Multi-access point coordination for non-simultaneous transmit and receive cross-band physical layer protocol data unit alignment

A system comprising:

• a memory storage;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
• determine to communicate with a client using Multi-Access Point (AP) Coordination (MAPC) and Multi-Link-Device (MLD) operation;
• determine a first AP operating on a first band with a first link to the client and a second AP operating on second band with a second link to the client to communicate with the client;
• coordinate the first AP and the second AP to send one or more Physical Layer Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) with synchronized end times;
• instruct the first AP to transmit to the client via the first link and the second AP to transmit to the client via the second link according to the coordination;
• and
• receive a first bid from a first band CG leader and a second bid from a second band CG leader, wherein to determine the first AP and the second AP and coordinate the first AP and the second AP is based on the first bid and the second bid.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

• determining to communicate with a client using Multi-Access Point (AP) Coordination (MAPC) and Multi-Link-Device (MLD) operation;
• determining a first AP operating on a first band with a first link to the client and a second AP operating on second band with a second link to the client to communicate with the client;
• coordinating the first AP and the second AP to send one or more Physical Layer Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) with synchronized end times;
• instructing the first AP to transmit to the client via the first link and the second AP to transmit to the client via the second link according to the coordination;
• receiving a first bid from a first band CG leader and a second bid from a second band CG leader, wherein determining the first AP and the second AP and coordinating the first AP and the second AP is based on the first bid and the second bid.