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Granted Patent B2
US 11,997,735 · App. 18/316,643 · Granted May 28, 2024

Method and device for transmitting and receiving significant update information regarding specific AP via management frame in wireless LAN system

Inventors: Namyeong Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeongki Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinsoo Choi (Seoul, KR); Insun Jang (Seoul, KR); Sunhee Baek (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W76/15H04W76/20H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,997,735
App. No.
18/316,643
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (35)

1. A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first non-access point (non-AP) station (STA), management frames from a first AP; and

decoding, by the first non-AP STA, the management frames,

wherein the first AP operating on a first link and a second AP operating on a second link are affiliated with an AP multi-link device (MLD),

wherein the first non-AP STA operating on the first link and a second non-AP STA operating on the second link affiliated with a non-AP MLD,

wherein the management frames include a field indicating whether updated elements of the second AP based on a critical update for the second AP are included in the management frames, and

wherein based on the field set to 1, the updated elements of the second AP are included in the management frames until the next delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) of the first AP.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the management frames further include information on the second link and information on a current change sequence number of the second AP,

wherein based on the critical update for the second AP, a value of the current change sequence number of the second AP is increased by 1.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information on the current change sequence number of the second AP is a change sequence number or count value of a basic service set (BSS) parameter.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the management frames include a beacon frame and an unsolicited probe response frame;

wherein the beacon frame and the unsolicited probe response frame are broadcast.

5. A first non-access point (non-AP) station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the first non-AP STA comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor operatively coupled to the memory and the transceiver,

wherein processor is configured to:

receive management frames from a first AP; and

decode the management frames,

wherein the first AP operating on a first link and a second AP operating on a second link are affiliated with an AP multi-link device (MLD),

wherein the first non-AP STA operating on the first link and a second non-AP STA operating on the second link affiliated with a non-AP MLD,

wherein the management frames include a field indicating whether updated elements of the second AP based on a critical update for the second AP are included in the management frames, and

wherein based on the field set to 1, the updated elements of the second AP are included in the management frames until the next delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) of the first AP.

6. A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the method comprising:

generating, by a first access point (AP), management frames; and

transmitting, by the first AP, the management frames to a first non-AP station (STA),

wherein the first AP operating on a first link and a second AP operating on a second link are affiliated with an AP multi-link device (MLD),

wherein the first non-AP STA operating on the first link and a second non-AP STA operating on the second link affiliated with a non-AP MLD,

wherein the management frames include a field indicating whether updated elements of the second AP based on a critical update for the second AP are included in the management frames, and

wherein based on the field set to 1, the updated elements of the second AP are included in the management frames until the next delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) of the first AP.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the management frames further include information on the second link and information on a current change sequence number of the second AP,

wherein based on the critical update for the second AP, a value of the current change sequence number of the second AP is increased by 1.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information on the current change sequence number of the second AP is a change sequence number or count value of a basic service set (BSS) parameter.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the management frames include a beacon frame and an unsolicited probe response frame;

wherein the beacon frame and the unsolicited probe response frame are broadcast.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2023
From: KIM, NAMYEONG; KIM, JEONGKI; CHOI, JINSOO; JANG, INSUN; BAEK, SUNHEE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 063628/0089 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0034131 · Mar 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
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