US 12,445,933 B2
Apparatus and method for multi-link-based wireless communication
Chulho Chung, Yongin-si (KR); Jonghun Han, Gwacheon-si (KR); Myeongjin Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); and Eunsung Jeon, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,752.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0151663 (KR), filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0141814 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/12 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication method performed by a first apparatus, the method comprising:
collecting information about at least one of a first expected throughput of a first link or a second expected throughput of a second link;
obtaining back-off counts of a plurality of links;
when a back-off count of the first link among the plurality of links is zero, selecting one of a first transmission method and a second transmission method based on the collected information;
when the first transmission method is selected, immediately transmitting first data to a second apparatus over the first link; and
when the second transmission method is selected, delaying transmission of the first data to the second apparatus until a back-off count of the second link among the plurality of links becomes zero.