CN115334537A - Method, apparatus, device and medium for wireless sensing process negotiation and measurement - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method, device, equipment and medium for negotiation and measurement of wireless perception process. The method includes: the initiator sends a sensing establishment request message to the responder, the message includes a wireless sensing request information element, and the wireless sensing request information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and one or more first sensing sending information sub-information elements, The sensing control sub-information element contains parameters indicating the identity of the sensing process, the negotiation type and the role of the responder; the responder sends a sensing establishment response message to the initiator, the message contains the wireless sensing response information element, and the wireless sensing response information element contains The sensing control sub-information element and a second sensing-transmitting information sub-information element. The present invention provides a method for structurally setting control information and sending parameter information, and can use the application characteristics of each device as a factor in the negotiation of the perception process, so that the application of the device itself is not affected while the perception service is performed.

Description

Method, device, equipment and medium for wireless sensing process negotiation and measurement

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication, in particular to a method, device, equipment and medium for wireless perception process negotiation and measurement.

Background technique

WLAN sensing (wireless sensing) technology is a new technology that can use existing Wi-Fi signals to achieve motion detection, gesture recognition and biometric measurement based on existing Wi-Fi networks and devices. In WLAN Sensing, by using CSI (Channel State Information)-based or Radar-based (Radar)-based methods to detect changes in the environment caused by the movement of objects, pets, and people, without requiring the detected object to wear any equipment.

Through the implementation of WLAN sensing, more intelligent and richer applications can be provided in the fields of smart home, intrusion detection, health care, and intelligent remote care.

Contents of the invention

At present, the role negotiation required for the negotiation among the participants of the wireless sensing process, and the main parameters of sensing signal transmission, such as frequency band, bandwidth, synchronization time, etc., are discussed. However, in a scenario where wifi devices are diversified, when more wifi devices participate in the perception process, in addition to improving the perception precision and accuracy, it is also necessary to select and set an appropriate mode based on the application characteristics of the devices. For example, some devices that use batteries need to consider power saving, and devices that transmit data in real time need to consider delay effects, etc. In view of this, embodiments of the present invention provide a method, device, device, and medium for wireless sensing process negotiation and measurement.

In the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for negotiating a wireless sensing process, which is applied to the initiator of the sensing process, including:

Send a perception establishment request message to the responder, the perception establishment request message includes a wireless sensing request information element, and the wireless sensing request information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and one or more first sensing sending information sub-information elements , the sensing control sub-information element includes parameters Sensing session ID, Negotiation type and Responder role, wherein Sensing session ID is used to indicate the identity of the sensing process, Negotiation type is used to indicate the negotiation type, and Responder role is used to indicate that the responder is in A role in the sensing process, the first sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters requested by the initiator;

receiving a perception establishment response message sent by the responder, the perception establishment response message including a wireless sensing response information element, the wireless sensing response information element including a sensing control sub-information element and a second sensing sending information sub-information element, the The second sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

In the second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for negotiating a wireless sensing process, which is applied to a responder of the sensing process, including:

Receive a perception establishment request message sent by the initiator, the perception establishment request message includes a wireless sensing request information element, and the wireless sensing request information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and one or more first sensing sending information sub-information element, the sensing control sub-information element includes parameters Sensing session ID, Negotiationtype and Responder role, wherein Sensing session ID is used to indicate the identity of the sensing process, Negotiation type is used to indicate the negotiation type, and Responder role is used to indicate that the responder is in A role in the sensing process, the first sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters requested by the initiator;

Send a perception establishment response message to the initiator, the perception establishment response message includes a wireless sensing response information element, the wireless sensing response information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and a second sensing sending information sub-information element, the The second sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

In a possible implementation, the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception establishment request message is set to the first value or the second value, where the first value indicates that the initiator proposes to use the perception data packet provided by it to send parameters, and it is also acceptable The different sensing data packet sending parameters provided by the responder; the second value indicates that the sensing data packet sending parameters provided by the initiator must be used, and the different sensing data packet sending parameters provided by the responder are not accepted.

Optionally, when the initiator is a terminal device, the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception establishment request message is set to the first value; when the initiator is an access device, the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the awareness establishment request message is set to the second value .

Optionally, when the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception establishment request message is set to the first value, the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception establishment response message is set to the third value or the fourth value or the fifth value, when in the perception establishment request message When the value of the parameter Negotiation type is set to the second value, the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception establishment response message is set to the third value or the fifth value, wherein the third value indicates that the perception process is accepted to be executed and the sending of the perception data packet requested by the initiator is agreed Parameters, the fourth value means accepting the execution of the sensing process and specifying new sensing data packet sending parameters, and the fifth value means not accepting the execution of the sensing process.

In a possible implementation manner, the perception control sub-information element may further include one or more of the parameters Broadcastmode, Trigger and Time unit, where the Broadcast mode is used to indicate whether to use the broadcast mode to send the perception data packet, Trigger is used to indicate whether to use the trigger message to start sending the sensing data packet, and Timeunit is used to indicate the unit of the time value.

In a possible implementation manner, when the Responder role value indicates that the role of the responder in the sensing process is the receiver of the sensing data packet, the sensing control sub-information element further includes parameters Result mode and Reporting mode, where Result mode is used to indicate the result type of the report, and Reporting mode is used to indicate the mode in which the report is sent.

