US 11,871,466 B2
Non-simultaneous transmit-receive (NSTR) soft access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD)
Abhishek Pramod Patil, San Diego, CA (US); George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US); Alfred Asterjadhi, San Diego, CA (US); Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, San Diego, CA (US); Yanjun Sun, San Diego, CA (US); Gaurang Naik, San Diego, CA (US); Tushnim Bhattacharyya, San Diego, CA (US); and Vikram Phogat, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/409,349.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054755 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication by a wireless station (STA), comprising:
operating as a non-simultaneous transmit-receive (NSTR) soft access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) including a first AP associated with a primary link and including a second AP associated with a non-primary link; and
transmitting a frame on only the primary link, the frame including:
one or both of a complete profile of the primary link or a complete profile of the non-primary link, each complete profile including at least a beacon interval, capability information, a service set identifier (SSID), supported rates, a timing synchronization function (TSF) value, and one or more additional fields or elements associated with discovery of the respective link; and
a Reduced Neighbor Report (RNR) Element including a Neighbor AP Information field associated with the non-primary link, the Neighbor AP Information field including a target beacon transmission time (TBTT) Information field consisting of one or both of a basic service set identification (BSSID) and one or more MLD parameters of the non-primary link, wherein a TBTT offset subfield, a short-SSID subfield, a BSS parameters subfield, and a power spectral density (PSD) subfield are absent from the TBTT Information field corresponding to the non-primary link.