HARDWARE COMPONENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

Claims

1. A communication method containing: generating a first frame, wherein the first frame is used to determine at least one available narrowband channel that can be used to transmit a narrowband, NB, signal, and this first frame comprises at least one of the following fields: a first field, a second field; and sending the first frame, while said first field indicates whether the frequency domain resource of each of at least one wireless, Wi-Fi, channel can be used for transmitting an NB signal; said second field indicates whether the frequency domain resource of each of the at least one narrowband channel can be used for transmitting the NB signal, and each of the at least one narrowband channel contains a frequency domain resource that cannot be used for transmitting the Wi-Fi signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first frame comprises a first field and this first field comprises at least one bit corresponding to said at least one Wi-Fi channel; and if the value of the first bit of said at least one bit corresponding to said at least one Wi-Fi channel is the first value, the frequency region resource of the Wi-Fi channel corresponding to said first bit can be used for transmitting the NB signal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first frame comprises a first field and this first field comprises at least one bit corresponding to said at least one Wi-Fi channel; and if the value of the first bit of said at least one bit corresponding to said at least one Wi-Fi channel is the second value, the frequency region resource of the Wi-Fi channel corresponding to said first bit cannot be used for transmitting the NB signal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first frame comprises a first field; and if the first field comprises a bit corresponding to a first Wi-Fi channel of said at least one Wi-Fi channel, and the first field comprises a bit corresponding to a second Wi-Fi channel of said at least one Wi-Fi channel, the first frequency domain resource corresponding to the first Wi-Fi channel, the second frequency domain resource corresponding to the second Wi-Fi channel, and the frequency domain resource between said first frequency domain resource and said second frequency domain resource cannot be used for transmitting the NB signal; or a first frequency domain resource corresponding to the first Wi-Fi channel, a second frequency domain resource corresponding to the second Wi-Fi channel, and a frequency domain resource between said first frequency domain resource and said second frequency domain resource can be used to transmit the NB signal.

5. The method according to any one of paragraphs 1-4, in which the first frame comprises a second field and this second field comprises at least one bit corresponding to said at least one narrowband channel; and if the value of the second bit of said at least one bit corresponding to said at least one narrowband channel is the first value, the frequency domain resource of the narrowband channel corresponding to said second bit can be used for transmitting the NB signal.

6. The method according to any one of paragraphs 1-4, in which the first frame comprises a second field and this second field comprises at least one bit corresponding to said at least one narrowband channel; and if the value of the second bit of said at least one bit corresponding to said at least one narrowband channel is the second value, the frequency domain resource of the narrowband channel corresponding to said second bit cannot be used for transmitting the NB signal.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the first frame comprises a third field, wherein the third field indicates a value of the offset between the frequency of the available narrowband channel and the frequency of the reference narrowband channel, and the frequency of the reference narrowband channel has a preset value.

8. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 1-4, in which the first frame additionally comprises a fourth field and this fourth field is used to determine the bandwidth of the available narrowband channel.

9. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 1-4, in which the first frame comprises a first field, and the first frame further comprises a fifth field and this fifth field indicates the bandwidth of the Wi-Fi channel.

10. The method according to any one of paragraphs 1-4, in which the first frame additionally comprises a sixth field and this sixth field is used to determine the duration of the period of time during which the available narrowband channel can be used for transmitting the NB signal, and / or the start time of this period of time.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said first frame further comprises a seventh field and this seventh field indicates whether said first frame comprises at least one of the following fields: said first field, said second field, said at least one scaling factor field, said third field, said fourth field, said fifth field or said sixth field.

12. The method according to any one of paragraphs 1-4, in which, before said sending of the first frame, the method further comprises: receiving a second frame, wherein the second frame is used to determine the first narrowband channel for transmitting the NB signal.

13. A communication method comprising: receiving a first frame, wherein the first frame comprises at least one of the following fields: a first field, a second field; and determining, based on said first frame, at least one available narrowband channel that can be used to transmit a narrowband, NB, signal, wherein said first field indicates whether the frequency domain resource of each of at least one wireless, Wi-Fi, channel can be used for transmitting an NB signal; said second field indicates whether the frequency domain resource of each of the at least one narrowband channel can be used for transmitting the NB signal, and each of the at least one narrowband channel contains a frequency domain resource that cannot be used for transmitting the Wi-Fi signal.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said first frame comprises said first field, wherein this first field comprises at least one bit corresponding to said at least one Wi-Fi channel; and said determining, based on the first frame, at least one available narrowband channel that can be used for transmitting the NB signal comprises: if the value of the first bit of said at least one bit corresponding to said at least one Wi-Fi channel is the first value, determining that the frequency domain resource of the Wi-Fi channel corresponding to said first bit can be used for transmitting the NB signal, wherein the frequency domain resource of said at least one available narrowband channel comprises the frequency domain resource of the Wi-Fi channel corresponding to said first bit.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein said first frame comprises said first field, wherein said first field comprises at least one bit corresponding to said at least one Wi-Fi channel; and if the value of the first bit of said at least one bit corresponding to said at least one Wi-Fi channel is the second value, determining that the frequency region resource of the Wi-Fi channel corresponding to said first bit cannot be used for transmitting the NB signal.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first frame comprises a first field; and if the first field comprises a bit corresponding to a first Wi-Fi channel of said at least one Wi-Fi channel, and the first field comprises a bit corresponding to a second Wi-Fi channel of said at least one Wi-Fi channel, determining that a first frequency domain resource corresponding to the first Wi-Fi channel, a second frequency domain resource corresponding to the second Wi-Fi channel, and a frequency domain resource between said first frequency domain resource and said second frequency domain resource cannot be used to transmit the NB signal; or determining that a first frequency domain resource corresponding to the first Wi-Fi channel, a second frequency domain resource corresponding to the second Wi-Fi channel, and a frequency domain resource between said first frequency domain resource and said second frequency domain resource can be used to transmit the NB signal.

