Request and Response Method for Probing MLD, Station, and Access Point
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuchen Guo, Ming Gan, Yunbo Li, Guogang Huang
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Abstract
Embodiments of this application provide a probe request and response technology between a station and a plurality of access point multi-link devices (AP MLDs). During implementation of this application, a station may obtain communication parameters of a plurality of APs of one or more AP MLDs by sending one probe request frame, to obtain communication parameters of the AP MLD on a plurality of links, thereby efficiently implementing association between the station and the AP MLD or establishing multi-link transmission between the station and the AP MLD.
Claims18
1-18. (canceled)
A station in a wireless local area network (WLAN), comprising:
- a processor, configured to generate a probe request frame, wherein the probe request frame requests an first access point (AP) to feed back a communication parameter that is of an AP multi-link device (MLD) and that is related to the first AP, the first AP being a transmitted basic service set identifier (BSSID) AP, and the communication parameter of the AP MLD comprising communication parameters of a plurality of links supported by the AP MLD, and wherein the probe request frame carries first lists of identifiers of first information elements, each first list of identifiers corresponding to an AP in the AP MLD, to request content of the first information elements of the corresponding AP in the AP MLD;
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- a transceiver, configured to send the probe request frame to the first AP.
A method comprising:
- generating, by a station in a wireless local area network (WLAN), a probe request frame, wherein the probe request frame requests a first access point (AP) to feed back a communication parameter that is of an AP multi-link device (MLD) and that is related to the first AP, the first AP being a transmitted basic service set identifier (BSSID) AP, and the communication parameter of the AP MLD comprising communication parameters of a plurality of links supported by the AP MLD, and wherein the probe request frame carries first lists of identifiers of first information elements, each first list of identifiers corresponding to an AP in the AP MLD, to request content of the first information elements of the corresponding AP in the AP MLD;
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- sending, by the station, the probe request frame to the first AP.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.