US 11,968,600 B2
Group addressed traffic transmission method applicable to plurality of links and apparatus
Ming Gan, Shenzhen (CN); Guogang Huang, Shenzhen (CN); Yiqing Li, Shenzhen (CN); and Xun Yang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,827.
Application 18/073,827 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/107959, filed on Jul. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010734790.1 (CN), filed on Jul. 27, 2020; application No. 202011334640.8 (CN), filed on Nov. 24, 2020; and application No. 202110431312.8 (CN), filed on Apr. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110142 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/06 (2013.01) [H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A group addressed traffic transmission method applicable to a plurality of links, wherein the method comprises:
generating, by a first access point (AP) in a first access point multi-link device (AP MLD), group addressed traffic indication information, wherein:
the group addressed traffic indication information indicates whether a plurality of access points (APs) in the first AP MLD and a second AP MLD have group addressed traffic; and
the first AP is located in a multiple basic service set identifier (BSSID) set that includes a non-transmitted AP belonging to the second AP MLD; and
sending, the group addressed traffic indication information on a first link, wherein the first link is a link on which the first AP operates.