US 12,081,641 B2
Method and apparatus for requesting complete information or partial information on APS in transmission MLD in wireless LAN system
Namyeong Kim, Seoul (KR); Jeongki Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinsoo Choi, Seoul (KR); and Insun Jang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/371,317.
Application 18/371,317 is a continuation of application No. 18/132,691, filed on Apr. 10, 2023, granted, now 11,805,192.
Application 18/132,691 is a continuation of application No. 17/527,403, filed on Nov. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,652,912, issued on May 16, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0155785 (KR), filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073301 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 69/22 (2022.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 69/22 (2013.01) [H04L 5/003 (2013.01); H04L 27/26025 (2021.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:
transmitting, by a first non-access point (AP) station (STA), a multi-link probe request frame to a first AP; and
receiving, by the first non-AP STA, a multi-link probe response frame from the first AP,
wherein the first AP operating on a first link and a second AP operating on a second link are affiliated with an AP multi-link device (MLD),
wherein the first non-AP STA operating on the first link and a second non-AP STA operating on the second link affiliated with a non-AP MLD,
wherein based on the multi-link probe request frame including a profile field for the second AP, the first non-AP STA requests at least one of partial information on the second AP and complete information on the second AP,
wherein the profile field for the second AP includes a first Complete Profile Requested subfield of a first STA Control field,
wherein based on the first non-AP STA requesting the partial information on the second AP, a value of the first Complete Profile Requested subfield is set to 0, and
wherein based on the first non-AP STA requesting the complete information on the second AP, the value of the first Complete Profile Requested subfield is set to 1.