US 11,778,503 B1 · Association identifier assignment for compact traffic indication map

Abstract

Examples of techniques for Association Identifier (AID) assignment are disclosed. In an example, a controller managing an AP may allocate a set of numbers for AID assignment to clients connecting to VAPs in a multiple BSSID set of the AP. The controller may configure the AP to assign AIDS to non-Multi-Link (non-ML) clients from a first subset of the set based on a first monotonic sequence and assign AIDS to ML clients from a second subset of the set based on a second monotonic sequence. The AP may receive an association request from a client to associate with a VAP of the multiple BSSID set, determine whether Multi-Link operation (MLO) is enabled for the client, and in response to determining that MLO is disabled for the client device, assign a first AID to the client from the first subset based on the first monotonic sequence.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

an Access Point (AP) comprising a plurality of Virtual Access Points (VAPs) in a Multiple Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) set;
and
a controller managing the AP, wherein the controller is configured to:
allocate a set of numbers for Association Identifier (AID) assignment to client devices connecting to VAPs in the multiple BSSID set;
and
configure the AP to:
assign AIDS to non-Multi-Link (non-ML) client devices from a first subset of the set of numbers based on a first monotonic sequence;
and
assign AIDS to ML client devices from a second subset of the set of numbers based on a second monotonic sequence;
and
wherein the AP is configured to:
receive an association request from a client device to associate with a VAP of the plurality of VAPs;
determine, based on the association request, whether Multi-Link operation (MLO) is enabled for the client device;
and
in response to determining that MLO is disabled for the client device, assign a first AID to the client device from the first subset based on the first monotonic sequence.

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A method for Association Identifier (AID) assignment, comprising:

receiving, by an AP comprising a plurality of Virtual Access Points (VAPs) in a Multiple Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) set, an association request from a client device attempting to associate with a VAP of the plurality, wherein a set of numbers is allocated for AID assignment to client devices connecting to VAPs in the multiple BSSID set, wherein the set includes a first subset of numbers for AID assignment to non-Multi-Link (non-ML) client devices based on a first monotonic sequence and a second subset of numbers for AID assignment to ML client devices based on a second monotonic sequence;
and
determining, by the AP based on the association request, whether Multi-Link Operation (MLO) is enabled for the client device;
and
in response to determining that MLO is disabled for the client device, assigning, by the AP, a first AID, from the first subset to the client device based on the first monotonic sequence.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Association identifier assignment for compact traffic indication map

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