Communication methods and multilink apparatus

A communication method in a wireless communication network comprising an access point, AP, multi-link device, MLD, having multiple affiliated access points, and a station MLD, having multiple affiliated stations, both station MLD and AP MLD being able to exchange data using one or more links. The me...

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Hauptverfasser: Pascal Viger, Romain Guignard, Mickaël Lorgeoux
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Zusammenfassung:A communication method in a wireless communication network comprising an access point, AP, multi-link device, MLD, having multiple affiliated access points, and a station MLD, having multiple affiliated stations, both station MLD and AP MLD being able to exchange data using one or more links. The method comprising at the station MLD: transmitting to the AP MLD a multi-link buffer status report, ML-BSR, comprising an indication relating to an amount of data to be transmitted and an indication relating to a link on which the station MLD expects to be scheduled. Also disclosed in a method comprising sending an ML-BSR from the AP MLD to the station MLD, the ML-BSR including an indication relating to a resource allocation on a determined link to be used for a subsequent uplink transmission, and the resource capacity of the allocation. The link indication can comprise a link bitmap. The network may be an 802.11be network.