US 11,690,011 B2
Transmitting traffic streams via multiple WLAN communication links
Liwen Chu, San Ramon, CA (US); Hongyuan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US); and Hui-Ling Lou, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Marvell Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on May 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/888,425.
Application 16/888,425 is a division of application No. 16/884,013, filed on May 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,155, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/888,950, filed on Aug. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/886,812, filed on Aug. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/879,801, filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/852,612, filed on May 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0374754 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01); H04W 28/082 (2023.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 28/20 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0219 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1642 (2013.01); H04W 28/085 (2013.01); H04W 28/20 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transmitting traffic streams in a wireless local area network (WLAN) that utilizes a plurality of WLAN communication links in respective frequency segments, the method comprising:
determining, at a first communication device, whether a specific WLAN communication link has been negotiated with a second communication device for a first traffic stream;
in response to determining that the specific WLAN communication link has been negotiated for the first traffic stream, transmitting, by the first communication device, packets in the first traffic stream only via the specific WLAN communication link; and
in response to determining that no WLAN communication link has been negotiated with the second communication device for the first traffic stream, transmitting, by the first communication device, packets in the first traffic stream via multiple WLAN communication links.