Patent attributes
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for dynamically changing a primary communication link on which wireless devices contend for access to a shared wireless medium. An access point (AP) may monitor the channel conditions on a primary link and one or more secondary links of a multi-link environment, and may signal a change in the primary link (such as to one of the secondary links) when one or more conditions are satisfied. The primary and secondary links may be assigned on a per-client basis. Thus, the primary or secondary links of a particular STA may be different than those of other STAs associated with the same AP. In some aspects, each STA may monitor the channel conditions on its own primary and secondary links, and may signal a change in its primary link (such as to one of its secondary links) when one or more conditions are met.
