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US 12,604,352 B2Granted
Link availability and status indication for multi-link operation in WLAN
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJinjing Jiang, Yong Liu, Tianyu Wu, Su Khiong Yong, Jarkko L. Kneckt
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to methods for conducting multilink communications between wireless devices over a wireless local area network (WLAN). A wireless device determines link availability for multiple wireless links of the wireless device. The wireless device transmits link availability information for the multiple wireless links of the wireless device using a first wireless link of the wireless device.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to, when executing instructions stored in a memory, perform operations comprising:
- determining, based at least in part on link availability of a plurality of wireless links of a wireless device being unknown and one of a power consumption preference configuration of the wireless device or one or more in-device co-existence conditions of the wireless device, the link availability for the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device;
- generating, based at least in part on the determined link availability for the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device, link availability information, wherein the link availability information includes operating mode indication information for one or more wireless links of the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device;
- and
- transmitting the link availability information for the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device using a first wireless link of the wireless device.
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A method, comprising:
- determining, based at least in part on link availability of a plurality of wireless links of a wireless device being unknown and one of a power consumption preference configuration of the wireless device or one or more in-device co-existence conditions of the wireless device, the link availability for the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device;
- generating, based at least in part on the determined link availability for the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device, link availability information, wherein the link availability information includes operating mode indication information for one or more wireless links of the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device;
- and
- transmitting the link availability information for the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device using a first wireless link of the wireless device.
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A baseband processor of a wireless device, wherein the baseband processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
- determining, based at least in part on link availability of a plurality of wireless links of the wireless device being unknown and one of a power consumption preference configuration of the wireless device or one or more in-device co-existence conditions of the wireless device, the link availability for the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device;
- generating, based at least in part on the determined link availability for the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device, link availability information, wherein the link availability information includes operating mode indication information for one or more wireless links of the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device;
- and
- transmitting the link availability information for the plurality of wireless links of the wireless device using a first wireless link of the wireless device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.