Access point (ap)-assisted ap transition

A first access point (AP) comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver, configured to:
• receive, when a station (STA) is associated with the first AP and is transitioning to a second AP, from the second AP a control signal comprising a first indication for sequence number (SN) maintenance;
• and
• transmit to the second AP, responsive to the first indication for SN maintenance, a transition response signal comprising an SN of an SN series utilized by the first AP for one or more previous downlink (DL) transmissions.

A second access point (AP) comprising:

• a transceiver;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver, configured to:
• receive from a station (STA) transitioning to the second AP, a control signal comprising a first indication for sequence number (SN) maintenance;
• receive from a first AP with which the STA is currently associated, a transition response signal comprising an SN of an SN sequence utilized by the first AP, corresponding to the first indication;
• and
• transmit to the STA a first downlink (DL) transmission comprising a next SN, wherein the next SN is a continuation of the SN series utilized by the first AP for one or more previous DL transmissions.