Abstract: A sending node sends an RTS control packet carrying an identifier of a receiving node, so that the receiving node determines a power update value according to an initial transmit power of the RTS control packet and sends a CTS control packet by using the initial transmit power, where the CTS control packet carries an identifier of the sending node and the power update value, a first part of adjacent nodes other than the sending node, if determining that the first part of adjacent nodes are located beyond coverage of an updated power of the receiving node and the sending node, determine a first limited power and perform control packet transmission according to the first limited power; and receiving, by the sending node, the CTS control packet, and sending a data packet by using the updated power.

Abstract: A method and a device for establishing a connection. The method includes the steps of: obtaining, by a group member device of a wireless device group, information about a to-be-connected device and then sending the information to a group owner device of the wireless device group, and/or transmitting, by the group member device, information about the group owner device to the to-be-connected device, where the information about the to-be-connected device and/or the information about the group owner device is used by the to-be-connected device and the group owner device to discover each other; and enabling, by the group member device, the to-be-connected device and the group owner device to share a first password, wherein the first password is used by the to-be-connected device and the group owner device to establish a connection after the to-be-connected device and the group owner device discover each other.

Abstract: A method for allocating an addressing identifier includes: notifying, by an access point, at least two stations of an encrypted new MAC address that corresponds to each station, and indicating a predetermined update condition, so that the at least two stations update respective MAC addresses to the respective new MAC addresses when the predetermined update condition is met; and when the predetermined update condition is met, updating, by the access point, the MAC addresses of the at least two stations to the new MAC addresses that correspond to the stations, so that when a message is subsequently received from the stations or sent to the stations, the new MAC addresses are used as the MAC addresses of the stations. In the foregoing manner, the present invention can prevent an eavesdropper from tracing, by using a MAC address, a terminal to acquire user privacy, ensuring security of the user privacy.

Abstract: A method includes: after receiving an operation instruction of a first user, generating, by a first device, connection information according to the operation instruction, and providing the connection information to a second device near the first device, so that the second device obtains a first identifier through calculation according to a first information portion of the connection information by using a preset algorithm; receiving a first message that is sent by the second device according to the connection information, where the first message carries the first identifier; determining whether the first identifier matches a second identifier of the first device, where the second identifier is equal to or corresponds to a result that is generated through calculation according to the first information portion; if the first identifier matches the second identifier, sending a second message to the second device; and establishing a wireless connection to the second device.

Abstract: A method implemented by a first device includes: sending a first message to a second device on a first bandwidth; receiving on the first bandwidth, a second message sent by the second device in response to the first message; sending a third message on a second bandwidth, where the first message, the second message, and the third message all carry device-reserved time-frequency resource information; and within the device-reserved time-frequency resource information, sending, a message to the second device on the first bandwidth; or receiving on the first bandwidth, a message sent by the second device, where if the first bandwidth is less than 20 M, the second bandwidth is greater than or equal to 20 M; or if the first bandwidth is greater than or equal to 20 M, the second bandwidth is less than 20 M. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a related device and a system.

Abstract: A method includes: separately performing, by a requester, time measurement with a plurality of responders, and calculating a location of the requester based on a measurement result. A measurement result obtained by the requester by performing time measurement with each responder includes time stamps t1, t2, t3, and t4, where t1 is a time when the responder sends a measurement frame, t2 is a time at which the requester receives the measurement frame, t3 is a time when the requester sends an acknowledgement frame in response to the measurement frame, and t4 is a time when the responder receives the acknowledgement frame. The acknowledgement frame is sent by the requester after waiting for a randomly generated short interframe spacing after receiving a last symbol of the measurement frame. The randomly generated short interframe spacing is randomly generated within a specified fluctuation range of a nominal short interframe spacing.

Abstract: A method for establishing a connection by a terminal, an apparatus, and a system, where the method includes acquiring, by a first wireless terminal, a first media access control (MAC) address of a second wireless terminal, sending, by the first wireless terminal, a first message carrying identifier information such that the second wireless terminal receives the first message carrying the identifier information and verifies the identifier information, where the identifier information is obtained by the first wireless terminal according to at least the first MAC address, receiving, by the first wireless terminal, a first response message that is sent by the second wireless terminal and that carries a second MAC address of the second wireless terminal, and establishing, by the first wireless terminal, a connection to the second wireless terminal according to the second MAC address.

Abstract: A secure connection method for a network device includes: acquiring a public key operation value of a second device in an out-of-band manner; sending public key information of a first device to the second device; receiving public key information of the second device that is sent by the second device, and decrypting the public key information of the second device by using a private key of the first device, to obtain the public key of the second device; and performing a preset-algorithm operation on the public key of the second device to obtain a copy of the public key operation value of the second device, and after the copy of the public key operation value of the second device matches the public key operation value of the second device, accepting received connection information sent by the second device.

Abstract: A location privacy protection method includes generating an identifier update notification message to be sent to at least one access point, where the identifier update notification message includes a first identifier of a wireless terminal, to indicate that the identifier update notification message is to be sent by the wireless terminal. The identifier update notification message further includes second identifier information of the wireless terminal. The method further includes sending the identifier update notification message, so that the access point acquires a second identifier according to the second identifier information, and uses the second identifier as an identifier of the wireless terminal; and sending a subsequent message including the second identifier to the access point, to indicate that the subsequent message is sent by the wireless terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a Wi-Fi ranging method including: receiving, by a target node, a first NDP sent by a reference node and recording a first NDP receiving time of receiving the first NDP, and sending a second NDP to the reference node and recording a second NDP sending time of sending the second NDP; receiving, by the target node, a ranging response frame sent by the reference node, where the ranging response frame includes a first NDP sending time at which the reference node sends the first NDP and a second NDP receiving time at which the reference node receives the second NDP; and calculating, by the target node, a distance between the target node and the reference node based on the first NDP receiving time, the second NDP sending time, the first NDP sending time, and the second NDP receiving time.

