WO2024229703A1 - Sleep-cycle negotiation method, electronic device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of mobile communications. Provided are a sleep-cycle negotiation method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The sleep-cycle negotiation method is applied to a first access point (AP) device. The method comprises: determining a first radio frame, wherein the first radio frame comprises a first information element, and the first information element comprises sleep cycle information of a first AP under a first link and sleep cycle information of a second AP under a second link; and sending the first radio frame. The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a mechanism for supporting AP power saving.

Description

Sleep cycle negotiation method, electronic device and storage medium Technical Field

The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of mobile communication technology. Specifically, the embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a sleep cycle negotiation method, an electronic device, and a storage medium.

Background Art

Currently, Wi-Fi technology is researching content such as Ultra High Reliability (UHR), whose vision is to improve the reliability of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) connections, reduce latency, improve manageability, increase throughput at different signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) levels, and reduce device-level power consumption. In UHR, the power saving mechanism will be further enhanced, so it is necessary to provide a mechanism to support power saving of access point (AP) devices.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sleep cycle negotiation method, an electronic device, and a storage medium to provide a mechanism to support AP power saving.

On the one hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a sleep cycle negotiation method, which is applied to a first access point device AP, and the method includes:

Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection;

The first radio frame is sent.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a sleep cycle negotiation method, which is applied to a station device STA, and the method includes:

Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, the first An information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP in the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP in the second connection;

The first AP and the second AP belong to the same multi-connection access point device AP MLD.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, the electronic device is a first access point device AP, and the electronic device includes:

A determination module, configured to determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection;

A sending module is used to send the first wireless frame.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, the electronic device is a station device STA, and the electronic device includes:

A receiving module, configured to receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection;

The first AP and the second AP belong to the same multi-connection access point device AP MLD.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an electronic device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the processor executes the program, one or more methods described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented.

The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the computer program is executed by a processor, one or more of the methods described in the embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is obvious to ordinary technicians in this field that they can easily understand the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure without much effort. On the premise of creative labor, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings.

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG2 is a flowchart of a sleep cycle negotiation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG3 is a second flowchart of the sleep cycle negotiation method provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG4 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG5 is a second structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a third schematic diagram of the structure of the electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. Unless otherwise indicated, when the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the present invention as detailed in the appended claims.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms used are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. The singular forms of "a", "said" and "the" used in the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates other meanings. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" used in this article refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items. For example, A and/or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the objects associated before and after are in an "or" relationship. The term "multiple" refers to two or more. In view of this, "multiple" can also be understood as "at least two" in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in the present disclosure to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, for example, the word "if" used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The embodiments described are clearly and completely described. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sleep cycle negotiation method, an electronic device, and a storage medium, so as to provide a mechanism for supporting AP power saving.

Among them, the method and the device are based on the same application concept. Since the method and the device solve the problem in a similar principle, the implementation of the device and the method can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be repeated.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 shows one of the schematic diagrams of application scenarios of the low-latency service transmission method provided by various embodiments of the present disclosure. Optionally, a station device (STA), such as an electronic device with a wireless network access function, provides a frame delivery service to enable information to be transmitted. An access point (AP) device, such as a device with a wireless to wired bridging function, is responsible for extending the services provided by the wired network to the wireless network.

In Figure 1, the first AP (AP1) and the second AP (AP2) are attached to the same Access Point Multi-Link Device (AP MLD). Generally, APs can include three forms, such as soft AP (or soft AP MLD), non-simultaneous transmitting and receiving (NSTR) mobile AP (or NSTR mobile AP MLD) and regular AP (or regular AP MLD), where regular AP is such as a router. Taking soft AP and NSTR mobile AP as examples, they are usually powered by batteries, with high power consumption, and their communication with STA is usually not in a long-term continuous state. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a mechanism to support AP power saving.

In the disclosed embodiment, as shown in FIG1 , AP1 executes step 101 to determine and send a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection (Link1), and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection (Link2); that is, AP1 negotiates sleep cycles under multiple connections under one connection to achieve the effect of saving signaling; for example, if the AP under each connection negotiates sleep cycle information with the STA under their respective connections, a large amount of signaling messages will be used to negotiate the sleep cycle, resulting in a waste of network transmission resources.

