US Patent Application 18350810. COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS simplified abstract

COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

Organization Name

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor(s)

Mao Yang of Xi'an (CN)

Zhongjiang Yan of Xi'an (CN)

Yiqing Li of Shenzhen (CN)

Yunbo Li of Shenzhen (CN)

Jian Yu of Shenzhen (CN)

Ming Gan of Shenzhen (CN)

COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18350810 titled 'COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a method for communication between two devices.

• The first device sends a request to the second device to send a block acknowledgment frame.
• The block acknowledgment frame indicates the receiving status of a data unit in the first transmission.
• The first transmission is temporarily suspended at an earlier moment than the transmission end moment.
• The first device receives the block acknowledgment frame.
• The first device starts the second transmission at a later moment.

Original Abstract Submitted

A method includes: A first device sends a block acknowledgment request frame to a second device. The block acknowledgment request frame is used to request the second device to send a block acknowledgment frame. The block acknowledgment frame indicates a receiving status of an access control layer protocol data unit in first transmission. The first transmission is suspended at a first moment, and the first moment is earlier than a transmission end moment when the first transmission is not suspended. The first device receives the block acknowledgment frame. The first device starts, at a second moment, to perform second transmission.