Abstract: A STA in a STA MLD sends an information frame on a link corresponding to the station, and the information frame is used to indicate a STA in an awake state in the STA MLD. An AP MLD receives the information frame, and sends a downlink message frame on a one or more links corresponding to a part of or all of STAs in the awake state in the STA MLD.

Abstract: A radio physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) sending method includes: obtaining, a radio physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), wherein the PPDU includes a high efficiency-signal field A (HE-SIG-A) and a high efficiency-signal field B (HE-SIG-B), the HE-SIG-A includes a field indicating a quantity of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the HE-SIG-B, and wherein a value of the field indicates one of the following: that the quantity of OFDM symbols included in the HE-SIG-B is greater than or equal to 16, or the quantity of OFDM symbols included in the HE-SIG-B; and sending the PPDU.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a data transmission method, a communication apparatus, a computer-readable storage medium, and a chip. The method includes: generating, by a first multi-link device, a management frame, where the management frame includes a receiver address, a transmitter address, and link indication information, and the link indication information indicates that the management frame is applied to at least one link corresponding to the link indication information; and sending the management frame to a second multi-link device on a link on which a station indicated by the receiver address or a station indicated by the transmitter address operates.

Abstract: When a first device is an EHT site, a second device generates a frame in a first non-HT format or a frame in a first non-HT duplicated format, where at least three bits in the first seven bits of a scrambling sequence of the frame in the first non-HT format or the frame in the first non-HT duplicated format indicate a bandwidth mode of a channel; or when a first device is a VHT site or an HE site that does not support an EHT, a second device generates a frame in a second non-HT format or a frame in a second non-HT duplicated format, where two bits in the first seven bits of a scrambling sequence of the frame in the second non-HT format or the frame in the second non-HT duplicated format indicate a bandwidth mode of a channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods and apparatuses, and relates to the field of communication technologies. In one example method, a first communication apparatus generates a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), and sends the PPDU to a second communication apparatus. The PPDU includes a first field with 26 bits, and the first field includes a one-bit unsolicited modulation and coding scheme (MCS) feedback (MFB) subfield and a one-bit first indication information. When a value of the unsolicited MFB subfield is a first value, the first indication information indicates an MCS request (MRQ). When a value of the unsolicited MFB subfield is a second value, the first indication information indicates an uplink extremely high throughput trigger-based PPDU MFB (UL EHT TB PPDU MFB).

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus, to obtain a link set/link sets to which a link/links belongs/belong, and may be applied to a Wi-Fi system. The method includes: generating, by a first multi-link device MLD, a first frame, and sending the first frame. The first frame includes a first field, the first field indicates a relationship between a first link and at least one link set, the first link is any one of at least one link established between the first MLD and a second MLD, and the link set includes one or more of the at least one link.

Abstract: This application provides a resource allocation method, a communication apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. An access point determines and sends a band indication and a resource unit allocation indication based on an RU/MRU allocated to a PPDU. The band indication indicates an index of a band of the RU/MRU, and an index range corresponding to the band indication in a first bandwidth is reused for an index range corresponding to the RU/MRU in a bandwidth of the PPDU. The resource unit allocation indication indicates an RU/MRU index of the RU/MRU on the band, and an index range corresponding to the resource unit allocation indication in the first bandwidth is also reused for an index range corresponding to the resource unit allocation indication in the bandwidth of the PPDU. The first bandwidth is greater than the bandwidth of the PPDU.

Abstract: This application provides a channel access indication method and device. The method includes: receiving, by a first communications device, a channel synchronization request sent by a second communications device, where the channel synchronization request is used to request the first communications device to send a synchronization frame to the second communications device, and a wake-up receiver is configured for the second communications device; and according to the channel synchronization request and a time at which the second communications device is woken up and that is learned by the first communications device based on preset signaling, sending, by the first communications device when a channel is idle, the synchronization frame to the woken-up second communications device, where the synchronization frame is used to instruct the woken-up second communications device to access the channel after receiving the synchronization frame.

Abstract: A wake-up packet sending method, including: obtaining, by a sending apparatus, a wake-up packet WUP, where the WUP includes a preamble sequence, and the preamble sequence includes N consecutive first sequences S, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2 (for example, [S S]), and the N consecutive first sequences S are used to indicate that a data rate used for the WUP is a first value; or the preamble sequence includes a second sequence M, where the second sequence M is used to indicate that a data rate used for the WUP is a second value; and the second sequence M and the first sequence S are in a bit logical negation relationship; and sending the WUP, to wake up a main receiver of a receiving apparatus.