Optionally, the first wireless frame is, for example, a beacon frame or a probe response frame, an association response frame, and a reassociation response frame. The probe response frame may be an unsolicited probe response frame. The first information element includes: first identification information and time parameter information;

Among them, the first identification information is used to identify the connection corresponding to each of the sleep cycle information; for example, it is identified by Link ID or by Link bitmap identification. When the Link bitmap identification is set to 1, it represents the sleep cycle information of the AP corresponding to the Link.

The time parameter information includes a time parameter of a sleep period of a corresponding connection, wherein the time parameter includes at least two of the following:

The corresponding starting time (Starting time), ending time (ending time) and duration (Duration) of the sleep cycle.

Optionally, the time parameter is determined based on the reference time and the time offset value of the corresponding connection, that is, the absolute time of the sleep period is determined based on the reference time and the time offset value; the reference time includes the time of the sending connection of the first wireless frame, for example, the time of the broadcast connection of AP1 broadcasting the first wireless frame.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 1 , the first information element may include two formats, namely format 1 and format 2.

In format 1, the first identification information includes: first connection control information (Link control) and connection identification information (Link identifier); wherein the first connection control information identifies the number of sleep cycle information in the first information element, that is, the first connection control information identifies the number of sleep cycles included in the first information element. For example, if each sleep cycle information corresponds to a connection, the connection identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each sleep cycle information.

In format 2, the first identification information includes: connection existence information, which identifies whether there is sleep cycle information of the corresponding connection in the first information element; connection existence information, such as Link bitmap, and if the Link bitmap identifier is set to 1, it indicates the sleep cycle information of the AP corresponding to the Link.

In addition, in format 2, optionally, the first identification information includes second connection control information (Link control), identifies the sleep cycle quantity information in the first information element, that is, the second connection control information identifies the number of sleep cycles included in the first information element.

In the disclosed embodiment, the sleep time indicated by the sleep cycle information does not cover the service time SP of the target wake time (TWT) of the corresponding connection. For negotiation of the sleep cycle, the AP can negotiate according to the TWT SP under its connection, and the sleep time does not cover the TWT SP, ensuring that it can serve the associated STA working under the connection as much as possible or negotiate the TWT SP according to the sleep cycle of the AP.

As shown in FIG. 2 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a sleep cycle negotiation method. Optionally, the method may be applied to a first access point device AP. The method may include the following steps:

Step 201, determining a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP in the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP in the second connection;

Step 202: Send the first wireless frame.

The first AP determines and sends a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection (Link1), and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection (Link2); that is, AP1 negotiates sleep cycles under multiple connections under one connection to achieve the effect of saving signaling; for example, if the AP under each connection negotiates sleep cycle information with the STA under its respective connection, a large amount of signaling messages will be occupied for negotiating the sleep cycle, resulting in a waste of network transmission resources.

Optionally, the first wireless frame is, for example, a beacon frame or a probe response frame, an association response frame, and a reassociation response frame. The probe response frame may be an unsolicited probe response frame.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information element includes: first identification information and time parameter information;

Wherein, the first identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each of the sleep cycle information;

The time parameter information includes the time parameter of the sleep cycle of the corresponding connection, and the time parameter is determined according to the reference time and the time offset value of the corresponding connection; the reference time includes the time of the sending connection of the first wireless frame. The first identification information is used to identify the connection corresponding to each sleep cycle information; for example, it is identified by Link ID or by Link bitmap, and the Link bitmap identification, for example, the Link bitmap identification is set to 1, which indicates the sleep cycle information of the AP corresponding to the Link.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the time parameter includes at least two of the following:

The corresponding starting time (Starting time), ending time (ending time) and duration (Duration) of the sleep cycle.

Optionally, each of the time parameters can be determined based on the reference time and the time offset value of the corresponding connection, that is, the absolute time of the sleep period is determined based on the reference time and the time offset value; the reference time includes the time of the sending connection of the first wireless frame, for example, the time of the broadcast connection of AP1 broadcasting the first wireless frame.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: first connection control information and connection identification information;

The first connection control information identifies the quantity information of the sleep cycle information in the first information element, and the connection identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each sleep cycle information.

