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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jinjing Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);
Tianyu Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jarkko L. Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to methods for conducting multilink communications between wireless devices over a wireless local area network (WLAN). A wireless device determines link availability for multiple wireless links of the wireless device. The wireless device transmits link availability information for the multiple wireless links of the wireless device using a first wireless link of the wireless device.