	US 12,192,988 B2
	Device, system, and method for multi-link operations
Liwen Chu, San Ramon, CA (US); Young Hoon Kwon, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Hongyuan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US); and Huiling Lou, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,979.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,936, filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/180,053, filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,853, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330284 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)

CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)]

19 Claims

1. A device comprising:

a processor configured to:

generate a frame that includes a Traffic Indication Map (TIM) element, wherein the TIM element includes a group-addressed buffered frame indication for reported Access Points (APs) that indicates a transmitted Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) AP and non-transmitted BSSID APs affiliated with the reported APs; and

exchange buffered frames according to the TIM element;

wherein a length of bitmaps included in the group-addressed buffered frame indication is indicated in a Multi-Link Control field of a Multi-Link IE.