Central and peripheral links can extend the event if there is radio time available.
The connection event is the time within a timing-event reserved for sending or receiving packets. The SoftDevice can be enabled to dynamically extend the connection event length to fit the maximum number of packets inside the connection event before the timing-event must be ended. The time extended will be in one packet pair at a time until the maximum extend time is reached. The connection event cannot be longer than the connection interval; the connection event will then end and the next connection event will begin. A connection event cannot be extended if it will collide with another timing-event. The extend request will ignore the priorities of the timing-events.
To get the maximum bandwidth on a single link, it is recommended to enable Connection Event Length Extension and increase the connection interval. This will allow the SoftDevice to send more packets within the event and limit the overhead of processing between connection events. For more information, see Suggested intervals and windows.
Multilink scheduling with connection event length extension can increase the bandwidth for multiple links by utilizing idle time between connection events. An example of this is shown in Multilink scheduling and connection event length extension. Here C1 can utilize the free time left by a previously disconnected link C2, C3 has idle time as the last central link, and C0 is benefitting from having a connection interval set to half of that of C1 and C3.
