Patent ID: 11930381
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a first electronic device, a message from a second electronic device, wherein the message comprises information associated with a backup link of a wireless network;
in response to receiving the message, transmitting, by the first electronic device to the second electronic device, a second message indicating that the first electronic device supports using multiple links and indicating whether the first electronic device supports using the backup link indicated in the message from the second electronic device;
receiving, at the first electronic device and from the second electronic device, data associated with traffic on a primary link of the wireless network; and
in response to a quality of the primary link being below a threshold,
receiving additional data associated with the traffic from the second electronic device on the backup link; or
receiving a notification frame from the second electronic device on the backup link, wherein the notification frame comprises at least one of a notification that the quality of the primary link is below the threshold or information associated with a communication link to be used for communicating the additional data.