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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Ming Gan, Shenzhen, CN;
Guogang Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
Yiqing Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Yifan Zhou, Dongguan, CN;
Mengshi Hu, Shenzhen, CN;
Dandan Liang, Shenzhen, CN;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Embodiments of this application provide access point (AP) multi-link device discovery methods and related apparatuses and computer-readable storage media, which can be applied, for example, to a wireless local area network (WLAN) supporting 802.11be. An example method includes: sending, by a station (STA), a probe request frame, wherein the probe request frame carries at least one link identifier of at least one AP for requesting information of the at least one AP, and the STA is affiliated to a STA MLD; and receiving, by the STA from an AP MLD, a probe response frame, wherein the probe response frame carries the information of the at least one AP requested by the STA.