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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Yiqing Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Yunbo Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Ming Gan, Shenzhen, CN;
Yuchen Guo, Shenzhen, CN;
Guogang Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A channel contention method includes performing, by a first station and a second station of a multi-link device (MLD), channel contention based on a first enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameter; generating, by the first station and the second station, a point coordination function (PCF) inter-frame space (PIFS) access t imer when the first station performs EDCA access and the second station performs PIFS access; and performing, by the first station and the second station, channel contention based on a second EDCA parameter before the PIFS access timer backs off to 0.