Optionally, the Result mode contains one or more of the following parameters: CSI matrix: used to indicate whether to report the channel state information matrix; Compressed beamforing feedback matrix: used to indicate whether to report the compressed beamforming feedback matrix; Beamforming SNR: used for Indicates whether to report beamforming signal-to-noise ratio; Doppler: used to indicate whether to report Doppler frequency shift; Sensing event: used to indicate whether to report sensing events.

Optionally, the report sending mode includes a trigger-based reporting mode and a scheduling-based reporting mode.

Optionally, when the value of Reporting mode indicates that the report sending mode is a scheduling-based reporting mode, the first perceptual sending information sub-information element includes parameters Reporting sending time and Reportingduration, where Reporting sending time is used to indicate sending The start time of the report, Reportingduration is used to indicate how long it takes to send the report.

In a possible implementation, the first sensing sending information sub-information element includes one or more of the following parameters: SDP TX time: used to indicate the sending time of sensing data packets; SDP duration: used to indicate sensing The sending time of the data packet; SDP interval Mantissa: Parameter 1 used to indicate the time interval for sending the sensing data packet; SDP interval exponent: Parameter 2 used to indicate the time interval for sending the sensing data packet; Sensingprotection: Used to indicate whether to perform sensing Packet send protection.

In a possible implementation manner, the second perceptual transmission information sub-information element contains the same parameters as the first perceptual transmission information sub-information element.

In another possible implementation manner, the second perceptual transmission information sub-information element only includes parameters whose values are different from those of the received first perceptual transmission information sub-information element.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for wireless sensing process measurement, including:

Carrying out wireless sensing process negotiation according to the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect;

Sensing measurements are performed according to parameters in the Sensing Setup Request message and/or the Sensing Setup Response message.

In a possible implementation manner, performing the sensing measurement according to parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message includes:

The sender of the sensing data packet performs sending of the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message;

When the responder is the receiver of the sensing data packet, the responder performs reception and measurement of the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message, and sends a measurement report;

When the initiator acts as the receiver of the sensing data packet, the initiator receives and measures the sensing data packet sent by the responder.

In a possible implementation manner, the sending the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message includes:

If the parameter SDP TX time is included in the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message, or the parameters SDP TX time and Trigger are included, and the value of Trigger indicates that the trigger message is not used to start sending the sensing data packet, then according to the time indicated by the SDP TX time Start sending perception data packets;

If the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains the parameter Trigger, and the value of Trigger indicates that the trigger message is used to start sending the sensing data packet, the sender of the sensing data packet starts to send the sensing data packet after receiving the trigger message;

If the parameter SDP TX time and the parameter Trigger are not included in the sensing establishment request message and the sensing establishment response message, or the parameter Trigger is included in the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message, and the value of Trigger indicates that the trigger message is not used to start If the sensing data packet is sent, the sensing data packet will not be sent;

If the parameter SDP duration is included in the perception establishment request message or the perception establishment response message, set the duration of sending the data packet according to the value of the SDP duration; otherwise, determine the duration of sending the data packet according to the actually constructed perception data packet size, coding strategy and channel bandwidth ;

If the perception establishment request message or the perception establishment response message contains parameters SDP interval Mantissa and SDP interval exponent, then calculate the sending time interval of the sensing data packet according to the formula SDP interval Mantissa×2 ^SDP interval exponent according to the values of SDP interval Mantissa and SDP interval exponent; Otherwise, the sending time interval of the broadcast message is used as the sending time interval of the perception data packet;

If the parameter Broadcast mode is included in the perception establishment request message or the perception establishment response message, and if the value of Broadcast mode indicates that the perception data packet is sent in broadcast mode, then the value of the RA field in the message containing the perception data packet is set as the broadcast address, if the value of the Broadcast mode is The value indicates that the sensing data packet is not sent in broadcast mode, then the RA field value in the message containing the sensing data packet is set to be the address of the receiver of the sensing data packet, wherein RA is used to indicate the address of the message receiver;

If the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains the parameter Sensing protection, if the value of Sensing protection indicates the implementation of sensing data packet transmission protection, the sender of the sensing data packet will pass the scheduling, or set the sensing data packet as contention access The method with the highest priority in the middle ensures that the sensing data packets can be sent normally at every sending moment; if the value of Sensing protection indicates that the sensing data packet transmission protection is not implemented, when the sensing data packets need to be sent, the normal priority is used to compete for sending opportunity.

In a possible implementation manner, the receiving and measuring the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message, and sending the measurement report includes:

If the parameter Result mode is included in the perception establishment request message or the perception establishment response message, a measurement report is constructed according to the value of the parameter included in the Result mode;

If the parameter Reporting mode is included in the perception establishment request message or the perception establishment response message, if the value of Reporting mode indicates a trigger-based reporting mode, after receiving the feedback request message, the measurement report is sent through the feedback response message; if the value of Reporting mode If the scheduling-based reporting mode is indicated, the measurement report is sent according to the Reportingsending time value, and the sending duration of the message containing the measurement report is set according to the Reporting duration value.

Optionally, if the parameter Result mode is not included in the sensing establishment request message and the sensing establishment response message, report the channel state information matrix, the compressed beamforming feedback matrix, the beamforming signal-to-noise ratio, the Doppler frequency shift, and the sensing event One or more values of .

