Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for accessing a wireless local area network, a station, and an access point. The method includes: receiving, by a station, a beacon or a probe response from an access point, where the beacon or the probe response carries configuration version information; and executing, by the station, a GAS query according to the configuration version information carried in the beacon or the probe response. In embodiments, the access point sends the configuration version information to the station, so that the station executes the GAS query according to the configuration version information.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for accessing a wireless local area network, a station, and an access point. The method includes: receiving, by a station, a beacon or a probe response from an access point, where the beacon or the probe response carries configuration version information; and executing, by the station, a GAS query according to the configuration version information carried in the beacon or the probe response. In embodiments, the access point sends the configuration version information to the station, so that the station executes the GAS query according to the configuration version information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for accessing a wireless local area network, a station, and an access point. The method includes: receiving, by a station, a beacon or a probe response from an access point, where the beacon or the probe response carries configuration version information; and executing, by the station, a GAS query according to the configuration version information carried in the beacon or the probe response. In the embodiments of the present invention, the access point sends the configuration version information to the station, so that the station executes the GAS query according to the configuration version information, thereby improving access efficiency.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a network offload method and apparatus, where the method includes: receiving, by a first network controller, network state information of a terminal, where there is at least one terminal, the network state information is state information of the terminal on at least one corresponding access network, and the first network controller is a network controller of a first access network; generating, by the first network controller, an offload policy for the terminal according to the network state information; and sending, by the first network controller, the offload policy to the terminal; and/or sending the offload policy to an access device of the at least one access network, so that a network-side device or the terminal performs offload according to the offload policy and the network side can implement control on terminal offloading.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, a device and a system for performing NAV control on a node and a node. The method includes: updating a local NAV value to a preset first value when it is determined that a preset first field of a monitored MAC frame carries a first identity, wherein the first value is smaller than a current local NAV value and the MAC frame of which the preset first field carriers the first identity is transmitted by a TXOP responder after receiving a last MAC frame transmitted by a TXOP holder. The method, device, system and node may enable a hidden station to enter a channel access competition state timely, thereby solving a problem of regional discrimination of a station.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, a device and a system for performing NAV control on a node and a node. The method includes: updating a local NAV value to a preset first value when it is determined that a preset first field of a monitored MAC frame carries a first identity, wherein the first value is less than a current local NAV value and the MAC frame of which the preset first field carriers the first identity is transmitted by a TXOP responder after receiving a last MAC frame transmitted by a TXOP holder. The method, device, system and node may enable a hidden station to enter a channel access competition state timely, thereby solving a problem of regional discrimination of a station.

Abstract: The present invention provides a network access point, a network controller, a network device, and a load control method thereof. The load control method includes: setting, by a network device, an access condition for accessing a first network by a terminal; receiving, by the network device, a first signal from the terminal, and obtaining a measurement parameter of the terminal according to the first signal; and if the measurement parameter of the terminal satisfies the access condition, sending, by the network device, a second signal to the terminal, so as to allow the terminal to access the first network, wherein the measurement parameter is a signal strength of the terminal and/or a terminal distance of the terminal. By using the foregoing manner, the present invention can improve spectral efficiency of a network access point.

Abstract: In embodiments, a UE notifies an AP of information about a home operator of the UE; and the AP determines whether the home operator of the UE uses a hotspot virtualization technology on the AP, and if the home operator uses the hotspot virtualization technology on the AP, sends the information about the home operator of the UE as information about the AP access service operator to the UE, so that in a case in which the home operator of the UE and the AP access service operator are different, the UE considers the AP access service operator as the home operator of the UE and therefore preferentially selects a network of the home operator to access a communications network by using the AP.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a network offload method and apparatus, where the method includes: receiving, by a first network controller, network state information of a terminal, where there is at least one terminal, the network state information is state information of the terminal on at least one corresponding access network, and the first network controller is a network controller of a first access network; generating, by the first network controller, an offload policy for the terminal according to the network state information; and sending, by the first network controller, the offload policy to the terminal; and/or sending the offload policy to an access device of the at least one access network, so that a network-side device or the terminal performs offload according to the offload policy and the network side can implement control on terminal offloading.

