Communication method and communication device

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a communication method and a communication device, the communication method including: determining a first message frame, the first message frame including first information, the first information indicating a support capability of a single resource unit and / or a multiple resource unit of a first size being applied to 4096-QAM; and transmitting the first message frame. The technical solution provided by the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can improve spectrum utilization.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and more particularly to a communication method and device in wireless communication. [Background technology]

[0002] The areas currently being researched for Wi-Fi technology include 320MHz bandwidth transmission, multi-frequency band aggregation and cooperation, and are expected to improve rates and throughput by at least four times over existing standards. Its main application scenarios are video transmission, AR (Augmented Reality), VR (Virtual Reality), etc.

[0003] Multi-band aggregation and cooperation refers to devices communicating simultaneously in the 2.4GHz, 5.8GHz and 6-7GHz frequency bands, and a new MAC (Media Access Control) mechanism needs to be defined and managed to communicate simultaneously in multiple frequency bands between devices. It is also expected that multi-band aggregation and cooperation can support low-latency transmission.

[0004] Currently, the maximum bandwidth supported by multi-frequency band aggregation and system technology is 320MHz (160MHz+160MHz), with 240MHz (160MHz+80MHz) and other bandwidths potentially supported as well.

[0005] Current Wi-Fi technology is expected to be able to use not only existing quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulation formats such as 64 QAM, 256 QAM, 1k QAM, etc., but also 4k QAM modulation formats. However, existing standards do not have an application definition for 4k QAM. Summary of the Invention

[0006] Each aspect of the present disclosure solves at least the above-mentioned problems and / or shortcomings, and the present disclosure can also solve other problems and / or shortcomings not mentioned above. Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide the following technical solutions.

[0007] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of communication is provided, the method of communication including: determining a first message frame, the first message frame including first information, the first information indicating a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size applied to 4096-QAM; and transmitting the first message frame.

[0008] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication method is provided, the communication method including: receiving a first message frame, the first message frame including first information, the first information indicating a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size applied to 4096-QAM; and performing a communication operation based on the first message frame.

[0009] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a communications device is provided, the communications device including: a processing module configured to determine a first message frame, the first message frame including first information, the first information indicating a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size applied to 4096-QAM; and a transceiver module configured to transmit the first message frame.

[0010] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, the communication device including: a transceiver module configured to receive a first message frame, the first message frame including first information, the first information indicating a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size applied to 4096-QAM; and a processing module configured to control the transceiver module to perform a communication operation based on the first message frame.

[0011] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device, the electronic device including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, such that when the processor executes the computer program, the method described above is realized.

[0012] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, the computer program implementing the above-mentioned method when executed by a processor.

[0013] The technical solutions provided by the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can improve spectrum utilization. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0014] The above and other features of the disclosed embodiments will become more apparent from the detailed description of the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a wireless communication scenario. [Diagram 2] 4 is a flowchart of a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 3] 4 is a flowchart of another communication method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 4]FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0015] In order to facilitate a complete understanding of the various embodiments of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents, the following description is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although the various embodiments of the present disclosure include various specific details, these specific details are considered to be merely exemplary. Furthermore, descriptions of known techniques, functions, and configurations may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.

[0016] The terms and words used in this disclosure are not limited to their written meanings, but are used only by the inventors to make the disclosure clear and consistent. Therefore, for those skilled in the art, the description providing various embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of explanation only, not for the purpose of limitation.

[0017] It should be understood that, as used herein, the singular forms "a", "an", "said" and "the" can also include the plural, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. As used in this disclosure, the term "comprising" refers to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and / or components and does not exclude the presence or addition of other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.

[0018] It should be understood that although the terms "first," "second," and the like may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one element from another. Thus, a first element described below could be referred to as a second element without departing from the teachings of the exemplary embodiments.

[0019] When an element is referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it should be understood that the element may be directly connected or coupled to the other element or that intermediate elements may be present. Additionally, as used herein, "connected" or "coupled" may include wireless connections or couplings. As used herein, the term "and / or" or the phrase "at least one of" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0020] Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs.

[0021] FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a wireless communication scenario.

[0022] In a wireless local area network, one Basic Service Set (BSS) can consist of multiple stations (STAs). An STA can include an Access Point (AP) device and one or more non-AP devices that communicate with the AP device. A Basic Service Set can connect to a Distribution System (DS) through its AP device, and then access another Basic Service Set to form an Extended Service Set.

[0023] AP devices are wireless switches for wireless networks and are the core of wireless networks. AP devices can be used as wireless base stations and are mainly used as bridges connecting wireless networks and wired networks. Such AP devices can be used to integrate wired and wireless networks.

[0024] As an example, an AP device may include software applications and / or circuitry to enable other types of nodes in a wireless network to communicate with the outside and inside of the wireless network through the AP, for example, an AP device may be a terminal device or network device equipped with a Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) chip.

[0025] By way of example, non-AP devices include, but are not limited to, mobile phones, smartphones, wearable devices, computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), personal communication system (PCS) devices, personal information managers (PIMs), personal navigation devices (PNDs), global positioning systems, multimedia devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and the like.

[0026] Although FIG. 1 shows one AP device communicating with three non-AP devices (non-AP 1, non-AP 2, non-AP 3), this is for illustrative purposes only and embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto, for example, the AP devices and non-AP devices may have any number and / or type.

