initiator. A sensing session generally has a setup phase in which operational parameters of the sensing session are established and exchanged, and a measurement phase in which sensing measurements are performed. The sensing session then has a reporting phase in which the sensing measurements are reported to or acquired by the sensing initiator, followed by a termination phase in which the sensing session is terminated. During the reporting phase, non-access point (AP) STAs and APs may transmit sensing measurement report frames that include one or more sensing measurement reports. However, certain details are missing in the sensing measurement report frames of the IEEE 802.11bf draft standard. Thus, a method and frame format are needed to remove or mitigate one or more limitations of the prior art.

[0005] This background information is provided to identify information believed by the applicant to be of possible relevance to the present disclosure. It is not necessarily intended, nor should it be construed, as an admission that any of the preceding information constitutes prior art against the present invention. Summary of the Invention

[0006] The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus related to providing details in a sensing management report frame. In one aspect, a measurement setup identifier field is provided in the sensing management report frame. The measurement setup identifier field may be one octet (one byte), but may be of other suitable sizes. The present disclosure also provides a sensing measurement report frame action field format that can be used to provide an aggregated channel state information report. Using this field format, multiple different measurement setup identifiers, instance identifiers, and measurement reports can be aggregated into a single sensing measurement report frame. The present disclosure also provides a measurement report frame format that can be used to enable sensing by proxy (SBP). The frame format can be used by an access point (AP) in transmitting to a non-AP station (STA) that has initiated a sensing session. The frame format can aggregate multiple sensing measurement reports with an identity of each device that generated the sensing measurement report. The present disclosure also provides two formats that can be used in the sensing management report control field. These two formats can be used for channel state information (CSI) feedback and truncated channel impulse response (TCIR) feedback, respectively.

[0007] A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a method including receiving, by an access point (AP) or a station (STA), a request to transmit at least one sensing measurement report, The method also includes transmitting, by the AP or the STA, a sensing measurement report frame including a category field, a public action field, at least one measurement setup identifier field, and at least one sensing measurement report element.

[0008] In one aspect, the sensing measurement report frame may include a category field, a public action field, a dialogue token field, a measurement setup identifier field, and a sensing measurement report element. Each of the category field, the public action field, the dialogue token field, and the measurement setup identifier field may be one octet (one byte) in size. The sensing measurement report field may also be another suitable size.

[0009] In another aspect, the sensing measurement report frame may include a category field, a public action field, and a plurality of sensing measurement reports, for each of which the frame may include a measurement setup identifier field, a measurement instance identifier field, and a sensing measurement report field.

[0010] According to one aspect, the sensing measurement report frame may include a category field, a public action field, a measurement setup identifier field, a measurement instance identifier field, and a plurality of sensing measurement reports. For each of the sensing measurement reports, the frame may include a station identifier field and a sensing measurement report field. The station identifier field may be an association identifier (AID) field.

[0011] In another aspect, at least one sensing measurement report element may include an element identifier field, a length field, an element identifier extension field, a sensing measurement report type field, a sensing measurement report control field, and a sensing measurement report field. When the sensing measurement report is a CSI report, the sensing measurement report control field may include a feedback bandwidth subfield, an initiator-to-responder (I2R) number of space-time streams (N_STS) subfield, a responder-to-initiator (R2I) N_STS subfield, a number of subcarrier groups (Ng) subfield, a scale factor subfield, and a CSI feedback bit size subfield. Alternatively, when the sensing measurement report is a TCSI report, the sensing measurement report control field may include a feedback bandwidth subfield, an I2R N_STS subfield, an R2I N_STS subfield, and a TCIR tap number subfield.

[0012] According to another aspect, an apparatus is provided, wherein the apparatus includes a memory configured to store a program; and a processor configured to execute the program stored in the memory, wherein when the program stored in the memory is executed, the processor is configured to perform one or more of the methods described herein.

[0013] According to another aspect, a computer-readable medium is provided, where the computer-readable medium stores program code that is executed by a device, the program code being used to perform one or more of the methods described herein.

