CPC H04W 76/34 (2018.02) [H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 76/38 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method of enabling and disabling of links in a multi-link communications system, the method comprising:
receiving, by a first multi-link device in the multi-link communications system, a status change information of a link in the multi-link communications system for the first multi-link device from an enabled status to a disabled status;
in response to the status change information, at least partially resetting, by the first multi-link device, parameters related to per-link operations for the link;
announcing, by a second multi-link device in the multi-link communications system, an upcoming disablement of the link using a frame with an information element that includes a temporal field indicating remaining time before the link will be disabled; and
disabling the link, by the second multi-link device, after the remaining time indicated by the temporal field of the information element in the frame has elapsed.
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