Abstract: A bandwidth information indication method includes generating, by a first communications device, a first frame, where the first frame includes a channel bandwidth field, a first channel center frequency segment field, a second channel center frequency segment field, a third channel center frequency segment field, and a fourth channel center frequency segment field, where the channel bandwidth field indicates a basic service set (BSS) bandwidth, and the first channel center frequency segment field, the second channel center frequency segment field, the third channel center frequency segment field, and the fourth channel center frequency segment field indicate a location of an operating channel of a BSS, and sending, by the first communications device, the first frame.

Abstract: This application discloses an LDPC encoding and decoding method and a related apparatus. This application supports 802.11 series protocols such as Wi-Fi 8, UWB. The method includes: performing low-density parity-check LDPC encoding on an information bit sequence based on a parity check matrix, to obtain a first code word, where the parity check matrix complies with a base matrix, and the base matrix meets one of the following: Each row in the first two columns of the base matrix includes at least one 1, or the first two columns of the base matrix include “1 0” and “0 1” that alternate regularly, and “1 1” is included between “1 0” and “0 1”; and sending the first code word. The parity check matrix complies with the base matrix, which can accelerate an overall decoding convergence speed of a system.

Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method based on a PPDU and an apparatus. This application is applied to a wireless local area network system that supports 802.11 series protocols such as a next-generation Wi-Fi protocol of IEEE 802.11ax, for example, 802.11be, Wi-Fi 7, or EHT, and a next-generation Wi-Fi protocol of 802.11be or Wi-Fi 8, and may be further applied to a UWB-based wireless personal area network system, a sensing (sensing) system, and the like. The method includes: A transmit end generates the PPDU, and sends the PPDU. Correspondingly, a receive end receives the PPDU, and processes the PPDU. The PPDU may include an L-STF, an L-LTF, an L-SIG field, and a first STF.

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 communication method includes an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) that generates first signaling via an affiliated AP affiliated to the AP MLD, where the first signaling indicates a mapping relationship between a traffic identifier and a link, and the mapping relationship indicated by the first signaling periodically takes effect; and the AP MLD sends, via the affiliated AP, the first signaling to a non-AP MLD associated with the AP MLD. The mapping relationship indicated by the sent first signaling periodically takes effect.

Abstract: A method in the field of networking technologies for sending a wake up packet, an apparatus, and a device. The method for sending a wake up packet is applied to a first node, wherein the first node maintains a first contention window (CW1) on a first channel, the first channel is a channel on which a main transceiver of a second node works, and the method includes generating a backoff count based on CW1, executing backoff based on the backoff count, and sending a wake up packet to the second node on a second channel when backoff ends, wherein the second channel is a channel on which a wake up receiver of the second node works.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit, and for example, is applied to a wireless local area network. The method includes: A first communications device generates a PPDU and may send the PPDU, where the PPDU includes an LTF sequence; and correspondingly, a second communications device receives the PPDU, and parses the PPDU to obtain the LTF sequence included in the PPDU. Embodiments of this application can be used to design an LTF sequence that has a relatively low PAPR on entire bandwidth, on a single resource unit, on a combined resource unit, and in a considered multi-stream scenario.

Abstract: This application discloses a data transmission method and device, a chip system, and a computer-readable storage medium. In the method, a station may receive preamble puncturing indication information that includes one or more indicators. An indicator of the one or more indicators corresponds to preamble puncturing information of a data packet. The station sends or receives the data packet based on the preamble puncturing indication information. The preamble puncturing information includes a size and location of preamble puncturing, or that there is no preamble puncturing. The preamble puncturing information may be an index indicated by the preamble puncturing indication information, to learn of a status of preamble puncturing in the data packet.

Abstract: A multi-link reconfiguration method and apparatus relate to the field of communications technologies are provided to reconfigure a link between two MLDs. The method includes: A first MLD generates a first frame, where the first frame is used to reconfigure a link between the first MLD and a second MLD. The first MLD sends the first frame to the second MLD.

Abstract: Disclosed are a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) transmission method and a related apparatus. The method includes: generating a PPDU, where the PPDU includes a universal signal field (U-SIG), and the U-SIG includes a subfield indicating that the PPDU is a null data packet (NDP); and sending the PPDU. In this way, a beamformee (Bfee) that receives the NDP can identify the NDP earlier. This helps improve efficiency of reading the NDP by the Bfee. The PPDU is an NDP used for a standard after 802.11ax. In a scenario in which wireless communication is performed by using the standard (for example, 802.11be) after 802.11ax, the Bfee can perform channel estimation based on the NDP.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a communication apparatus. In one example, a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) is sent over a first link, where the first PPDU carries a trigger frame. A second PPDU is sent over a second link. An end time of sending the second PPDU is not earlier than a first time and not later than a second time, the first time is related to an end time of sending the first PPDU and a state turnaround time, and the second time is related to the end time of sending the first PPDU and a short interframe space (SIFS) time.

