公开(公告)号：US20240349374A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18586265

申请日：2024-02-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. KNECKT ,  Gaurav JAIN ,  Yong LIU ,  Jinjing JIANG ,  Tianyu WU ,  Su Khiong YONG ,  Guoqing LI ,  Charles F. DOMINGUEZ

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W12/0471 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04W12/0471 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Some embodiments include utilizing a multilink media access control (MAC) address structure to support multilink devices (MLDs) that can operate concurrently in more than one link such as extremely high throughput (EHT) access points (APs) and EHT stations (STA), where the multilink MAC address structure is compatible with legacy devices. An EHT AP can utilize a multilink basic service set (BSS) identification (BSSID) MAC address to communicate with an EHT STA identified by a multilink MAC address. Values of the multilink BSSID and the multilink MAC address of the EHT STA are independent of which of the multiple links are used in the communication. In addition, to utilizing a multilink BSSID, the EHT AP can also support unique link-specific MAC addresses to concurrently support legacy and MLD stations. The EHT STA can also utilize unique link-specific MAC addresses that can be different than the EHT AP's link-specific MAC addresses.

公开(公告)号：US20220201785A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17567709

申请日：2022-01-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. KNECKT ,  Gaurav JAIN ,  Yong LIU ,  Jinjing JIANG ,  Tianyu WU ,  Su Khiong YONG ,  Guoqing LI ,  Charles F. DOMINGUEZ

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W12/0471 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: Some embodiments include utilizing a multilink media access control (MAC) address structure to support multilink devices (MLDs) that can operate concurrently in more than one link such as extremely high throughput (EHT) access points (APs) and EHT stations (STA), where the multilink MAC address structure is compatible with legacy devices. An EHT AP can utilize a multilink basic service set (BSS) identification (BSSID) MAC address to communicate with an EHT STA identified by a multilink MAC address. Values of the multilink BSSID and the multilink MAC address of the EHT STA are independent of which of the multiple links are used in the communication. In addition, to utilizing a multilink BSSID, the EHT AP can also support unique link-specific MAC addresses to concurrently support legacy and MLD stations. The EHT STA can also utilize unique link-specific MAC addresses that can be different than the EHT AP's link-specific MAC addresses.

公开(公告)号：US20210076437A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US16921276

申请日：2020-07-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jarkko L. KNECKT ,  Gaurav JAIN ,  Yong LIU ,  Jinjing JIANG ,  Tianyu WU ,  Su Khiong YONG ,  Guoqing LI ,  Charles F. DOMINGUEZ

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W12/04

Abstract: Some embodiments include utilizing a multilink media access control (MAC) address structure to support multilink devices (MLDs) that can operate concurrently in more than one link such as extremely high throughput (EHT) access points (APs) and EHT stations (STA), where the multilink MAC address structure is compatible with legacy devices. An EHT AP can utilize a multilink basic service set (BSS) identification (BSSID) MAC address to communicate with an EHT STA identified by a multilink MAC address. Values of the multilink BSSID and the multilink MAC address of the EHT STA are independent of which of the multiple links are used in the communication. In addition, to utilizing a multilink BSSID, the EHT AP can also support unique link-specific MAC addresses to concurrently support legacy and MLD stations. The EHT STA can also utilize unique link-specific MAC addresses that can be different than the EHT AP's link-specific MAC addresses.