| CPC H04W 12/041 (2021.01) [H04L 1/1621 (2013.01); H04L 1/1809 (2013.01); H04W 12/043 (2021.01); H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04W 28/04 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 76/40 (2018.02); H04L 2001/0093 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); H04W 92/02 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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14. A method for an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), comprising:
generating a Group Temporal Key (GTK)_Group Cast with Retries (GCR)_Multi-link (ML) at a MLD level for transmission of a GCR frame, wherein the GCR frame includes a group address subject to a GCR-multi-link operation (MLO) agreement;
encrypting the GCR frame using the GTK_GCR ML; and
transmitting the encrypted GCR frame.
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