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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2025
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Binita Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian D. Hart, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Signaling Multi-Link Device (MLD) capabilities is provided. Signaling MLD capabilities can comprise maintaining, by a non-Access Point (AP) Multi-Link Device (MLD), an association with an AP MLD, the association comprising one or more setup links between the non-AP MLD and the AP MLD, each setup link established between an affiliated non-AP station (STA) of the non-AP MLD and an affiliated AP of the AP MLD. To add a link, the non-AP MLD generates and transmits to the AP MLD a Link Reconfiguration Request frame comprising a Reconfiguration Multi-Link element with one or more subfields, including an Extended MLD Capabilities and Operations subfield, comprising data indicating MLD capabilities of the non-AP MLD. Responsive to receiving a Link Reconfiguration Response frame indicating a success from the AP MLD, the non-AP MLD adds the link to the one or more setup links of the association between the AP MLD and the non-AP MLD.