[0014] According to another aspect, a chip is provided, wherein the chip includes a processor and a data interface, and the processor reads instructions stored in a memory by using the data interface to perform one or more of the methods described herein.

[0015] Other aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus and systems configured to implement one or more of the methods described herein. For example, wireless stations (STAs) and access points (APs) can be configured with machine-readable memories that include instructions that, when executed by processors of these devices, configure the devices to perform one or more of the methods described herein.

[0016] The embodiments are described above in relation to the aspects of the invention in which they can be implemented. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments may be implemented in relation to the aspect in which they are described, but may also be implemented in other embodiments of that aspect. When the embodiments are mutually exclusive or incompatible with each other, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Some embodiments may be described in relation to one aspect, but may also be applicable to other aspects, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0017] Further features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0018] [Figure 1] A diagram showing a sensing measurement report frame action field format according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 illustrates a sensing measurement report element format according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] [Diagram 3] A diagram showing a sensing measurement report control field subfield format according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] [Figure 4]A figure showing another sensing measurement report control field subfield format according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 illustrates an aggregate channel state information report format according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] [Figure 6] FIG. 1 illustrates a network of devices that may send reports to enable sensing by proxy, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] [Figure 7] A diagram showing an aggregated measurement report field format that may be transmitted from an access point to a station according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] [Figure 8] 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device capable of performing any or all of the operations of the above methods and features explicitly or implicitly described herein, according to different embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0026] It should be noted that throughout the accompanying drawings, like features are identified by like reference numerals. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0027] The IEEE 802.11bf standard aims to add a wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing (SENS) function to enable stations (STAs) to perform WLAN sensing and obtain measurement results. A sensing initiator is a STA that initiates a WLAN sensing session. These sessions generally have four phases: a setup phase, a measurement phase, a reporting phase, and a termination phase. During the reporting phase, STAs, including both access points (APs) and non-AP STAs, may report the results of measurements performed during the measurement phase. These results may generally be reported to or obtained by the sensing initiator and transmitted in a sensing measurement report frame.

[0028] In one aspect of the present disclosure, a sensing measurement report frame action field format is provided that includes both a field for a measurement instance identifier and a field for a measurement setup identifier. Each of these fields may be one octet in size, although other sizes may be selected as desired. The measurement instance identifier may be included in either the measurement instance identifier field or the dialog token field and may indicate the WLAN sensing session associated with the sensing measurement report. The measurement setup identifier may be used to indicate operational parameters of the WLAN sensing session.

[0029] In another aspect of the present disclosure, two subfield formats are provided for the sensing measurement report control field. A first subfield format may be suitable for use when transmitting a channel state information (CSI) sensing measurement report. This subfield format may include a feedback bandwidth subfield, an initiator-to-responder (I2R) number of space-time streams (N_STS) subfield, a responder-to-initiator (R2I) N_STS subfield, a number of subcarrier groups (Ng) subfield, a scale factor subfield, and a CSI feedback (FB) bit size subfield. A second subfield format may be suitable for use when transmitting a truncated channel impulse response (TCIR) sensing measurement report. This subfield format may include a feedback bandwidth subfield, an I2R N_STS subfield, an R2I N_STS subfield, and a TCIR tap number subfield.

[0030] One aspect of the present disclosure provides a sensing measurement report frame action field format for aggregated CSI reports. The frame may be used to aggregate multiple CSI reports with multiple measurement setup IDs and instance IDs into a single frame. The field format may include a category field and a public action field. The field format may further include multiple sensing measurement reports, and for each of these reports, the field format may include a measurement setup ID field, a measurement instance ID field, and a sensing measurement report field.

[0031] Another aspect of the present disclosure describes an aggregated measurement report field format that can be used to enable sensing by proxy (SBP). SBP can be used to enable client-based sensing using an intermediate AP when both the sensing initiator and the sensing responder are non-AP STAs. In the SBP process, multiple non-AP STAs may each send a sensing management report to the AP. The AP may then aggregate these sensing measurement reports and send an aggregated sensing measurement report to the sensing initiator. The aggregated measurement report field format includes a category field, a public action field, a measurement setup identifier field, a measurement instance identifier field, and multiple sensing measurement reports. For each sensing measurement report, the field format includes a sensing measurement report and an indication of the STA that generated the sensing measurement report. The indication may be an association identifier (AID).

