Method and apparatus for multi-link communications
AssigneeNXP USA, Inc.
InventorsYoung Hoon Kwon, Liwen Chu, Hongyuan Zhang
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method and an apparatus for multi-link communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for multi-link communications involves announcing, by a non-access point (non-AP) multi-link device (MLD) to an access point (AP) MLD, a frame exchange restriction in an enhanced multi-link operation, receiving, by the AP MLD from the non-AP MLD, the frame exchange restriction, and transmitting, by the AP MLD to the non-AP MLD, an initial frame according to the frame exchange restriction.
Claims20
A method for multi-link communications, the method comprising:
- announcing, by a non-access point (non-AP) multi-link device (MLD) to an access point (AP) MLD, a frame exchange restriction in an enhanced multi-link operation;
- receiving, by the AP MLD from the non-AP MLD, the frame exchange restriction;
- and
- transmitting, by the AP MLD to the non-AP MLD, an initial frame according to the frame exchange restriction.
A multi-link communications system, the multi-link communications system comprising:
- a non-access point (non-AP) multi-link device (MLD), wherein the non-AP MLD includes a processor configured to:
- announce a frame exchange restriction in an enhanced multi-link operation;
- and
- an access point (AP) MLD, wherein the AP MLD includes another processor configured to:
- receive, from the non-AP MLD, the frame exchange restriction;
- and
- transmit, to the non-AP MLD, an initial frame according to the frame exchange restriction.
An access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), the AP MLD comprising a processor configured to:
- receive, from a non-access point (non-AP) MLD, an announcement of a frame exchange restriction in an enhanced multi-link operation;
- and
- transmit, to the non-AP MLD, an initial frame according to the frame exchange restriction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.