Communication method and apparatus based on relay device, and communication method and apparatus between terminal and base station

1. A communication method performed by a relay device, the method comprising:

receiving a first uplink data frame from a terminal, the first uplink data frame comprising information indicating a first period;

determining a length of a first preamble according to the first period and a first time length, the first time length being equal to a length of a third preamble plus a second time length, wherein the determining of the length of the first preamble comprises:

setting the length of the first preamble based on the determined length of the first preamble, wherein the length of the first preamble is set:

to the length of the third preamble in response to the first period being determined to be greater than the first time length; and

to a third time length equal to the first period minus the second time length in response to the first period being determined to be less than or equal to the first time length;

sending a second downlink data frame to the terminal, the second downlink data frame comprising the first preamble; and

receiving a first downlink data frame from a base station, the first downlink data frame comprising a second preamble, wherein a length of the second preamble is less than or equal to each of the length of the first preamble and the length of the third preamble.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

acquiring a preset preamble as the third preamble.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a first beacon frame from the base station, wherein the first beacon frame is configured for time calibration.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first uplink data frame comprises a first mode identifier, and the method further comprises:

determining, according to the first mode identifier, that the terminal operates in a first mode.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending a second uplink data frame to the base station, the second uplink data frame comprising the second preamble;

receiving a third downlink data frame from the base station; and

sending the third downlink data frame to the terminal.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the first uplink data frame from the terminal further comprises:

waking up periodically from a dormant state according to a third period, and detecting whether a fourth preamble is received when the relay device wakes up according to the third period; and

in response to detecting that the four preamble is received, receiving the first uplink data frame.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the first downlink data frame from the base station further comprises:

waking up periodically from the dormant state according to the first period, and receiving the first downlink data frame from the base station when the relay device wakes up according to the first period.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein sending the second uplink data frame to the base station further comprises:

determining whether the terminal is in a white list; and

sending the second uplink data frame to the base station, in response to the terminal being determined to be in the white list.

9. The method according to claim 3 , wherein receiving the first beacon frame from the base station comprises:

waking the relay device up periodically from the dormant state according to a second period, and receiving the first beacon frame from the base station, when the relay device wakes up according to the second period.

10. The method according to claim 5 , wherein

receiving the third downlink data frame from the base station comprises: receiving, within a first reception window after receiving the first uplink data frame from the terminal, the third downlink data frame from the base station; and

sending the third downlink data frame to the terminal comprises: sending the third downlink data frame to the terminal within a second reception window after receiving the first uplink data frame from the terminal.

11. A relay device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing a set of instructions that is executable by the at least one processor to cause the relay device to perform:

receiving a first uplink data frame from a terminal, the first uplink data frame comprising information indicating a first period;

determining a length of a first preamble according to the first period and a first time length, the first time length being equal to a length of a third preamble plus a second time length, wherein the determining of the length of the first preamble comprises:

in response to the first period being determined to be greater than the first time length, setting the length of the first preamble to be the length of the third preamble;

in response to the first period being determined to be less than or equal to the first time length, setting the length of the first preamble to be a third time length, the third time length being equal to the first period minus the second time length;

sending a second downlink data frame to the terminal, the second downlink data frame comprising the first preamble; and

receiving a first downlink data frame from a base station, the first downlink data frame comprising a second preamble, wherein a length of the second preamble is less than or equal to each of the length of the first preamble and the length of the third preamble.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a set of instructions that is executable by at least one processor of a relay device to cause the relay device to perform communication method, the method comprising:

receiving a first uplink data frame from a terminal, the first uplink data frame comprising information indicating a first period;

determining a length of a first preamble according to the first period and a first time length, the first time length being equal to a length of a third preamble plus a second time length, wherein the determining of the length of the first preamble comprises:

in response to the first period being determined to be greater than the first time length, setting the length of the first preamble to be the length of the third preamble;

in response to the first period being determined to be less than or equal to the first time length, setting the length of the first preamble to be a third time length, the third time length being equal to the first period minus the second time length;

sending a second downlink data frame to the terminal, the second downlink data frame comprising the first preamble; and

receiving a first downlink data frame from a base station, the first downlink data frame comprising a second preamble, wherein a length of the second preamble is less than or equal to each of the length of the first preamble and the length of the third preamble.