As shown in Table 1, the first identification information includes: first connection control information (Link control) and connection identification information (Link identifier); wherein the first connection control information identifies the number information of the sleep cycle information in the first information element, that is, the first connection control information identifies the number of sleep cycles included in the first information element. For example, if each sleep cycle information corresponds to a connection, the connection identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each sleep cycle information.

Table 1:

Among them, Table 1 shows one of the formats of the first information element. In addition to the first identification information, the first information element also includes time parameter information, such as the starting time, ending time and duration of the corresponding sleep cycle.

Optionally, as shown in Table 2, the first identification information includes: connection existence information, identifying whether there is sleep cycle information of the corresponding connection in the first information element; connection existence information such as Link bitmap, if the Link bitmap identifier is set to 1, it indicates the sleep cycle information of the AP corresponding to the Link.

Table 2:

Among them, Table 2 shows the second format of the first information element. In addition to the first identification information, the first information element also includes time parameter information, such as the starting time, ending time and duration of the corresponding sleep cycle.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes second link control information, which identifies the number of sleep cycles in the first information element. In Table 2, optionally, the first identification information includes second link control information (Link control), which identifies the number of sleep cycles in the first information element, that is, the second link control information identifies the number of sleep cycles included in the first information element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the sleep time indicated by the sleep cycle information does not cover the TWT SP of the corresponding connection. For the negotiation of the sleep cycle, the AP can negotiate according to the TWT SP under its connection, and the sleep time does not cover the TWT SP, ensuring that it can work as much as possible in the connection The associated STA under the AP is served or the TWT SP is negotiated according to the AP's sleep cycle.

In the disclosed embodiment, the AP determines and sends a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection; thus, the AP negotiates sleep cycles under multiple connections under one connection to achieve the effect of saving signaling; avoiding multiple negotiations of sleep cycle information, occupying a large number of signaling messages, and causing waste of network transmission resources. The disclosed embodiment provides a mechanism to support AP power saving.

Referring to FIG. 3 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a sleep cycle negotiation method. Optionally, the method may be applied to a station device STA. The method may include the following steps:

Step 301, receiving a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of a first AP in a first connection, and sleep cycle information of a second AP in a second connection;

The first AP and the second AP belong to the same multi-connection access point device AP MLD.

The STA receives a first wireless frame, obtains and parses a first information element included in the first wireless frame; wherein the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection (Link1), and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection (Link2); that is, AP1 negotiates sleep cycles under multiple connections under one connection to achieve the effect of saving signaling; for example, if the AP under each connection negotiates sleep cycle information with the STA under their respective connections, a large amount of signaling messages will be used to negotiate the sleep cycle, resulting in a waste of network transmission resources.

Optionally, the first wireless frame is, for example, a beacon frame or a probe response frame, an association response frame, or a reassociation response frame, wherein the probe response frame may be an unsolicited probe response frame.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information element includes: first identification information and time parameter information;

Wherein, the first identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each of the sleep cycle information;

The time parameter information includes a time parameter of a sleep period of a corresponding connection, and the time parameter is determined according to a reference time and a time offset value of the corresponding connection; the reference time includes a time of a sending connection of the first radio frame.

The time parameter information includes the time parameter of the sleep cycle of the corresponding connection, and the time parameter is determined according to the reference time and the time offset value of the corresponding connection; the reference time includes the time of the sending connection of the first wireless frame. The first identification information is used to identify the connection corresponding to each sleep cycle information; for example, it is identified by Link ID or by Link bitmap, and the Link bitmap identification, for example, the Link bitmap identification is set to 1, which indicates the sleep cycle information of the AP corresponding to the Link.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the time parameter includes at least two of the following:

The start time, end time and duration of the corresponding sleep cycle;

Optionally, each of the time parameters can be determined based on the reference time and the time offset value of the corresponding connection, that is, the absolute time of the sleep period is determined based on the reference time and the time offset value; the reference time includes the time of the sending connection of the first wireless frame, for example, the time of the broadcast connection of AP1 broadcasting the first wireless frame.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes: first connection control information and connection identification information;

The first connection control information identifies the number of sleep cycle information in the first information element, and the connection identifier information identifies the connection corresponding to each sleep cycle information. As shown in Table 1 below, the first identifier information includes: first connection control information (Link control) and connection identifier information (Link identifier); wherein the first connection control information identifies the number of sleep cycle information in the first information element, that is, the first connection control information identifies the number of sleep cycles included in the first information element. For example, each sleep cycle information Corresponding to one connection, the connection identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each of the sleep cycle information.