[0027] In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the AP device and the non-AP device may be multi-link devices (MLDs), and may be represented as AP MLD and non-AP STA MLD, respectively, as an example. That is, the AP MLD and the non-AP STA MLD support a function of simultaneously transmitting and / or receiving on multiple connections at the same time. For example, there may be multiple connections at different frequencies between the AP MLD and the non-AP STA MLD, such as connections at 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz, or multiple same or different bandwidth connections at 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz. Furthermore, there may be multiple channels for each connection. The communication method and communication device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to communication between the AP MLD and the non-AP STA MLD, i.e., to a multi-connection communication environment.

[0028] In current wireless communication technology, not only can existing QAM modulation methods such as 1k QAM be used, but it is also expected that 4k QAM (also called 4096-QAM) modulation methods will be adopted. In addition, in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), a single resource unit (hereinafter, can be represented as "RU") and a multi-resource unit (hereinafter, can be represented as "MRU") are defined.

[0029] In the current wireless communication technology, when up to 1k QAM is supported, the supported RUs can be 26-tone (subcarrier), 52-tone, 106-tone, 242-tone, 484-tone, 996-tone, and 2*996-tone, and considering hardware differentiation, the capability of whether 1k QAM can be applied to RUs smaller than 242-tone was identified. However, in the current technology, up to 4k QAM can be supported and both single resource unit (RU) and multi-resource unit (MRU) can be applied, where RUs smaller than 242-tone can be 26-tone, 52-tone, 106-tone, and MRUs smaller than 242-tone can be 52+26-tone, 106+26-tone. Considering the differentiation of the hardware of stations other than the access point and the access point, it is necessary to identify whether 4k can be applied to RU&MRU smaller than 242-tone, but the current technology can only identify the situation of 1k QAM and a single resource unit, so this needs to be improved. In the following, for the sake of simplicity, the examples of RU&MRU smaller than 242-tone, 1k QAM and 4k QAM are collectively described in the embodiments of the present disclosure, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and for example, the communication method and communication device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to other types of resource units (e.g., 242-tone, 484-tone, 484+242-tone, 996-tone, 996+484-tone, 996+484+242-tone, 2*996-tone, 2*996+484-tone, 3*996-tone, 3*996+484-tone, 4*996-tone, etc.) and other types of QAM. Furthermore, it should be understood that the above numerical examples regarding resource units (RUs and MRUs) are illustrative and not limiting.

[0030] FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a communication method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication method shown in FIG. 2 may be a method performed at the transmitting side, and another communication method described below with reference to FIG. 3 may be a method performed at the receiving side accordingly. The methods shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 provided by the embodiment can be applied to multi-connection communication, that is, the transmitting side can be one of the above-mentioned AP MLD and non-AP STA MLD, and correspondingly, the receiving side can be the other of AP MLD and non-AP STA MLD. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the communication methods described in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 can also be used for other communications other than multi-connection communication.

[0031] Referring to FIG. 2, in step 210, a first message frame may be determined. In the case of multi-connection communication, the first message frame may be determined in any of the multiple connections between the sender and the receiver. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, there are various methods for determining the first message frame, for example, the sender may generate the first message frame based on at least one of the network status, the load status, the hardware capability of the sending / receiving device, the traffic type, and the related protocol definition, but this is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the sender may obtain the first message frame from outside, but this is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] If the sender is an AP MLD, the first message frame may be a beacon frame, a probe response frame, an association response frame, or a re-association response frame. If the sender is a non-AP STA MLD, the first message frame may be a probe request frame, an association request frame, or a re-association request frame. It should be understood that the examples of the first message frame described herein are illustrative and not a limitation to the present disclosure, and other types of frames are included within the scope of the present disclosure.

[0033] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first message frame may include first information, where the first information may indicate a support capability of the single resource unit and / or the multi-resource unit of the first size being applied to a first type of QAM. Hereinafter, an example of the first type of QAM may be 4096-QAM, i.e., the first information may indicate a support capability of the single resource unit and / or the multi-resource unit of the first size being applied to 4096-QAM. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the single resource unit and / or the multi-resource unit of the first size may be a resource unit smaller than 242-tone. According to an embodiment, the multi-resource unit may be composed of a single type of resource unit. In one embodiment, the multi-resource unit may be composed of two specific single type of resource units and associated with a bandwidth. For example, the multi-resource unit may include at least a first single type of resource unit and a second single type of resource unit, where the first single type of resource unit and the second single type of resource unit have different numbers of subcarriers (tones). That is, a multi-resource unit can be composed of at least two different single-type resource units. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a single resource unit (RU) smaller than 242-tone can be 26-tone, 52-tone, 106-tone, and a multi-resource unit (MRU) smaller than 242-tone can be 52+26-tone, 106+26-tone. It should be understood that the numerical examples of RU and MRU described herein are exemplary and not limiting, and other possible RUs and MRUs are within the scope of the present disclosure.

[0034] In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the first message frame may include second information, where the second information may indicate a support capability of a single resource unit and / or a multi-resource unit of a first size being applied to a second type of QAM. In the following, an example of the second type of QAM may be 1024-QAM, i.e., the second information may indicate a support capability of a single resource unit and / or a multi-resource unit of a first size being applied to 1024-QAM. Note that, similar to the above, a single resource unit (RU) smaller than 242-tone may be 26-tone, 52-tone, 106-tone, and a multi-resource unit (MRU) smaller than 242-tone may be 52+26-tone, 106+26-tone.

[0035] It is understood that depending on the configuration (e.g., hardware and / or software configuration) of the transmitting device, the first message frame may carry both the first information and the second information, or may carry one of the first information and the second information. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the first information is configured to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size being applied to 4096-QAM, the second information is configured to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size being applied to 1024-QAM. In this case, it is considered that the second information (for 1024-QAM) may or may not be omitted.

