	US 12,267,766 B2
	MLD privacy and operation enhancements
Jarkko L. Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US); Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US); Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US); Jinjing Jiang, San Jose, CA (US); Tianyu Wu, Fremont, CA (US); and Qi Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/527,873.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,649, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167256 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)

CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 12/106 (2021.01)]

20 Claims

1. A wireless station, comprising:

at least one antenna;

at least one radio communicatively coupled to the antenna and configured to perform wireless communications; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the wireless station to:

transmit, to an access point comprised in a multi-link device (MLD), a robust add link request, wherein the add link request indicates a medium access control (MAC) address associated with a link, a new MLD MAC address sequence number offset, and a timing synchronization function (TSF) of an update to the MAC address; and

receive, from the access point, a robust add link response, wherein the add link response indicates the MAC address associated with the link, the new MLD MAC address sequence number offset, and the TSF of the update to the MAC address.