US 11,937,316 B2
Multi-link selection based on transmit power control (TPC)
Malcolm Muir Smith, Richardson, TX (US); Indermeet Singh Gandhi, San Jose, CA (US); Peter Ecclesine, Gilroy, CA (US); and Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/306,729.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353933 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 28/02 (2013.01); H04W 28/0215 (2013.01); H04W 28/0221 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, Multi-Link Device (MLD) association information associated with a client device, wherein the MLD association information describes MLD links the client device requires;
determining, by the computing device, a set of MLD links available on a network based on the MLD association information, wherein determining, by the computing device, the set of MLD links available on the network based on the MLD association information comprises determining, by the computing device, at least two MLD links from a plurality of multi-power class links comprising a Standard Power (SP) link and a Low Power Indoor (LPI) link available in the network based on client device capabilities comprising support for the SP link and the LPI link, and wherein the SP link comprises a lower channel bandwidth and a larger coverage than the LPI link; and
sending, by the computing device, the determined set of MLD links and Access Point (AP) radio type information associated with the set of MLD links to the client device, wherein the client device chooses two or more MLD links from the set of MLD links sent by the computing device based on a link bandwidth the client device requires and client device mobility information.