Methods for enabling multi-link WLANs
AssigneeInterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
InventorsXiaofei Wang, Hanqing Lou, Li-Hsiang Sun, Joseph S. Levy
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Abstract
As disclosed herein, there may be systems, methods, and devices for enabling multi-link wireless local area networks (WLAN). One or more non-AP station (STA) multi-link devices (MLDs) and one or more Access Point (AP) MLD may establish a multi-link association between each other, thereby establishing a multi-link connection that enables improved and more efficient wireless communication.
Claims14
A method implemented by a non-access point (non-AP) multi-link device (MLD), the method comprising:
- sending a request to an access point (AP) MLD via a first link, the request comprising an element for multi-link operation, wherein the element comprises a first identifier, wherein the first identifier comprises a virtual identifier, and wherein the first identifier is a medium access control address;
- receiving a response to the request from the AP MLD, the response including a single second identifier associated with each of a plurality of links of the multi-link operation for the non-AP MLD, wherein the second identifier is an association identifier (AID), wherein the second identifier is the same for the plurality of links of the multi-link operation for the non-AP MLD, and wherein the second identifier is a different identifier than the first identifier;
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- communicating with the AP MLD, using a multi-link operation based on the second identifier.
A non-Access Point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), the non-AP MLD comprising a processor operatively coupled to a transceiver, the processor configured to:
- send, via the transceiver, a request to an access point (AP) MLD via a first link, the request comprising an element for multi-link operation, wherein the element comprises a first identifier, wherein the first identifier comprises a virtual identifier, and wherein the first identifier is a medium access control address;
- receive, via the transceiver, a response to the request from the AP MLD, the response including a single second identifier associated with each of a plurality of links of the multi-link operation for the non-AP MLD, wherein the second identifier is an association identifier (AID), wherein the second identifier is the same for the plurality of links of the multi-link operation for the non-AP MLD, and wherein the second identifier is a different identifier than the first identifier;
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- communicate, via the transceiver, with the AP MLD, using a multi-link operation based on the second identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.