Group addressed frame wireless transmission for constrained multi-link operation

A method of transmitting a group addressed frame, the method comprising:

• accessing an indication from a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) at an AP MLD that indicates that the non-AP MLD is listening for group addressed frames on a wireless link;
• and
• scheduling a group addressed frame for transmission at the AP MLD based on the indication, wherein the wireless link is associated with to a non-simultaneous transmit and receive (NSTR) link pair, wherein the non-AP MLD is operable to communicate with the AP MLD using the NSTR link pair, and wherein further the scheduling comprises preventing a frame exchange sequence from being scheduled that overlaps with a transmission of a group addressed frame to be received by the non-AP MLD on the NSTR link pair without changing wireless links.

A method of transmitting a group addressed frame, the method comprising:

• transmitting scheduling information to a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) indicating a schedule for transmitting a group addressed frame over a wireless link;
• and
• scheduling a group addressed frame for transmission at the AP MLD over the wireless link in accordance with the scheduling information, wherein the wireless link is associated with to a non-simultaneous transmit and receive (NSTR) link pair, wherein the non-AP MLD is operable to communicate with the AP MLD using the NSTR link pair, and wherein the non-AP MLD does not transmit to the AP MLD on the NSTR link pair when the group addressed frame is scheduled to be transmitted and received by the non-AP MLD on the wireless link of the NSTR link pair without changing wireless links.