Method and apparatus for dealing with negotiation procedure initiated by request action frame through responding with acknowledgement control frame or time-constrained response action frame

A wireless communication device comprising:

• a network interface circuit;
• and
• a control circuit, wherein in response to a protected management frame received from another wireless communication device by the network interface circuit, the control circuit is arranged to generate an acknowledgement (ACK) control frame that is configured to pair with the protected management frame, instruct the network interface circuit to send the ACK control frame to the another wireless communication device, and skip an operation of sending a response to the another wireless communication device, wherein the protected management frame is configured to serve as a substitute of a request control frame, the another wireless communication device views the ACK control frame as a valid confirmation of successful receive of the protected management frame, and the response is not solicited by the protected management frame.