[0032] 1 illustrates a sensing measurement report frame action field format 100 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The sensing measurement report frame action field format 100 can have multiple fields including a category field 104, a public action field 106, a dialogue token field 108, a measurement setup ID field 110, and a sensing measurement report element 112.

[0033] Each field of the sensing measurement report frame action field format 100 may be assigned a particular size. The category field 104, public actions field 106, dialogue token field 108, and measurement setup ID field 110 may each be assigned one octet. The sensing measurement report element 112 may be assigned a variable number of octets. The measurement setup ID field 110 is illustrated as one octet, but other sizes may be used as desired. Each octet is 8 bits or 1 byte.

[0034] The dialogue token field 108 or the measurement instance ID field in the sensing measurement report frame action field format 100 may be used to provide an indication of a measurement instance identifier. The measurement setup ID field 110 indicates a measurement setup identifier, which may be used to identify attributes of a sensing measurement instance. As mentioned above, the dialogue token field 108 may be a 1-byte field. This size may be insufficient to indicate both the measurement instance identifier and the measurement setup identifier. Therefore, it may be advantageous to include both the 1-byte dialogue token field 108 and the 1-byte measurement setup ID field 110 as in the field format 100.

[0035] 2 illustrates a sensing measurement report element format 200 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The sensing measurement report element format 200 may be used as a format for the sensing measurement report element 112 of FIG 1. The sensing measurement report element format 200 may have multiple fields including an element ID field 204, a length field 206, an element ID extension field 208, a sensing measurement report type field 210, a sensing measurement report control field 212, and a sensing measurement report field 214.

[0036] Each field of the sensing measurement report element format 200 is assigned a specific size. The element ID field 204, length field 206, and element ID extension field 208 may each be assigned one octet, i.e., 8 bits. The sensing measurement report type field 210 and sensing measurement report control field 212 may each be assigned a length that may be in octets or other sizes that may be defined later. The sensing measurement report field 214 may be assigned a variable number of octets.

[0037] In some embodiments, the sensing measurement report type field 210 may have a value from 0 to 255 that identifies the type of sensing measurement report that is included. A sensing measurement report type field 210 with a value of 0 may be used to signal a CSI sensing measurement report, while values ​​between 1 and 255 may be reserved for other uses.

[0038] The sensing measurement report field 214 may be used to report sensing measurements obtained by the sensing receiver. The sensing measurement report control field 212 contains information necessary to interpret the sensing measurement report field 214. The sensing measurement report control field 212 may itself contain one or more subfields, such as N subfields numbered subfield 1 through subfield N. The number of subfields used and the length of each of these subfields may vary, at least in part, depending on the feedback type indicated in the sensing measurement report type field 210.

[0039] 3 illustrates a sensing measurement report control field subfield format 300 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The sensing measurement report control field subfield format 300 may be used as a format for the sensing measurement report control field 212 of FIG. 2 and may be appropriate for CSI sensing measurement reports, as signaled in the sensing measurement report type field 210.

[0040] According to an embodiment, the sensing measurement report control field subfield format 300 may include multiple subfields including a feedback bandwidth subfield 304, an I2R N_STS subfield 306, an R2I N_STS subfield 308, an Ng subfield 310, a scale factor subfield 312, and a CSI FB bit size subfield 314. Each of these subfields may be assigned an appropriate number of bits.

[0041] 4 illustrates another sensing measurement report control field subfield format 400 in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure. The sensing measurement report control field subfield format 400 may be used as a format for the sensing measurement report control field 212 of FIG. 2 and may be appropriate for TCIR sensing measurement reports, as signaled in the sensing measurement report type field 210.

[0042] According to an embodiment, the sensing measurement report control field subfield format 400 may have multiple subfields including a feedback bandwidth subfield 404, an I2R N_STS subfield 406, an R2I N_STS subfield 408, and a TCIR tap number subfield 410. Each of these subfields may be assigned an appropriate number of bits.

