Samsung patents Wi-Fi method to steer high-speed millimeter wave signals
This filing describes a way for a Wi-Fi router to manage two types of connections with a device: a stable, lower-speed link and a faster, high-frequency millimeter wave link. The router performs a "beam training" step to find the best angle to send the high-speed data, ensuring the fast connection stays strong.
In the filing’s own words
Methods and apparatuses for supporting cross link beam management in WLANs. A method performed by an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) includes forming at least one link with a non-AP MLD for transmission of first information between the AP MLD and the non-AP MLD, wherein at least one of the at least one links is an anchor link, forming a millimeter wave (mmWave) link with the non-AP MLD for transmission of second information between the AP MLD and the non-AP MLD, and performing a beam training procedure with the non-AP MLD for selection of a beam to use for the transmission of the second information on the mmWave link.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method performed by an access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), the method comprising: forming at least one link with a non-AP MLD for transmission of first information between the AP MLD and the non-AP MLD, wherein at least one of the at least one links is an anchor link; forming a millimeter wave (mmWave) link with the non-AP MLD for transmission of second information between the AP MLD and the non-AP MLD; and performing a beam training procedure with the non-AP MLD for selection of a beam to use for the transmission of the second information on the mmWave link.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- CROSS LINK BEAM MANAGEMENT IN WLANS
- Publication number
- US20260313627A1
- Application number
- 19575674
- Filed
- Mar 23, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 72/046 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/15 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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