US 12,336,034 B2
Link negotiation including priority traffic
Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US); Jarkko L. Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US); Su Khiong Yong, San Jose, CA (US); Qi Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Jinjing Jiang, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,191.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/304,267, filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247698 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 28/0252 (2013.01); H04W 28/0263 (2013.01); H04W 72/543 (2023.01); H04W 72/569 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
at an access point (AP) multi-link device (MILD) (AP MLD):
providing a plurality of links;
transmitting, to a non-access point MLD (non-AP MLD), an initial traffic identifier (TID) to link (T2L) mapping request for a first mapping between a plurality of TIDs and at least a subset of the plurality of links for communication with the non-AP MHLD, wherein a first TID is mapped to a first number of the plurality of links according to the first mapping;
receiving, from the non-AP MHLD, a request to register the first TID as high-priority; and
in response to the request to register the first TID as high-priority, changing to a second mapping for communication with the non-AP MLD, wherein the first TID is mapped to a second number, greater than the first number, of the plurality of links according to the second mapping.