Abstract: The present invention discloses a data sending method and a communications device. The method includes: sensing, by a communications device, a carrier located in a first unlicensed frequency band, where the first unlicensed frequency band includes at least one carrier; and sending, by the communications device, data on a carrier whose channel state is sensed to be idle. The communications device senses a first carrier in the first unlicensed frequency band, and sends the data on the first carrier that is successfully sensed to be idle. Another communications device may also sense in the first unlicensed frequency band, and send data in the first unlicensed frequency band when sensing successfully. Therefore, users of different services may fairly contend and coexist in an unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a communication method in a directional communications system, and a receiver. The method of this application includes: receiving a request message; and performing directional channel listening in a direction facing a transmitter, and sending a response message if it is learned through the listening that a channel is available, or skipping sending the response message if otherwise. According to the method of this application, after receiving the request message, the receiver performs directional channel listening in the direction facing the transmitter.

Abstract: A downlink synchronization signal sending method includes: generating, by a base station, notification information including a status indication indicating a sending status of a downlink synchronization signal on an unlicensed frequency band, where the sending status indicates whether the downlink synchronization signal is successfully sent or fails to be sent; and sending, by the base station, the notification information by using a licensed frequency band. The downlink synchronization signal is sent with assistance of the licensed frequency band, to improve efficiency of sending the downlink synchronization signal on the unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: A resource indication processing method, which is applied to a wireless local area network that uses an OFDMA technology, where the method includes sending or receiving a frame including a resource indication field, where the resource indication field includes an identifier of a user, and resource block information and modulation and coding scheme MCS information that are corresponding to the identifier of the user.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method which includes: sending a first channel quality measurement report, wherein the first channel quality measurement report indicates a channel noise value measured in a first time period by a first station in a second antenna mode when a third station and a fourth station communicate with each other in a first antenna mode; and receiving an grant frame sent by the AP based on the first channel quality measurement report, wherein the grant frame carries first instruction information and/or second instruction information. A success rate of space-shared communication between station pairs can be increased.

Abstract: A channel access method is provided. Under the method, a network element performs random backoff listen before talk (LBT) for channel preemption, and after the preemption succeeds, performs signal transmission in the first transmission time interval TTI within a maximum channel occupancy time MCOT. The network element also performs nonrandom backoff LBT for channel preemption before another at least one TTI within the maximum channel occupancy time MCOT. This is to ensure coexistence and performance of systems when an LBT requirement of a high unlicensed frequency band is met.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and provides a method for communication between terminals, a network-side device, and a terminal. The method discloses that the network-side device allocates, to the terminal, time-frequency resources for transmitting uplink information and sidelink information. On the time-frequency resources and at a same moment in a range of time domain-frequency resources, the terminal transmits the uplink information used for performing uplink beamform training to the network-side device, and transmits the sidelink information used for performing sidelink beamform training to another terminal. According to solutions provided in this application, based on conventional uplink and downlink beamform training procedures, the terminal performs the sidelink beamform training without additionally using a new time-frequency resource.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for direct communication between stations in a wireless local area network and a related station. The method for direct communication between stations in a wireless local area network includes: sending, by a first station, a data frame to a second station, where the data frame includes a first high-efficiency signal field, and the first high-efficiency signal field includes first indication information used to indicate that the data frame is a single-user (SU) data frame and second indication information used to indicate that the data frame is a downlink (DL) data frame.

Abstract: An uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output establishment method includes broadcasting, by a network side device, an uplink data sending announcement; receiving buffer information sent by a terminal that needs to send data, where the buffer information includes at least a sending level and a data sending length of to-be-sent data; determining, according to the buffer information, scheduling information for establishing uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output; and sending, to a terminal that is allowed to send data and selected from the terminal that needs to send data, a clear to send frame that carries the scheduling information, so that the terminal that is allowed to send data sends the to-be-sent data according to the scheduling information. The embodiments of the present disclosure effectively implement uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output establishment, so that signaling interworking is reduced, resource overheads are reduced, and data sending efficiency is improved.

Abstract: This application discloses a beam training method, a communication device, a chip system, and a storage medium. The method includes: performing, by a transmit device, clear channel assessment on sectors corresponding to an antenna of the transmit device; and sending, by the transmit device in a sector whose result of clear channel assessment is idle, a training signal to a receive device, where the training signal is used to perform beamforming training on the antenna. With this solution, beamforming training efficiency can be improved and resource utilization can be increased.

Abstract: A resource indication method in a wireless local area network is provided, where the method includes generating, by an access point, a data frame that includes a preamble, where the preamble includes a signaling indication part B (SIG-B), the SIG-B includes a common part and a user part following the common part. The common part is used to indicate a quantity of scheduled stations, identification information of the scheduled station, and a location of communication resource information of the scheduled station in the user part, the user part is used to indicate the communication resource information of the scheduled station, and the communication resource information includes resource indication information, MCS information of a data part, spatial flow quantity information, or power control information; and sending the data frame.

