WI-FI Communication Method and Apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsYanfan Zhang, Yanjie Gu, Jian Yu
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Abstract
A WI-FI communication method is applied to a communication system including a first device and a second device, and the first device communicates with the second device using at least two configurable channel links. The method includes sending, by the first device, link indication information to the second device, where the link indication information is used to indicate link attributes of the at least two channel links, receiving, by the first device, a first configuration indication fed back by the second device in response to the link indication information, and configuring, by the first device, transmission modes of non-control frames on the at least two channel links based on the first configuration indication.
Claims20
A method implemented by a first device, of a communication system device, configured to communicate with a second device of the communication system using at least two configurable channel links, wherein the method comprises:
- sending, to the to the second device, link indication information indicating link attributes of the at least two configurable channel links;
- receiving, from the second device and responsive to the link indication information, a first configuration indication;
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- configuring transmission modes of non-control frames on the at least two configurable channel links based on the first configuration indication,
- wherein the transmission modes comprise one of an uplink transmission mode, a downlink transmission mode, or an uplink/downlink transmission mode.
A method implemented by a second device, of a communication system, configured to communicate with a first device of the communication system using at least two configurable channel links, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving, from the first device, link indication information indicating link attributes of the at least two configurable channel links;
- generating, based on the link indication information, a first configuration indication for configuring transmission modes of non-control frames on the at least two configurable channel links, wherein the transmission modes comprise one of an uplink transmission mode, a downlink transmission mode, or an uplink/downlink transmission mode;
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- sending, to the first device, the first configuration indication.
A first device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
- separately establish, using the transceiver, at least two channel links to communicate with a second device, wherein transmission modes of non-control frames on the at least two channel links are configurable, and wherein the transmission modes comprise any one of an uplink transmission mode, a downlink transmission mode, or an uplink/downlink transmission mode;
- send, to the second device via the transceiver, link indication information indicating link attributes of the at least two channel links;
- receive, via the transceiver, a first configuration indication from the second device responsive to the link indication information;
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- configure the transmission modes based on the first configuration indication.
A second device comprising:
- a transceiver;
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- a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
- separately establish, using the transceiver, at least two channel links to communicate with a first device, wherein transmission modes of non-control frames on the at least two channel links are configurable, and wherein the transmission modes comprise one of an uplink transmission mode, a downlink transmission mode, or an uplink/downlink transmission mode;
- receive, via the transceiver, link indication information from the first device, wherein the link indication information indicates link attributes of the at least two channel links;
- generate, based on the link indication information, a first configuration indication configuring the transmission modes;
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- send, via the transceiver, the first configuration indication to the first device.
A communication system comprising:
- a first device comprising:
- a first transceiver;
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- a first processor coupled to the first transceiver;
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- a second device comprising:
- a second transceiver;
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- a second processor coupled to the second transceiver,
- wherein the first processor is configured to cause the first device to:
- establish, using the first transceiver, at least two channel links to communicate with the second device, wherein transmission modes of non-control frames on the at least two channel links are configurable, and wherein the transmission modes comprise one of an uplink transmission mode, a downlink transmission mode, or an uplink/downlink transmission mode;
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- send, via the first transceiver to the second device, link indication information indicating link attributes of the at least two channel links,
- wherein the second processor is configured to cause the second device to:
- separately establish, via the second transceiver, the at least two channel links to communicate with the first device;
- receive, via the second transceiver, the link indication information from the first device;
- generate, based on the link indication information, a configuration indication configuring the transmission modes;
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- send, via the second transceiver, the configuration indication to the first device, wherein the first processor is further configured to cause the first device to:
- receive, via the first transceiver, the configuration indication from the second device in response to the link indication information;
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- configure the transmission modes based on the configuration indication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.