[0036] It should be noted that, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information (in the case of 4096-QAM) and / or the second information (in the case of 1024-QAM) can be included in extremely high throughput (EHT) physical layer (PHY) capability information (e.g., an EHT PHY capability information element) of the first message frame.

[0037] As in the above embodiment, when the sender is an AP MLD, the first message frame may be a beacon frame, a probe response frame, an association response frame, or a reassociation response frame. In this case, the EHT PHY capability information may be encapsulated in the above frame transmitted by the AP MLD. For example, when the first message frame is a beacon frame, the order number of the EHT PHY capability information in the frame body of the beacon frame may be 90, but this is merely an example and the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Furthermore, as in the above embodiment, when the sender is a non-AP STA MLD, the first message frame may be a probe request frame, an association request frame, or a reassociation request frame. In this case, the EHT PHY capability information may be encapsulated in the above frame transmitted by the non-AP STA MLD.

[0038] For example, the first information and / or the second information may be identified in an EHT PHY capabilities information element. However, this is merely an example, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the first information and / or the second information may be carried in other information elements. Details of the first information and the second information are described below with reference to Tables 1 to 4.

[0039] First, an embodiment of the first information (in the case of 4096-QAM) will be described in detail with reference to Tables 1 and 2.

[0040] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information may include a first identifier and a second identifier. The first identifier may indicate a support capability that the single resource unit and the multi-resource unit of the first size are applied to the reception of 4096-QAM, and the second identifier may indicate a support capability that the single resource unit and the multi-resource unit of the first size are applied to the transmission of 4096-QAM. The single resource unit and the multi-resource unit of the first size are taken as an example to be a resource unit smaller than 242-tone, and the first information may be shown in Table 1 below. [Table 1]

[0041] Referring to Table 1, as an example, Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone support may correspond to a first identifier and indicate a support capability of applying a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to receive 4096-QAM. For example, Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone support may indicate a support capability of applying a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone and / or multiple resource units smaller than 242-tone to receive 4096-QAM. When this first identifier (Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone support) is set to a first value (e.g., "1"), it may indicate that applying a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units smaller than 242-tone to receive 4096-QAM is supported by the transmitting side. When this first identifier (Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone support) is set to a second value (e.g., “0”), it can indicate that the transmitting side does not support applying single resource units and / or multiple resource units smaller than 242-tone to the reception of 4096-QAM.

[0042] Referring to Table 1, as an example, Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone support may correspond to the second identifier and indicate a support capability of applying a single resource unit and a multi-resource unit of a first size to a 4096-QAM transmission. For example, Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone support may indicate a support capability of applying a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone and a multi-resource unit smaller than 242-tone to a 4096-QAM transmission. When this second identifier (Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone support) is set to a first value (e.g., "1"), it may indicate that applying a single resource unit and a multi-resource unit smaller than 242-tone to a 4096-QAM transmission is supported by the transmitting side. When this second identifier (Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone support) is set to a second value (e.g., "0"), it can indicate that the transmitter does not support applying single resource units and multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone to 4096-QAM transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the transmitter is an access point (e.g., AP MLD), the second identifier (Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone support) can be reserved because AP MLD can default to being fully functional, i.e., supporting all features.

[0043] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, one bit can be used to identify an RU and an MRU, i.e., the first and second identifiers in Table 1 each have one bit. Specifically, Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone support can be set to '0' to identify that subcarriers smaller than 242-tone (e.g., 26-tone, 52-tone, 52+26-tone, 106-tone, 106+26-tone) are not supported for use in receiving 4096-QAM (4k QAM), and can be set to '1' to identify that they are supported. Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone support can be set to "0" to identify that subcarriers smaller than 242-tone (e.g., 26-tone, 52-tone, 52+26-tone, 106-tone, 106+26-tone) are not supported for 4096-QAM (4k QAM) transmissions (Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone support is reserved for the AP MLD side), and when set to "1", it identifies that they are supported.

[0044] That is, in the embodiment described with reference to Table 1, for receiving 4096-QAM, only the first identifier (e.g., Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone support having one bit) can be used to simultaneously indicate the support capability for a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone and multiple resource units smaller than 242-tone, and for transmitting 4096-QAM, the second identifier (e.g., Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone support having one bit) can be used to simultaneously indicate the support capability for a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone and multiple resource units smaller than 242-tone.

[0045] It should be understood that the above example of the first identifier and the second identifier having one bit is for illustration only and does not limit the present disclosure. For example, both the first identifier and the second identifier can have multiple bits to indicate which resource units of the resource units smaller than 242-tone are selectively supported for 4096-QAM. For example, the multiple bits can correspond to a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone and a multiple resource unit smaller than 242-tone, respectively. Taking the first identifier as an example, the first identifier (Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone support) may have three bits, and when the first identifier is set to 001, it can instruct the use of 26-tone for receiving 4096-QAM, when the first identifier is set to 011, it can instruct the use of 52-tone for receiving 4096-QAM, when the first identifier is set to 010, it can instruct the use of 106-tone for receiving 4096-QAM, when the first identifier is set to 100, it can instruct the use of 26-52-tone for receiving 4096-QAM, when the first identifier is set to 101, it can instruct the use of 106-52-tone for receiving 4096-QAM. It should be understood that the above setting method is merely an example, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, if the first identifier can be set to 111, it can indicate that all single resource units and multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone can be applied to receiving 4096-QAM. Note that the above setting example of the first identifier can also be applied to the second identifier, and for simplicity, a duplicated description will be omitted here.

