US 12,484,094 B2
Dynamic configuration of multilink function in wireless LAN system
Namyeong Kim, Seoul (KR); Jeongki Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinsoo Choi, Seoul (KR); Taewon Song, Seoul (KR); and Insun Jang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/016,073
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/009038
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/015045, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0087645 (KR), filed on Jul. 15, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0091146 (KR), filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0337293 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a non-access point (non-AP) multi-link device (MLD) of a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, comprising:
receiving, by a first non-AP station (STA) affiliated with the non-AP MLD, a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including basic service set (BSS) load information from a first AP affiliated with an access point multi-link device (AP MLD); and
decoding, by the first non-AP STA, the PPDU,
wherein the first non-AP STA and a second non-AP STA are affiliated with the non-AP MLD,
wherein a first link between the first AP and the first non-AP STA associated with the BSS of the first AP and a second link between the first AP and the second non-AP STA associated with the BSS of the first AP are setup between the AP MLD and the non-AP MLD,
wherein the first link is defined as enabled for the first non-AP STA based on at least one traffic identifier (TID) being mapped to the first link,
wherein the second link is defined as disabled for the second non-AP STA based on no TID being mapped to the second link,
wherein the BSS load information includes a STA count field and an enabled STA count field,
wherein the STA count field includes information related to a number of the first non-AP STA and the second non-AP STA, and
wherein the enabled STA count field includes information related to a number of the first non-AP STAs.