Abstract: A wireless communication method employed by an access point (AP) includes: negotiating with another AP for setting up a coordinated service period (SP), and sending a first announcement frame inside a first basic service set (BSS) to inform that the coordinated SP has been created. The step of negotiating with the another AP for setting up the coordinated SP includes: receiving a request frame from the another AP, wherein the request frame includes a plurality of SP parameters; and sending a response frame to the another AP. The AP belongs to the first BSS, and the another AP belongs to a second BSS different from the first BSS.

Abstract: Various examples pertaining to extremely-high-throughput (EHT) error recovery in synchronous multiple-frame transmission in wireless communications are described. A multi-link device (MLD) detects a failure related to either or both of a first frame exchange sequence on a first link or a second frame exchange sequence on a second link. In response to the detecting, the MLD adjusts a timing of either or both of a first subsequent transmission on the first link and a second subsequent transmission on the second link to align the first and second subsequent transmissions.

Abstract: An access point (AP) includes a transmitter (TX) circuit, a receiver (RX) circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit negotiates with at least one another AP via the TX circuit and the RX circuit, for setting up a coordinated service period (SP). In addition, a method for setting up the coordinated SP in a multiple AP environment includes: sending a request frame from a first AP to at least one second AP, wherein the request frame includes a plurality of SP parameters; receiving a response frame generated from the at least one second AP in response to the request frame; and in response to the response frame, setting up the coordinated SP by sending a setup frame to the at least one another AP, wherein the setup frame is set by updating at least a portion of the plurality of SP parameters.

Abstract: System and method of cooperative multi-band wireless STA communication that enables full duplex operations are disclosed herein. Frames are configured to carry band information and are selected to be transmitted simultaneously in multiple bands based on various constraints to avoid out-of-order delivery. For frames under a block ACK agreement, a transmit STA can specify the transmission bands for the frames in an ADDBA request frame. While a first band is transmitting a first frame under a block ACK agreement, the second band can be used to transmit a frame under the same block ACK agreement as, and from the same traffic flow with, the first frame. Otherwise, the second band can be used to transmit a frame with a different TID than the first frame.

Abstract: A plurality of different medium access control (MAC) addresses are assigned to a plurality of virtual access point (AP) multi-link devices (MLDs) that are implemented within a physical AP MLD such that each of the plurality of virtual AP MLDs is assigned a respective MAC address of the plurality of different MAC addresses. Wireless communications are then established with one or more stations (STAs) over a plurality of links.

Abstract: A first station (STA) and a second STA perform bandwidth negotiation with a bandwidth extension indication. Then the first STA and the second STA communicate wirelessly according to the bandwidth negotiation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are drawn to electronic systems capable of transmitting a group addressed frame that identifies an MLD according to an MLD MAC address. The group addressed frame can include an ARP request, for example, and can be transmitted by an AP MLD responsive to an individually addressed frame transmitted by a non-AP STA MLD associated with the AP MLD. The AP MLD can provide a proxy ARP service for associated non-AP STA MLDs.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention prevent interference caused by the simultaneous transmission and reception of data in a constrained multi-link operation of a wireless network. According to one embodiment, a frame from a first affiliated AP of a multi-band wireless AP is transmitted for receipt by an STA, and a second affiliated wireless AP of the multi-band wireless AP is scheduled to transmit a trigger frame to the wireless STA over a second wireless link. Accordingly, the trigger frame is transmitted from the second affiliated wireless AP to the wireless STA over the second wireless link, and the response frame solicited by the frame is scheduled for transmission after the predetermined value has expired following an end of the PPDUs containing the trigger frame.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for coordinated multi-AP channel access in a wireless network. A wireless AP that obtains a transmission opportunity (TXOP) (a “coordinator AP”) can grant one or more STAs or APs under control of the coordinator AP the use of some of the bandwidth granted by the TXOP. The STAs or APs that are granted the use of the bandwidth are referred to as “coordinated APs.” Thereafter, a coordinator AP or a coordinated AP can create a new basic service set (BSS) of devices for coordinating data transmissions. For example, the coordinated AP may serve as a relay, where the coordinated AP services devices in a new BSS by sending and receiving data with a coordinator AP in a different BSS.

