US 12,302,212 B2
Communication method and apparatus
Ming Gan, Shenzhen (CN); Yuchen Guo, Shenzhen (CN); Guogang Huang, Shenzhen (CN); and Xun Yang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,671.
Application 18/432,671 is a continuation of application No. 18/321,514, filed on May 22, 2023, granted, now 11,963,083.
Application 18/321,514 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/112957, filed on Aug. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110957217.1 (CN), filed on Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0259911 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/02 (2013.01) [H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A communication method, comprising:
generating, by a first access point (AP), a management frame, wherein the management frame comprises a specific element of the first AP and a multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) element, the specific element is a channel switch related element or a quiet channel related element, and the first AP is an AP corresponding to a transmitted BSSID in a first multiple BSSID set, and the multiple BSSID element does not comprise a specific element of an AP corresponding to a nontransmitted BSSID; and
sending, by the first AP, the management frame.