Addressing client constraints in dynamic subchannel operation

A wireless communication device, comprising:

• a processing system that includes processor circuitry and memory circuitry that stores code, the processing system configured to cause the wireless communication device to:
• transmit a frame including an indication that the wireless communication device has disabled a communication mode associated with uplink multi-user (MU) communication, wherein the communication mode associated with the MU communication comprises an uplink MU or uplink MU data mode;
• receive, in accordance with the indication that the wireless communication device has disabled the communication mode, a trigger frame associated with a dynamic subchannel operation (DSO) frame exchange, wherein the trigger frame allocates, to the wireless communication device, one or more resource units (RUs) associated with a subchannel;
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• receive, via the one or more RUs associated with the subchannel, a data frame in accordance with the DSO frame exchange and the indication that the wireless communication device has disabled the communication mode.

A first wireless communication device, comprising:

• a processing system that includes processor circuitry and memory circuitry that stores code, the processing system configured to cause the first wireless communication device to:
• receive a first frame including an indication that a second wireless communication device is operating in accordance with a communication mode associated with one or more constraints on multi-link operation (MLO) at the second wireless communication device;
• transmit, via a first link associated with the MLO at the second wireless communication device, a second frame associated with a dynamic subchannel operation (DSO) frame exchange on the first link, wherein the second frame allocates, to the second wireless communication device, one or more resource units (RUs) associated with a subchannel of the first link;
• communicate, via the one or more RUs associated with the subchannel of the first link, a third frame in accordance with the DSO frame exchange and the communication mode;
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• receive information indicative of multiple sets of padding delay and transition delay in association with receiving the indication that the second wireless communication device operates in accordance with the communication mode and supports the DSO frame exchange on the first link, wherein communication via the one or more RUs associated with the subchannel of the first link is in accordance with at least one of the multiple sets of padding delay and transition delay.

A first wireless communication device, comprising:

• a processing system that includes processor circuitry and memory circuitry that stores code, the processing system configured to cause the first wireless communication device to:
• receive a frame including an indication that a second wireless communication device has disabled a communication mode associated with uplink multi-user (MU) communication, wherein the communication mode associated with the MU communication comprises an uplink MU or uplink MU data mode;
• transmit, in accordance with the indication that the second wireless communication device has disabled the communication mode, a trigger frame associated with a dynamic subchannel operation (DSO) frame exchange, wherein the trigger frame allocates, to the second wireless communication device, one or more resource units (RUs) associated with a subchannel;
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• transmit, via the one or more RUs associated with the subchannel, a data frame in accordance with the DSO frame exchange and the indication that the second wireless communication device has disabled the communication mode.