Abstract: A device-to-device (D2S) station including a receiving module, configured to receive a first DDM that is broadcast by a neighboring station at a first preset power, where the first DDM includes user information of the neighboring station, an obtaining module, configured to obtain information about a link between the D2D station and the neighboring station according to the first DDM received by the receiving module, a time determining module, configured to determine, according to the information that is about the link between the D2D station and the neighboring station and obtained by the obtaining module, a time interval for broadcasting a second DDM, and a sending module, configured to broadcast, at a second preset power, the second DDM at the time interval determined by the time determining module.

Abstract: A method includes generating, by an access point (AP), signaling that includes an AP identifier (ID) field, a bandwidth (BW) field, a guard interval (GI) field, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field, and a tail field, the AP ID field is used to indicate an ID of the AP, the BW field is used to indicate bandwidth required for data transmission subsequent to the signaling, the GI is used to indicate a length of a cyclic prefix (CP) required for data transmission subsequent to the signaling, the CRC field is used to guard a field before the CRC field in the signaling, and the Tail field is used to empty an encoder and a decoder, where the CRC field and the Tail field are the last two fields of the signaling. The method also includes sending, by the AP, the signaling.

Abstract: An uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output establishment method includes broadcasting, by a network side device, an uplink data sending announcement; receiving buffer information sent by a terminal that needs to send data, where the buffer information includes at least a sending level and a data sending length of to-be-sent data; determining, according to the buffer information, scheduling information for establishing uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output; and sending, to a terminal that is allowed to send data and selected from the terminal that needs to send data, a clear to send frame that carries the scheduling information, so that the terminal that is allowed to send data sends the to-be-sent data according to the scheduling information. The embodiments of the present disclosure effectively implement uplink multi-user multi-input multi-output establishment, so that signaling interworking is reduced, resource overheads are reduced, and data sending efficiency is improved.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a scheduling method in a wireless local area network (WLAN), including: generating, by an access point (AP), scheduling information, where the scheduling information includes multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheduling information or beamforming (BF) scheduling information, the MIMO scheduling information is used to schedule a station (STA) to perform MIMO communication, and the BF scheduling information is used to schedule the STA to perform beamforming training; and sending, by the AP, the scheduling information to the STA. According to the scheduling method in a WLAN that is disclosed in the embodiments of this application, the AP can implement, by using the scheduling information, scheduling for the MIMO communication of the STA and BF in a MIMO scenario, and an operation is simple and convenient.

Abstract: A method comprises constructing, by an access point (AP), a radio frame within a scheduling window, the radio frame including at least a preamble part compatible with an existing IEEE 802.11 preamble legacy preamble, a preamble part used in a next-generation IEEE 802.11 standard (HEW preamble), and the first downlink subframe (DL subframe); sending the Legacy preamble, the HEW preamble and the first DL subframe in the radio frame; receiving at least one uplink subframe (UL subframe) located after the first DL subframe; wherein each of the at least one UL subframes is triggered by one DL subframe located before the UL subframe.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for accessing an access point by a station device, a device, and a system. A station device selects a master access point from multiple access points according to channel quality and accesses the master access point, and sends information about remaining access points to the master access point, so that the master access point selects a slave access point according to the information about the remaining access points. In this way, the master access point coordinates with the slave access point to perform data transmission with the station device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for setting up an interface between access points, where a first AP receives measurement information reported by at least one station associated with the first AP, to learn an AP identifier of a second AP having a capability of supporting an AP2AP interface, determines an AP identifier of a candidate AP according to interface information in the measurement information, and sends, to the candidate AP by using an AC, a first request message requesting an IP address used for setting up a communications interface between APs, the candidate AP sends, by using the AC, a response message to the first AP according to the first request message, and the first AP determines, according to the response message, whether to set up an AP2AP communications interface with the candidate AP that sends the response message.

Abstract: The method includes generating, by an access point (AP), signaling that includes an AP identifier (ID) field, a bandwidth (BW) field, a guard interval (GI) field, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field, and a tail field, the AP ID field is used to indicate an ID of the AP, the BW field is used to indicate bandwidth required for data transmission subsequent to the signaling, the GI is used to indicate a length of a cyclic prefix (CP) required for data transmission subsequent to the signaling, the CRC field is used to guard a field before the CRC field in the signaling, and the Tail field is used to empty an encoder and a decoder, where the CRC field and the Tail field are the last two fields of the signaling. The method also includes sending, by the AP, the signaling.

Abstract: This application discloses a data transmission method, apparatus, and system, which relate to the communications field. The method includes: determining, by a communications device, an initial channel set, where the initial channel set includes all channels that the communications device can currently access; then, performing, by the communications device, initial clear channel assessment CCA detection on all the channels in the initial channel set, and determining, as a target channel, a channel that is in the initial channel set and for which a result of the initial CCA detection is idle; performing auxiliary CCA detection on a preset channel, where, for example, each channel in the initial channel set is a subchannel of the preset channel; and if a result of the auxiliary CCA detection is idle, transmitting, by the communications device, target data on the target channel.