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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2022
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Alfred Asterjadhi, San Diego, CA (US);
George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US);
Abhishek Pramod Patil, San Diego, CA (US);
Abdel Karim Ajami, Lakeside, CA (US);
Gaurang Naik, San Diego, CA (US);
Yanjun Sun, San Diego, CA (US);
Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides methods and devices for introducing a power save protocol (for example, a lower power mode) for a multi-link devices (MLDs). Some aspects more specifically relate to reducing power consumption in an access point (AP) MLD, and more particularly, to a power save protocol (or a lower power mode) for an AP MLD. In some aspects, an AP MLD may initiate a lower power mode to save power for as long as possible while still maintaining minimal receive (RX) and transmit (TX) functionality. When requested by an associated station (STA), the AP MLD may then transition from the lower power mode to a higher power mode with full RX and TX functionality with a minimal delay. The described techniques may also account for trade-offs and constraints which arise due to different use cases and scenarios as well as different device configurations.