[0043] 5 illustrates a sensing measurement report frame action field format 500 for aggregated CSI reports, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The sensing measurement report frame action field format 500 may be used to aggregate multiple CSI sensing measurement reports, each report including a measurement setup identifier and a measurement instance identifier. As shown, the sensing measurement report frame action field format 500 may include N sensing measurement reports numbered 1 through N, and may include three fields for each of the N sensing measurement reports: a measurement setup ID field, a measurement instance ID field, and a sensing measurement report field.

[0044] According to an embodiment, the sensing measurement report frame action field format 500 may have multiple fields including a category field 504 and a public action field 506. The field format 500 may further include N sensing measurement reports numbered 1 through N. The field format 500 may include a measurement setup ID 1 field 508, a measurement instance ID 1 field 510, and a sensing measurement report 1 field 512, where there may be multiple copies of each of these fields such that the number of copies of these fields may match those identified in the measurement setup ID N field 514. The field format 500 may further include a measurement instance ID N field 516 and a sensing measurement report N field 518. Each of these fields may be assigned an appropriate number of bits.

[0045] FIG. 6 illustrates a network 600 of devices that may transmit reports to enable sensing-by-proxy, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. In general, SBP is client-based sensing, where both the sensing initiator and the sensing responder can be STAs that are not APs. However, some wireless communication systems may not allow peer-to-peer sensing between non-AP STAs. Thus, SBP may be accomplished using an AP that can communicate with the sensing initiator and one or more sensing responders.

[0046] In this example, STA i 602 may initiate a WLAN sensing process by sending a request for a sensing report to the AP 608. The AP 608 may receive the request and communicate the request to multiple STAs, such as N STAs identified as STA r1 604 through STA rN 606. Each of the N STAs may send a sensing measurement report back to the AP 608, such as a report 610 from STA r1 604 and a report 612 from STA rN 606. Each of the reports 610, 612 from the STAs 604, 606 to the AP 608 may use a format described above, such as field formats 100, 500. The AP 608 may then aggregate the N reports 610, 612 from the STAs 604, 606 and send an aggregated measurement report 614 to STA i 602.

[0047] 7 illustrates an aggregated sensing measurement report field format 700 that may be sent from an AP to a STA, according to one embodiment of the disclosure. This field format 700 may be used to send an aggregated management report, such as report 614. The aggregated sensing measurement report may include multiple sensing measurement reports and may include an indication of the identity of each STA that generated each of the multiple sensing measurement reports. The indication of the identity may be an association identifier. For example, the aggregated sensing measurement report may include N sensing measurement reports.

[0048] The aggregated measurement report field format 700 may have multiple fields including a category 704, a public action 706, a measurement setup ID 708, and a measurement instance ID 710. The field format further includes N sensing management reports and an AID for each of these reports, ranging from AID 1 712 and sensing management report 1 714 to AID N 716 and sensing management report N 718. Each of the AIDs may indicate an identity of the STA that generated the associated sensing management report, e.g., AID 1 712 indicates an identity of the STA that generated sensing management report 1 714.

[0049] 8 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device 800 that may perform any or all of the operations of the above methods and features explicitly or implicitly described herein according to different embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, a computer with network capabilities may be configured as the electronic device 800. In some embodiments, the electronic device 800 may be a user equipment (UE), an AP, a STA, etc., as recognized by those skilled in the art.

[0050] As shown, electronic device 800 may include a processor 810, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a dedicated processor, such as a graphics processing unit (GPU) or other such processor unit, memory 820, non-transitory mass storage 830, input / output interface 840, network interface 850, and transceiver 860, all communicatively coupled via a bidirectional bus 870. According to certain embodiments, any or all of the illustrated elements, or only a subset of the elements, may be utilized. Furthermore, electronic device 800 may include multiple instances of a particular element, such as multiple processors, memories, or transceivers. Also, elements of a hardware device may be directly coupled to other elements without a bidirectional bus. Additionally, or in place of the processor and memory, other electronic devices, such as integrated circuits, may be used to perform the necessary logical operations.

