Communication method and apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsMao Yang, Bo Li, Yunbo Li
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Abstract
A ML entity performs a backoff procedure of the primary link based on the backoff counter of the primary link; and when a count value of the backoff counter is 0, the ML entity sends a first PPDU on each first link in K first links, where the K first links include the primary link and K−1 first nonprimary links, and the first nonprimary link is in an idle state in a first inter-frame space before a time point at which the count value of the backoff counter decreases to 0.
Claims17
A communication method, wherein the method comprises:
- performing, by a multi-link (ML) entity, a backoff procedure on each first link in K first links, wherein K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2;
- and
- sending, by the ML entity, a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) on each second link in N second links, wherein the second link is a first link whose backoff procedure has ended before a first time point and that is in an idle state before the first time point, wherein N is a positive integer less than K, wherein the first time point is an end time point of a backoff procedure of a target link in the K first links.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing instructions that are executable by the at least one processor, the instructions comprising instructions for:
- performing a backoff procedure on each first link in K first links, wherein K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2;
- and
- sending a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) on each second link in N second links, wherein the second link is a first link whose backoff procedure has ended before a first time point and that is in an idle state before the first time point, wherein N is a positive integer less than K, wherein the first time point is an end time point of a backoff procedure of a target link in the K first links.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises computer instructions;
- and when the computer instructions are run on a computer, the computer is enabled to perform operations comprising:
- performing a backoff procedure on each first link in K first links, wherein K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2;
- and
- sending a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) on each second link in N second links, wherein the second link is a first link whose backoff procedure has ended before a first time point and that is in an idle state before the first time point, wherein N is a positive integer less than K, wherein the first time point is an end time point of a backoff procedure of a target link in the K first links.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.