It is important that the upper layer for a specific 802.11 client sees one interface that it can send data out on. That upper MAC interface was the Multi-Link Device (MLD) SAP interface. The below diagram describes the different aspects of what the MLD handles and what the lower link layers handle. As can be […]

MLO stands for Multi-Link Operation. Before we delve into what MLO is, it is necessary to visualize how an AP to station client connection was created and operated pre-WiFi7. The below diagrams depict that: As can be seen from the block diagrams above, the AP and 802.11 client connected on one interface only. When it […]

The Wi-Fi7 (802.11be) standard builds upon the framework that was developed for Wi-Fi6 (802.11ax). The two important goals for Wi-Fi7 were The other goals which emanated naturally from the Wi-Fi standard evolution Some of the essential features that were introduced in the Wi-Fi7 standard are provided below: Understanding MLO