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for negotiating a wireless sensing process, which is applied to the initiator of the sensing process, including:

Communication module 1, configured to send a perception establishment request message to the responder, the perception establishment request message includes a wireless sensing request information element, and the wireless sensing request information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and one or more first The sensing sending information sub-information element, the sensing control sub-information element includes parameters Sensing session ID, Negotiation type and Responder role, wherein Sensing session ID is used to indicate the identity of the sensing process, Negotiation type is used to indicate the negotiation type, and Responder role It is used to indicate the role of the responder in the sensing process, and the first sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters requested by the initiator;

The second communication module is configured to receive a perception establishment response message sent by the responder, the perception establishment response message includes a wireless sensing response information element, and the wireless sensing response information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and a second sensing sending The information sub-information element, the second sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

In the fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for negotiating a wireless sensing process, which is applied to a responder of the sensing process, including:

Communication module 1, configured to receive a perception establishment request message sent by the initiator, the perception establishment request message includes a wireless sensing request information element, and the wireless sensing request information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and one or more first A sensing sending information sub-information element, the sensing control sub-information element includes parameters Sensing sessionID, Negotiation type and Responder role, wherein Sensing session ID is used to indicate the identity of the sensing process, Negotiation type is used to indicate the negotiation type, Responder role It is used to indicate the role of the responder in the sensing process, and the first sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters requested by the initiator;

Communication module two, configured to send a perception establishment response message to the initiator, the perception establishment response message includes a wireless perception response information element, and the wireless perception response information element includes a perception control sub-information element and a second perception sending information A sub-information element, the second sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for wireless sensing process measurement, including:

A negotiation module, configured to perform wireless sensing process negotiation according to the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect;

A measurement module, configured to perform perception measurement according to parameters in the perception establishment request message and/or the perception establishment response message.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless sensing process execution device, the device includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, a code set or an instruction set, and the at least One instruction, at least one piece of program code, code set or instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor, so as to realize the first aspect or the possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the second aspect or the possible implementation manner of the second aspect The method for negotiating a wireless sensing process, or the method for measuring a wireless sensing process described in the third aspect or a possible implementation manner of the third aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein at least one instruction, at least one section of program code, code set or instruction set is stored in the readable storage medium, and the at least one instruction, at least one section of program The code, code set or instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the first aspect or the possible implementation of the first aspect, or the wireless sensing process negotiation method described in the second aspect or the possible implementation of the second aspect, Or the third aspect or the method for wireless sensing process measurement described in a possible implementation manner of the third aspect.

It should be noted that the device described in the fourth aspect is used to realize the method described in the first aspect, the device described in the fifth aspect is used to realize the method described in the second aspect, and the device described in the sixth aspect is used for Realize the method described in the third aspect, the device described in the seventh aspect and the storage medium described in the eighth aspect are used to implement the method provided in the first aspect or the second aspect or the third aspect, so it can achieve the same The beneficial effects of the method described in the second aspect or the third aspect are the same, and the embodiments of the present invention will not repeat them one by one.

The present invention provides a method for structurally setting control information and sending parameter information, and can use the application characteristics of each device as a factor in the negotiation of the sensing process, so that the sensing service is performed without affecting the application of the device itself.

Detailed ways

In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions in the present invention, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention. rather than all examples. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention, not to limit the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. In addition, although the disclosures in the present invention are described according to one or several exemplary examples, it should be understood that each aspect of these disclosures can also independently constitute a complete technical solution. In the case of no conflict, the following embodiments and features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplarily" and "for example" are used as examples, illustrations or illustrations. Any embodiment or design described herein as "example" is not to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of the word example is intended to present concepts in a concrete manner. "First", "second" and similar words do not imply any order, quantity or importance, but are used only for distinguishing descriptions. "Comprising" or "comprising" and similar words mean that the elements or items appearing before the word include the elements or items listed after the word and their equivalents, without excluding other elements or items. The term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

In the sensing process, the initiator (initiator) initiates the sensing process, and the responder (responder) responds to the sensing process. After the two parties coordinate the roles, parameters, and reporting methods of sending and receiving sensing signals, the sensing measurement process begins. The wireless sensing process negotiation method in the embodiment of the present invention includes the following content:

The initiator sends a sensing setup request (sensing setup request) message to the responder, the sensing setup request message includes a wireless sensing request information element, and the wireless sensing request information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and one or more first A sensing sending information sub-information element, the sensing control sub-information element includes parameters Sensingsession ID, Negotiation type and Responder role, wherein Sensing session ID is used to indicate the identity of the sensing process, Negotiation type is used to indicate the negotiation type, Responder role It is used to indicate the role of the responder in the sensing process, and the first sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters requested by the initiator;

After receiving the sensing setup request message, the responder sends a sensing setup response (sensing setup response) message to the initiator, the sensing setup response message includes a wireless sensing response information element, and the wireless sensing response information element includes sensing control sub-information element and a second perceptual transmission information sub-information element, where the second perceptual transmission information sub-information element is used to carry the perceptual data packet transmission parameters confirmed by the responder.

In some embodiments, the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception establishment request message is set to the first value or the second value, wherein the first value indicates that the initiator proposes to use the perception data packet transmission parameters provided by the initiator, and the response provided by the responder may also be accepted. different sensing data packet sending parameters; the second value indicates that the sensing data packet sending parameters provided by the initiator must be used, and the different sensing data packet sending parameters provided by the responder are not accepted. Optionally, when the initiator is a terminal device (non-AP STA), the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception setup request message is set to the first value; when the initiator is an access device (AP STA), the perception setup request message The value of the parameter Negotiation type is set to the second value.