Abstract: A method includes: securely obtaining, by a first device, a first public key estimated value of a second device in an out-of-band manner; encrypting an asymmetric encryption public key by using the first public key estimated value; sending the encrypted asymmetric encryption public key to the second device; receiving an encrypted first key-exchange public key sent by the second device; decrypting the encrypted first key-exchange public key by using an asymmetric encryption private key; performing an operation based on the decrypted first key-exchange public key, to obtain a second public key estimated value; and when the first public key estimated value is consistent with the second public key estimated value, determining that the decrypted first key-exchange public key is correct, generating a shared key by using a key-exchange private key and the first key-exchange public key, and establishing a secure connection to the second device by using the shared key.

Abstract: An information query method, including sending, by a first device, a data-excluded information query request frame, where the data-excluded information query request frame includes first control information and a first hash value; receiving, by the first device, a data-excluded information query response frame sent by a second device. The data-excluded information query response frame includes second control information, a second hash value, and an address of the second device. The method also includes sending, by the first device, a data-contained information query request frame to the second device when the first device determines that a third hash value is consistent with the second hash value, so that the second device responds to the data-contained information query request frame when receiving the data-contained information query request frame. Correspondingly, the present disclosure further provides a related device.

Abstract: A network configuration method, including acquiring a public key operation value of a second device in an out-of-band manner, acquiring a public key copy of the second device that is sent by the second device and that is used to perform key exchange, performing an operation of the preset algorithm on the public key copy of the second device, to obtain a public key operation value copy of the second device, and generating a first exchange key according to a private key that is used by the first device to perform key exchange and the acquired public key copy of the second device after the public key operation value copy of the second device matches the public key operation value of the second device, and hence the method simplifies a network configuration process.

Abstract: A wireless terminal configuration method, device, and system. The method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes acquiring, by a configuration device, device identification information and configuration password information of a wireless terminal; sending, by the configuration device, configuration triggering information to the wireless terminal according to the device identification information of the wireless terminal; performing, by the configuration device, verification with the wireless terminal according to the configuration password information; sending, by the configuration device, credential information required for the wireless terminal to access an access point (AP) and device identification information of the AP to the wireless terminal; and sending, by the configuration device, the credential information and the device identification information of the wireless terminal to the AP.

Abstract: A method, related device, and system for configuring a wireless local area network device are provided. A configuration device obtains working channel information of a wireless local area network. The working channel information is used to indicate a working channel of the wireless local area network. The configuration device receives a configuration instruction sent by an access point. The configuration instruction is received through the working channel according to the working channel information. The configuration instruction is sent after the access point receives a configuration request of an application terminal, and the configuration instruction is used to instruct the configuration device to send configuration information. The configuration device sends the configuration information through the working channel information, so that the application terminal performs network configuration with the access point according to the configuration information.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an extraction and representation method of state vector of sensing data of Internet of Things, extracting and representing sensing sampling data of state vector through the method. receiving sampling data and performing vector extraction on sampling data, sampling data vector representing as a time function of f(t), adding time tstart, end time tend and unit time of vector activity of unitime, the last vector being current active vector for each component of each active sensing device; performing query of sensing sampling data, and then extracting and representing state vector, storing sensing data information with state vector, reducing update frequency of data storage and improving accuracy of interpolation query information. User inputs query time t for interpolation query, in vector sequence, obtaining vector activity corresponding time t using binary search, taking t into vector function to obtain sampling component value of monitoring object at t moment.

Abstract: A key configuration method includes acquiring, by a first device, a public key of a second device through a secure medium; sending, by the first device, information used for obtaining a shared key to the second device; and obtaining, by the second device, a shared key using a private key of the second device and the information that is used for obtaining a shared key. The first device obtains the shared key using the information used for obtaining a shared key or using a private key of the first device. The present disclosure ensures that the public key of the second device reaches the first device, avoids that an attacker masquerades as the second device to establish a secure connection with the first device, so that the attacker cannot listen to a message between the first device and the second device.

Abstract: A sending node sends an RTS control packet carrying an identifier of a receiving node, so that the receiving node determines a power update value according to an initial transmit power of the RTS control packet and sends a CTS control packet by using the initial transmit power, where the CTS control packet carries an identifier of the sending node and the power update value, a first part of adjacent nodes other than the sending node, if determining that the first part of adjacent nodes are located beyond coverage of an updated power of the receiving node and the sending node, determine a first limited power and perform control packet transmission according to the first limited power; and receiving, by the sending node, the CTS control packet, and sending a data packet by using the updated power.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for a device to access a network, an access point, a network access device, and a system. The method includes: generating, by an access point, a broadcast frame, where the broadcast frame includes feature information of a network access device; and the feature information is used for indicating a feature of the network access device; and broadcasting, by the access point, the broadcast frame, so that a specific network access device initiates a network access procedure to the access point; where the specific network access device is a network access device which receives the broadcast frame and has the feature indicated by the feature information. By adopting the present invention, contention collisions among network access devices can be reduced through a manner of accessing a network in batches.

Abstract: A method and user equipment for discovering a device user to improve security of user identifier information, so that user equipment discover each other securely. The method includes receiving a first message that is sent by a second user equipment and at least includes implicit user identifier information of the second user equipment, obtaining, according to correspondences stored in a first user equipment, a user identifier corresponding to the implicit user identifier information of the second user equipment; and determining, in the user identifier corresponding to the implicit user identifier information of the second user equipment, a user identifier of the second user equipment, to discover a user of the second user equipment. The present disclosure is applicable to the field of communications.