Multi-link communication setup method and related apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12284705B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US18601217

    申请日:2024-03-11

    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relates to a multi-link communication setup method and a related apparatus. The method includes: a non-AP MLD sends an association request frame on a first link, to request multi-link setup. An AP MLD returns an association response frame on the first link, to notify whether multi-link setup succeeds. The AP MLD sets a second status code field of a multi-link element of the association response frame to a newly defined value, to indicate that a cause why a link is not accepted is that the first link is not accepted. This application is applied to a WLAN system that supports a next generation Wi-Fi protocol of 802.11ax, for example, 802.11be, Wi-Fi 7, or EHT, and other 802.11 series protocols; and for another example, a next generation protocol of 802.11be: Wi-Fi 8.

    Communications method and communications apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12273804B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-08

    申请号:US18512379

    申请日:2023-11-17

    Abstract: This application provides a communications method and a communications apparatus. A first station in a first multi-link device sends first information to a second multi-link device, where the first information is used to indicate a frequency at which how often a station in a power saving mode in the first multi-link device receives a beacon frame. In this way, the second multi-link device may learn about, based on the first information, how often a frequency at which a station in the first multi-link device receives a beacon frame, thereby helping the second multi-link device effectively manage a cache service of each station in the first multi-link device and manage a data buffer space.

    Method for uplink orthogonal frequency division multiple random access and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12232187B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US17686765

    申请日:2022-03-04

    Abstract: A method and device for uplink orthogonal frequency division multiple access random access, the method including receiving, by a station (STA), a first trigger frame sent by an access point AP, the STA supporting n resource units RUs, where n>1 and is an integer, the first trigger frame including information used to determine a number k of random access resource units (RA-RUs) allocated by the AP, where k is an integer >0, and setting, by the STA, in response to the STA determining that a first parameter is greater than or equal to a value of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) random access backoff (OBO) counter, the value of the OBO counter to 0, and randomly selecting, by the STA, i RA-RUs from the k RA-RUs to send uplink data, where i≤n, and where the first parameter is associated with k.

    Multi-link communication probe request method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12219636B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US18309776

    申请日:2023-04-29

    Abstract: This application discloses a multi-link communication probe request method and apparatus. The method includes: a non-access point multi-link device (non-AP MLD) generates a probe request frame, and sends the probe request frame to an access point multi-link device (AP MLD), and the AP MLD receives the probe request frame, and generates a probe response frame and sends to the non-AP MLD. The probe request frame includes a first multi-link element (MLE) that is used to request link information of the AP MLD and that includes a first link information field. The first link information field includes a first field. The first field indicates that the non-AP MLD requests the AP MLD to feed back complete information or partial information of a first link. The first link information field corresponds to the first link.

    Communication method and multi-link device

    公开(公告)号:US12200791B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-14

    申请号:US18598609

    申请日:2024-03-07

    Abstract: This application provides communication methods, apparatus and systems. In an example method, a first station (STA) of a station multi-link device (STA MLD) sends a request frame to an access point multi-link device (AP MLD), wherein the request frame is used to request to establish single-link communication, and an address 2 field in the request frame is set to a media access control (MAC) address of the STA MLD. The first STA receives a response frame from the AP MLD, wherein the response frame indicates that the single-link communication is successfully established. The first STA performs air interface transmission with the AP MLD according to the single-link communication.

    Multi-link communication setup method and related apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11956842B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US18335527

    申请日:2023-06-15

    CPC classification number: H04W76/15 H04W76/14 H04W76/18 H04W84/12

    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relates to a multi-link communication setup method and a related apparatus. The method includes: a non-AP MLD sends an association request frame on a first link, to request multi-link setup. An AP MLD returns an association response frame on the first link, to notify whether multi-link setup succeeds. The AP MLD sets a second status code field of a multi-link element of the association response frame to a newly defined value, to indicate that a cause why a link is not accepted is that the first link is not accepted. This application is applied to a WLAN system that supports a next generation Wi-Fi protocol of 802.11ax, for example, 802.11be, Wi-Fi 7, or EHT, and other 802.11 series protocols; and for another example, a next generation protocol of 802.11be: Wi-Fi 8.

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