IP Library Patent Application 18892035
Patent Application
App. No. 18/892,035

DATA UNIT SENDING METHOD, DATA UNIT RECEIVING METHOD, AND APPARATUS

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18/892,035
Abstract

A data unit sending or receiving method and a related apparatus that belong to the field of communication technologies are provided. In this solution, a transmit end sends a first aggregated media access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) and determines an MPDU that needs to be retransmitted in the first A-MPDU. The MPDU that needs to be retransmitted is included in a first A-MPDU subframe in the first A-MPDU. The first A-MPDU subframe includes a first MPDU delimiter, and the first MPDU delimiter includes a first end of frame (EOF) field and a first MPDU length field. The transmit end sends a second A-MPDU, where the second A-MPDU includes a second A-MPDU subframe, the second A-MPDU subframe includes the MPDU that needs to be retransmitted and a second MPDU delimiter, and the second MPDU delimiter includes a second EOF field and a second MPDU length field.

Claims (31)

1 . A data unit sending method, comprising:

sending, by a transmit end, a first aggregated media access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) comprising a first A-MPDU subframe, wherein the first A-MPDU subframe comprises a media access control protocol data unit (MPDU) and a first MPDU delimiter, and wherein the first MPDU delimiter comprises a first end of frame (EOF) field and a first MPDU length field;

sending, by the transmit end, a second A-MPDU, wherein the second A-MPDU comprises a second A-MPDU subframe, wherein the second A-MPDU subframe comprises the MPDU and a second MPDU delimiter, and wherein the second MPDU delimiter comprises a second EOF field and a second MPDU length field;

wherein a value of the second EOF field is the same as a value of the first EOF field, and a value of the second MPDU length field is the same as a value of the first MPDU length field.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first A-MPDU subframe comprises a first padding field, the second A-MPDU subframe comprises a second padding field, and a value of the first padding field is the same as a value of the second padding field.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a value of a retry bit in a frame header of the MPDU in the second A-MPDU is the same as a value of a retry bit in a frame header of the MPDU in the first A-MPDU.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the value of the retry bit in the frame header of the MPDU in the second A-MPDU is set to 0.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a value of a buffered traffic size field in the frame header of the MPDU in the second A-MPDU is the same as a value of a buffered traffic size field in the frame header of the MPDU in the first A-MPDU.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein based on every MPDU in the first A-MPDU being an MPDU that needs to be retransmitted, the second A-MPDU further comprises a second end of frame padding field located after the second A-MPDU subframe, and the first A-MPDU further comprises a first end of frame padding field located after the first A-MPDU subframe, wherein a value of the second end of frame padding field is the same as a value of the first end of frame padding field.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first A-MPDU is carried in a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), and the second A-MPDU subframe is carried in a second PPDU; and

wherein the first PPDU comprises a first pre-forward error correction (pre-FEC) padding located after the first A-MPDU, and the second PPDU comprises a second pre-FEC padding located after the second A-MPDU, wherein the first pre-FEC padding is the same as the second pre-FEC padding.

8 . A data unit receiving method, comprising:

receiving, by a receive end, a first aggregated media access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) comprising a first A-MPDU subframe, wherein the first A-MPDU subframe comprises a media access control protocol data unit (MPDU) and a first MPDU delimiter, and wherein the first MPDU delimiter comprises a first end of frame (EOF) field and a first MPDU length field;

receiving, by the receive end, a second A-MPDU, wherein the second A-MPDU comprises a second A-MPDU subframe, wherein the second A-MPDU subframe comprises the MPDU and a second MPDU delimiter, wherein the second MPDU delimiter comprises a second EOF field and a second MPDU length field, and wherein a value of the second EOF field is the same as a value of the first EOF field, and a value of the second MPDU length field is the same as a value of the first MPDU length field; and

performing, by the receive end, combining and decoding or joint decoding on a log-likelihood ratio (LLR) of a coded bit corresponding to the first A-MPDU subframe and an LLR of a coded bit corresponding to the second A-MPDU subframe, to obtain the MPDU.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first A-MPDU subframe comprises a first padding field, the second A-MPDU subframe comprises a second padding field, and a value of the first padding field is the same as a value of the second padding field.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein a value of a retry bit in a frame header of the MPDU in the second A-MPDU is the same as a value of a retry bit in a frame header of the MPDU in the first A-MPDU.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the value of the retry bit in the frame header of the MPDU in the second A-MPDU is set to 0.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein a value of a buffered traffic size field in the frame header of the MPDU in the second A-MPDU is the same as a value of a buffered traffic size field in the frame header of the MPDU in the first A-MPDU.

13 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein based on every MPDU in the first A-MPDU being an MPDU, the second A-MPDU further comprises a second end of frame padding field located after the second A-MPDU subframe, and the first A-MPDU further comprises a first end of frame padding field located after the first A-MPDU subframe, wherein a value of the second end of frame padding field is the same as a value of the first end of frame padding field.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the first A-MPDU is carried in a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), and the second A-MPDU subframe is carried in a second PPDU; and

wherein the first PPDU comprises a first pre-forward error correction (pre-FEC) padding located after the first A-MPDU, and the second PPDU comprises a second pre-FEC padding located after the second A-MPDU, wherein the first pre-FEC padding is the same as the second pre-FEC padding.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate:

sending, by a transmit end, a first aggregated media access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) comprising a first A-MPDU subframe, wherein the first A-MPDU subframe comprises a media access control protocol data unit (MPDU) and a first MPDU delimiter, and wherein the first MPDU delimiter comprises a first end of frame (EOF) field and a first MPDU length field;

sending, by the transmit end, a second A-MPDU, wherein the second A-MPDU comprises a second A-MPDU subframe, wherein the second A-MPDU subframe comprises the MPDU and a second MPDU delimiter, and wherein the second MPDU delimiter comprises a second EOF field and a second MPDU length field;

wherein a value of the second EOF field is the same as a value of the first EOF field, and a value of the second MPDU length field is the same as a value of the first MPDU length field.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the first A-MPDU subframe comprises a first padding field, the second A-MPDU subframe comprises a second padding field, and a value of the first padding field is the same as a value of the second padding field.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein a value of a retry bit in a frame header of the MPDU in the second A-MPDU is the same as a value of a retry bit in a frame header of the MPDU in the first A-MPDU.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the value of the retry bit in the frame header of the MPDU in the second A-MPDU is set to 0.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein a value of a buffered traffic size field in the frame header of the MPDU in the second A-MPDU is the same as a value of a buffered traffic size field in the frame header of the MPDU in the first A-MPDU.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein based on every MPDU in the first A-MPDU being an MPDU that needs to be retransmitted, the second A-MPDU further comprises a second end of frame padding field located after the second A-MPDU subframe, and the first A-MPDU further comprises a first end of frame padding field located after the first A-MPDU subframe, wherein a value of the second end of frame padding field is the same as a value of the first end of frame padding field.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 5, 2026
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 074707/0221 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2024
From: GAN, MING
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068695/0362 →