Samsung patents faster Wi-Fi links between multiple devices
This filing describes a method for two devices to quickly find and set up direct peer-to-peer connections using multiple radio links at once. It allows devices to tell a central router which specific connections they want to use for direct communication, streamlining the setup process.
In the filing’s own words
Methods and apparatuses for facilitating the discovery and setup of multiple peer-to-peer (P2P) direct links for P2P communications between peer multi-link devices (MLDs). A first non-access point (AP) MLD comprises first stations (STAs), each comprising a transceiver configured to form a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD, and a processor. The processor is configured to generate a first message that includes information indicating that one or more of the links are target links on which the first non-AP MLD intends to establish a P2P direct link with second STAs of a second non-AP MLD, wherein the second STAs are associated with the corresponding AP of the AP MLD on the target links. The transceiver of a first of the first STAs is further configured to transmit the first message to the corresponding AP of the AP MLD over the link.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A first non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD), comprising: first stations (STAs) each comprising a transceiver configured to form a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD; and a processor operably coupled to the first STAs, the processor configured to generate a first message that includes information indicating that one or more of the links are target links on which the first non-AP MLD intends to establish a peer-to-peer (P2P) direct link with second STAs of a second non-AP MLD, wherein the second STAs are associated with the corresponding AP of the AP MLD on the target links, wherein the transceiver of a first of the first STAs is further configured to transmit the first message to the corresponding AP of the AP MLD over the link.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- TDLS DISCOVERY AND SETUP FOR MULTI-LINK OPERATION
- Publication number
- US20260333480A1
- Application number
- 19724520
- Filed
- Jun 29, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 76/14 Electricity & electronicsH04W 8/005 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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