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

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first electronic device, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving 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, 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, 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 a notification frame from the second electronic device on the backup link; and
receiving additional data associated with the traffic from the second electronic device on the backup link or on another link in response to receiving the notification frame.