[0046] In addition, referring to the above embodiment, since the first information can be included in the EHT PHY capability information, the first identifier (Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone support) and the second identifier (Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone support) shown in Table 1 may be identification bits of the EHT PHY capability information, and the EHT PHY capability information may be encapsulated in the above-mentioned first message frame.

[0047] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information may include a third identifier and a fourth identifier. In this embodiment, each of the third identifier and the fourth identifier may include multiple bits (e.g., at least two bits). For example, at least one bit of the third identifier may indicate a support capability that a single resource unit of a first size is applied to receive 4096-QAM, at least one bit of the third identifier may indicate a support capability that a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to receive 4096-QAM, at least one bit of the fourth identifier may indicate a support capability that a single resource unit of a first size is applied to transmit 4096-QAM, and at least one bit of the fourth identifier may indicate a support capability that a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to transmit 4096-QAM. Take as an example that the single resource unit and the multi-resource unit of a first size are resource units smaller than 242-tone, and the first information may be shown in Table 2 below. [Table 2]

[0048] Referring to Table 2, the third identifier of the first information may include Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support and Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support. For simplicity of description, the third identifier may be defined as having two bits, and the two bits may correspond to Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support and Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support in Table 2, respectively. However, the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the third identifier may have more bits. For example, the Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support in the third identifier may have multiple bits to indicate that selectively support which resource unit of a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone is applied to receive 4096-QAM. For example, Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support in the third identifier may have multiple bits to indicate selective support of which resource units of multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone are applied to receiving 4096-QAM.

[0049] At least one bit of the third identifier (e.g., a bit corresponding to Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support) may indicate a support capability for a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone (e.g., 26-tone, 52-tone, 106-tone) to be applied to reception of 4096-QAM. When Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support is set to a third value (e.g., 1), it may indicate that a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone is supported to be applied to reception of 4096-QAM, whereas when set to a fourth value (e.g., 0), it may indicate that a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone is not supported to be applied to reception of 4096-QAM.

[0050] At least one bit of the third identifier (e.g., a bit corresponding to Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support) may indicate a support capability for multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone (e.g., 52+26-tone, 106+26-tone) to be applied to reception of 4096-QAM. When Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support is set to a third value (e.g., 1), it may indicate that multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone are supported to be applied to reception of 4096-QAM, and when set to a fourth value (e.g., 0), it may indicate that multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone are not supported to be applied to reception of 4096-QAM.

[0051] That is, for 4096-QAM reception, the third identifier may have multiple bits to separately identify RUs and MRUs.

[0052] Referring to Table 2, the fourth identifier of the first information may include Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support and Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support. For simplicity of description, the fourth identifier may be defined as having two bits, and the two bits may correspond to Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support and Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support in Table 2, respectively. However, the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the fourth identifier may have more bits. For example, the Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support of the fourth identifier may have multiple bits to indicate selective support of which resource unit of a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone is applied to the transmission of 4096-QAM. For example, the fourth identifier Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support may have multiple bits to indicate selective support of which resource units of multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone are applied to 4096-QAM transmission.

[0053] At least one bit of the fourth identifier (e.g., a bit corresponding to Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support) may indicate a support capability for a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone (e.g., 26-tone, 52-tone, 106-tone) to be applied to a 4096-QAM transmission. When Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support is set to a third value (e.g., 1), it may indicate that a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone is supported to be applied to a 4096-QAM transmission, and when set to a fourth value (e.g., 0), it may indicate that a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone is not supported to be applied to a 4096-QAM transmission.

[0054] At least one bit of the fourth identifier (e.g., a bit corresponding to Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support) may indicate a support capability for multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone (e.g., 52+26-tone, 106+26-tone) to be applied to 4096-QAM transmission. When Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support is set to a third value (e.g., 1), it may indicate that multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone are supported to be applied to 4096-QAM transmission, and when set to a fourth value (e.g., 0), it may indicate that multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone are not supported to be applied to 4096-QAM transmission.

[0055] That is, for a 4096-QAM transmission, the fourth identifier may have multiple bits to separately identify the RU and the MRU.

[0056] Note that, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the sender is an access point (eg, AP MLD), the fourth identifier (Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support and Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support) can be reserved.

[0057] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, two bits can be used to separately identify RU and MRU. Specifically, including a sub-domain setting of Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support and a sub-domain setting of Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support, a sub-domain setting of Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support and a sub-domain setting of Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support. It should be understood that the example in which the third identifier and the fourth identifier both have two bits is for illustration purposes only and does not limit the present disclosure.

[0058] In addition, referring to the above embodiment, since the first information can be included in the EHT PHY capability information, the third identifier (Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support and Rx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support) and the fourth identifier (Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone RU support and Tx 4096-QAM<242-tone MRU support) shown in Table 2 may be identification bits of the EHT PHY capability information, and the EHT PHY capability information may be encapsulated in the above-mentioned first message frame.

[0059] Next, an embodiment of the second information (in the case of 1024-QAM) will be described in detail with reference to Tables 3 and 4.

[0060] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second information may further include a fifth identifier and a sixth identifier. The fifth identifier may indicate a support capability that the single resource unit and the multi-resource unit of the first size are applied to the reception of 1024-QAM, and the sixth identifier may indicate a support capability that the single resource unit and the multi-resource unit of the first size are applied to the transmission of 1024-QAM. Taking as an example that the single resource unit and the multi-resource unit of the first size are resource units smaller than 242-tone, the second information may be shown in Table 3 below. [Table 3]

[0061] Referring to Table 3, for example, Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone support may correspond to the fifth identifier and indicate the support capability that the single resource unit and the multi-resource unit smaller than 242-tone are applied to the reception of 1024-QAM. For example, Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone support may correspond to the sixth identifier and indicate the support capability that the single resource unit and the multi-resource unit smaller than 242-tone are applied to the transmission of 1024-QAM. Except for the different QAM types, the setting methods of the values ​​of the fifth and sixth identifiers shown in Table 3 are similar to the setting methods of the values ​​of the first and second identifiers shown in Table 1, respectively, and for the sake of brevity, the overlapping description will be omitted here. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the transmitter is an access point (e.g., AP MLD), the sixth identifier (Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone support) can be reserved because the AP MLD can default to being fully functional, i.e., supporting all features.

