Abstract: In a communication method, a first access point (AP) in a first AP multi-link device generates a management frame that includes a capability information field. The capability information field includes first indication information indicating whether a second AP, which is also in the first AP multi-link device, has performed a channel switch. The first AP then sends the management frame to a first station (STA).

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: Example channel access methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes performing first channel contention by a multi-link device on a first link, where an initial value of a backoff counter in the first channel contention is determined based on a first value of a contention window. The multi-link device may perform second channel contention on the first link when a value of the backoff counter becomes 0 in the first channel contention and when the multi-link device does not perform transmission on the first link. An initial value of the backoff counter in the second channel contention is determined based on a second value of the contention window, and the second value is equal to the first value or a minimum value of the contention window.

Abstract: This application relates to the wireless communication field, and is applied to a wireless local area network that supports the 802.11be standard. In particular, this application relates to a method including: An access point AP sends a trigger frame, where the trigger frame is used for triggering a station to send an extremely high throughput trigger based physical layer protocol data unit EHT TB PPDU. The station determines, based on one or two of a value indicated by an uplink EHT spatial reuse parameter UL EHT SRP and a value indicated by one or more uplink spatial reuse parameter UL SRP fields in a common information field of the trigger frame, a value indicated by a spatial reuse parameter SRP in a universal signal field U-SIG of the EHT TB PPDU. The STA sends the EHT TB PPDU to the AP.

Abstract: A channel contention method includes performing, by a first station and a second station of a multi-link device (MLD), channel contention based on a first enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameter; generating, by the first station and the second station, a point coordination function (PCF) inter-frame space (PIFS) access t imer when the first station performs EDCA access and the second station performs PIFS access; and performing, by the first station and the second station, channel contention based on a second EDCA parameter before the PIFS access timer backs off to 0.

Abstract: This application provides communication methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage media. In an example, a value of a specific element of a first access point (AP) (or a second AP) is reused in a management frame, to indicate specific elements of a plurality of APs in a multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) set to which the first AP (or the second AP) belongs. The management frame does not need to carry a plurality of same specific elements in the multiple BSSID set. The described techniques can be applied to, for example, a wireless local area network system supporting IEEE 802.11ax next-generation Wi-Fi protocols, for example, 802.11 series protocols such as the 802.11be or the EHT.

Abstract: A method for determining a receiving status of a data frame and a first multi-link device. The method includes sending data frames to a second multi-link device over multiple links; receiving, over a first link in the multiple links, a block acknowledgment (BA) frame, where a bitmap in the BA frame indicates a receiving status of a data frame transmitted over the first link and indicates a receiving status of a data frame transmitted over a second link in the multiple links, and determining, based on a first time and a second time, a receiving status of a data frame corresponding to a first bit.

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods for modifying a block acknowledgment (BA) protocol parameter. One example method includes a first device that receives a multi-traffic identifier (multi-TID) BA setup request frame comprising multiple pieces of BA protocol identification information from a second device, where the multi-TID BA setup request frame is used to set up parameter information of multiple BA protocols identified by the multiple pieces of BA protocol identification information. The first device sends a multi-TID BA setup response frame to the second device, where the multi-TID BA setup response frame is used to respond to the multi-TID BA setup request frame.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses a multi-link communication method and a related apparatus. In a scenario in which simultaneous transmission and reception over a plurality of links is not supported, a multi-link device first sends a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) over a first link, and then sends a second PPDU over a second link through channel contention, where an end time of the second PPDU is not later than an end time of the first PPDU. The method not only ensures fairness of multi-link access, but also can reduce an idle rate of the plurality of links.

Abstract: This disclosure receives a first frame including a first element used to request to set up an individual target wake time (TWT) service period (SP). The first element includes first information that indicates a first link on which an individual TWT SP is requested to be set up, and second information that indicates N second links on which individual TWT SPs are requested to be set up. The N second individual TWT SPs set up on the N second links need to be aligned with a first individual TWT SP on the first link. The approach sets up the first individual TWT SP on the first link and sets up the N second individual TWT SPs on the N second links based on the first element, and performs communication on the corresponding N second links based on the first individual TWT SP and the N second individual TWT SPs.

Abstract: The data transmission method includes: receiving, by a station, a trigger frame sent by an access point, where the trigger frame includes an identifier of a target frequency domain resource unit RU allocated to the station; sending, by the station, an uplink orthogonal frequency division multiple access physical layer protocol data unit OFDMA PPDU, where a data part of the OFDMA PPDU is sent in the target RU, and a common physical layer preamble of the OFDMA PPDU is sent in at least one fundamental channel unit in which the target RU is located; and receiving, by the station, an acknowledgement frame fed back for the OFDMA PPDU. By using the embodiments of the present invention, it is designed that a common physical layer preamble is sent in at least one fundamental channel unit in which a target RU is located, to improve spectrum utilization.

