US 12,413,960 B2
Method and apparatus for receiving MAC address of another STA within reception MLD in wireless LAN system
Insun Jang, Seoul (KR); Jeongki Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinsoo Choi, Seoul (KR); Namyeong Kim, Seoul (KR); and Sunhee Baek, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/271,424
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/000022
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/149814, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0002733 (KR), filed on Jan. 8, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0006183 (KR), filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064829 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/26 (2013.01) [H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:
receiving, by a first AP affiliated with the AP MLD, a multi-link (ML) element from a first non-AP station (STA) affiliated with a non-AP MLD; and
decoding, by the first AP, the ML element,
wherein the first AP operating on a first link and a second AP operating on a second link are affiliated with the AP MLD,
wherein the first non-AP STA operating on the first link and a second non-AP STA operating on the second link are affiliated with the non-AP MLD,
wherein the ML element includes a Common Info field and a Link Info field,
wherein the Link Info field includes a first Per-STA Profile subelement,
wherein the first Per-STA Profile subelement includes a STA MAC Address Present subfield,
wherein the STA MAC Address Present subfield indicates a presence of a STA MAC Address subfield and is set to 1 if the STA MAC Address subfield is present in a STA Info field in the first Per-STA Profile subelement, and
wherein the STA MAC Address subfield of the STA Info field carries a MAC address of the second non-AP STA.