Wireless communication method, communication device
A wireless communication method and a communication device includes: receiving an association identifier (AID) via a first link; generating a multi-link set-up request frame, and sending the multi-link set-up request frame via a second link or the first link, in which the multi-link set-up request frame includes the AID.
1 . A wireless communication method, performed by a station multi-link device (STA MLD), the method comprising:
sending an initial link set-up message frame on a first link, wherein the initial link set-up message frame is configured to indicate that a sender of the initial link set-up message frame supports a capability of multi-link communication;
receiving one association identifier (AID) on the first link, wherein the one AID indicates all links of the STA;
generating a multi-link set-up request frame, and
sending the multi-link set-up request frame on the first link, wherein the multi-link set-up request frame comprises relevant information, and the relevant information comprises the one AID, a bitmap, and at least one media access control (MAC) address corresponding to at least one link between the STA and an access point (AP), wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to one link, and a value of each bit is configured to identify whether the corresponding link is to be activated.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the multi-link set-up request frame further comprises one of the following:
at least one piece of link identifier information; or
at least one piece of link identifier information and at least one MAC address corresponding to the at least one piece of link identifier information; or
at least one MAC address corresponding to at least one link identifier.
3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one piece of link identifier information is different from identifier information of the first link.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the multi-link set-up request frame on a second link or the first link comprises:
sending the multi-link set-up request frame on the first link, wherein the multi-link set-up request frame comprises at least one piece of link identifier information, and does not comprise an MAC address corresponding to the first link.
5 . A wireless communication method, performed by an access point multi-link device (AP MLD), the method comprising:
receiving an initial link set-up message frame on a first link; and
sending one AID on the first link;
wherein the initial link set-up message frame is configured to indicate that a sender of the initial link set-up message frame supports a capability of multi-link communication, wherein the AID indicates all links between a station (STA) between one AP;
receiving a multi-link set-up request frame on the first link, and setting up multiple links based on the capability of multi-link communication supported by the sender of the initial link set-up message frame, wherein the multi-link set-up request frame comprises relevant information, and the relevant information comprises the one AID, a bitmap, and at least one media access control (MAC) address corresponding to at least one link between the STA and an access point (AP), wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to one link, and a value of each bit is configured to identify whether the corresponding link is to be activated.
6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the multi-link set-up request frame further comprises one of the following:
at least one piece of link identifier information; or
at least one piece of link identifier information and at least one MAC address corresponding to the at least one piece of link identifier information; or
at least one MAC address corresponding to at least one link identifier;
wherein the method further comprises:
setting up multiple links based on the at least one piece of link identifier information, or the at least one piece of link identifier information and the at least one media access control (MAC) address corresponding to the at least one piece of link identifier information in the multi-link set-up request frame.
7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one piece of link identifier information is different from identifier information of the first link.
8 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein receiving the multi-link set-up request frame on a second link or the first link comprising:
receiving the multi-link set-up request frame on the first link, wherein the initial link set-up message frame comprises at least one piece of link identifier information, and does not comprise an MAC address corresponding to the first link.
9 . A communication device, comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory and an executable program stored on the memory and capable of being run by the processor; wherein the processor is configured to implement:
sending an initial link set-up message frame on a first link, wherein the initial link set-up message frame is configured to indicate that a sender of the initial link set-up message frame supports a capability of multi-link communication;
receiving one association identifier (AID) on the first link, wherein the one AID indicates all links of the communication device;
generating a multi-link set-up request frame, and
sending the multi-link set-up request frame on a second link or the first link, wherein the multi-link set-up request frame comprises relevant information, and the relevant information comprises the one AID, a bitmap, and at least one media access control (MAC) address corresponding to at least one link between the STA and an access point (AP), wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to one link, and a value of each bit is configured to identify whether the corresponding link is to be activated.
10 . The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the multi-link set-up request frame further comprises one of the following:
at least one piece of link identifier information; or
at least one piece of link identifier information and at least one MAC address corresponding to the at least one piece of link identifier information; or
at least one MAC address corresponding to at least one link identifier.
11 . The communication device according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one piece of link identifier information is different from identifier information of the first link.
12 . The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to implement:
sending the multi-link set-up request frame on the first link, wherein the multi-link set-up request frame comprises at least one piece of link identifier information, and does not comprise an MAC address corresponding to the first link.