17. The method according to any one of paragraphs 13-16, wherein said first frame comprises said second field, wherein this second field comprises at least one bit corresponding to said at least one narrowband channel, and said determining, based on said first frame, at least one available narrowband channel that can be used for transmitting the NB signal comprises: if the value of the second bit of said at least one bit corresponding to said at least one narrowband channel is the first value, determining that the frequency domain resource of the narrowband channel corresponding to said second bit can be used for transmitting the NB signal, wherein the frequency domain resource of said at least one available narrowband channel comprises the frequency domain resource of the narrowband channel corresponding to said second bit.

18. The method according to any one of paragraphs 13-16, in which said first frame comprises said second field, wherein this second field comprises at least one bit corresponding to said at least one narrowband channel, and if the value of the second bit of said at least one bit corresponding to said at least one narrowband channel is the second value, the narrowband channel corresponding to said second bit cannot be used for transmitting the NB signal.

19. The method according to any one of paragraphs. 13-16, in which the first frame comprises a third field, wherein this third field indicates the value of the offset between the frequency of the available narrowband channel and the frequency of the reference narrowband channel, and the frequency of the reference narrowband channel has a preset value.

20. The method according to any one of paragraphs 13-16, in which the first frame further comprises a fourth field and this fourth field is used to determine the bandwidth of the available narrowband channel; and said determination, based on said first frame, of at least one available narrowband channel that can be used for transmitting the NB signal comprises: determining, based on at least one of the following fields contained in the first frame: said first field, said second field, an available frequency domain resource that can be used for transmitting the NB signal; and determining said at least one available narrowband channel based on the available frequency domain resource and said fourth field.

21. The method according to any one of paragraphs 13-16, in which the first frame comprises a first field, and the first frame further comprises a fifth field, and this fifth field indicates the bandwidth of the Wi-Fi channel.

22. The method according to any one of paragraphs 13-16, in which the first frame further comprises a sixth field and this sixth field is used to determine the duration of the period of time during which the available narrowband channel can be used for transmission of the NB signal, and / or the start time of this period of time; and the method further comprises: determining, on the basis of said first frame, the duration of the period of time during which the available narrowband channel can be used for transmitting the NB signal, and / or the start time of this period of time.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein said first frame further comprises a seventh field and this seventh field indicates whether said first frame comprises at least one of the following fields: said first field, said second field, said at least one scaling factor field, said third field, said fourth field, said fifth field or said sixth field.

24. The method according to any one of paragraphs 13-16, wherein the method additionally comprises: sending a second frame, wherein the second frame is used to define the first narrowband channel for transmitting the NB signal.

25. A hardware component comprising a transmitting and receiving unit and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to generate a first frame, wherein the first frame is used to determine at least one available narrowband channel that can be used to transmit a narrowband, NB, signal, and the first frame contains at least one of the following fields: a first field, a second field; and the transmitting and receiving unit is configured to send the first frame, while said first field indicates whether the frequency domain resource of each of at least one wireless, Wi-Fi, channel can be used for transmitting an NB signal; said second field indicates whether the frequency domain resource of each of the at least one narrowband channel can be used for transmitting the NB signal, and each of the at least one narrowband channel contains a frequency domain resource that cannot be used for transmitting the Wi-Fi signal.

26. A hardware component comprising a transmitting and receiving unit and a processing unit, wherein the transmitting and receiving unit is configured to receive a first frame, wherein the first frame contains at least one of the following fields: a first field, a second field; and the processing unit is configured to determine, based on said first frame, at least one available narrowband channel that can be used to transmit a narrowband, NB, signal, wherein said first field indicates whether the frequency domain resource of each of at least one wireless, Wi-Fi, channel can be used for transmitting an NB signal; said second field indicates whether the frequency domain resource of each of the at least one narrowband channel can be used for transmitting the NB signal, and each of the at least one narrowband channel contains a frequency domain resource that cannot be used for transmitting the Wi-Fi signal.

27. A hardware component comprising: a processor configured to execute computer instructions stored in the memory to ensure that said hardware component performs the method according to any one of claims 1-12 or to ensure that said hardware component performs the method according to any one of claims 13-24.

28. A computer-readable medium capable of storing a computer program, wherein the computer program contains instructions for implementing the method according to any of paragraphs 1-12 or contains instructions for implementing the method according to any of paragraphs 13-24.

29. A computer software product, wherein the computer software product comprises a computer program or instructions, and when the computer program or instructions are executed on a computer, the execution by this computer of the method according to any of paragraphs 1-12 or 13-24 is ensured.