LINK AGGREGATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS

摘要

Methods, systems, and devices are described for establishing a virtual communication link including at least a first and second physical link between two devices. A single virtual packet queue of a device may receive one or more data packets to be transmitted via the virtual communication link. The single virtual packet queue may attach a virtual sequence number to each of the one or more data packets and send the one or more data packets to one or more of the first or the second physical link according to the assigned virtual sequence numbers. The one or more packets may then be communicated via the first and/or second physical links according to link specific sequence numbers, such as medium access control (MAC) sequence numbers, assigned to the one or more data packets by the first and/or second physical links.

主权项

1. A method of wireless communication comprising:
attaching a virtual sequence number to a data packet in a virtual packet queue for a virtual communication link comprising a first physical link and a second physical link different from the first physical link; and sending, from the virtual packet queue, the data packet to at least one of the first physical link and the second physical link according to the attached virtual sequence number for communication via the at least one of the first physical link and the second physical link according to a link specific sequence number assigned to the data packet by the at least one of the first physical link and the second physical link.