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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jinjing Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jarkko L. Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Lochan Verma, Danville, CA (US);
Qi Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tianyu Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A multilink access point may communicate with a legacy device. The multilink access point identifies an attempt, by at least one legacy station, to connect to the access point, determines that the at least one legacy station does not support multilink communications, broadcasts a beacon identifying information for a basic communication link that can be used by the at least one legacy station and associates with the at least one legacy station based at least on information included in the beacon, wherein the at least one legacy station communicates exclusively on the basic communication link with the access point.