US 11,997,636 B2
Method and apparatus for link operation of multi-link device
Arik Klein, Hod Hasharon (IL); and Shimon Shilo, Hod Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/324,732.
Application 18/324,732 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/054374, filed on Feb. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300773 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 60/04 (2013.01) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A multi-link device (MLD) configured to be operated in a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) system, the MLD comprising a medium access control (MAC) layer management entity (MLME) and a station management entity (SME), comprising a processor, configured to:
indicate, by the SME, a selected link identity (ID) to the MLME, the selected link ID indicating the link being used for frame exchange between an access point (AP) affiliated with an AP MLD and a non-AP station (STA) affiliated with a non-AP MLD,
wherein the selected link ID is indicated in the following management services provided by the MLME to the SME: authenticate, deauthenticate, associate, reassociate, and disassociate, and
wherein the MLD further comprises a transceiver, configured to:
exchange one or more frames through the link indicated by the selected link ID.