Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a multi-link device (MLD) access point configured to establish a target wake time (TWT) with a MLD station, wherein a plurality of links are established between the MLD access point and the MLD station, including: a transmitter configured to: transmit a TWT set up frame to the MLD station configured to indicate whether the TWT set up frame is applied to multiple links of the plurality of links; announce a broadcast TWT by transmitting a TWT element with just one Broadcast TWT Parameter Set field if a Broadcast TWT Parameter Set field includes optional fields; and negotiate with the MLD station an individual TWT for multiple links, through one TWT element wherein the number of the multiple links to which the individual TWTs applies is less than or equal than the number of radios of the MLD access point and the MLD station, and the number of the multiple links to which the individual TWTs applies is up to the total number of links when the MLD station is in eMLSR/eMLMR mode.

Abstract: One example discloses a multi-link device (MLD) within a wireless local area network (WLAN), including: a controller configured to generate a management frame having a set of multi-link information elements (ML IEs); wherein the MLD is configured to be coupled to a set of PHY-layer links; and wherein the controller is configured to perform a multi-link setup with a second MLD using the set of ML IEs over the PHY-layer links.

Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of multi-link communications involves at an access point (AP) multi-link device, allocating Association IDs (AIDs) to non-AP multi-link devices, including allocating one of the AIDs to each of the non-AP multi-link devices, and at the AP multi-link device, generating a first indication element for the AIDs to indicate a buffered data configuration at the AP multi-link device for the non-AP multi-link devices.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method performed by a multi-link device (MLD) access point to establish a target wake time (TWT) with a MLD station, wherein a plurality of links are established between the MLD access point and the MLD station, including: transmitting, by the MLD access point, a TWT set up frame to the MLD station configured to indicate whether the TWT set up frame is applied to multiple links of the plurality of links; and negotiating, by the MLD access point, a TWT agreement with the MLD station via one of the multiple links with the MLD station, wherein the TWT agreement applies to all of the indicated multiple links.

Abstract: Embodiments of relay device, communications system and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a relay device comprises a wireless transceiver to receive and transmit frames, and a controller operably coupled to the wireless transceiver to process the frames, wherein the controller is configured to receive a frame from the transmitter device, perform a relay operation to relay the frame from the transmitter device to the destination device, wherein the relay device is configured to perform the relay operation using only lower MAC functions, and transmit the frame from the transmitter device to the destination device.

Abstract: A first communication device determines whether a second communication device is in a power save mode with respect to a first communication link among a plurality of communication links that correspond to respective frequency segments, and determines whether the second communication device is in a power save mode with respect to a second communication link among the plurality of communication links. The second communication device is permitted to be in the power save mode with respect to the second communication link when the second communication device is not in the power save mode with respect to the first communication link, and vice versa. The first communication device communicates with the second communication device in accordance with the power save modes of the second communication device with respect to the first and second communication links.

Abstract: In response to a first communication device determining that a specific wireless local area network (WLAN) communication link has been negotiated with a second communication device for traffic corresponding to a first traffic identifier (TID), the first communication device transmits packets corresponding to the first TID to the second communication device only via the specific WLAN communication link. In response to the first communication device determining that no WLAN communication link has been negotiated with the second communication device for traffic corresponding to a second TID, transmitting, by the first communication device, packets corresponding to the second TID to the second communication device via multiple WLAN communication links.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a communications device includes a controller configured to generate a frame including a Media Access Control (MAC) header and a security encapsulation for MAC header protection and a transceiver configured to transmit the frame to a second communications device. The security encapsulation includes packet number (PN) information, key identification (ID) information, and message integrity check (MIC) information.

Abstract: In an IEEE 802.11 wireless system, a wireless STA is configured to access a secondary channel by receiving an inter-BSS PPDU which identifies a transmission channel bandwidth for the inter-BSS PPDU and TXOP duration, and then accessing a secondary channel which excludes the transmission channel bandwidth identified by the inter-BSS PPDU and a primary 20 MHz channel for the wireless STA device from a basic service set (BSS) operating bandwidth associated with the wireless STA device before exchanging one or more frames on the secondary channel during the TXOP duration without using the primary 20 MHz channel for the wireless STA device, and then switching back to the primary 20 MHz channel before the TXOP duration ends.

