A station (STA) affiliated with a multi-link device (MLD) that belongs to a non-simultaneous-transmission-and-reception (NSTR) link pair receives a trigger frame from an access point (AP). The STA determines whether to respond to the trigger frame. In response to determining to respond to the trigger frame, the STA transmits a trigger-based (TB) physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU) with at least one restriction.