US 12,284,717 B2
Context updates for multi-link devices
Abhishek Pramod Patil, San Diego, CA (US); Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, San Diego, CA (US); George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US); Alfred Asterjadhi, San Diego, CA (US); and Yanjun Sun, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,222.
Application 18/343,222 is a continuation of application No. 17/224,979, filed on Apr. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,743,709.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/075,816, filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/007,299, filed on Apr. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0403545 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), comprising:
a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories that store code, the processing system configured to cause a wireless station (STA) of the non-AP MLD to:
transmit, to an AP MLD, a request frame comprising a link identifier (ID) associated with an AP of the AP MLD to add to a multi-link (ML) context between the non-AP MLD and the AP MLD;
receive, in response to the request frame, a response frame comprising a multi-link element (MLE) indicating profile information of a communication link added to the ML context in accordance with the link ID of the request frame; and
communicate with the AP MLD in accordance with the profile information of the communication link added to the ML context.