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Multi-link communication

US11445431B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Abhishek Pramod Patil · San Diego, US
George Cherian · San Diego, US
Alfred Asterjadhi · San Diego, US
Sai Yiu Duncan Ho · San Diego, US
Lochan Verma · Danville, US
Yanjun Sun · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 10, 2020
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W92/10
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for associating a wireless communication device such as a wireless station (STA) of a STA multi-link device (MLD) with an access point (AP) MLD that includes a first AP associated with a first communication link of the AP MLD and includes one or more secondary APs associated with one or more respective secondary communication links of the first AP MLD. The first AP includes one or more virtual APs, and the first AP and the one or more virtual APs of the first AP belong to a first multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) set associated with the first communication link. The AP MLD transmits a frame including a first element carrying discovery information for the first AP and the one or more virtual APs belonging to the first multiple BSSID set, and including a second element carrying discovery information for the one or more secondary APs of the first AP MLD associated with the one or more respective secondary communication links of the first AP MLD.

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