Optionally, when the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception establishment request message is set to the first value, the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception establishment response message is set to the third value or the fourth value or the fifth value, when in the perception establishment request message When the value of the parameter Negotiation type is set to the second value, the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the perception establishment response message is set to the third value or the fifth value, wherein the third value indicates that the perception process is accepted to be executed and the sending of the perception data packet requested by the initiator is agreed Parameters, the fourth value means accepting the execution of the sensing process and specifying new sensing data packet sending parameters, and the fifth value means not accepting the execution of the sensing process.

In some embodiments, the sensing control sub-information element further includes one or more of the parameters Broadcast mode, Trigger and Time unit, where the Broadcast mode is used to indicate whether to use the broadcast mode to send the sensing data packet, and the Trigger is used to indicate whether Use the trigger message to start sending the perception packet, and the Time unit is used to indicate the unit of the time value.

In some embodiments, when the Responder role value indicates that the role of the responder in the sensing process is the receiver of the sensing data packet, the sensing control sub-information element further includes parameters Result mode and Reporting mode, where Result mode uses In order to indicate the result type of the report, Reporting mode is used to indicate the mode in which the report is sent. Specifically, the reporting mode may include a trigger-based reporting mode and a scheduling-based reporting mode. When the value of Reportingmode indicates that the reporting mode is a scheduling-based reporting mode, the first perceptual sending information sub-information element contains the parameter Reporting sending time and Reporting duration, wherein, the Reporting sending time is used to indicate the start time of sending the report, and the Reporting duration is used to indicate the duration required for sending the report.

Exemplarily, Result mode includes one or more of the following parameters:

CSI matrix: used to indicate whether to report the channel state information matrix;

Compressed beamforing feedback matrix: used to indicate whether to report the compressed beamforming feedback matrix;

Beamforming SNR: used to indicate whether to report beamforming signal-to-noise ratio;

Doppler: used to indicate whether to report Doppler frequency shift;

Sensing event: Used to indicate whether to report sensing events.

Exemplarily, the first sensory sending information sub-information element includes one or more of the following parameters:

SDP TX time: used to indicate the sending time of the sensing data packet;

SDP duration: used to indicate the sending duration of the sensing data packet;

SDP interval Mantissa: Parameter 1 used to indicate the time interval for sending perception data packets;

SDP interval exponent: parameter 2 used to indicate the time interval for sending perception data packets;

Sensing protection: It is used to indicate whether to perform Sensing packet transmission protection.

In some embodiments, the second sensory transmission information sub-information element contains the same parameters as the first sensory transmission information sub-information element. However, in some other embodiments, the second perceptual transmission information sub-information element only includes parameters that are different from the median value of the received first perceptual transmission information sub-information element.

After the negotiation between the initiator and the responder is completed, the perception measurement process is started. Specifically, the initiator and the responder will perform the sensing measurement according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message.

In some embodiments, the initiator and the responder perform the sensing measurement according to the parameters in the sensing setup request message and/or the sensing setup response message including:

The sender of the sensing data packet performs sending of the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message, wherein both the initiator and the responder can be the sender of the sensing data packet;

When the responder is the receiver of the sensing data packet, the responder performs reception and measurement of the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message, and sends a measurement report;

When the initiator acts as the receiver of the sensing data packet, the initiator receives and measures the sensing data packet sent by the responder.

In some embodiments, performing the sending of the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message includes:

If the parameter SDP TX time is included in the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message, or the parameters SDP TX time and Trigger are included, and the value of Trigger indicates that the trigger message is not used to start sending the sensing data packet, then according to the time indicated by the SDP TX time Start sending perception data packets;

If the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains the parameter Trigger, and the value of Trigger indicates that the trigger message is used to start sending the sensing data packet, the sender of the sensing data packet starts to send the sensing data packet after receiving the trigger message;

If the parameter SDP TX time and the parameter Trigger are not included in the sensing establishment request message and the sensing establishment response message, or the parameter Trigger is included in the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message, and the value of Trigger indicates that the trigger message is not used to start If the sensing data packet is sent, the sensing data packet will not be sent;

If the parameter SDP duration is included in the perception establishment request message or the perception establishment response message, set the duration of sending the data packet according to the value of the SDP duration; otherwise, determine the duration of sending the data packet according to the actually constructed perception data packet size, coding strategy and channel bandwidth ;

If the perception establishment request message or the perception establishment response message contains parameters SDP interval Mantissa and SDP interval exponent, then calculate the sending time interval of the sensing data packet according to the formula SDP interval Mantissa×2 ^SDP interval exponent according to the values of SDP interval Mantissa and SDP interval exponent; Otherwise, the sending time interval of the broadcast message is used as the sending time interval of the perception data packet;

If the parameter Broadcast mode is included in the perception establishment request message or the perception establishment response message, and if the value of Broadcast mode indicates that the perception data packet is sent in broadcast mode, then the value of the RA field in the message containing the perception data packet is set as the broadcast address, if the value of the Broadcast mode is The value indicates that the sensing data packet is not sent in broadcast mode, then the RA field value in the message containing the sensing data packet is set to be the address of the receiver of the sensing data packet, wherein RA is used to indicate the address of the message receiver;

If the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains the parameter Sensing protection, if the value of Sensing protection indicates the implementation of sensing data packet transmission protection, the sender of the sensing data packet will pass the scheduling, or set the sensing data packet as contention access The method with the highest priority in the middle ensures that the sensing data packets can be sent normally at every sending moment; if the value of Sensing protection indicates that the sensing data packet transmission protection is not implemented, when the sensing data packets need to be sent, the normal priority is used to compete for sending opportunity.