Abstract: Various examples pertaining to extremely-high-throughput (EHT) error recovery in synchronous multiple-frame transmission in wireless communications are described. A multi-link device (MLD) detects a failure related to either or both of a first frame exchange sequence on a first link or a second frame exchange sequence on a second link. In response to the detecting, the MLD adjusts a timing of either or both of a first subsequent transmission on the first link and a second subsequent transmission on the second link to align the first and second subsequent transmissions.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for performing multi-link operations in a wireless network. The multi-link operations can include constrained multi-link operations configured to prevent or mitigate IDC interference, for example, by preventing or delaying access to a wireless medium while data is being transmitted or received on another wireless medium.

Abstract: An apparatus (e.g., an access point (AP) or a non-AP station (STA)) detects a non-primary subband of an operating bandwidth comprising a primary subband and the non-primary subband to be idle. The apparatus controls a transmit power in performing transmission on at least the non-primary subband.

Abstract: A wireless communication method includes: generating at least one frame, wherein the at least one frame is configured to include a first medium access control (MAC) header field and a second MAC header field, and a queue size (QS) is encoded in the first MAC header field and the second MAC header field; and sending the at least one frame to an access point (AP).

Abstract: A shared wireless fidelity (WiFi) communication device receives a first frame transmitted from a sharing access point (AP), and transmits a second frame to a non-AP station (STA). The first frame at least contains information of a shared period that is allowed to be used by the shared WiFi communication device, and the shared period is a subset of a time period of transmission opportunity (TXOP) obtained by the sharing AP. The second frame at least contains the information of the shared period.

Abstract: Communications between an access point (AP) and a non-AP station (STA) are established in a plurality of frequency segments within a basic service set (BSS) bandwidth or on at least a first link and a second link. An extreme-high-throughput (EHT) subchannel selective transmission (SST) operation is performed between the AP and the non-AP STA in the plurality of frequency segments or on the first link and the second link. A trigger-enabled target wake time (TWT) session period (SP) for the EHT SST operation by either indicating one of the plurality of frequency segments as containing a resource unit (RU) allocation addressed to the non-AP STA or indicating one of the first link and the second link on which an operating frequency segment is located during the TWT SP.

Abstract: Power management operations are performed by devices communicating using multiple bands simultaneously where a first wireless band can be used to send and receive power management control frames for use on a second wireless band of a wireless network. In this way, a device that is in a sleep or dose power management state on a first band can be instructed to enter an awake power management state on the first band based on a communication received over a second band that is currently active and receiving data. Embodiments of the present invention enable power to be conserved when a band is not currently being used, or when there is no more data available (buffered) for a specific band.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for a MAP wireless network that includes a collaborative channel sounding measurement phase to determine channel state information between devices (e.g., the channel state between an STA and a collaborative AP) for efficient configuration of the MAP wireless network and to improve the performance of the MAP wireless networks. The wireless AP and wireless STAs associated with the collaborative APs can simultaneously transmit by applying collaborative beamforming where the interferences between channels nullify each other (e.g., nulling), and the beamforming is performed based on a sounding phase performed by the collaborative APs.

Abstract: An access point (AP) and a station (STA) communicate with each other, with the AP indicating to the STA either or both of a preamble detection (PD) channel and a signaling (SIG) content channel and with the STA being initially monitoring a primary frequency segment of a plurality of frequency segments in an operating bandwidth of the AP. A downlink (DL) or triggered uplink (UL) communication is performed between the AP and the STA during a transmission opportunity (TXOP) such that: (i) during the TXOP, the STA monitors a preamble on the PD channel and decodes a SIG content on the SIG content channel; and (ii) after an end of the TXOP, the STA switches to the primary frequency segment.

Abstract: Various techniques and schemes pertaining to extremely-high throughput (EHT) enhanced multi-link single-radio (EMLSR) target wake time (TWT) operation in wireless communications are described. A non-access point (non-AP) multi-link device (MLD) enables an enhanced multi-link single-radio (EMLSR) mode. The non-AP MLD also establishes one or more TWT agreements with an access point (AP) MLD on a first link and a second link of multiple links such that data exchange between a first station (STA) affiliated with the non-AP MLD and a first AP affiliated with the AP MLD occurs on the first link during a TWT service period (SP) while an EMLSR mode operation is performed on the second link.

Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD). In certain configurations, the AP MLD establishes a primary link on a first channel and a non-primary link on a second channel. The AP MLD determines to perform a channel switch operation to switch a first link of the primary link and the non-primary link to operating on a different channel. The AP MLD transmits, on the primary link and prior to the switching of the first link, a first management frame including a first element indicating a target switching time for the switching of the first link. The AP MLD transmits, on the primary link after the switching of the first link, a second management frame indicating that an AP on the first link is in operation.