Handling pre-emptive low latency traffic in ultra-high reliability

A serving access point (AP) in a wireless network, comprising:

• at least one processor including processing circuitry;
• and
• memory storing information of a first station and a second station in the wireless network,
• wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the serving AP to:
• receive an interrupt request from the second station while ongoing traffic of the first station in an active data session with the serving AP on a first radio channel or a first link, wherein the second station is associated with a pre-emptive higher priority LL traffic compared to the first station;
• determine a second radio channel or a second link for processing the ongoing traffic, wherein the second radio channel or the second link is affiliated with an intra-AP Multi-Link Device (MLD) and offloading via link level redirection (LLR) or affiliated with an inter-AP and offloading via AP level redirection (ALR);
• and
• switch the ongoing traffic from the first radio channel or the first link to the second radio channel or the second link, when the second radio channel or the second link is available for processing the ongoing traffic.

A neighbor access point (AP) in a wireless network, comprising:

• at least one processor including processing circuitry;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the neighbor AP to:
• receive a redirection indication message from a serving AP indicating a current data session context between a first station and the serving AP on a first radio channel or a first link;
• transmit a redirect confirmation message to the serving AP indicating the confirmation of receiving the redirect indication message;
• receive a redirect request message from the first station to initiate data handover of an ongoing traffic from the serving AP to the neighbor AP, wherein the redirect request message comprises a link reconfiguration request information;
• transmit a redirect response message to the first station indicating completion of data handover from the serving AP, wherein the redirect response message comprises a link reconfiguration response information;
• and
• associate with the first station for continuing the ongoing traffic on a second radio channel or a second link affiliated with the neighbor AP.