[0051] The memory 820 may include any type of non-transitory memory, such as static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), read only memory (ROM), or any combination thereof. The mass storage element 830 may include any type of non-transitory storage device, such as a solid state drive, a hard disk drive, a magnetic disk drive, an optical disk drive, a USB drive, or any computer program product configured to store data and machine-executable program code. According to certain embodiments, the memory 820 or mass storage 830 may record statements and instructions executable by the processor 810 to perform any of the above-mentioned method operations described above.

[0052] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented using electronic hardware, software, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the present disclosure is implemented by one or more computer processors executing program instructions stored in memory. In some embodiments, the present disclosure is implemented partially or fully in hardware, for example using one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) to rapidly perform processing operations.

[0053] Although particular embodiments of the present technology have been described herein for purposes of illustration, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present technology. In particular, it is within the scope of the present technology to provide a computer program product or program element, or a program storage device or memory device, such as a magnetic or optical wire, tape or disk, or the like, for storing machine-readable signals to control the operation of a computer in accordance with the methods of the present technology and / or to structure some or all of its components in accordance with the systems of the present technology.

[0054] The operations associated with the methods described herein can be implemented as coded instructions of a computer program product. In other words, the computer program product is a computer-readable medium having recorded thereon software code for performing the methods when the computer program product is loaded into a memory and executed on a microprocessor of a wireless communication device.

[0055] Furthermore, each operation of the method may be performed in any computing device, such as a personal computer, a server, a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., according to one or more or a part of one or more program elements, modules or objects generated from any programming language, such as C++, Java, etc. In addition, each operation or files, objects, etc. implementing each operation may be performed by dedicated hardware or circuit modules designed for that purpose.

[0056] According to the description of the above embodiments, the present disclosure may be implemented by using only hardware or by using software and a required general-purpose hardware platform. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of a software product. The software product may be stored in a non-volatile or non-transitory storage medium, which may be a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a USB flash disk, or a removable hard disk. The software product includes a plurality of instructions that enable a computing device (personal computer, server, or network device) to execute the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, such execution may correspond to the simulation of the logical operations described herein. The software product may additionally or alternatively include a plurality of instructions that enable a computing device to execute operations for configuring or programming a digital logic device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0057] According to an embodiment, the present disclosure may be implemented as a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a data interface, and the processor reads instructions stored in the memory by using the data interface and performs one or more of the methods described herein.

[0058] For example, the chip may be configured as a system-on-chip (SOC), which is readily understood to be an integrated circuit or package that integrates most or all of the components of a computer or other electronic system. These components may include a central processing unit (CPU), memory interfaces, on-board memory, on-chip input / output devices, input / output interfaces, and secondary storage interfaces, potentially along with other components such as a wireless modem and a graphics processing unit (GPU) on a single substrate or microchip. The SOC may include one or more of digital, analog, and mixed-signal radio frequency signal processing functions, as is readily understood.

[0059] As another example, the chip can be configured as a wireless chipset that is a piece of internal hardware designed to enable a device to communicate with another wireless-enabled device, as will be readily understood. This type of chipset can be found inside computers as well as many other wireless products, including access points (APs), mobile stations (STAs), user equipment (UEs), or other wireless devices, as will be readily understood.

[0060] Although the invention has been described with reference to particular features and embodiments thereof, it will be apparent that various modifications and combinations can be made without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded as merely illustrative of the invention as defined by the appended claims, and are intended to cover any and all modifications, variations, combinations or equivalents that are within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. receiving, by an access point (AP) or a station (STA), a request to transmit at least one sensing measurement report; transmitting, by the AP or the STA, a sensing measurement report frame including a category field, a public action field, at least one measurement setup identifier field, and at least one sensing measurement report element; A method comprising:

2. The sensing measurement report frame includes a category field, a public action field, a dialogue token field, a measurement setup identifier field, and a sensing measurement report element. The method of claim 1.

