Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Zhenlei Wang

Jianpo Han

Liao Xu

Qiang Zhou

Xuguang Jia

Yongchang Guo

In implementations of the present disclosure, a retry mechanism for access point multi-link device is provided. An access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) detects a trigger condition for a retry on a first link. After detecting the trigger condition, the AP MLD further selects a second link from a plurality of links. The AP MLD then selects a retry mode from a plurality of retry modes for the second link, and transmits a retry packet on the second link using the selected retry mode. Implementations of the present disclosure can fully utilize the MLD properties to help speed up the transmissions of the retry frames, and can reduce the channel occupation and increase the channel utilization of the retry frames.

Retry mechanism for access point multi-link device

In implementations of the present disclosure, there is provided an approach for scheduling uplink traffic of a station. A method comprises determining a type of uplink traffic from a station (STA), wherein the type of uplink traffic is associated with a traffic size and an urgency. The method further comprises determining uplink scheduling information for the STA based on the traffic size and the urgency, wherein the uplink scheduling information indicates at least one of: a UL-OFDMA scheduling manner or a UL-MU-MIMO scheduling manner. The method further comprises sending the uplink scheduling information to the STA, and receiving uplink traffic from the STA using the uplink scheduling information. Implementations of the present disclosure can help AP to schedule the STA(s) more intelligent, effective and accurate, and thus the user experience can be enhanced and the transmission performance can be improved.

Scheduling uplink traffic of station

Examples of techniques for optimizing Neighbour Report (NR) are disclosed. In an example, a first virtual access point (VAP) operating in a 2.4 Giga Hertz (GHz) or 5 GHz band may determine a first Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the first VAP operating in a 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band. The first VAP may identify a set of co-located VAPs operating in a 6 GHz band. The first VAP may filter the set of co-located VAPs to obtain a neighbour list comprising a second VAP, from the set, having a second SSID identical to the first SSID. Using the neighbour list, the first VAP may generate a Neighbour Report.

Optimizing neighbour report for access points

In embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an approach for channel sounding. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, if the CSI change rate exceeds a first threshold, the AP may disable the beamforming. If the CSI change rate does not exceed the first threshold but exceeds a second threshold below the first threshold, the AP may perform the channel sounding at a first time interval. Otherwise, if the CSI change rate does not exceed the second threshold, the AP may perform the channel sounding at a second time interval. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an effective way for channel sounding.

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