Patent ID: 11917677
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method comprising:
identifying, by a multi-link device (MLD), a first backoff count associated with a first enhanced distributed channel access function (EDCAF) for a first communication link used by the MLD;
identifying, by the MLD, a second backoff count associated with a second EDCAF for a second communication link used by the MLD, the first backoff count less than the second backoff count;
determining, by the MLD, a time period after that the first backoff count reaches zero and during which to refrain from transmitting using the first communication link, the time period based on the second backoff count;
determining, by the MLD, that the first communication link transitioned from an idle state to a busy state during the time period; and
generating, by the MLD, a third backoff count associated with the first EDCAF based on the first communication link transitioning to the busy state during the time period.