Abstract: A method for sending a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) may be applied to some scenarios in which PPDU alignment is implemented. For example, in multi-link transmission of non-simultaneous transmit and receive, it is ensured that a time error of simultaneous ending of a plurality of PPDUs does not exceed 8 microseconds. In the method, a transmitter controls duration of one or more fields of a packet extension (PE) field, an Extremely High Throughput (EHT)-signal (SIG) field, and an EHT-long training field (LTF) field of the PPDU, and/or delays a sending time of the PPDU so that an error between an end time of the PPDU and a specific time (for example, a first time) is not greater than an error threshold, thereby implementing PPDU alignment.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an encoding method, a decoding method, and a related apparatus, which may be applied to a wireless local area network system. An encoding apparatus determines first available bits based on to-be-encoded data bits and a first encoding rate, and determines a second codeword number and a second codeword length based on the first available bits and a correspondence between the first available bits, a first codeword number, and a first codeword length at the first encoding rate. The second codeword number is obtained based on the first codeword number, and the second codeword length is obtained based on the first codeword length. The encoding apparatus does not need to store a correspondence between available bits, a codeword number, and a codeword length at a second encoding rate, thereby reducing storage overheads of the encoding apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for reporting buffered data. In one example method, a station (STA) generates a first frame, where the first frame includes first information, the first information includes time information, the time information indicates a first time, and a first buffered data packet needs to be sent within the first time. The STA sends the first frame.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method, an access network device, a terminal device, and a core network device. In a process in which the terminal device is handed over from a first access network device to a second access network device, the second access network device learns of first service progress of the first access network device based on a first sequence number of a data packet forwarded by the first access network device, without introducing additional progress exchange information between the two access network devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to data communication methods and apparatuses. The data communication One example method includes when receiving a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), obtaining, by a network node, a basic service set (BSS) identifier in the PPDU. If the BSS identifier in the PPDU is different from a first BSS identifier and same as a second BSS identifier, the network node determines whether the PPDU meets a preset spatial reuse condition, where the first BSS identifier is an identifier of a first BSS to which the network node belongs, the second BSS identifier is an identifier of an extended BSS to which a target relay belongs, and the target relay and the network node belong to the first BSS. If the PPDU meets the preset spatial reuse condition, the network node contends for an access channel, and communicates with a station other than the target relay in the first BSS.

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: Example methods and apparatus for implementing collision detection in data transmission are described. One example method includes sending a data packet including collision detection information to a receive end, where the collision detection information is used by the receive end to perform collision detection on the data packet. A status indication message sent by the receive end is received by the receive end when sending the data packet. The receive end parses the status indication message. If the status indication message includes collision information, the receive end perform retransmission of the data packet.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a physical layer protocol data unit transmission method and an apparatus, The method includes: A first communication apparatus may receive a trigger frame that is for indicating a first resource unit allocated to the first communication apparatus, and sends a physical layer protocol data unit PPDU on a part of or all of the first resource unit, where the first resource unit is a resource unit whose quantity of tones is greater than 996; or the first resource unit is a multiple resource unit MRU, and the MRU includes at least one resource unit whose quantity of tones is greater than or equal to 996.

Abstract: A transmission method is applied to a tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) such that different stations (STAs) associated with a same multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) set communicate with each other based on the TDLS, to implement point-to-point communication. In the method, a first STA sends a first radio frame. The first radio frame includes initiator address information, responder address information, and a first BSSID. The first BSSID is in the multiple BSSID set including a BSSID of a basic service set (BSS) in which the first STA is located. The first STA receives a second radio frame. The second radio frame is a response frame of the first radio frame.

Abstract: A method includes generating quality of service requirement information which includes packet loss rate indication information. The packet loss rate indication information includes an acceptable maximum packet loss rate 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 method also includes sending the quality of service requirement information.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and a multi-link device. The method includes: When only one of a plurality of links is successfully established, a first MLD performs air interface transmission with a second MLD according to a single-link communication rule. The plurality of links may be a plurality of links that the first MLD requests to establish, or the plurality of links may be a plurality of links that have been successfully established between the first MLD and the second MLD. According to the solution in this application, when only one of the plurality of links is successfully established, the first MLD does not perform air interface transmission with the second MLD according to a multi-link communication rule. Specifically, an address 2 field carried in a frame over the air that is sent by the first MLD is a MAC address of the first MLD.

