Multi-link communications
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsXuguang Jia, Xiaoyang Fu, Yongchang Guo
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided that relate to multi-link communications between multi-link devices, in which a first link between a station of a first multi-link device and an access point of a second multi-link device and a second link between an access point in the first multi-link device and a station in the second multi-link device can be both established. The first link and the second link are combined for an improved multi-link communication with better performance, such as the reduction of latency, an improved power-saving mechanism and the enhanced time synchronization.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first station (STA) of a first multi-link device (MLD) and from a second access point (AP) of a second MLD, a frame including a medium access control (MAC) address associated with a second STA of the second MLD;
- receiving, by a first AP of the first MLD and from the second STA of the second MLD, a request for establishing a link between the second STA and the first AP;
- determining, by the first MLD, whether a MAC address in the request matches the MAC address associated with the second STA;
- and
- in response to a determination that a MAC address in the request matches the MAC address associated with the second STA, establishing a first link between the first AP and the second STA and a second link between the second AP and the first STA.
A first multi-link device (MLD) comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions to cause the at least one processor to effectuate:
- receiving, by a first station (STA) of the first MLD and from a second access point (AP) of a second MLD, a frame including a medium access control (MAC) address associated with a second STA of the second MLD;
- receiving, by a first AP of the first MLD and from the second STA of the second MLD, a request for establishing a link between the second STA and the first AP;
- determining, by the first MLD, whether a MAC address in the request matches the MAC address associated with the second STA;
- and
- in response to a determination that a MAC address in the request matches the MAC address associated with the second STA, establishing a first link between the first AP and the second STA and a second link between the second AP and the first STA.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to effectuate:
- receiving, by a first station (STA) of a first multi-link device (MLD) and from a second access point (AP) of a second MLD, a frame including a medium access control (MAC) address associated with a second STA of the second MLD;
- receiving, by a first AP of the first MLD and from the second STA of the second MLD, a request for establishing a link between the second STA and the first AP;
- determining, by the first MLD, whether a MAC address in the request matches the MAC address associated with the second STA;
- and
- in response to a determination that a MAC address in the request matches the MAC address associated with the second STA, establishing a first link between the first AP and the second STA and a second link between the second AP and the first STA.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.