SBP Responder Setup Verification for Reliable Wi-Fi Sensing

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Solution Overview

Problem

The current SBP procedure for wireless local area networks (WLAN) is designed primarily for low frequency bands and has a low success rate, affecting sensing efficiency.

Innovation Solution

An SBP responder determines the success of a sensing measurement setup before accepting an SBP request, thereby increasing the success rate of SBP setup and improving sensing efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the current SBP procedure is used for low frequency bands, then the procedure can be implemented, but the success rate of sensing setup is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesuccess rate of SBP setupVSAvoidsensing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The SBP responder performs a sensing measurement setup in advance before accepting the SBP request. This preliminary action allows the responder to verify whether the sensing measurement can be successfully configured with the sensing responder, and only accepts the SBP request if the measurement setup is successful, thereby improving the success rate of SBP setup

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The SBP responder uses feedback from the sensing measurement setup result to determine whether to accept the SBP request. The responder receives a first message from the sensing responder indicating whether the sensing measurement setup is successful, and based on this feedback, the responder determines whether to accept the SBP request and establishes the first SBP

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20250234222A1Sensing method and communication apparatus
Publication Date: 2025.07.17 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

This application relates to the communication field, and in particular, to a sensing by proxy method and a communication apparatus. The solution may be applied to a WLAN system that supports 802.11 series protocols such as a next-generation Wi-Fi protocol of IEEE 802.11ax, for example, 802.11be, Wi-Fi 7, or EHT, and a next-generation protocol of the 802.11be or Wi-Fi 8, and may be further applied to a UWB-based wireless personal area network system and a sensing (sensing) system, for example, a 802.11bf protocol. In the method, an SBP responder may determine, based on a result of a sensing measurement setup of a sensing responder, whether to accept an SBP request, and accept the SBP request when the result of the sensing measurement setup is successful, to increase a success rate of an SBP setup, thereby improving sensing efficiency.