Abstract: This application discloses a multi-link communication probe request method and apparatus. The method includes: a non-access point multi-link device (non-AP MLD) generates a probe request frame, and sends the probe request frame to an access point multi-link device (AP MLD), and the AP MLD receives the probe request frame, and generates a probe response frame and sends to the non-AP MLD. The probe request frame includes a first multi-link element (MLE) that is used to request link information of the AP MLD and that includes a first link information field. The first link information field includes a first field. The first field indicates that the non-AP MLD requests the AP MLD to feed back complete information or partial information of a first link. The first link information field corresponds to the first link.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method for determining a data buffer status, and an apparatus. The method includes: A first MLD receives first indication information from a second MLD, and determines, based on the first indication information and a correspondence between an association identifier of the first MLD and a data type supported by the first MLD, a buffer status of bufferable data that corresponds to the at least one data type and that is in the second MLD, where the first indication information is used to indicate the buffer status of the bufferable data. According to the embodiments of this application, a data buffer status in a data type dimension can be determined. The embodiments of this application may be applied to a wireless local area network system that supports a next-generation Wi-Fi EHT protocol of the IEEE 802.11, that is, the 802.11 protocol such as 802.11be.

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: This application provides an information indication method and an apparatus. In this application, a sending apparatus generates and sends a first frame, the first frame includes at least one piece of sub-time resource indication information, and each piece of sub-time resource indication information is in a one-to-one correspondence with one of at least one response apparatus. In addition, each piece of sub-time resource indication information includes a time resource at which the corresponding response apparatus sends feedback information for the first frame to the sending apparatus and a time resource at which the sending apparatus sends acknowledgment information for the feedback information to the corresponding response apparatus, so that the at least one response apparatus and the sending apparatus that sends the first frame can simultaneously perform beamforming training, thereby improving effectiveness of beamforming training performed on the sending apparatus and the at least one response apparatus.

Abstract: This application relates to the communication field, and in particular, to a communication method and apparatus applicable to a multi-link device. The approach generates, by a first access point (AP) of a first access point multi-link device (AP MLD), first information that indicates whether a key basic service set (BSS) parameter corresponding to at least one AP of the first AP MLD changes. In turn, the first AP sends the first information to a first station multi-link device (STA MLD).

Abstract: Disclosed are a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) transmission method and a related apparatus. The method includes: generating a PPDU, where the PPDU includes a universal signal field (U-SIG), and the U-SIG includes a subfield indicating that the PPDU is a null data packet (NDP); and sending the PPDU. In this way, a beamformee (Bfee) that receives the NDP can identify the NDP earlier. This helps improve efficiency of reading the NDP by the Bfee. The PPDU is an NDP used for a standard after 802.11ax. In a scenario in which wireless communication is performed by using the standard (for example, 802.11be) after 802.11ax, the Bfee can perform channel estimation based on the NDP.

Abstract: A communication method is applied to a wireless local area network (WLAN) system that supports a WLAN protocol and includes a quantity of subcarriers corresponding to a first channel in a first frequency band that is greater than or equal to a quantity of subcarriers corresponding to a second channel in a second frequency band. A ratio of a bandwidth of the first channel to a minimum channel bandwidth supported in the first frequency band is equal to a ratio of a bandwidth of the second channel to a minimum channel bandwidth supported in the second frequency band, and the minimum channel bandwidth supported in the first frequency band is greater than the minimum channel bandwidth supported in the second frequency band.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses puncturing information indication methods and communication apparatuses. In an implementation, a method comprises generate a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a preamble, wherein the preamble comprises preamble puncturing information carried by a content channel and indicates preamble puncturing status of subchannels of a bandwidth of the PPDU, wherein the content channel is distributed on some subchannels of the bandwidth of the PPDU, and a bandwidth of the content channel is less than the bandwidth of the PPDU, and send the PPDU.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method and system, and an apparatus, and relate to the field of communication technologies An example method includes obtaining a first carrier spacing, where the first carrier spacing is N times a second carrier spacing corresponding to a first low-frequency channel, and N>1. The method further includes modulating a to-be-sent high-frequency physical layer signal based on the first carrier spacing to generate a first PPDU. The method further includes sending the first PPDU to a receive device through a first high-frequency channel.