Method, apparatus and system for communicating wi-fi sensing measurements and feedback

A communications device comprising:

• a processor coupled to a network interface and a computer readable storage medium, the storage medium storing instructions when executed by the processor, cause the communications device to:
• receive over a network interface, a sensing request transmitted by a sensing initiator;
• measure the received sensing request and determining, based on the measuring, a parameter of the received sensing request, in support of object sensing using wireless signals;
• send over the network interface and subsequently and in response to the sensing request and the measuring, an action frame to the sensing initiator, the action frame including a category indicative that the action frame pertains to a sensing process, the action frame including a sensing response to the sensing request and the sensing response including the parameter in an information element of the action frame.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a communications device, causes the communications device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving over a network interface, a sensing request transmitted by a sensing initiator;
• measuring the received sensing request and determining, based on the measuring, a parameter of the received sensing request, in support of object sensing using wireless signals;
• forming an action frame comprising:
• an action frame header portion;
• a category indicative that the action frame pertains to a sensing process;
• a sensing measurement action;
• and
• a sensing measurement information element comprising:
• an element ID;
• a measurement type;
• the parameter of the received sensing request, as measured by the communications device;
• and
• sending, in response to the sensing request and the measuring, the action frame to a sensing initiator of the sensing request, the action frame including a sensing response to the sensing request, the sensing response including the parameter.