Abstract: A first field indicating whether a multi-link element includes MAC address information of a first STA is set in a first radio frame, so that address information of a transmitter is indicated. The first STA generates the first radio frame. The first radio frame includes the multi-link element, the multi-link element includes the first field, and the first field indicates whether the multi-link element includes the MAC address information of the first STA. The first STA sends the first radio frame.

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: Embodiments of this application disclose a PPDU transmission method and a related apparatus, improving spectral utilization. The method in embodiments of this application includes: A first device receives a trigger frame from a second device, where the trigger frame indicates a first resource allocated to the first device, the first resource includes N resource subunits, the trigger frame includes first indication information, the first indication information separately indicates whether the first device is allowed to perform TB PPDU transmission on each of the N resource subunits when the first device performs trigger-based physical layer protocol data unit TB PPDU transmission by using some of the N resource subunits, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and the first device sends a TB PPDU to the second device on some of the N resource subunits based on the first indication information.

Abstract: A data transmission method includes: generating a first data packet, where a signaling field in the first data packet includes bandwidth information and space-time stream information, the bandwidth information is used to indicate first bandwidth, and the space-time stream information is used to indicate k first space-time stream quantities corresponding to k receive ends, where k?1; and sending the first data packet to the k receive ends, where a maximum value of the first bandwidth is greater than 160 MHz, and/or the k first space-time stream quantities meet a preset condition, where the preset condition includes: when k=1, a maximum value of the first space-time stream quantity indicated by the space-time stream information is greater than 8, and when k>1, a maximum value of a sum of the k first space-time stream quantities is greater than 8.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide an information transmission method, a communication apparatus, a storage medium, a chip, and a program product. The method includes: receiving, by a first device, a trigger-based frame from a second device, where the trigger-based frame includes distributed resource unit indication information; determining one or more distributed resource blocks based on the distributed resource unit indication information, where each distributed resource block includes N1 data subcarriers and N2 pilot subcarriers, and an absolute value of an index difference between every two data subcarriers of N3 data subcarriers in the N1 data subcarriers is greater than or equal to 4; and sending a response to the trigger-based frame to the second device on the one or more distributed resource blocks.

Abstract: This application discloses a beamforming report feedback method and an apparatus. The method includes: A first communication apparatus sends a trigger frame to a second communication apparatus; the second communication apparatus feeds back a beamforming report frame to the first communication apparatus after receiving the trigger frame. The trigger frame includes first information, the first information indicates the second communication apparatus to feed back at least one segment of a beamforming report. In addition, the beamforming report frame includes a first segment, the first segment indicates channel information on at least two subcarriers, a space between locations of indexes of any two of the at least two subcarriers in indexes of reference subcarriers is a multiple of N, and Nis an integer greater than or equal to 2. According to the method provided in this application, signaling overheads of the beamforming report can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: This application is applied to a wireless local area network supporting 802.11, to an NDPA frame transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: A beamformer (for example, an AP) generates and sends a universal NDPA frame, where an NDPA variant field (namely, B0 and B1 in a sounding dialog token field) included in the universal NDPA frame is set to any one of 00, 01, 10, and 11, and every two octets following the sounding dialog token field in the universal NDPA frame include one AID 11 or one disambiguation bit. If the AID 11 is in a station information field, the AID 11 is less than or equal to 2007; or if the AID 11 is in an extended common field, the AID 11 is greater than 2007. The disambiguation bit is forcibly set to 1. Embodiments of this application prevent an STA of an earlier version from misreading.

Abstract: This application relates to a TB PPDU transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: A station receives a triggering frame from an AP, where the triggering frame includes DRU indication information indicating information about a DRU allocated to the station, and the DRU is one or more of predefined discrete resource blocks. Then, the station determines, based on an indication of the DRU indication information, the DRU allocated to the station, and sends a TB PPDU by using the DRU allocated to the station.

Abstract: A non-AP MLD or a first STA in the non-AP MLD generates a first frame. The first frame includes indication information for indicating padding duration for a channel switch delay in an initial control frame. The padding duration is determined based on duration of a control response frame. The non-AP MLD or the first STA or another STA in the non-AP MLD transmits the first frame. An AP MLD or a first AP or another AP in the AP MLD receives the first frame. The AP MLD or the first AP determines the padding duration of the initial control frame based on the indication information.