Table 1:

Among them, Table 1 shows one of the formats of the first information element. In addition to the first identification information, the first information element also includes time parameter information, such as the starting time, ending time and duration of the corresponding sleep cycle.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in the following Table 2, the first identification information includes: connection existence information, identifying whether there is sleep cycle information of the corresponding connection in the first information element; connection existence information such as Link bitmap, if the Link bitmap identifier is set to 1, it indicates the sleep cycle information of the AP corresponding to the Link.

Table 2:

Among them, Table 2 shows the second format of the first information element. In addition to the first identification information, the first information element also includes time parameter information, such as the starting time, ending time and duration of the corresponding sleep cycle.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first identification information includes second link control information, identifying the sleep cycle quantity information in the first information element. In Table 2, optionally, the first identification information includes second link control information (Link control), identifying the sleep cycle quantity information in the first information element, that is, the second link control information identifies the number of sleep cycles included in the first information element.

Optionally, in the disclosed embodiment, the sleep time indicated by the sleep cycle information does not cover the TWT SP of the corresponding connection. For negotiation of the sleep cycle, the AP can negotiate according to the TWT SP under its connection, and the sleep time does not cover the TWT SP, to ensure that it can serve the associated STA working under the connection as much as possible or negotiate the TWT SP according to the sleep cycle of the AP.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further includes:

At least two sleep cycle information corresponding to the same connection are received, and the sleep cycle information with the later sending time is used as the sleep cycle information of the connection.

The sleep cycle information broadcast by the AP under a certain connection may be changed. For example, the AP may negotiate with the STA that the transmission time slot of its low-latency service overlaps with the sleep cycle, so the AP may change its sleep cycle parameters. If a change occurs, the AP can broadcast again. Therefore, the STA shall take the AP sleep cycle contained in the most recent first wireless frame received as the basis.

In the disclosed embodiment, the STA receives a first radio frame and obtains a first information element of the first radio frame, wherein the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection. In this way, sleep cycles under multiple connections are negotiated under one connection to achieve the effect of saving signaling; multiple negotiations of sleep cycle information are avoided, which occupies a large number of signaling messages and causes waste of network transmission resources. The disclosed embodiment provides a mechanism to support AP power saving.

Referring to FIG. 4 , based on the same principle as the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, the electronic device is a first access point device AP, and the electronic device includes:

The determination module 401 is configured to determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection;

The sending module 402 is configured to send the first radio frame.

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a sleep cycle negotiation device, which is applied to a first access point device AP, and the device includes:

A radio frame determination module, configured to determine a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection;

A wireless frame sending module is used to send the first wireless frame.

The device also includes other modules of the electronic device in the aforementioned embodiment, which will not be described in detail here.

Referring to FIG. 5 , based on the same principle as the method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, the electronic device is a station device STA, and the electronic device includes:

The receiving module 501 is configured to receive a first radio frame; wherein the first radio frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP in the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP in the second connection;

The first AP and the second AP belong to the same multi-connection access point device AP MLD.

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a sleep cycle negotiation device, which is applied to a station device STA, and the device includes:

A wireless frame receiving module, configured to receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection;

The first AP and the second AP belong to the same multi-connection access point device AP MLD.

The device also includes other modules of the electronic device in the aforementioned embodiment, which will not be described in detail here.

In an optional embodiment, the present disclosure also provides an electronic device, as shown in FIG6 , the electronic device 600 shown in FIG6 may be a server, including: a processor 601 and a storage The processor 601 and the memory 603 are connected, for example, via a bus 602. Optionally, the electronic device 600 may further include a transceiver 604. It should be noted that in actual applications, the transceiver 604 is not limited to one, and the structure of the electronic device 600 does not constitute a limitation on the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Processor 601 can be a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a general-purpose processor, a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components or any combination thereof. It can implement or execute various exemplary logic blocks, modules and circuits described in conjunction with the disclosure of the present invention. Processor 601 can also be a combination that implements computing functions, such as a combination of one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, etc.

