Patent ID: 11871447
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A first station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, the first STA comprising:
a memory; and
a processor operatively coupled to the memory,
wherein the first STA is affiliated with a Multi-link device (MLD),
wherein the first STA operates on a first link that is a part of a non-simultaneous transmit and receive (NSTR) link pair for the MLD,
wherein the MLD includes a second STA operating on a second link of the NSTR link pair of the MLD,
wherein the processor is adapted to:
determine whether to initiate transmission on the first link based on a back-off counter of the first STA and a condition related to the second STA,
wherein based on the back-off counter of the first STA reaching zero (0) and the condition related to the second STA being that the second STA obtains a transmission opportunity on the second link, determine to initiate the transmission.