Channel resource scheduling method and apparatus

A channel resource scheduling apparatus, comprising a processor;

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• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming, when executed by the processor, instructing the apparatus to:
• send a management frame, wherein the management frame comprises directional channel quality measurement information, the directional channel quality measurement information comprises identifiers of at least two pairs of candidate stations comprising a first pair of the candidate stations and a second pair of the candidate stations selected by the access point to perform channel quality measurement and a channel resource that is used for directional channel quality measurement and that is allocated to each candidate station pair in the at least two pairs of the candidate stations, and time domains of channel resources do not overlap, wherein the identifiers of the at least two pairs of the candidate stations comprise a first identifier of the first pair of candidate stations and a second identifier of the second pair of candidate stations;
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• receive a directional channel quality measurement report returned by each candidate station in the at least two candidate station pairs, wherein the directional channel quality measurement report carries received signal quality that is measured by the candidate station and that is of another candidate station pair when the another candidate station pair performs communication by using a corresponding channel resource;
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• select, based on the directional channel quality measurement report of each candidate station, at least two target station pairs from the at least two candidate station pairs to perform spatial sharing, and indicate time domain overlapping channel resources for spatial sharing to the at least two target station pairs.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising computer program instructions stored thereon for performing, when executed on a processor of an access point, causes the access point performing operations comprising:

• sending, a management frame, wherein the management frame comprises directional channel quality measurement information, the directional channel quality measurement information comprises identifiers of at least two pairs of candidate stations comprising a first pair of the candidate stations and a second pair of the candidate stations selected by the access point to perform channel quality measurement and a channel resource that is used for directional channel quality measurement and that is allocated to each candidate station pair in the at least two pairs of the candidate stations, and time domains of channel resources do not overlap, wherein the identifiers of the at least two pairs of the candidate stations comprise a first identifier of the first pair of candidate stations and a second identifier of the second pair of candidate stations;
• receiving, a directional channel quality measurement report returned by each candidate station in the at least two candidate station pairs, wherein the directional channel quality measurement report carries received signal quality that is measured by the candidate station and that is of another candidate station pair when the another candidate station pair performs communication by using a corresponding channel resource;
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• selecting, based on the directional channel quality measurement report of each candidate station, at least two target station pairs from the at least two candidate station pairs to perform spatial sharing, and indicating time domain overlapping channel resources for spatial sharing to the at least two target station pairs.