[0062] That is, in the embodiment described with reference to Table 3, for receiving 1024-QAM, only the fifth identifier (e.g., Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone support having one bit) can be used to simultaneously indicate the support capability of single resource units smaller than 242-tone and multiple resource units, and for transmitting 1024-QAM, the sixth identifier (e.g., Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone support having one bit) can be used to simultaneously indicate the support capability of single resource units smaller than 242-tone and multiple resource units. It should be understood that the example in which the fifth identifier and the sixth identifier have one bit is for illustration purposes only and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. For example, both the fifth and sixth identifiers may have multiple bits to selectively support which resource units smaller than 242-tone are applied to 1024-QAM, and the embodiments in which the first and second identifiers have multiple bits described with reference to Table 1 above may be similarly applied to Table 3, except that the QAM type is different, and for simplicity, duplicated descriptions will be omitted here.

[0063] In addition, referring to the above embodiment, since the second information can be included in the EHT PHY capability information, the fifth identifier (Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone support) and the sixth identifier (Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone support) shown in Table 3 may be identification bits of the EHT PHY capability information, and the EHT PHY capability information may be encapsulated in the above-mentioned first message frame.

[0064] In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the second information may include a seventh identifier and an eighth identifier. In this embodiment, the seventh identifier and the eighth identifier may each include multiple bits (e.g., at least two bits). For example, at least one bit of the seventh identifier may indicate a support capability that a single resource unit of a first size is applied to receive 1024-QAM, at least one bit of the seventh identifier may indicate a support capability that a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to receive 1024-QAM, at least one bit of the eighth identifier may indicate a support capability that a single resource unit of a first size is applied to transmit 1024-QAM, and at least one bit of the eighth identifier may indicate a support capability that a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to transmit 1024-QAM. Take as an example that the single resource unit and the multi-resource unit of a first size are resource units smaller than 242-tone, and the second information may be shown in Table 4 below. [Table 4]

[0065] Referring to Table 4, Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support and Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support may correspond to the seventh identifier of the second information, i.e., for receiving 1024-QAM, the seventh identifier may have multiple bits to separately identify RU and MRU. In Table 4, Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support and Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support may correspond to the eighth identifier of the second information, i.e., for transmitting 1024-QAM, the eighth identifier may have multiple bits to separately identify RU and MRU. For simplicity of explanation, both the seventh identifier and the eighth identifier may be defined as having two bits, i.e., each sub-domain shown in Table 4 may have one bit. However, the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and both the seventh identifier and the eighth identifier may have more bits. Except for the different QAM types, the setting methods of the seventh and eighth identifier values ​​shown in Table 4 are similar to the setting methods of the third and fourth identifier values ​​shown in Table 2, respectively, and for the sake of brevity, the overlapping descriptions are omitted here. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the transmitting side is an access point (e.g., AP MLD), the eighth identifier (Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support and Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support) can be reserved.

[0066] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, two bits can be used to separately identify RU and MRU. Specifically, including a sub-domain setting of Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support and a sub-domain setting of Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support, a sub-domain setting of Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support and a sub-domain setting of Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support. It should be understood that the example in which the seventh identifier and the eighth identifier both have two bits shown in Table 4 is for illustration only and does not limit the present disclosure. For example, Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support in the seventh identifier can have multiple bits to selectively indicate which resource unit of a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone is applied to receive 1024-QAM. For example, Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support in the seventh identifier may have multiple bits to indicate selective support of which resource units of multi-resource units smaller than 242-tone are applied to receive 1024-QAM. Similarly, Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support and Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support in the eighth identifier may each have multiple bits.

[0067] In addition, referring to the above embodiment, since the second information can be included in the EHT PHY capability information, the seventh identifier (Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support and Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support) and the eighth identifier (Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support and Tx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support) shown in Table 4 may be identification bits of the EHT PHY capability information, and the EHT PHY capability information may be encapsulated in the above-mentioned first message frame.

[0068] In addition, in the embodiment shown in Table 4, in the case of a single resource unit (RU), the efficient (HE) PHY capability information element of the first message frame can be reused to indicate Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support in the seventh identifier and 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support in the eighth identifier. That is, each of the multiple bits of the seventh identifier can be included in a different capability information element, for example, the bit corresponding to Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone MRU support in the seventh identifier is included in the EHT PHY capability information, and the bit corresponding to Rx 1024-QAM<242-tone RU support in the seventh identifier is included in the HE PHY capability information. Similarly, each of the multiple bits of the eighth identifier can be included in a different capability information element, and for simplicity, a duplicated description will be omitted here.

[0069] For example, when the first information is set to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 4096-QAM according to Tables 1 and 2, the second information shown in Tables 3 and 4 can be set to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 1024-QAM. That is, for reception and transmission of 4096-QAM, an identifier supporting 4096-QAM can indirectly identify support for 1024-QAM.