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: A method includes receiving quality of service requirement information including packet loss rate indication information. The packet loss rate indication information includes an index value and a reference number of service data packets. The reference number of service data packets indicates a reference measurement number for counting the packet loss rate. The index value includes one or more characters. The index value corresponds to an index item in a database. The index item in the database has a mapping relationship with an acceptable maximum packet loss rate in the database. The acceptable maximum packet loss rate includes two or more characters. A quantity of the one or more characters included in the index value is less than a quantity of the two or more characters included in the acceptable maximum packet loss rate. The method also includes determining quality of service requirement based on the quality of service requirement information.

Abstract: This application discloses a multi-link device probing method and a communication apparatus, which may be applied to a wireless local area network supporting the 802.11 be standard. The method includes: A station (STA) multi-link device generates a probe request frame, where the probe request frame carries first indication information used to indicate a first access appoint (AP) working on a first link in an AP multi-link device to feed back communication information of an AP that works on a second link and that is in the AP multi-link device, the communication information is used by the STA multi-link device to perform multi-link communication with the AP multi-link device, the second link is different from a first link; and the STA multi-link device sends the probe request frame on the first link.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting channel state information. The method includes: sending a feedback indication message, a high-efficiency long training sequence, and a resource scheduling message, wherein the feedback indication message is used to indicate more than one target STAs that need to feed back channel state information, the high-efficiency long training sequence is used for determining the channel state information by the target STAs, and the first resource scheduling message is used to indicate a communication resource used by the target STAs when the target STAs feed back the channel state information; and receiving the channel state information sent by the target STAs by using the communication resource.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit, to design a short training field sequence for a larger channel bandwidth. The short training field sequence designed in this application has a smaller peak-to-average power ratio PAPR and better performance. The method includes: generating a physical layer protocol data unit PPDU that complies with the 802.11be standard, where the PPDU includes a short training field, and a quantity of subcarriers of a frequency domain sequence of the short training field is greater than 2048; and sending the PPDU on a target channel, where a bandwidth of the target channel is greater than or equal to 160 MHz.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and an apparatus, and relates to the field of communications technologies, to reduce a phenomenon that an acknowledge rule is violated in some scenarios. The method includes: After a receive device receives a first data unit from a transmit device through a first link, the receive device sends receiving status information of the first data unit to the transmit device through the first link, unless the first data unit meets any one of a first preset condition. The first preset condition includes: Correctly received information of the first data unit is fed back through another link, or an acknowledge policy corresponding to the first data unit is no acknowledge. The communication method in embodiments of this application is applied to a multi-link data transmission process.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of wireless communication, and in particular, to a multi-channel hybrid transmission technology. In an embodiment, a data transmission method comprises: generating, by a first wireless communications device, a physical protocol data unit (PPDU), wherein the PPDU comprises a legacy short training field (L-STF), a legacy long training field (L-LTF), a legacy signal field (L-SIG), and two signature symbols after the L-SIG in a time-domain, and wherein the two signature symbols are identical and are modulated based on binary phase shift keying (BPSK), the two signature symbols identify a wireless communications standard the PPDU complies with; and transmitting, by the first wireless communications device, the PPDU to a second wireless communications device.

Abstract: This application provides a method and apparatus for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit, so as to design a long training field sequence for a larger channel bandwidth. The method includes: generating a physical layer protocol data unit PPDU, where the PPDU includes a long training field, a length of a frequency domain sequence of the long training field is greater than a first length, and the first length is a length of a frequency domain sequence of a long training field of a PPDU transmitted over a channel whose bandwidth is 160 MHz; and sending the PPDU over a target channel, where a bandwidth of the target channel is greater than 160 MHz.

Abstract: A method of communication includes duplication of a first field of a first content channel into a third field in a third content channel and applying a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) to only one of the first field and the third field. The first content channel is a first portion of a frame and the third content channel is a third portion of the frame. Duplication of a second field of a second content channel into a fourth field in a fourth content channel and applying a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) to only one of the second field and the fourth field. The second content channel is a second portion of a frame and the fourth content channel is a fourth portion of the frame. The first content channel and the second content channel form a first group of content channels and the third content channel and the fourth content channel form a second group of content channels. The method then transmits the frame.