The bus 602 may include a path for transmitting information between the above components. The bus 602 may be a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus or an EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) bus, etc. The bus 602 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of representation, FIG6 is represented by only one thick line, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

The memory 603 can be a ROM (Read Only Memory) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a RAM (Random Access Memory) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and instructions, or an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compressed optical disk, laser disk, optical disk, digital versatile disk, Blu-ray disk, etc.), magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store the desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to these.

The memory 603 is used to store application code for executing the solution of the present disclosure, and the execution is controlled by the processor 601. The processor 601 is used to execute the application code stored in the memory 603 to implement the content shown in the above method embodiment.

The electronic devices include, but are not limited to, mobile phones, laptop computers, digital broadcast receivers, PDAs (personal digital assistants), PADs (tablet computers), PMPs (portable multimedia players), vehicle-mounted terminals (such as vehicle-mounted navigation terminals), etc., and fixed terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, etc. The electronic device shown in FIG6 is only an example and should not bring any limitation to the functions and scope of use of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The server provided by the present disclosure may be an independent physical server, or a server cluster or distributed system composed of multiple physical servers, or a cloud server that provides basic cloud computing services such as cloud services, cloud databases, cloud computing, cloud functions, cloud storage, network services, cloud communications, middleware services, domain name services, security services, CDN, and big data and artificial intelligence platforms. The terminal may be a smart phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, desktop computer, smart speaker, smart watch, etc., but is not limited thereto. The terminal and the server may be directly or indirectly connected via wired or wireless communication, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored. When the computer-readable storage medium is run on a computer, the computer can execute the corresponding contents of the aforementioned method embodiment.

It should be understood that, although the steps in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings are displayed in sequence as indicated by the arrows, these steps are not necessarily executed in sequence in the order indicated by the arrows. Unless otherwise specified herein, there is no strict order restriction on the execution of these steps, and they can be executed in other orders. Moreover, at least a part of the steps in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages, and these sub-steps or stages are not necessarily executed at the same time, but can be executed at different times, and their execution order is not necessarily sequential, but can be executed in turn or alternately with other steps or at least a part of the sub-steps or stages of other steps.

It should be noted that the computer-readable medium of the present disclosure may be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium or any combination of the two. The computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, device or device, or any combination of the above. More specific examples of computer-readable storage media may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection with one or more wires, a portable computer disk, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a Erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), optical fiber, portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), optical storage device, magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the above. In the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium containing or storing a program that can be used by or in combination with an instruction execution system, device or device. In the present disclosure, a computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in a baseband or as part of a carrier wave, which carries a computer-readable program code. Such propagated data signals may take a variety of forms, including but not limited to electromagnetic signals, optical signals, or any suitable combination of the above. A computer-readable signal medium may also be any computer-readable medium other than a computer-readable storage medium, which may send, propagate, or transmit a program for use by or in combination with an instruction execution system, device or device. The program code contained on the computer-readable medium may be transmitted using any suitable medium, including but not limited to: wires, optical cables, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination of the above.

The computer-readable medium may be included in the electronic device, or may exist independently without being incorporated into the electronic device.

The computer-readable medium carries one or more programs. When the one or more programs are executed by the electronic device, the electronic device executes the method shown in the above embodiment.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product or a computer program is provided, the computer program product or the computer program includes computer instructions, the computer instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium. A processor of a computer device reads the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions, so that the computer device performs the methods provided in the above-mentioned various optional implementations.

Computer program code for performing operations of the present disclosure may be written in one or more programming languages, or a combination thereof, including object-oriented programming languages such as Java, Smalltalk, C++, and conventional procedural programming languages such as "C" or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partially on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partially on the user's computer and partially on a remote computer, or entirely on the remote computer or server. In cases involving a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or may be connected to a server. An external computer (e.g. connected via the Internet using an Internet Service Provider).

The flow chart and block diagram in the accompanying drawings illustrate the possible architecture, function and operation of the system, method and computer program product according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each square box in the flow chart or block diagram can represent a module, a program segment or a part of a code, and the module, the program segment or a part of the code contains one or more executable instructions for realizing the specified logical function. It should also be noted that in some implementations as replacements, the functions marked in the square box can also occur in a sequence different from that marked in the accompanying drawings. For example, two square boxes represented in succession can actually be executed substantially in parallel, and they can sometimes be executed in the opposite order, depending on the functions involved. It should also be noted that each square box in the block diagram and/or flow chart, and the combination of the square boxes in the block diagram and/or flow chart can be implemented with a dedicated hardware-based system that performs a specified function or operation, or can be implemented with a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

The modules involved in the embodiments described in the present disclosure may be implemented by software or hardware. The name of a module does not limit the module itself in some cases. For example, module A may also be described as "module A for performing operation B".