[0070] As an example, the first information of the first message frame may indicate a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 4096-QAM, and may also indicate a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 1024-QAM at the same time. In this case, the first information shown in Table 1 may be changed to Table 5, or the first information may include both the information in Table 1 and the information in Table 5. The information shown in Table 5 may be included in an EHT PHY capability information element of the first message frame. [Table 5]

[0071] Referring to Table 5, an identifier corresponding to Rx 4096-QAM&1024-QAM<242-tone support may indicate the support capability of resource units (including RU and MRU) smaller than 242-tone being applied to receive 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM. For example, if this identifier is set to 1, it indicates that all resource units (including RU and MRU) smaller than 242-tone are supported to be applied to receive 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM, and if this identifier is set to 0, it indicates that all resource units (including RU and MRU) smaller than 242-tone are not supported to be applied to receive 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM.

[0072] In Table 5, an identifier corresponding to Tx 4096-QAM&1024-QAM<242-tone support may indicate a support capability that resource units (including RU and MRU) smaller than 242-tone are applied to the transmission of 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM. For example, when this identifier is set to 1, it indicates that all resource units (including RU and MRU) smaller than 242-tone are supported to be applied to the transmission of 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM, and when this identifier is set to 0, it indicates that all resource units (including RU and MRU) smaller than 242-tone are not supported to be applied to the transmission of 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM.

[0073] That is, in Table 5, for receiving or transmitting 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM, one bit can be used to simultaneously identify the support capability for 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM, but this is by way of example only and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0074] The setting values ​​described above with reference to Table 5 are exemplary and do not limit the present disclosure. For example, Tx 4096-QAM&1024-QAM<242-tone support and Tx 4096-QAM&1024-QAM<242-tone support described in Table 5 can each have multiple bits to indicate that a single resource unit smaller than 242-tone is applied to 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM. Note that the identifiers shown in Table 5 may be combined with the embodiments described above with reference to Tables 1 to 4, and for the sake of brevity, the overlapping descriptions will be omitted here.

[0075] It should be understood that each element in Tables 1 to 4 of the present disclosure exists independently, and although these elements are illustratively described in the same table, it does not mean that all elements in the table must exist simultaneously as shown in the table. Here, the value of each element is a value that does not depend on other elements in Tables 1 to 4. Therefore, a person skilled in the art should understand that the values ​​of each element in Tables 1 to 4 of the present disclosure are independent examples.

[0076] Returning to Figure 2, in step 220, a first message frame can be transmitted. The connection for transmitting the first message frame may be the same as or different from the connection for determining the first message frame in step 210, but is not particularly limited in this disclosure. By transmitting the first message frame carrying the first information and / or the second information, the sender can inform the receiver of its capability information, so that the sender and the receiver can communicate based on the corresponding capabilities.

[0077] 3 is a flowchart of another communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication method shown in FIG. 3 may be a method performed on a receiving side, and the receiving side may be either the non-AP STA MLD or the AP MLD described above, corresponding to FIG. 2.

[0078] 3, a first message frame may be received in step 310. In the case of multi-connection communication, the receiving side may receive the first message frame via any of the multiple connections.

[0079] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first message frame includes first information, and the first information may indicate a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 4096-QAM.

[0080] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the single resource unit and / or the multiple resource unit of the first size is a resource unit smaller than 242-tone.

[0081] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information may include a first identifier and a second identifier. The first identifier may indicate a support capability in which a single resource unit and multiple resource units of a first size are applied to the reception of 4096-QAM, and the second identifier may indicate a support capability in which a single resource unit and multiple resource units of a first size are applied to the transmission of 4096-QAM. This embodiment may be similar to the embodiment described above with reference to Table 1, and for the sake of brevity, a duplicate description will be omitted here.

[0082] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information may include a third identifier and a fourth identifier. Both the third identifier and the fourth identifier may have multiple bits. For example, at least one bit of the third identifier may indicate a support capability where a single resource unit of a first size is applied to reception of 4096-QAM, at least one bit of the third identifier may indicate a support capability where a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to reception of 4096-QAM, at least one bit of the fourth identifier may indicate a support capability where a single resource unit of a first size is applied to transmission of 4096-QAM, and at least one bit of the fourth identifier may indicate a support capability where a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to transmission of 4096-QAM. This embodiment may be similar to the embodiment described above with reference to Table 2, and for the sake of brevity, a duplicate description will be omitted here.

[0083] In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the first message frame may further include second information, which may indicate a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 1024-QAM.

[0084] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second information further includes a fifth identifier and a sixth identifier. The fifth identifier may indicate a support capability in which the single resource unit and the multiple resource unit of the first size are applied to the reception of 1024-QAM, and the sixth identifier may indicate a support capability in which the single resource unit and the multiple resource unit of the first size are applied to the transmission of 1024-QAM. This embodiment may be similar to the embodiment described above with reference to Table 3, and a duplicate description will be omitted here for simplicity.

[0085] According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the second information may include a seventh identifier and an eighth identifier. Both the seventh identifier and the eighth identifier may have multiple bits. For example, at least one bit of the seventh identifier may indicate a support capability in which a single resource unit of a first size is applied to reception of 1024-QAM, at least one bit of the seventh identifier may indicate a support capability in which a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to reception of 1024-QAM, at least one bit of the eighth identifier may indicate a support capability in which a single resource unit of a first size is applied to transmission of 1024-QAM, and at least one bit of the eighth identifier may indicate a support capability in which a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to transmission of 1024-QAM. This embodiment may be similar to the embodiment described above with reference to Table 4, and for the sake of brevity, a redundant description will be omitted here.

[0086] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the first information is set to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size being applied to 4096-QAM, the second information is set to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size being applied to 1024-QAM. For example, the embodiment described above with reference to Table 5 may be applied here, and for simplicity, a duplicated description will be omitted here. In this case, for example, the receiving side can simultaneously know the support capabilities of 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM by analyzing the first information.

