US 12,279,171 B2
Operating channel validation
Jarkko L. Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US); Jinjing Jiang, San Jose, CA (US); Qi Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US); Tianyu Wu, Fremont, CA (US); and Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/844,570.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/214,096, filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0418022 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/06 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0098 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD)(non-AP MLD), comprising:
a radio; and
a processor operably coupled to the radio and configured to cause the non-AP MLD to:
establish communication with an AP MLD on a first channel using a first affiliated AP of the AP MLD, wherein establishing communication comprises:
performing a handshake with the AP MLD;
validating the first affiliated AP; and
receiving information associated with a second affiliated AP of the AP MLD; and
validate the second affiliated AP of the AP MLD based at least on the information.