In some embodiments, performing the receiving and measuring of the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message, and sending the measurement report includes:

If the parameter Result mode is included in the sensory setup request message or the sensory setup response message, the measurement report will be constructed according to the value of the parameter contained in the Result mode; if the parameter Result mode is not included in the sensory setup request message and the sensory setup response message, the channel status will be reported one or more values in the information matrix, compressed beamforming feedback matrix, beamforming signal-to-noise ratio, Doppler shift, and sensing events;

If the parameter Reporting mode is included in the perception establishment request message or the perception establishment response message, if the value of Reporting mode indicates a trigger-based reporting mode, after receiving the feedback request message, the measurement report is sent through the feedback response message; if the value of Reporting mode If the scheduling-based reporting mode is indicated, the measurement report is sent according to the Reportingsending time value, and the sending duration of the message containing the measurement report is set according to the Reporting duration value.

In order to better understand the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with a specific embodiment. In this embodiment, the initiator is called the Initiator STA, and the responder is called the Responder STA, and the wireless sensing process negotiation and measurement methods include the following:

101. The Initiator STA sends a sensing setup request message to the Responder STA. For example, the parameters included in the sensing setup request message are shown in Table 1.

Table 1

Wherein, an example of setting the Sensing Request elements information element is shown in Table 2.

Table 2

The settings in Table 2 indicate that a Sensing Request elements IE contains a Sensingcontrol sub-IE, and may contain one or more Sensing TX profile sub-IEs.

Wherein, an example of setting the Sensing control sub-information element is shown in Table 3.

table 3

Table 4

table 5

The setting example of the Sensing TX profile sub-information element is shown in Table 6 (including one or more parameters in the table).

Table 6

When the Responder role value is 0 and the Reporting mode value is 1, the Sensing TX profile sub-information element also includes the parameters Reporting sending time and Reporting duration, where Reporting sending time is used to indicate the start time of sending the report, and Reporting duration is used to indicate The amount of time it takes for the report to be sent.

102. After receiving the sensing setup request message, the Responder STA sets the Sensing Response elements information element according to the parameters in the sensing setup request message, and sends it to the Initiator STA in the sensing setup response message.

Wherein, the Sensing Responsee elements information element is set according to the parameters in the sensing setup request message as shown in Table 7.

Table 7

Sensing control Sensing TX profile

The settings shown in Table 7 indicate that a Sensing Response elements IE includes a Sensingcontrol sub-IE and a Sensing TX profile sub-IE.

Wherein, an example of setting the Sensing control sub-information element is shown in Table 8.

Table 8

Table 9

Table 10

The setting example of the Sensing TX profile sub-information element is shown in Table 11 (including one or more parameters in the table).

Table 11

When the Responder role value is 0 and the Reporting mode value is 1, the Sensing TX profile sub-information element also includes the parameters Reporting sending time and Reporting duration, where Reporting sending time is used to indicate the start time of sending the report, and Reporting duration is used to indicate The amount of time it takes for the report to be sent.

It should be noted that the Responder STA may include all parameters in the Sensing Response elements IE, or include only parameters with values different from those in the received SensingRequest elements IE in the Sensing Response elements IE.

103. If the Initiator STA is the receiver of the sensing data packet and the Responder STA is the transmitter of the sensing data packet, that is, when the value of the Responder role in the Sensing Response elements is 1,

1) If the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameter SDPTX time, or contains the parameters SDP TX time and Trigger, and the Trigger value is 0, start sending the sensing data packet according to the time indicated by the SDP TX time;

2) If the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameter Trigger, and its value is 1, then the Responder STA starts sending the sensing data packet after receiving the trigger message sent by the Initiator STA;

3) If the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameter Trigger, and its value is 1, and also contains the parameter SDP TX time, and its value is non-zero, then ignore the parameter SDP TXtime;

4) If the sensing setup request and sensing setup response messages do not contain the parameter SDP TX time, nor does it contain the parameter Trigger, or the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameter Trigger, and its value is 0, then no sensing data packet is sent ;

5) If the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameter SDPduration, set the value of TXOP according to the SDP duration value, and TXOP is the duration of sending the data packet; otherwise, determine the sending according to the actually constructed sensing data packet size, coding strategy and channel bandwidth The duration of the packet;

6) If the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameters SDPinterval Mantissa and SDP interval exponent, calculate the sending time interval of the sensing data packet according to the formula SDP interval Mantissa×2 ^{SDP interval} exponent according to the values of SDP interval Mantissa and SDP interval exponent; otherwise, The sending time interval of broadcast messages (such as beacon messages) is used as the sending time interval of sensing data packets;

7) If the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameter Broadcast mode, and its value is 1, then set the RA field value in the message containing the sensing data packet to the broadcast address, and RA means receiver address, that is, the address of the message receiver , if the value of Broadcast mode is 0, set the address of Initiator STA with the RA field value in the message containing the perception data packet;

8) If the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameter Sensing protection, and its value is 1, the Responder STA will ensure the sensing data by scheduling or setting the sensing data packet as the highest priority in competing access. The packet can be sent normally at every sending moment; if the value of Sensing protection is 0, when the sensing data packet needs to be sent, the normal priority will be used to compete for the sending opportunity;

9) The Initiator STA receives and measures the perception data packet sent by the Responder STA.