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure and an explanation of the technical principles used. Those skilled in the art should understand that the scope of disclosure involved in the present disclosure is not limited to the technical solutions formed by a specific combination of the above technical features, but should also cover other technical solutions formed by any combination of the above technical features or their equivalent features without departing from the above disclosed concept. For example, the above features are replaced with the technical features with similar functions disclosed in the present disclosure (but not limited to) by each other to form a technical solution.

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A sleep cycle negotiation method is applied to a first access point device AP, wherein the method comprises: Determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection; the first AP and the second AP are attached to the same multi-connection access point device AP MLD; The first radio frame is sent. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 1, wherein the first information element comprises: first identification information and time parameter information; Wherein, the first identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each of the sleep cycle information; The time parameter information includes a time parameter of a sleep period of a corresponding connection, and the time parameter is determined according to a reference time and a time offset value of the corresponding connection; the reference time includes a time of a sending connection of the first radio frame. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 2, wherein the time parameter includes at least two of the following: The start time, end time and duration of the corresponding sleep cycle. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the first identification information comprises: first connection control information and connection identification information; The first connection control information identifies the quantity information of the sleep cycle information in the first information element, and the connection identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each sleep cycle information. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 2 or 3 is characterized in that the first identification information includes: connection existence information, identifying whether sleep cycle information of the corresponding connection exists in the first information element. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 5, characterized in that the first identification information includes second connection control information, identifying the sleep cycle in the first information element Quantity information. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 1 is characterized in that the sleep time indicated by the sleep cycle information does not cover the service time TWT SP of the target wake-up time of the corresponding connection. A sleep cycle negotiation method is applied to a station device STA, characterized in that the method includes: Receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of a first access point device AP under a first connection, and sleep cycle information of a second AP under a second connection; the first AP and the second AP belong to the same multi-connection access point device AP MLD. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 8, characterized in that the first information element comprises: first identification information and time parameter information; Wherein, the first identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each of the sleep cycle information; The time parameter information includes a time parameter of a sleep period of a corresponding connection, and the time parameter is determined according to a reference time and a time offset value of the corresponding connection; the reference time includes a time of a sending connection of the first radio frame. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 9, wherein the time parameter includes at least two of the following: The start time, end time and duration of the corresponding sleep cycle. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the first identification information comprises: first connection control information and connection identification information; The first connection control information identifies the quantity information of the sleep cycle information in the first information element, and the connection identification information identifies the connection corresponding to each sleep cycle information. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 9 or 10 is characterized in that the first identification information includes: connection existence information, identifying whether sleep cycle information of a corresponding connection exists in the first information element. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 12, characterized in that The first identification information includes second connection control information, identifying the sleep cycle quantity information in the first information element. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 8 is characterized in that the sleep time indicated by the sleep cycle information does not cover the service time TWT SPTWT SP of the target wake-up time of the corresponding connection. The sleep cycle negotiation method according to claim 8, characterized in that the method further comprises: At least two sleep cycle information corresponding to the same connection are received, and the sleep cycle information with the later sending time is used as the sleep cycle information of the connection. An electronic device, wherein the electronic device is a first access point device AP, wherein the electronic device comprises: A determination module, configured to determine a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection; A sending module is used to send the first wireless frame. An electronic device, wherein the electronic device is a station device STA, and wherein the electronic device comprises: The receiving module is used to receive a first wireless frame; wherein the first wireless frame includes a first information element, and the first information element includes: sleep cycle information of the first AP under the first connection, and sleep cycle information of the second AP under the second connection. An electronic device, characterized in that it comprises a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the processor executes the program, the method described in any one of claims 1 to 7 or the method described in any one of claims 8 to 15 is implemented. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, it implements the method described in any one of claims 1 to 7 or implements the method described in any one of claims 8 to 15.