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US 12,192,988 B2Granted
Device, system, and method for multi-link operations
AssigneeNXP USA, Inc.
InventorsLiwen Chu, Young Hoon Kwon, Hongyuan Zhang, Huiling Lou
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Abstract
A device, a system, and a method for multi-link operations are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes a processor configured to generate a frame that includes a Traffic Indication Map (TIM) element, where the TIM element includes a group-addressed buffered frame indication for reported Access Points (APs) that indicates a transmitted Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) AP and non-transmitted BSSID APs affiliated with the reported APs, and exchange buffered frames according to the TIM element.
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A device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- generate a frame that includes a Traffic Indication Map (TIM) element, wherein the TIM element includes a group-addressed buffered frame indication for reported Access Points (APs) that indicates a transmitted Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) AP and non-transmitted BSSID APs affiliated with the reported APs;
- and
- exchange buffered frames according to the TIM element;
- wherein a length of bitmaps included in the group-addressed buffered frame indication is indicated in a Multi-Link Control field of a Multi-Link IE.
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A device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- generate a frame that includes a Traffic Indication Map (TIM) element, wherein the TIM element includes a group-addressed buffered frame indication for reported Access Points (APs) that indicates a transmitted Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) AP and non-transmitted BSSID APs affiliated with the reported APs;
- and
- exchange buffered frames according to the TIM element;
- wherein an AID value of the reported APs is announced in a Multi-Link IE of Beacon frames.
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A device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- generate a frame that includes a Traffic Indication Map (TIM) element, wherein the TIM element includes a group-addressed buffered frame indication for reported Access Points (APs) that indicates a transmitted Basic Service Set Identifier BSSID) AP and non-transmitted BSSID APs affiliated with the reported APs;
- and
- exchange buffered frames according to the TIM element;
- wherein the frame includes a Multi-link Traffic IE that indicates Traffic Identifiers (TIDs) mapped to different links.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.