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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
This application provides a beam training method and apparatus. The method includes: A first access point AP determines first information. The first information is used to indicate an association beamforming training A-BFT time period, the A-BFT time period is used to perform A-BFT between a plurality of APs and a station STA within coverage of the plurality of APs, and the plurality of APs include the first AP and at least one second AP. The first AP sends the first information. A first STA receives the first information, and determines, based on the first information, a time period for performing sector sweep. The beam training method and apparatus in embodiments of this application can be used to control the plurality of APs and a plurality of STAs to perform association beamforming training.