US 2026/0313459 A1 · BTM-BASED LOAD BALANCING

Abstract

Aspects are provided for BTM-based load balancing. Various aspects relate generally to a method of load balancing where an AP multi-link device (MLD) recommends that a non-AP MLD move to an indicated set of links of the AP MLD and operate on the indicated set of links without purging context between the AP MLD and the non-AP MLD. In some examples, if the non-AP MLD does not comply, then the non-AP MLD may face disassociation from the AP MLD. Some aspects more specifically relate to recommending that the non-AP MLD move to an indicated set of links of a different AP MLD and operate on the indicated set of links of the different AP MLD after performing a multi-link setup with the different AP MLD. In some examples, the AP MLD may then disassociate from the non-AP MLD.

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Dependent claims

A wireless communication device, comprising:

at least one memory;
and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory, the at least one processor operable to cause the wireless communication device to:
transmit a basic service set (BSS) transition management (BTM) request frame indicating a subset of affiliated access points (APs) of an AP multi-link device (AP MLD), the wireless communication device being affiliated with the AP MLD;
and
selectively transmit or refrain from transmission of a disassociation frame indicating a disassociation of an associated non-AP multi-link device (non-AP MLD) from the AP MLD based at least in part on whether a traffic identifier (TID)-to-link mapping (T2LM) request frame is received from a network entity affiliated with the associated non-AP MLD in response to the BTM request frame, the T2LM request frame requesting a T2LM between the associated non-AP MLD and the AP MLD.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Btm-based load balancing

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Btm-based load balancing

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Abstract

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