104. If the Initiator STA is the sender (transmitter) of the sensing data packet, and the ResponderSTA is the receiver (receiver) of the sensing data packet, that is, when the Responderrole value in the Sensing Response elements is 0,

1) The Initiator STA performs the sending of the perception data packet according to 1)-8) in 103;

2) If the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameter Result mode, the Responder STA builds a measurement report according to the value of the parameter contained in the Result mode; if the parameter Result mode is not included, it can optionally report CSI matrix, Compressed beamforing One or more values from feedbackmatrix, Beamforming SNR, Doppler and Sensing event;

3) If the sensing setup request or sensing setup response message contains the parameter Reporting mode, and its value is 0, the Responder STA will pass the feedback response (feedback response) after receiving the feedback request (feedback request) message sent by the Initiator STA. Message sending measurement report; if the value of the parameter Reporting mode is 1, the measurement report is sent according to the Reporting sending time, and the sending duration of the message containing the measurement report is set according to the Reporting duration.

In the embodiment of the present invention, based on the same inventive concept as the above-mentioned wireless sensing process negotiation and measurement method, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a wireless sensing process negotiation device, which is applied to the initiator of the sensing process, including:

Communication module 1, configured to send a perception establishment request message to the responder, the perception establishment request message includes a wireless sensing request information element, and the wireless sensing request information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and one or more first The sensing sending information sub-information element, the sensing control sub-information element includes parameters Sensing session ID, Negotiation type and Responder role, wherein Sensing session ID is used to indicate the identity of the sensing process, Negotiation type is used to indicate the negotiation type, and Responder role It is used to indicate the role of the responder in the sensing process, and the first sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters requested by the initiator;

The second communication module is configured to receive a perception establishment response message sent by the responder, the perception establishment response message includes a wireless sensing response information element, and the wireless sensing response information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and a second sensing sending The information sub-information element, the second sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides another device for wireless sensing process negotiation, which is applied to the responder of the sensing process, including:

Communication module 1, configured to receive a perception establishment request message sent by the initiator, the perception establishment request message includes a wireless sensing request information element, and the wireless sensing request information element includes a sensing control sub-information element and one or more first A sensing sending information sub-information element, the sensing control sub-information element includes parameters Sensing sessionID, Negotiation type and Responder role, wherein Sensing session ID is used to indicate the identity of the sensing process, Negotiation type is used to indicate the negotiation type, Responder role It is used to indicate the role of the responder in the sensing process, and the first sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters requested by the initiator;

Communication module two, configured to send a perception establishment response message to the initiator, the perception establishment response message includes a wireless perception response information element, and the wireless perception response information element includes a perception control sub-information element and a second perception sending information A sub-information element, the second sensing sending information sub-information element is used to carry the sensing data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a device for wireless sensing process measurement, including:

A negotiation module, configured to perform wireless sensing process negotiation according to the wireless sensing process negotiation method involved in the foregoing embodiments;

A measurement module, configured to perform perception measurement according to parameters in the perception establishment request message and/or the perception establishment response message.

In the embodiment of the present invention, based on the same inventive concept as the above wireless sensing process negotiation method, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a wireless sensing process execution device, the device includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores a At least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, code set or instruction set, the at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, code set or instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor, so as to realize the wireless perception process involved in the above embodiment Methods of negotiation and measurement.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, the readable storage medium stores at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, code set or instruction set, and the at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code The code set or instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor, so as to implement the method for wireless sensing process negotiation and measurement involved in the above embodiment.

It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present invention, the size of the serial numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the sequence of execution, some or all steps can be executed in parallel or sequentially, and the execution sequence of each process should be based on its function and The internal logic is determined and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiment of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art can appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the above-described system, device and unit can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

In the several embodiments provided by the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the modules is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple modules or components can be combined or May be integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored, or not implemented.

The modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Part or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. In addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may physically exist separately, or two or more modules may be integrated into one unit.

If the functions described above are realized in the form of software function units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device or a terminal device, etc.) execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present invention. And aforementioned storage medium comprises: various mediums that can store program codes such as U disk, mobile hard disk, ROM, RAM) magnetic disk or optical disc.

Depending on the context, the words "if" or "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at" or "when" or "in response to determining" or "in response to detecting". Similarly, depending on the context, the phrases "if determined" or "if detected (the stated condition or event)" could be interpreted as "when determined" or "in response to the determination" or "when detected (the stated condition or event) )" or "in response to detection of (a stated condition or event)".

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Anyone skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention. Should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (23)

1. A method for negotiating a wireless aware process, applied to an initiator of the wireless aware process, is characterized by comprising:

sending a perception establishing request message to a Responder, wherein the perception establishing request message comprises a wireless perception request information element, the wireless perception request information element comprises a perception control sub-information element and one or more first perception sending information sub-information elements, the perception control sub-information element comprises parameters of a Sensing session ID, a Negotiation type and a response role, the Sensing session ID is used for indicating an identification of a perception process, the Negotiation type is used for indicating a Negotiation type, the response role is used for indicating a role of the Responder in the perception process, and the first perception sending information sub-information element is used for bearing perception data packet sending parameters requested by an initiator;

receiving a perception establishment response message sent by a responder, wherein the perception establishment response message comprises a wireless perception response information element, the wireless perception response information element comprises a perception control sub-information element and a second perception sending information sub-information element, and the second perception sending information sub-information element is used for bearing perception data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