Abstract: The application provides an information indication method, including generating a first frame, where the first frame includes address information of a station operating on a frequency band of 6 GHz; and transmitting the first frame on a 2.4 GHz and/or 5 GHz frequency band.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus, and relates to the field of communication technologies. An AP generates a trigger frame, where the trigger frame includes a first user information field, a part or all of a frequency domain resource indicated by a resource unit allocation subfield in a fourth user information field before the first user information field is located on a primary 160 MHz channel, and a part or all of a frequency domain resource indicated by a resource unit allocation subfield in a fourth user information field after the first user information field is located on a secondary 160 MHz channel. Then, the AP sends the trigger frame.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of wireless communication, in particular, to a beacon frame transmission method in an EMLSR mode, and is applied to a wireless local area network supporting the 802.11be standard. A TXOP holder sends a first frame before a first delay prior to a next TBTT, where the first frame indicates TXOP termination on a first link. The first delay is used by an EMLSR non-AP MLD to change a spatial stream on a second link to a state supporting beacon frame reception on the second link. The non-AP MLD changes, within the first delay after the TXOP termination on the first link, a spatial stream on the second link to supporting successful beacon frame reception on the second link, and receives a beacon frame by using a spatial stream currently supported on the second link at the next TBTT.

Abstract: A method for selecting a cyclic shift diversity sequence, and a related apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: sending a frame by using a cyclic shift diversity (CSD) sequence, comprising: generating a frame, wherein the frame comprises a first data subframe conforming to a first communication mechanism and a third data subframe conforming to the first communication mechanism; sending the frame, wherein the first data subframe and the third data subframe are sent by using a cyclic shift diversity sequence. Under an EHT standard, a preferred cyclic shift diversity sequence can be obtained through selection from massive combinations of CSD values. Work efficiency is improved, and an operation burden is reduced.

Abstract: This application discloses a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: transmitting, by a second station in a second multi-link device, a first frame to a first station in a first multi-link device, where the first frame is used to request to tear down a TWT agreement for a first link, and the first link is any link in one or more links for which a TWT agreement is set up between the first multi-link device and the second multi-link device; and transmitting, by the first station, a second frame to the second station in response to the first frame. The first station may be any station, and is not limited to a station requesting to set up the TWT agreement.

Abstract: A receiving device is disclosed that receives a non-EHT PPDU that includes a service field and that is sent by a sending device, where the service field includes a first field whose bit quantity is m, and m?1; and the receiving device determines, based on the first field, an initialization state of a scrambling code sequence corresponding to an extremely-high throughput physical layer protocol data unit EHT PPDU, where a bit quantity of the initialization state of the scrambling code sequence is greater than the bit quantity of the first field.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of wireless fidelity Wi-Fi technologies, and in particular, to a non-simultaneous transmitting and receiving capability indication method, an apparatus, and a system. In the method, a first multi-link device MLD may sequentially transmit an association request frame and a management frame to a second MLD. Correspondingly, the second MLD may receive the association request frame and the management frame from the first MLD. The association request frame includes first information, and the first information indicates a first NSTR capability between a first link and a second link. The management frame includes second information, and the second information indicates a second NSTR capability between the first link and the second link.

Abstract: This application relates to a communication method and related apparatuses. The method includes: A first communication apparatus generates and sends a first frequency domain signal, where the first frequency domain signal includes a sub signal obtained by mapping N pieces of first frequency domain data to a first group of subcarriers and a subsignal obtained by mapping N pieces of second frequency domain data to a second group of subcarriers, and a spacing between the first group of subcarriers and the second group of subcarriers is odd-numbered subcarriers. The N pieces of first frequency domain data are obtained by multiplying data at even positions or data at odd positions in N pieces of original frequency domain data by i or —i, and the N pieces of second frequency domain data are obtained by performing reverse arrangement and/or negation on the N pieces of first frequency domain data.

Abstract: The application provides a short training sequence design method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a short training sequence, where the short training sequence may be obtained based on an existing sequence, and the short training sequence with comparatively good performance may be obtained through simulation calculation, for example, by adjusting a parameter; and sending a short training field on a target channel, where the short training field is obtained by performing inverse fast Fourier transformation IFFT on the short training sequence, and a bandwidth of the target channel is greater than 160 MHz.

Abstract: A STA in a STA MLD sends an information frame on a link corresponding to the station, and the information frame is used to indicate a STA in an awake state in the STA MLD. An AP MLD receives the information frame, and sends a downlink message frame on a one or more links corresponding to a part of or all of STAs in the awake state in the STA MLD, to assist the part of or all of the stations in fast accessing a channel without waiting for a NAVSyncDelay time period.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an access point (AP) multi-link device discovery method and a related apparatus, for example, in a wireless local area network (WLAN) supporting IEEE 802.11be. In an example method, a reporting AP sends a first management frame to a station. The first management frame carries information about a reported AP. The reporting AP is affiliated with an AP multi-link device. The reported AP is affiliated with the same multi-link device as the reporting AP. Or the reported AP belongs to a same multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) set as another AP in the multi-link device with which the reporting AP is affiliated.