Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fast basic service set transition for multi-link operation
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Application No.: US17360060Application Date: 2021-06-28
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Publication No.: US11863978B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Sai Yiu Duncan Ho , George Cherian , Abhishek Pramod Patil , Alfred Asterjadhi , Yanjun Sun , Jouni Kalevi Malinen
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Loza & Loza LLP
- Main IPC: H04W12/06
- IPC: H04W12/06 ; H04W12/08 ; H04W12/0431 ; H04W12/037 ; H04W8/28 ; H04W80/02 ; H04W84/02

Abstract:
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems that facilitate mobility of wireless communication devices configured for multi-link operation (MLO). Particular aspects more specifically relate to facilitating fast basic service set (BSS) transitions by wireless communication devices that support MLO. For example, some aspects provide support for station (STA) multi-link device (MLD) roaming between access point (AP) MLDs, from an AP MLD to a non-MLO AP, or from a non-MLO AP to an AP MLD. In some aspects, a STA MLD may be configured to use a medium access control (MAC) service access point address (MAC-SAP address) of the AP MLD when re-associating or communicating with a legacy AP or with an AP MLD. In such aspects, the MAC-SAP address may be used by all STAs of the non-AP MLD for fast BSS transitions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220022033A1 FAST BASIC SERVICE SET TRANSITION FOR MULTI-LINK OPERATION Public/Granted day:2022-01-20
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