Context updates for multi-link devices

A non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), comprising:

• a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories that store code, the processing system configured to cause a wireless station (STA) of the non-AP MLD to:
• transmit, to an AP of an AP MLD, a request frame comprising a request to add a communication link to a multi-link (ML) context between the non-AP MLD and the AP MLD;
• receive, in response to the request frame, a response frame indicating an acceptance of the request to add the communication link to the ML context;
• and
• communicate with the AP in accordance with adding the communication link to the ML context in accordance with the response frame indicating the acceptance of the request.

An access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), comprising:

• a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories that store code, the processing system configured to cause an AP of the AP MLD to:
• receive, from a wireless station (STA) of a non-AP MLD, a request frame comprising a request to add a communication link to a multi-link (ML) context between the non-AP MLD and the AP MLD;
• transmit, in response to the request frame, a response frame indicating an acceptance of the request to add the communication link to the ML context;
• and
• communicate with the STA in accordance with adding the communication link to the ML context in accordance with the response frame indicating the acceptance of the request.

A non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), comprising:

• a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories that store code, the processing system configured to cause a wireless station (STA) of the non-AP MLD to:
• transmit, to an AP of an AP MLD, a request frame comprising a request to delete a communication link from a multi-link (ML) context between the non-AP MLD and the AP MLD;
• receive, in response to the request frame, a response frame indicating an acceptance of the request to delete the communication link from the ML context;
• and
• communicate with the AP in accordance with deleting the communication link from the ML context in accordance with the response frame indicating the acceptance of the request.

An access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), comprising:

• a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories that store code, the processing system configured to cause an AP of the AP MLD to:
• receive, from a wireless station (STA) of a non-AP MLD, a request frame comprising a request to delete a communication link from a multi-link (ML) context between the non-AP MLD and the AP MLD;
• transmit, in response to the request frame, a response frame indicating an acceptance of the request to delete the communication link from the ML context;
• and
• communicate with the STA in accordance with deleting the communication link from the ML context in accordance with the response frame indicating the acceptance of the request.