Samsung patents Wi-Fi method for emergency priority access
Samsung has filed a patent for a method that allows multi-link Wi-Fi devices to handle emergency preparedness communication services (EPCS). The system checks if emergency priority access is active on all available wireless links and adjusts the connection to ensure emergency traffic gets the necessary bandwidth, even if not all links are fully prioritized.
In the filing’s own words
Methods and apparatuses for link and traffic level emergency preparedness communication services (EPCS) setup and operations are disclosed. A method for wireless communication performed by a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) that includes stations (STAs) comprises: forming a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD; receiving information associated with emergency preparedness communication services (EPCS) priority access from the corresponding AP; determining whether the EPCS priority access is enabled on all of the links between the STAs and the corresponding APs; when the EPCS priority access is enabled for all of the links between the STAs and the corresponding APs, continuing with current EPCS priority access; and when the EPCS priority access is not enabled for all of the links between the STAs and the corresponding APs, performing the EPCS priority access on some but not all of the links between the STAs and the corresponding APs.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) comprising: stations (STAs), each comprising a transceiver configured to: form a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD; and receive information associated with emergency preparedness communication services (EPCS) priority access from the corresponding AP; and a processor operably coupled to the transceivers, the processor configured to: determine whether the EPCS priority access is enabled on all of the links between the STAs and the corresponding APs; when the EPCS priority access is enabled for all of the links between the STAs and the corresponding APs, continue with current EPCS priority access; and when the EPCS priority access is not enabled for all of the links between the STAs and the corresponding APs, perform the EPCS priority access on some but not all of the links between the STAs and the corresponding APs.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINK AND TRAFFIC LEVEL EPCS SETUP AND OPERATIONS
- Publication number
- US20260304559A1
- Application number
- 19707025
- Filed
- Jun 12, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 76/50 Electricity & electronicsH04W 4/90 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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