Patent ID: 11956663
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method for indicating traffic using multi-link devices (MLDs), the method comprising:
generating, by processing circuitry of a first MLD, a first traffic indication map (TIM) comprising a first bitmap comprising a first indication that traffic is to be sent by a first access point (AP) device of the first MLD to a first non-AP device of a second MLD during a beacon interval occurring after a beacon using a first communication link between the first AP device of the first MLD and the first non-AP device of the second MLD;
generating, by the processing circuitry, a second TIM comprising a second bitmap comprising a second indication that no traffic is to be sent by a second AP device of the first MLD to a second non-AP device of the second MLD during the beacon interval using a second communication link between the second AP device of the first MLD and the second non-AP device of the second MLD;
causing to send, by the processing circuitry, using the first AP device of the first MLD and the first communication link, the beacon, the beacon comprising the first TIM and the second TIM; and
causing to send, by the processing circuitry, using the first AP device of the first MLD and the first communication link, a data frame to the first non-AP device of the second MLD during the beacon interval.