Samsung patents Wi-Fi setup using a backup link for high-speed connections
This filing describes a method for wireless routers to maintain high-speed millimeter-wave connections by using a separate, more stable link as a backup. The router sends control information over this 'anchor' link to keep the faster connection running smoothly.
In the filing’s own words
Methods and apparatuses for anchor link design for multi-link operation in wireless local area networks (WLANS). A method performed by an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) includes forming a millimeter wave (mmWave) link with a non-AP MLD for transmission of data between the AP MLD and the non-AP MLD. The method includes forming an anchor link with the non-AP MLD for transmission of information corresponding to the mm Wave link. The method further includes transmitting, to the non-AP MLD, the information corresponding to the mm Wave link on the anchor link.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), the method comprising: forming a millimeter wave (mmWave) link with a non-AP MLD for transmission of data between the AP MLD and the non-AP MLD; forming an anchor link with the non-AP MLD for transmission of information corresponding to the mmWave link; and transmitting, to the non-AP MLD, the information corresponding to the mmWave link on the anchor link.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- ANCHOR LINK DESIGN FOR MLO OPERATION IN WLANS
- Publication number
- US20260270844A1
- Application number
- 19544860
- Filed
- Feb 19, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 40/248 Electricity & electronicsH04W 84/12 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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