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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jarkko L. Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);
Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jinjing Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Tianyu Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Qi Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 12/106 (2021.01);
Abstract
Methods for performing robust discovery of a new access point (AP) in AP MLD, robust link addition to an AP MLD association, AP beaconing modes when the AP is added or deleted to/from an AP MLD, and robust BSS transition management (BTM) signaling to steer a non-AP MLD to a best AP MLD and to most suitable APs, as well as privacy improvements for associated non-AP MLD.