2. A method for negotiation of a wireless aware process, which is applied to a responder of the wireless aware process, is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a perception establishing request message sent by an initiator, wherein the perception establishing request message comprises a wireless perception request information element, the wireless perception request information element comprises a perception control sub-information element and one or more first perception sending information sub-information elements, the perception control sub-information element comprises parameters of a Sensing session ID, a Negotiation type and a response role, the Sensing session ID is used for indicating an identification of a perception process, the Negotiation type is used for indicating a Negotiation type, the response role is used for indicating a role of a Responder in the perception process, and the first perception sending information sub-information element is used for bearing perception data packet sending parameters requested by the initiator;

and sending a perception establishing response message to the initiator, wherein the perception establishing response message comprises a wireless perception response information element, the wireless perception response information element comprises a perception control sub-information element and a second perception sending information sub-information element, and the second perception sending information sub-information element is used for bearing perception data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the parameter Negotiation type value in the sensing establishment request message is set to a first value or a second value, wherein the first value indicates that the initiator proposes to use the sensing data packet transmission parameters provided by the initiator, and different sensing data packet transmission parameters provided by the responder can be accepted; the second value indicates that the initiator-provided aware packet transmission parameters must be used and different aware packet transmission parameters provided by the responder are not accepted.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein when the initiator is a terminal device, the value of the parameter Negotiation type in the sensing establishment request message is set to a first value; and when the initiator is the access equipment, setting the parameter Negotiation type value in the perception establishment request message as a second value.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein when the parameter Negotiation type value in the sensing establishment request message is set to a first value, the parameter Negotiation type value in the sensing establishment response message is set to a third value or a fourth value or a fifth value, and when the parameter Negotiation type value in the sensing establishment request message is set to a second value, the parameter Negotiation type value in the sensing establishment response message is set to a third value or a fifth value, wherein the third value indicates acceptance of the sensing process and approval of the initiator request, the fourth value indicates acceptance of the sensing process and specification of a new sensing packet transmission parameter, and the fifth value indicates non-acceptance of the sensing process.

6. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the awareness control sub-information element further includes one or more of parameters Broadcast mode, trigger, and Time unit, wherein Broadcast mode is used to indicate whether to send the awareness packet, trigger is used to indicate whether to start sending the awareness packet, and Time unit is used to indicate the unit of Time value.

7. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the response role value indicates that the role of the Responder in the aware process is a receiver of the aware packet, the aware control sub-ie further includes a Result mode and a Reporting mode, wherein the Result mode is used to indicate a Result type of the report, and the Reporting mode is used to indicate a mode for sending the report.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein Result mode contains one or more of the following parameters:

CSI matrix: for indicating whether to report a channel state information matrix;

compressed beamforming feedback matrix: a beamforming feedback matrix to indicate whether to report compression;

beamforming SNR: for indicating whether to report a beamforming signal-to-noise ratio;

doppler: for indicating whether a doppler shift is reported;

sensing event: indicating whether to report a perceived event.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the report transmission modes comprise a trigger-based reporting mode and a schedule-based reporting mode.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein when a Reporting mode value indicates that a report sending mode is a scheduling-based Reporting mode, the first perceptual sending information sub-information element includes parameters of a Reporting sending time and a Reporting duration, wherein the Reporting sending time is used for indicating a start time of sending a report, and the Reporting duration is used for indicating a duration required for sending the report.

11. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first perceptually transmitted information subinformation element comprises one or more of the following parameters:

SDP TX time: for indicating the transmission time of the perception data packet;

SDP duration: the system is used for indicating the sending time length of the perception data packet;

SDPinterval Mantissa: a parameter one for indicating a sensing data packet transmission time interval;

SDPinterval exponent: a second parameter for indicating a transmission time interval of the sensing data packet;

sensing protection: for indicating whether to perform aware packet transmission protection.

12. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second perceptually transmitted information sub-ie contains the same parameters as the first perceptually transmitted information sub-ie.

13. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second perceptually transmitted information subinformation element only contains parameters different from the received first perceptually transmitted information subinformation element.

14. A method of wireless-aware process measurement, comprising:

performing a wireless-aware process negotiation according to the method of any one of claims 1-13;

and performing perception measurement according to the parameters in the perception establishment request message and/or the perception establishment response message.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the performing the sensing measurement according to the parameter in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message comprises:

the sender of the perception data packet executes the sending of the perception data packet according to the parameters in the perception establishing request message and/or the perception establishing response message;

when the responder is used as a receiving party of the perception data packet, the responder receives and measures the perception data packet according to the parameters in the perception establishing request message and/or the perception establishing response message, and sends a measurement report;

when the initiator serves as a receiver of the perception data packet, the initiator receives the perception data packet sent by the responder and measures the perception data packet.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the performing of the transmission of the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message comprises:

if the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains the parameter SDP TX time, or contains the parameters SDP TX time and Trigger, and the value of Trigger indicates that the sensing data packet is started to be sent without using a Trigger message, the sensing data packet is started to be sent according to the time indicated by the SDP TX time;

if the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains a parameter Trigger, and the value of the Trigger indicates that the sending of the sensing data packet is started by using the Trigger message, the sender of the sensing data packet starts to send the sensing data packet after receiving the Trigger message;

