A method by a first apparatus for communication with a second apparatus, the first apparatus comprising a plurality of stations (STAs), the second apparatus comprising a plurality of access points (APs), the method comprising:
- on or before a time associated with interval information determined by the first apparatus, initiating an awaken procedure for the first apparatus;
- after initiating the awaken procedure for the first apparatus, receiving a signal comprising a version value, comparing the received version value with a stored version value and, based on the comparison, determining whether to perform an operation to update settings or parameters associated with a basic service set (BSS), wherein the settings or parameters associated with the BSS affect communications using at least one STA of the plurality of STAs of the first apparatus;
- using at least one STA of the plurality of STAs of the first apparatus for one or more communications with at least one AP of the plurality of APs of the second apparatus, the one or more communications associated with at least (1) negotiation of a plural number of links for communication between a plural number of STAs of the first apparatus and a plural number of APs of the second apparatus and (2) determination of a first frequency for use by at least a first STA of the plurality of STAs of the first apparatus and at least a first AP of the plurality of APs of the second apparatus and a second frequency for use by at least a second STA of the plurality of STAs of the first apparatus and at least a second AP of the plurality of APs of the second apparatus, wherein the second frequency is different from the first frequency and the second STA is different from the first STA;
- after establishing the plural number of links, using (1) a first set of one or more STAs of the plurality of STAs of the first apparatus for one or more first downlink (DL) communications with a first set of one or more APs of the plurality of APs of the second apparatus and (2) a second set of one or more STAs of the plurality of STAs of the first apparatus for one or more uplink (UL) communications with a second set of one or more APs of the plurality of APs of the second apparatus, wherein at least a portion of the one or more DL communications use the determined first frequency and occur simultaneously with at least a portion of the one or more UL communications that use the determined second frequency different from the determined first frequency, and wherein at least a portion of the one or more UL communications that use the determined second frequency is time-sequenced with at least a portion of the one or more DL communications that use the determined first frequency;
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- using one or more STAs of the plurality of STAs of the first apparatus for initiating one or more communications with one or more APs of the plurality of APs of the second apparatus, the one or more communications resulting in termination or teardown of the plural number of links for the communications between the plural number of STAs of the first apparatus and the plural number of APs of the second apparatus.