Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to communication methods and apparatuses, an access point, stations and a computer readable medium. An embodiment of the method comprises: determining, at an access point and based on determining that a direct link between stations based sensing procedure is triggered, a first station and a second station associated with the sensing procedure; and transmitting, to at least one of the first station and the second station, a sensing performing request for performing the sensing procedure. In this way, target sensing between non-access-point stations is achieved, such that sensing coverage is extended and a sensing effect is improved.

Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically assessing proximity of an enterprise's brand to a customer are disclosed. A processing device obtains a first sub-score indicative of a degree of completion of a task that involves the enterprise providing a service to the customer, a second sub-score indicative of a level of user engagement between the enterprise and the customer, and a third sub-score indicative of efficiency of the task that involves the enterprise providing the service to the customer. The processing device then combines the first sub-score, the second sub-score and the third sub-score to determine a composite brand proximity score (BPS) indicative of the proximity of the enterprise's brand to the customer.