US 11,672,039 B2
Multiple-BSSID support in multi-link operation in wireless communications
Yongho Seok, San Jose, CA (US); Kai Ying Lu, San Jose, CA (US); Gabor Bajko, San Jose, CA (US); and James Chih-Shi Yee, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/235,029.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,584, filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337613 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
assigning a plurality of different medium access control (MAC) addresses to a plurality of virtual access point (AP) multi-link devices (MLDs) that are implemented within a physical AP MLD such that each of the plurality of virtual AP MLDs is assigned a respective MAC address of the plurality of different MAC addresses; and
establishing wireless communications with one or more stations (STAs) over a plurality of links,
wherein the establishing the wireless communications with the one or more STAs over the plurality of links comprises transmitting, by a first virtual AP MLD of the plurality of virtual AP MLDs, a frame comprising a Multiple-Link information element (IE) carrying one or more Multiple Link Profile sub-elements with each of the one or more Multiple Link Profile sub-elements comprising a delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) period field and a DTIM count field,
wherein the DTIM period field indicates a DTIM period of the AP in the AP MLD operating on the respective link, and
wherein the DTIM count field indicates a DTIM count of the AP in the AP MLD operating on the respective link.