3. each of the category field, the public action field, the dialog token field, and the measurement setup identifier field is one octet; The method according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The sensing measurement report frame includes a category field, a public action field, and a plurality of sensing measurement reports, each of the plurality of sensing measurement reports including a measurement setup identifier field, a measurement instance identifier field, and a sensing measurement report field. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. The sensing measurement report frame includes a category field, a public action field, a measurement setup identifier field, a measurement instance identifier field, and a plurality of sensing measurement reports, each of the plurality of sensing measurement reports including a station identifier field and a sensing measurement report field. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

6. The station identifier field includes an association identifier (AID) field. The method according to claim 5.

7. the at least one sensing measurement report element includes an element identifier field, a length field, an element identifier field, a sensing measurement report type field, a sensing measurement report control field, and a sensing measurement report field. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. The sensing measurement report control field includes a feedback bandwidth subfield, an initiator-to-responder (I2R) number of space-time streams (N_STS) subfield, a responder-to-initiator (R2I) N_STS subfield, a number of subcarrier groups (Ng) subfield, a scale factor subfield, and a channel state information (CSI) feedback (FB) bit size subfield. The method according to claim 7.

9. The sensing measurement report control field includes a feedback bandwidth subfield, an I2R N_STS subfield, an R2I N_STS subfield, and a truncated channel impulse response (TCIR) tap number subfield. The method according to claim 7.

10. 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and when executed by the at least one processor, receiving, by an access point (AP) or a station (STA), a request to transmit at least one sensing measurement report; Transmitting, by the AP or the STA, a sensing measurement report frame including a category field, a public action field, at least one measurement setup identifier field, and at least one sensing measurement report element; at least one machine-readable medium storing executable instructions that configure the apparatus to An apparatus comprising:

11. The sensing measurement report frame includes a category field, a public action field, a dialogue token field, a measurement setup identifier field, and a sensing measurement report element.

11. The apparatus of claim 10.

12. The sensing measurement report frame includes a category field, a public action field, and a plurality of sensing measurement reports, each of the plurality of sensing measurement reports including a measurement setup identifier field, a measurement instance identifier field, and a sensing measurement report field.

12. Apparatus according to claim 10 or 11.

13. The sensing measurement report frame includes a category field, a public action field, a measurement setup identifier field, a measurement instance identifier field, and a plurality of sensing measurement reports, each of the plurality of sensing measurement reports including a station identifier field and a sensing measurement report field.

13. Apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 12.

14. the at least one sensing measurement report element includes an element identifier field, a length field, an element identifier field, a sensing measurement report type field, a sensing measurement report control field, and a sensing measurement report field.

14. Apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 13.

15. When executed by the device's processor, receiving, by an access point (AP) or a station (STA), a request to transmit at least one sensing measurement report; Transmitting, by the AP or the STA, a sensing measurement report frame including a category field, a public action field, at least one measurement setup identifier field, and at least one sensing measurement report element; A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable instructions for configuring the device to:

16. The sensing measurement report frame includes a category field, a public action field, a dialogue token field, a measurement setup identifier field, and a sensing measurement report element.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15.

17. The sensing measurement report frame includes a category field, a public action field, and a plurality of sensing measurement reports, each of the plurality of sensing measurement reports including a measurement setup identifier field, a measurement instance identifier field, and a sensing measurement report field.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15 or 16.

18. The sensing measurement report frame includes a category field, a public action field, a measurement setup identifier field, a measurement instance identifier field, and a plurality of sensing measurement reports, each of the plurality of sensing measurement reports including a station identifier field and a sensing measurement report field.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium according to any one of claims 15 to 17.

19. the at least one sensing measurement report element includes an element identifier field, a length field, an element identifier field, a sensing measurement report type field, a sensing measurement report control field, and a sensing measurement report field.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of any one of claims 15 to 18.

20. The sensing measurement report control field includes a feedback bandwidth subfield, an initiator-to-responder (I2R) number of space-time streams (N_STS) subfield, a responder-to-initiator (R2I) N_STS subfield, a number of subcarrier groups (Ng) subfield, a scale factor subfield, and a channel state information (CSI) feedback (FB) bit size subfield.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19.

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