METHOD FOR ASSIGNING ASSOCIATION IDENTIFIER FOR MULTI-CHANNEL DEVICE AND RELATED EQUIPMENT Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC H04W76/11 H04W48/16 

FIELD: radio communications.

SUBSTANCE: invention is aimed at a more precise AID can be assigned to a station device, thereby avoiding AID ambiguity during TIM indication of the channels. To do this, the multi-channel access point device generates and transmits the first frame. The first frame carries the value of the AID assigned to the non-access point multi-link device; the value of this AID is not the value of the Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) that may be supported by the first type of access point in the multi-link access point device. The first type of access point is an access point for establishing a communication channel between a station device and a multi-channel access point device.

EFFECT: more precise AID can be assigned to a station device, thereby avoiding AID ambiguity during TIM indication of the channels.

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