Multilinked devices and methods of linking and operating multilinked devices and machine-readable storage media

Abstract

This invention addresses the field of communication technology, specifically WIFI technologies, and proposes a multi-link device and a method for manipulating the connection of a multi-link device (MLD) to improve the transmission performance of the setup and / or cancellation procedures of the MLD. The method can be used for both MLD and MLD access point (AP), and MLD includes the media access control (MAC) management entity (ME), and the station management entity (SME). The method comprises the following steps: SME, designates the chosen link ID for the MLME, wherein the chosen link is used to indicate the link being used for frame exchange between an access point (AP) linked to an AP MLD and a non-AP STA linked to a tion-AP MLD, and exchanges one or more frames through the link indicated by the chosen link ID. The invention also relates to a machine-readable storage medium and a computer-readable storage medium.