MULTI-LINK PARAMETERS AND CAPABILITY INDICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210185607A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US17132134

    申请日:2020-12-23

    IPC分类号: H04W52/02 H04W40/24 H04W8/24

    摘要: Multi-link device (MLD) parameters and security capability indications are described. Each link between an AP MLD and a non-AP MLD is between an AP of the AP MLD and a corresponding STA of the non-AP MLD. Each STA provides a listen and WNM sleep interval. The listen intervals are the same and are converted by the AP MILD into units of the maximum beacon frame interval among the APs to determine whether a STA is awake to receive a particular beacon. Each beacon frame interval and DTIM interval is independent of each other beacon frame internal and DTIM interval. The WNM sleep intervals are in units of the DTIM interval for independent WNM sleep intervals or a smallest DTIM interval among the APs when each WNM sleep interval is the same. A RSNXE in each beacon frame provides an identification of the AP and security capability of the AP.

    RESTRICTIONS ON MULTI-LINK DEVICE PROBE REQUEST

    公开(公告)号:US20210274378A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17324239

    申请日:2021-05-19

    IPC分类号: H04W28/02 H04W48/16 H04W48/14

    摘要: A non-AP STA of a multi-link device (STA MLD) may be configured to encode a multi-link (ML) probe request frame for transmission to an access point STA (AP) of an AP MLD comprising a plurality of affiliated APs. When the probe request frame is sent outside the context of active scanning, to discover an AP of the AP MLD the ML probe request frame may be encoded to have an Address 1 field set to a broadcast address and an Address 3 field set to a BSSID of the AP, or encoded to have the Address 1 field set to a basic service set identity (BSSID) of the AP's BS. The non-AP STA may refrain from transmitting the ML probe request frame to the AP of the AP MLD in a corresponding link when another non-AP STA of the AP MLD has already received a ML probe response that included complete information from any one of the APs of the AP MLD in any link.

    COMMUNICATING ELEMENTS BETWEEN MULTI-LINK DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20210274500A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17323445

    申请日:2021-05-18

    IPC分类号: H04W72/04 H04W48/08

    摘要: Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for communicating elements between multi-link devices are disclosed. Apparatuses of a first access points (AP) of an AP multi-link device (MLD) are disclosed, where the apparatuses comprise processing circuitry configured to encode a first portion of a first beacon frame or first response frame, and in response to a second AP of the AP MLD transmitting, on a second frequency band, a second beacon frame or a second probe response frame comprising a channel switch announcement element or an enhanced channel switch announcement frame, encoding a second portion of the first beacon frame or the first probe response frame, the second portion comprising the channel switch announcement element or the enhanced channel switch announcement frame. The processing circuitry is further configured to configure the first AP of the AP MLD to transmit, on a first frequency band, the first beacon frame.

    MULTI-LINK DEVICE SECURITY ASSOCIATION QUERY

    公开(公告)号:US20210112414A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US17132158

    申请日:2020-12-23

    摘要: Multi-link device (MLD) security association (SA) query and query response procedures are described. Any of the links between an access point (AP) MLD and a non-AP MLD may be used to initiate association, reassociation, or disassociation procedures using the SA query requests and responses. The SA query request or response from one of the stations (STAs) associated with the MLD is sent to a corresponding linked one of the STAs associated with the other MLD. The SA request or response is addressed to the other MLD rather than the STA of the other MLD. Retry timeouts and maximum timeouts for resending SA query requests are set by the AP MLD and the same across each of the links.