Abstract: Proposed are a method and a device for receiving significant update information regarding a specific AP via a management frame in a WLAN system. Specifically, a reception MLD receives a management frame from a transmission MLD via a first link. The reception MLD decodes the management frame. The management frame includes a notification method mode field. If a significant update on a second transmission STA occurs, a value of the notification method mode field is set to 1, and the management frame includes significant update information of the second transmission STA.

Abstract: Proposed are a method and a device for transmitting and receiving important update information of another AP through an ML element in a WLAN system. Specifically, a receiving MLD receives a basic ML element from a transmitting MLD over a first link. The receiving MLD decodes the basic ML element. The basic ML element includes a profile field of the second transmitting STA. The profile field of the second transmitting STA includes a first CSF presence field. When the value of the first CSF presence field is set to 0, the profile field of the second transmitting STA includes a first CSF field. The first CSF field includes information about the current change sequence number of the second transmitting STA.

Abstract: In a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, an STA MLD may include a first STA and a second STA, wherein the first STA operates on a first link, and the second STA operates on a second link. The STA MLD may transmit an association request frame to an access point (AP) MLD. The association request frame may include capability information of a requesting STA, which requests to be associated with the AP MLD, among STAs included in the STA MLD and information related to a request link, to with which a request to be associated is transmitted by the requesting STAs. The STA MLD may receive an association response frame from the AP MLD. The association response frame may include capability information of an AP that operates in a link, an association with which is accepted by the AP MLD, among the request links.

Abstract: In a Wireless Local Area Network system, an STA may receive a trigger frame from an AP. The trigger frame may include a common information field and user information fields. Each of the user information fields may include a first field related to an association identifier (AID) and a second field including information for the STA related to the AID. The second field may include special information for every STA receiving the trigger frame on the basis that the first field has a specific value. The common information field may include a present field related to whether a user information field in which the first field has the specific value is present among the user information fields.

Abstract: Proposed are a method and a device for requesting partial information from APs within a transmission MLD in a WLAN system. Particularly, a reception MLD transmits a probe request frame to a transmission MLD via a first link. The reception MLD receives a probe response frame from the transmission MLD via the first link. When the partial information regarding the first link and the partial information regarding the second link are the same, the partial information regarding the second link is requested on the basis of the first request element, and a value of a first full information profile sub-field is set to 0.

Abstract: In a wireless local area network (LAN) system, a transmission MLD may comprise a first station (STA) and a second station (STA), wherein the first STA operates in a first link, and the second STA operates in a second link. The transmission MLD may transmit a connection request frame to a reception MLD. The connection request frame may comprise capability information related to whether a restricted basic service set (BSS) mode is supported and information related to use of the restricted BSS mode. The information related to the use of the restricted BSS mode may comprise first information related to an STA which operates in the restricted BSS mode, among STAs included in the transmission MLD. The restricted BSS mode may mean a mode in which monitoring for signal reception is performed on the basis of acquisition of information, from an STA not operating in the restricted BSS mode, by the STA operating in the restricted BSS, the information indicating reception of a signal.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for requesting complete information or partial information on access points (APs) in a transmitting multi-link device (MLD) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, a receiving MLD transmits a probe request frame to the transmitting MLD through a first link. The receiving MLD receives a probe response frame from the transmitting MLD through the first link. The transmitting MLD includes a first transmitting station (STA) operating in the first link and a second transmitting STA operating in a second link. The receiving MLD includes a first receiving STA operating in the first link and a second receiving STA operating in the second link. The probe request frame includes a profile field of the second receiving STA.

Abstract: Proposed are a method and apparatus for performing, by reception MLD, link reconfiguration with transmission MLD, in a wireless LAN system. In detail, the reception MLD transmits a link change request frame to the transmission MLD via a first link. The reception MLD receives a link change response frame from the transmission MLD via the first link. The reception MLD configures a second link with the transmission MLD, on the basis of the link change response frame. The transmission MLD comprises a first transmission STA operating in the first link and a second transmission STA operating in the second link. The reception MLD comprises a first reception STA having a link changed from the first link to the second link. The link change response frame comprises information about the first and second links. The information about the second link is updated. The information about the first link is maintained without being reset or deleted.

