MAPC with TID-specific MLD awareness

A network device, comprising:

• a processor;
• at least one network interface controller configured to provide access to a network;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises a coordination logic that is configured to:
• transmit multi-link operation (MLO)-related data associated with the network device to a coordinator network device associated with a coordination group, the coordination group comprising a plurality of network devices, the plurality of network devices including the network device;
• receive an indication of an allocation of a transmission opportunity (TXOP) from the coordinator network device based at least in part on the MLO-related data;
• send a downlink transmission based on the allocation of the TXOP;
• wherein the TXOP is allocated to the network device based on a number of radios for each of the at least one of the one or more MLO-enabled network devices;
• and
• reduce a relative weight associated with a first MLO-enabled network device of the one or more MLO-enabled network devices in response to the first MLO-enabled network device having a greater than a threshold number of radios.

A method for coordinating network device transmissions, comprising:

• receiving multi-link operation (MLO)-related data from each of one or more MLO-enabled network devices associated with a coordination group, the coordination group comprising a plurality of network devices;
• allocating a transmission opportunity (TXOP) to a first network device in the coordination group based at least in part on the MLO-related data;
• transmitting an indication of the allocation of the TXOP to the first network device;
• wherein the TXOP is allocated to the first network device based on a number of radios for each of the at least one of the one or more MLO-enabled network devices;
• and
• reducing a relative weight associated with a first MLO-enabled network device of the one or more MLO-enabled network devices in response to the first MLO-enabled network device having a greater than a threshold number of radios.