Abstract: A system compatibility method and apparatus are disclosed. The system compatibility method includes sending, according to a downlink resource configured in a new frame structure of a first system, information of a downlink resource carrier. The information of the downlink resource carrier includes information of a downlink resource carrier compatible with a second system. Information of an uplink resource carrier is received according to an uplink resource configured in the new frame structure of the first system. The information of the uplink resource carrier includes information of an uplink resource carrier compatible with the second system.

Abstract: In embodiments, a UE notifies an AP of information about a home operator of the UE; and the AP determines whether the home operator of the UE uses a hotspot virtualization technology on the AP, and if the home operator uses the hotspot virtualization technology on the AP, sends the information about the home operator of the UE as information about the AP access service operator to the UE, so that in a case in which the home operator of the UE and the AP access service operator are different, the UE considers the AP access service operator as the home operator of the UE and therefore preferentially selects a network of the home operator to access a communications network by using the AP.

Abstract: The present invention provides a network access point, a network controller, a network device, and a load control method thereof. The load control method includes: setting, by a network device, an access condition for accessing a first network by a terminal; receiving, by the network device, a first signal from the terminal, and obtaining a measurement parameter of the terminal according to the first signal; and if the measurement parameter of the terminal satisfies the access condition, sending, by the network device, a second signal to the terminal, so as to allow the terminal to access the first network, wherein the measurement parameter is a signal strength of the terminal and/or a terminal distance of the terminal. By using the foregoing manner, the present invention can improve spectral efficiency of a network access point.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: setting, by a first station based on a protocol version supported by at least one station on a network, a transmission unit sent by the first station, where the transmission unit sent by the first station includes information about a network allocation vector used to set a station; and sending, by the first station, the transmission unit to at least one second station. In the embodiments of the present invention, a transmission unit sent by a station that needs to send a transmission unit can be set based on a protocol version supported by a station on a network, so that one or more other stations are capable of successfully acquiring a network allocation vector included in the transmission unit, thereby reducing a collision probability during access to a medium.

Abstract: Provided in the embodiments of the present invention are a method, a device and a system for setting a weight feedback granularity, relating to communication technologies, which solve the problem that a beamforming transmitting end can not control a beamforming weight feedback granularity. The method comprises: receiving a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame comprising a weight feedback granularity requirement value transmitted by the beamforming transmitting end; receiving a null data packet (NDP) frame transmitted by the beamforming transmitting end, and measuring the beamforming weight by using the weight feedback granularity requirement value as a granularity; and transmitting a very high throughput compressed beamforming (VCBF) frame to the beamforming transmitting end, wherein the very high throughput compressed beamforming (VCBF) frame comprises the beamforming weight using the weight feedback granularity requirement value as the granularity.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for sending a non-data frame. The method for sending a non-data frame includes: determining an access category for which a transmission opportunity of a shared medium has been obtained, where the obtained transmission opportunity of the shared medium is obtained for the access category through contention according to an enhanced distributed channel access mechanism; and sending a non-data frame according to the access category for which the transmission opportunity of the shared medium has been obtained. In this way, different quality-of-service requirements of a non-data frame and a data frame are met while fairness is considered, thereby avoiding that a management and control message is not sent in time because a non-data frame and a data frame are transmitted according to a same access category.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, a device and a system for performing NAV control on a node and a node. The method includes: updating a local NAV value to a preset first value when it is determined that a preset first field of a monitored MAC frame carries a first identity, wherein the first value is less than a current local NAV value and the MAC frame of which the preset first field carriers the first identity is transmitted by a TXOP responder after receiving a last MAC frame transmitted by a TXOP holder. The method, device, system and node may enable a hidden station to enter a channel access competition state timely, thereby solving a problem of regional discrimination of a station.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for accessing a wireless local area network, a station, and an access point. The method includes: receiving, by a station, a beacon or a probe response from an access point, where the beacon or the probe response carries configuration version information; and executing, by the station, a GAS query according to the configuration version information carried in the beacon or the probe response. In the embodiments of the present invention, the access point sends the configuration version information to the station, so that the station executes the GAS query according to the configuration version information, thereby improving access efficiency.

Abstract: A system compatibility method and apparatus are disclosed. The system compatibility method includes sending, according to a downlink resource configured in a new frame structure of a first system, information of a downlink resource carrier. The information of the downlink resource carrier includes information of a downlink resource carrier compatible with a second system. Information of an uplink resource carrier is received according to an uplink resource configured in the new frame structure of the first system. The information of the uplink resource carrier includes information of an uplink resource carrier compatible with the second system.