Abstract: Proposed are a method and apparatus for receiving important update information via a multi-link element in a wireless LAN system. In detail, a reception MLD receives a multi-link element from a transmission MLD via a first link. The reception MLD decodes the multi-link element. The transmission MLD includes a first transmission STA operating in the first link and a second transmission STA operating in a second link. The multi-link element includes common information and link-specific information. The common information is changed when an important update occurs for the second transmission STA.

Abstract: In a wireless local area network system, a transmission MLD may comprise a first station (STA) and a second STA, wherein the first STA operates on a first link and the second STA operates on a second link. The transmission MLD may transmit, to a reception MLD, capability information regarding whether power saving is supported. The power saving may be performed by one method among first to third power saving methods. The transmission MLD may transmit, to the reception MLD, a control frame comprising method information regarding which method among the first to third power saving methods is to be used.

Abstract: Proposed are a method and a device for obtaining critical update information between MLDs in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception MLD transmits a probe request frame to a transmission MLD through a first link. The reception MLD receives a probe response frame from the transmission MLD through the first link. The transmission MLD comprises a first transmission STA operating in the first link and a second transmission STA operating in a second link. The probe request frame comprises a change sequence element which requests critical update information of the second transmission STA. The probe response frame comprises the critical update information of the second transmission STA.

Abstract: In a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) may include a first AP and a second AP, the first AP may operate in a first link, and the second AP may operate in a second link. A station (STA) MLD may receive BSS information related to the first and second links, in which the AP MLD operates, from the AP MLD through the first link. The BSS information may include information related to the number of single radio STAs operating in the first link and the number of single radio STAs operating in the second link. The STA MLD may determine a link, in which the STA MLD is to operate, on the basis of the BSS information.

Abstract: In a Wireless Local Area Network system, an STA may receive a trigger frame from an AP. The trigger frame may include a common information field and user information fields. Each of the user information fields may include a first field related to an association identifier (AID) and a second field including information for the STA related to the AID. The second field may include special information for every STA receiving the trigger frame on the basis that the first field has a specific value. The common information field may include a present field related to whether a user information field in which the first field has the specific value is present among the user information fields.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a multi-link device (MLD) comprising a first STA and a second STA may perform the steps of: receiving, from an access point (AP) via the first STA operating in a first link, network allocation vector (NAV) time information about the second STA operating in a second link, wherein, when the NAV time information about the second STA is received, the second STA operates in a doze state; identifying that the state of the second STA is changed from the doze state to an awake state; and setting an NAV time for the second STA, on the basis of the NAV time information about the second STA.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a multi-link device (MLD) operating on a plurality of links may perform the steps of: determining a condition for transmitting second link-associated information via a first link among the plurality of links; determining whether or not the second link-associated information has changed; and on the basis of the second link-associated information being changed, transmitting the changed second link-associated information via the first link.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for requesting complete information or partial information on access points (APs) in a transmitting multi-link device (MLD) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, a receiving MLD transmits a probe request frame to the transmitting MLD through a first link. The receiving MLD receives a probe response frame from the transmitting MLD through the first link. The transmitting MLD includes a first transmitting station (STA) operating in the first link and a second transmitting STA operating in a second link. The receiving MLD includes a first receiving STA operating in the first link and a second receiving STA operating in the second link. The probe request frame includes a profile field of the second receiving STA.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a multi-link device including a first STA and a second STA may receive a first PPDU by means of the first STA. The PPDU may include information about traffic buffered in the second STA operating in a second link. In response to the first PPDU, the multi-link device may change the second STA from a doze state to an awake state, and transmit information about the state of the second STA by means of the second STA.

Abstract: In a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, an access point (AP) may acquire, from an overlapping Basic Service Set (BSS), information related to a first allocation slot. The first allocation slot may be a time resource allocated for low-latency traffic of the OBSS, and the low-latency traffic may be a new type of traffic whose delay is set below a preconfigured threshold. The AP may transmit, to its associated STA, information related to a second allocation slot. The second allocation slot may be a time resource allocated for low-latency traffic of a BSS to which the AP belongs.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a multi-link device (MLD) operating in a first link and a second link may transmit information on data buffered in the MLD through a first station (STA) operating in an awake state. The information on the data buffered in the MLD may include a first information field related to the first STA and a second information field related to a second STA.

Abstract: In a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, an AP multi-link device (MLD) may estimate an uplink transmission time of a non-simultaneous transmit and receive (STR) station (STA) MLD, and on the basis of the time estimation, uplink transmission and downlink transmission in links of the non-STR STA MLD may not overlap.