Patent ID: 11943824
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 21:
22. An apparatus for a reporting Access Point (AP) of an AP Multi-Link Device (MLD) comprising a plurality of APs, the AP MLD having one Medium Access Control (MAC) data service and a single MAC Service Access Point (SAP) to a Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer, the apparatus comprising:
means for generating a multiple Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) element corresponding to a multiple BSSID set including the reporting AP, the multiple BSSID element comprising a non-transmitted BSSID profile element corresponding to an other AP in the multiple BSSID set, the other AP belonging to an other AP MLD having one other MAC data service and an other single MAC SAP to the LLC sublayer, wherein the non-transmitted BSSID profile element corresponding to the other AP comprises one or more elements of information corresponding to the other AP and a multi-link element, the multi-link element comprising a profile subelement corresponding to a reported AP of the other AP MLD, wherein the profile subelement corresponding to the reported AP comprises one or more elements of information corresponding to the reported AP; and
means for causing the reporting AP to transmit a frame comprising the multiple BSSID element.