US 12,262,431 B2
Wi-Fi multi-link device for indicating capabilities of affiliated stations for different enabled link combinations during association and related capability indication method
Chien-Fang Hsu, Hsinchu (TW); Yongho Seok, San Jose, CA (US); and James Chih-Shi Yee, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to MEDIATEK INC., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/724,483.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,642, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346165 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capability indication method employed by a Wi-Fi multi-link device (MLD), comprising:
during an association process between the Wi-Fi MLD and another Wi-Fi MLD, indicating a first capability allocation of a first combination of affiliated stations in the Wi-Fi MLD for a first combination of enabled links on the Wi-Fi MLD, and indicating a second capability allocation of a second combination of affiliated stations in the Wi-Fi MLD for a second combination of enabled links on the Wi-Fi MLD;
wherein the first combination of affiliated stations is different from the second combination of affiliated stations, and the first combination of enabled links is different from the second combination of enabled links.