[0087] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information and / or the second information is included in very high throughput physical layer capability information of the first message frame.

[0088] 3, a communication operation can be performed based on the first message frame in step 320. For example, the receiving side can obtain capability information of the sending side by analyzing the first information and / or the second information carried in the first message frame, and select an appropriate communication resource, modulation scheme, and / or communication scheme to perform communication.

[0089] The communication method described with reference to Figures 2 and 3 can identify the support capability of single resource unit and multiple resource unit applied to 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM, and can improve spectrum utilization.

[0090] 4 is a block diagram of a communication device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device shown in FIG. 4 can be applied to a multi-connection device such as AP MLD or non-AP STA MLD. However, this is an example, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0091] Referring to Fig. 4, a communication device 400 may include a processing module 410 and a transceiving module 420. In one embodiment, the communication device shown in Fig. 4 may be applied to a sending side to perform the method shown in Fig. 2. In another embodiment, the communication device shown in Fig. 4 may be applied to a receiving side to perform the method shown in Fig. 3.

[0092] According to an embodiment, the communication device 400 shown in FIG. 4 can be applied to a transmitting side. In this case, the processing module 410 is configured to determine a first message frame, where the first message frame includes first information, the first information can indicate a support capability that a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size are applied to 4096-QAM, and the transceiver module 420 can be configured to transmit the first message frame. Note that the first message frame can further include second information, where the second information can indicate a support capability that a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size are applied to 1024-QAM. That is, the communication device 400 can execute the communication method described with reference to FIG. 2, and the first information and the second information can be similar to the embodiment described above with reference to Tables 1 and 4, and the embodiment described with reference to Table 5 can also be applied to the embodiment of FIG. 4, so that the overlapping description will be omitted here for simplicity.

[0093] The communication device 400 shown in FIG. 4 is applied to a receiving side. In this case, the transceiver module 420 is configured to receive a first message frame, where the first message frame includes first information, which can indicate a support capability that a single resource unit and / or a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to 4096-QAM, and the processing module 410 is configured to perform a communication operation based on the first message frame, for example, the processing module 410 can control the transceiver module 420 to perform a communication operation based on the first message frame. For example, the processing module 410 can obtain the capability information of the transmitting side by analyzing the first information and / or the second information carried in the first message frame, and select an appropriate communication resource, modulation scheme, and / or communication scheme to perform communication. Note that the first message frame can further include second information, which can indicate a support capability that a single resource unit and / or a multi-resource unit of a first size is applied to 1024-QAM. In this case, the communication device 400 may perform the communication method described with reference to FIG. 3, and the first information and the second information may be similar to the embodiments described above with reference to Tables 1 and 4, and the embodiment described with reference to Table 5 may also be applied to the embodiment of FIG. 4, so that for the sake of brevity, redundant description will not be repeated here.

[0094] 4 is merely an example, and the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto, for example, the communication device 400 may include other modules, such as a memory module, etc. It should be noted that each module of the multi-connection communication device 400 may be combined into a more complex module or may be divided into more individual modules.

[0095] The communication device 400 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can identify the support capability of single resource unit and multiple resource unit applied to 4096-QAM and 1024-QAM, and can improve spectrum utilization.

[0096] Based on the same principle as the method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device including a processor and a memory, where the memory stores machine-readable instructions (which may also be referred to as a "computer program"), and the processor is used to execute the machine-readable instructions to realize the method described with reference to Figures 2 and 3.

[0097] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored therein, the computer program, when executed by a processor, realizing the methods described with reference to Figures 2 and 3.

[0098] In an exemplary embodiment, a processor may be any of the various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with this disclosure, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. A processor may also be a combination that implements a computing function, including, for example, a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, etc.

[0099] In an exemplary embodiment, the memory may be, for example, but not limited to, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) or other optical disk storage, CD storage (including compressed disks, laser disks, disks, digital versatile disks, Blu-ray disks, etc.), disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that carries or stores program code having the form of instructions or data structures and that is accessible by a computer.

[0100] It should be understood that although the steps in the flow charts of the drawings are shown sequentially as indicated by the arrows, they are not necessarily performed sequentially as indicated by the arrows. Unless expressly stated herein, there is no strict order restriction on the execution of these steps, and they may be performed in other orders. Furthermore, at least some of the steps in the flow charts of the drawings may be performed at different times, not necessarily at the same time, and the order of execution may not necessarily be sequential, and may include multiple sub-steps or multiple phases that may be alternated or alternating with other steps or at least some of the sub-steps or phases of the other steps.

[0101] Although the present disclosure has been illustrated and described with reference to several embodiments thereof, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the scope of the present disclosure should not be limited to the embodiments, but should be limited by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. determining a first message frame, the first message frame including first information, the first information indicating a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 4096-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM), the support capability for the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to be applied to 4096-QAM indicating support for applying the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to the 4096-QAM or not support for applying the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to the 4096-QAM; transmitting the first message frame; the first information includes a first identifier and a second identifier; the first identifier indicates a support capability for single resource units and multiple resource units of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 4096-QAM; The second identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and a multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 4096-QAM transmission. Communication methods.

2. The single resource unit and / or the multi-resource unit of the first size is a resource unit smaller than 242-tone. The communication method according to claim 1 .

3. the first information includes a third identifier and a fourth identifier; At least one bit of the third identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit of the first size to be applied to the reception of 4096-QAM; At least one bit of the third identifier indicates a support capability for the first size multi-resource unit to be applied to the reception of the 4096-QAM; At least one bit of the fourth identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 4096-QAM transmission; At least one bit of the fourth identifier indicates a support capability for a multi-resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 4096-QAM transmission. The communication method according to claim 2 .