Abstract: A communication device determines that a communication channel to be used for a multi-user (MU) transmission spans a frequency bandwidth greater than 160 MHz. The communication device allocates one or more frequency resource units (RUs) for the MU transmission, including: in response to determining that the communication channel spans the frequency bandwidth greater than 160 MHz, selecting one or more frequency RUs from a second set of frequency RUs. The second set of frequency RUs omits at least some RUs of a smallest bandwidth that are included in a first set of RUs that is used for allocating frequency RUs for communication channels having bandwidths of at most 160 MHz. The communication device generates allocation information that indicates the allocation of the one or more frequency RUs for the MU transmission, and transmits the allocation information to one or more other communication devices in connection with the MU transmission.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for wireless communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wireless device includes a wireless transceiver configured to communicate within a transmit opportunity (TXOP), where the wireless transceiver is further configured to receive a frame indicating a preemption allowance for low latency indication frame transmission from a second wireless device, and a controller configured to control the wireless transceiver to pause or resume data transmission within the TXOP in response to the frame indicating the preemption allowance for low latency indication frame transmission from the second wireless device.

Abstract: A dynamic channel switch for a transmit opportunity in wireless networks is described. In an example, a second wireless device has a transceiver configured to receive on a primary channel from a first device, a channel switch announcement from the first device. The second wireless device has a controller configured to perform a channel switch to a secondary channel at a beginning of a transmit opportunity (TXOP) for remaining frame exchanges within the TXOP in response to the channel switch announcement.

Abstract: In an 802.11be wireless system, a receiving station device signals a packet padding capability in a wireless area network in accordance with an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) communication protocol by constructing a MAC control management frame to include an EHT capability element indicating whether a packet extension value longer than 16 ?s is supported by the receiving station device, where one or more fields in the EHT capability element include (1) a common nominal packet padding field having a plurality of values to signal different packet extension values for use with all transmission constellations, spatial streams NSS, and resource unit (RU) allocations supported by the first STA device, including at least one packet extension value longer than 16 ?s; and/or (2) a PHY packet extension threshold (PPET) field comprising a plurality of PPET values to signal packet extension values including at least one packet extension value longer than 16 ?s.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a communications device includes a controller configured to generate a protected control frame using a key for integrity checking and a transceiver configured to transmit the protected control frame to a second communications device.

Abstract: A wireless communication device generates physical layer (PHY) protocol service data units (PSDUs), and, in response to determining that the PHY data unit is to be transmitted according to a HARQ process, generates HARQ coding units of a common length, each of the HARQ coding units including a respective set of one or more PSDUs, and individually encodes the HARQ coding units. The wireless communication device also generates a HARQ signal field to the included in a PHY preamble of the PHY data unit. The HARQ signal field includes i) a common information subfield to indicate one or more parameters that commonly apply to each of at least some of the one or more HARQ coding units and ii) a respective HARQ coding unit information subfield for each of the HARQ coding units to indicate one or more parameters that apply to only the corresponding HARQ coding unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of a device and a method for multi-link communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a device includes a processor configured to identify that an update event has occurred on a first link of an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), and transmit a management frame on a second link, where the management frame includes a Change Sequence field and a multi-link (ML) element that indicates the update event.

Abstract: One example discloses a roaming AP (access point) MLD (multi-link device) for wireless communications, including: a first affiliated AP MLD and a second affiliated AP MLD; a controller configured to: establish a first set of links between the first affiliated AP MLD and a non-AP device at a first time; wherein each of the first set of links from the first affiliated AP MLD includes a first identifier in a frame transmission; identify the non-AP device as a roaming device when at a second time, a first link from the second affiliated AP MLD, having a second identifier in a frame transmission, is visible to the non-AP device, and a link having the first identifier in a frame transmission from the first affiliated AP MLD is no longer visible to the non-AP device; and establish a second set of links between the second affiliated AP MLD and the non-AP device at a third time, after a second link having the second identifier in a frame transmission from the second affiliated AP MLD is visible to the non-AP device.

Abstract: A method and system for a sharing access point (AP) to allocate one or more service periods of a transmit opportunity (TXOP) time to one or more shared AP. In an example, the sharing AP transmits one or more multi-user request to send TXOP sharing (MU-RTS TXS) frames to the one or more shared AP to indicate the allocation to the one or more shared AP and receives a respective clear to send (CTS) from the one or more shared AP in response to a corresponding MU-RTS TXS frame to indicate a confirmation by a respective shared AP which will use the allocated service period of the TXOP. The shared AP then performs one or more of a downlink transmission and uplink reception in the allocated service period.

Abstract: One example discloses a protocol for wireless communication feature allocation, including: wherein the protocol is configured to, allocate a first set of features to a roaming AP (access point) MLD (multi-link device); and allocate a second set of features to a set of AP MLDs affiliated with the roaming AP MLD.

Abstract: Embodiments of a device, a method, and a system for channel switching are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes a wireless network interface device implemented on one or more integrated circuits (ICs), where the wireless network interface device is configured to negotiate a Target Wake Time (TWT) of a first Device Under Test (DUT) (DUT1) and a TWT of a second DUT (DUT2), and switch channels between DUT1 and DUT2 according to the negotiated TWT of DUT1 and the negotiated TWT of DUT2.