Basic Sensing by Proxy and Doze Mode for IEEE 802.11bf Communications

A wireless access point (AP), comprising:

• a radio;
• a processor operably coupled to the radio and configured to:
• receive, from a wireless station, a request to perform a wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing operation using a basic sensing by proxy (SBP) procedure driven by an SBP responder or an SBP initiator, wherein sensing features associated with the SBP procedure are dictated by the SBP responder for an SBP responder driven SBP procedure, and wherein the sensing features associated with the SBP procedure are dictated by the SBP initiator for an SBP initiator driven SBP procedure;
• transmit, to the wireless station, an acknowledgment message in response to receiving the request;
• and
• perform the WLAN sensing operation to determine SBP results;
• and
• transmit the SBP results to the wireless station.

A method, comprising:

• by a wireless station:
• transmitting a sensing by proxy (SBP) request message to a wireless access point (AP) to request that the wireless AP performs a wireless local area network (WLAN) sensing operation using a basic SBP procedure driven by an SBP responder or an SBP initiator, wherein sensing features associated with the SBP procedure are dictated by the SBP responder for an SBP responder driven SBP procedure, and wherein the sensing features associated with the SBP procedure are dictated by the SBP initiator for an SBP initiator driven SBP procedure;
• receiving an acknowledgment message from the wireless AP indicating whether the wireless AP will perform the basic SBP procedure;
• and
• receiving SBP results from the wireless AP indicating sensing measurement results of the WLAN sensing operation.