4. The first message frame further includes second information; The second information indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size applied to 1024-QAM. The communication method according to claim 1 .

5. the second information includes a fifth identifier and a sixth identifier; the fifth identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and a multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 1024-QAM; The sixth identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and a multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 1024-QAM transmission. The communication method according to claim 4.

6. the second information includes a seventh identifier and an eighth identifier; At least one bit of the seventh identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 1024-QAM; At least one bit of the seventh identifier indicates a support capability for the first size multi-resource unit to be applied to the reception of the 1024-QAM; At least one bit of the eighth identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 1024-QAM transmission; At least one bit of the eighth identifier indicates a support capability for the first size multi-resource unit to be applied to the 1024-QAM transmission. The communication method according to claim 4.

7. When the first information is configured to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size being applied to the 4096-QAM, the second information is configured to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size being applied to the 1024-QAM. The communication method according to claim 4.

8. The first information of the first message frame further indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size applied to 1024-QAM. The communication method according to claim 2 .

9. the first information includes a ninth identifier and a tenth identifier; The ninth identifier indicates a support capability for the single resource unit and the multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 4096-QAM and the 1024-QAM; The tenth identifier indicates a support capability for the single resource unit and the multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 4096-QAM and the 1024-QAM transmissions. The communication method according to claim 8.

10. the first information and / or the second information is included in a very high throughput physical layer capability information element of the first message frame; The communication method according to claim 4.

11. receiving a first message frame, the first message frame including first information, the first information indicating a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 4096-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM), the support capability for the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to be applied to 4096-QAM indicating support for applying the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to the 4096-QAM or not support for applying the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to the 4096-QAM; performing a communication operation based on the first message frame; the first information includes a first identifier and a second identifier; the first identifier indicates a support capability for single resource units and multiple resource units of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 4096-QAM; The second identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and a multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 4096-QAM transmission. Communication methods.

12. The single resource unit and / or the multiple resource unit of the first size are resource units smaller than 242-tone. The communication method according to claim 11.

13. the first information includes a third identifier and a fourth identifier; At least one bit of the third identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit of the first size to be applied to the reception of 4096-QAM; At least one bit of the third identifier indicates a support capability for the first size multi-resource unit to be applied to the reception of the 4096-QAM; At least one bit of the fourth identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 4096-QAM transmission; At least one bit of the fourth identifier indicates a support capability for a multi-resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 4096-QAM transmission. The communication method according to claim 12.

14. The first message frame further includes second information; The second information indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size applied to 1024-QAM. The communication method according to claim 11.

15. the second information includes a fifth identifier and a sixth identifier; the fifth identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and a multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 1024-QAM; The sixth identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and a multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 1024-QAM transmission. The communication method according to claim 14.

16. the second information includes a seventh identifier and an eighth identifier; At least one bit of the seventh identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 1024-QAM; At least one bit of the seventh identifier indicates a support capability for the first size multi-resource unit to be applied to the reception of the 1024-QAM; At least one bit of the eighth identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 1024-QAM transmission; At least one bit of the eighth identifier indicates a support capability for the first size multi-resource unit to be applied to the 1024-QAM transmission. The communication method according to claim 14.

17. When the first information is configured to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size being applied to the 4096-QAM, the second information is configured to support a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size being applied to the 1024-QAM. The communication method according to claim 14.

18. The first information of the first message frame further indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size applied to 1024-QAM. The communication method according to claim 12.

19. the first information includes a ninth identifier and a tenth identifier; The ninth identifier indicates a support capability for the single resource unit and the multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 4096-QAM and the 1024-QAM; The tenth identifier indicates a support capability for the single resource unit and the multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the transmission of the 4096-QAM and the 1024-QAM.

20. The communication method of claim 18.

20. the first information and / or the second information is included in a very high throughput physical layer capability information element of the first message frame; The communication method according to claim 14.

21. a processing module configured to determine a first message frame, the first message frame including first information, the first information indicating a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 4096-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM), the support capability for the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to be applied to 4096-QAM indicating support for applying the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to the 4096-QAM or not support for applying the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to the 4096-QAM; a transceiver module configured to transmit the first message frame; the first information includes a first identifier and a second identifier; the first identifier indicates a support capability for single resource units and multiple resource units of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 4096-QAM; The second identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and a multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 4096-QAM transmission. Communication equipment.

22. a transceiver module configured to receive a first message frame, the first message frame including first information, the first information indicating a support capability for a single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of a first size to be applied to 4096-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM), the support capability for the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to be applied to 4096-QAM indicating support for applying the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to the 4096-QAM or not support for applying the single resource unit and / or multiple resource units of the first size to the 4096-QAM; a processing module configured to control the transceiver module to perform a communication operation based on the first message frame; the first information includes a first identifier and a second identifier; the first identifier indicates a support capability for single resource units and multiple resource units of the first size to be applied to the reception of the 4096-QAM; The second identifier indicates a support capability for a single resource unit and a multiple resource unit of the first size to be applied to the 4096-QAM transmission. Communication equipment.

23. An electronic device, A computer program comprising: a memory; a processor; and a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor; When the processor executes the computer program, the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 or the communication method according to any one of claims 11 to 20 is realized. electronic equipment.

24. 1. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising: The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 or the communication method according to any one of claims 11 to 20 is realized. A computer-readable storage medium.

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