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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Maxlinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Huizhao Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
MAXLINEAR, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/0433 (2021.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 12/60 (2021.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/0433 (2021.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 12/66 (2021.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02);
Abstract
A method includes receiving, from a receiver, a broadcast probe request with a multi-link designator, determining that the receiver is multi-link capable based on the probe request, transmitting a probe response including a first multi-link upper Media Access Control (MAC) entity identity of a transmitter, receiving an authentication trigger from the receiver, and transmitting an authentication response to the receiver.