US 12,284,705 B2
Multi-link communication setup method and related apparatus
Yuchen Guo, Shenzhen (CN); Guogang Huang, Shenzhen (CN); Yunbo Li, Shenzhen (CN); and Ming Gan, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/601,217.
Application 18/601,217 is a continuation of application No. 18/335,527, filed on Jun. 15, 2023, granted, now 11,956,842.
Application 18/335,527 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2023/071457, filed on Jan. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202210435613.2 (CN), filed on Apr. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0298373 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 76/18 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A multi-link communication setup method, comprising:
receiving, by a first access point of an access point multi-link device (AP MLD), a first association request frame on a first link, wherein the first association request frame comprises a multi-link element, the multi-link element comprises indication information indicating a second link; and
sending, by the first access point of the AP MLD, a first association response frame on the first link, wherein the first association response frame comprises a first status code field and a multi-link element, the multi-link element of the first association response frame comprises a second status code field, and wherein the first status code field comprises a non-zero value indicating that the first link is not accepted, and the second status code field is set to a non-zero value to indicate that the second link is not accepted because the first link is not accepted.