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METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONNECTION SETUP IN DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION

  • US 20130036231A1
  • Filed: 08/05/2011
  • Published: 02/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • participating, by a first device, in a wireless network managed by at least one of an access point device or a group owner device; and

    exchanging, by the first device, information with a second device over a wireless out-of-band short-range carrier, the exchanged information comprising in-band communication connection parameters for enabling the second device to join the wireless network and authentication information recognizable by the at least one of an access point device or a group owner device managing the wireless network.

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