Communication method and apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsMing Gan, Yuchen Guo, Guogang Huang, Xun Yang
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Abstract
This application provides communication methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage media. In an example, a value of a specific element of a first access point (AP) (or a second AP) is reused in a management frame, to indicate specific elements of a plurality of APs in a multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) set to which the first AP (or the second AP) belongs. The management frame does not need to carry a plurality of same specific elements in the multiple BSSID set. The described techniques can be applied to, for example, a wireless local area network system supporting IEEE 802.11ax next-generation Wi-Fi protocols, for example, 802.11 series protocols such as the 802.11be or the EHT.
Claims20
A communication method, comprising:
- generating, by a first access point (AP), a first management frame;
- wherein the first management frame comprises a specific element of a second AP, and wherein the specific element is a channel switch related element or a quiet channel related element;
- and
- wherein the first AP is an AP corresponding to a transmitted basic service set identifier (BSSID) in a first multiple BSSID set, a third AP is an AP corresponding to a nontransmitted BSSID in the first multiple BSSID set, and the second AP and the third AP are affiliated with a same AP multi-link device (MLD);
- and
- sending, by the first AP, the first management frame.
A communication apparatus, applied to a first access point (AP), comprising at least one processor coupled to at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory stores a program or instructions;
- and when executing the program or the instructions, the communication apparatus perform operations comprising:
- generating a first management frame;
- wherein the first management frame comprises a specific element of a second AP, and wherein the specific element is a channel switch related element or a quiet channel related element;
- and
- wherein the first AP is an AP corresponding to a transmitted basic service set identifier (BSSID) in a first multiple BSSID set, a third AP is an AP corresponding to a nontransmitted BSSID in the first multiple BSSID set, and the second AP and the third AP are affiliated with a same AP multi-link device (MLD);
- and
- sending the first management frame.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores program instructions, and when the program instructions are run a first access point (AP) performs operations comprising:
- generating a first management frame;
- wherein the first management frame comprises a specific element of a second AP, and wherein the specific element is a channel switch related element or a quiet channel related element;
- and
- wherein the first AP is an AP corresponding to a transmitted basic service set identifier (BSSID) in a first multiple BSSID set, a third AP is an AP corresponding to a nontransmitted BSSID in the first multiple BSSID set, and the second AP and the third AP are affiliated with a same AP multi-link device (MLD);
- and
- sending the first management frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.