if the sensing establishment request message and the sensing establishment response message do not contain the parameter SDP TX time or the parameter Trigger, or the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains the parameter Trigger, and the value of the Trigger indicates that the sensing data packet is not started to be sent by using the Trigger message, the sensing data packet is not sent;

if the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains parameter SDP duration, setting the duration of sending the data packet according to the value of the SDP duration; otherwise, determining the time length for sending the data packet according to the size of the actually constructed sensing data packet, the coding strategy and the channel bandwidth;

if the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains parameters SDP interval Mantissa and SDP interval exponents, according to the values of SDP interval Mantissa and SDP interval exponents, according to the formula SDP interval Mantissa multiplied by 2 ^{SDPintervalexponent} Calculating the sending time interval of the sensing data packet; otherwise, taking the sending time interval of the broadcast message as the sending time interval of the sensing data packet;

if the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains a parameter Broadcast mode, if the value of the Broadcast mode indicates that a sensing data packet is sent by using a broadcasting mode, setting the value of an RA field in the message containing the sensing data packet as a broadcasting address, and if the value of the Broadcast mode indicates that the sensing data packet is not sent by using the broadcasting mode, setting the value of the RA field in the message containing the sensing data packet as the address of a receiver of the sensing data packet, wherein the RA is used for indicating the address of the receiver of the message;

if the Sensing establishment request message or the Sensing establishment response message contains the parameter Sensing protection, if the value of the Sensing protection indicates that the Sensing data packet is transmitted and protected, the transmitting party of the Sensing data packet can ensure that the Sensing data packet can be normally transmitted at each transmitting moment through scheduling or setting the Sensing data packet as the highest priority mode in competitive access; and if the Sensing protection value indicates that the Sensing data packet sending protection is not executed, using the common priority to compete for sending opportunity when the Sensing data packet needs to be sent.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the performing the reception and measurement of the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message, and sending the measurement report comprises:

if the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains a parameter Result mode, constructing a measurement report according to the value of the parameter contained in the Result mode;

if the sensing establishment request message or the sensing establishment response message contains a parameter Reporting mode, if the value of the Reporting mode indicates a report mode based on triggering, after receiving the feedback request message, sending a measurement report through a feedback response message; if the value of Reporting mode indicates the report mode based on scheduling, sending a measurement report according to the value of Reporting sending time, and setting the sending duration of the message containing the measurement report according to the value of Reporting duration.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the performing the reception and measurement of the sensing data packet according to the parameters in the sensing establishment request message and/or the sensing establishment response message, and sending the measurement report comprises:

reporting one or more values of a channel state information matrix, a compressed beamforming feedback matrix, a beamforming signal-to-noise ratio, a doppler shift, and a sensing event if the parameter Result mode is not included in the sensing setup request message and the sensing setup response message.

19. An apparatus for negotiation of a wireless aware process, applied to an initiator of the wireless aware process, comprising:

the first communication module is used for sending a perception establishment request message to a Responder, wherein the perception establishment request message comprises a wireless perception request information element, the wireless perception request information element comprises a perception control sub-information element and one or more first perception sending information sub-information elements, the perception control sub-information element comprises parameters of a Sensing session ID, a Negotiation type and a response role, the Sensing session ID is used for indicating an identification of a perception process, the Negotiation type is used for indicating a Negotiation type, the response role is used for indicating a role of the Responder in the perception process, and the first perception sending information sub-information element is used for carrying a perception data packet sending parameter requested by an initiator;

and the communication module II is used for receiving a perception establishment response message sent by a responder, wherein the perception establishment response message comprises a wireless perception response information element, the wireless perception response information element comprises a perception control sub-information element and a second perception sending information sub-information element, and the second perception sending information sub-information element is used for bearing perception data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

20. An apparatus for wireless aware process negotiation, applied to a responder of a wireless aware process, comprising:

a communication module I, configured to receive a Sensing establishment request message sent by an initiator, where the Sensing establishment request message includes a wireless Sensing request information element, and the wireless Sensing request information element includes a Sensing control sub-information element and one or more first Sensing transmission information sub-information elements, where the Sensing control sub-information element includes parameters of a Sensing session ID, a Negotiation type, and a response role, where the Sensing session ID is used to indicate an identifier of a Sensing process, the Negotiation type is used to indicate a Negotiation type, the response role is used to indicate a role of a Responder in the Sensing process, and the first Sensing transmission information sub-information element is used to carry Sensing data packet transmission parameters requested by the initiator;

and the communication module II is used for sending a perception establishing response message to the initiator, wherein the perception establishing response message comprises a wireless perception response information element, the wireless perception response information element comprises a perception control sub-information element and a second perception sending information sub-information element, and the second perception sending information sub-information element is used for bearing perception data packet sending parameters confirmed by the responder.

21. An apparatus for wireless aware process measurement, comprising:

a negotiation module for performing a wireless-aware process negotiation according to the method of any one of claims 1-13;

and the measurement module is used for executing perception measurement according to the parameters in the perception establishment request message and/or the perception establishment response message.

22. A wireless-aware process execution device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory has stored therein at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, a set of codes, or a set of instructions, which is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method of wireless-aware process negotiation of any of claims 1-13 or the method of wireless-aware process measurement of any of claims 14-18.

23. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein at least one instruction, at least one piece of program code, a set of codes, or a set of instructions, which is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the method of wireless aware process negotiation of any one of claims 1 to 13 or the method of wireless aware process measurement of any one of claims 14 to 18.