ATTENUATION LEVEL BASED ASSOCIATION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- transmitting one or more multi-network broadcast messages from a client network device to at least a subset of a plurality of target network devices of one or more networks; and
determining with which of the plurality of target network devices to associate in the one or more networks based, at least in part, on attenuation information received at the client network device from at least one or more of the subset of the plurality of target network devices.
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Abstract
An electric vehicle can be configured to execute an association procedure with one or more charging stations in a charging facility to securely connect to and receive electric power from one of the charging stations. The electric vehicle can broadcast one or more service matching messages to the charging stations and, in response, can receive attenuation information from one or more of the charging stations. The electric vehicle can analyze the attenuation information received from the charging stations to identify with which charging station the electric vehicle should associate (e.g., to determine which charging station should provide electric power to the electric vehicle). The electric vehicle can then associate with (and receive electric power from) the identified charging station.
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46 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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transmitting one or more multi-network broadcast messages from a client network device to at least a subset of a plurality of target network devices of one or more networks; and determining with which of the plurality of target network devices to associate in the one or more networks based, at least in part, on attenuation information received at the client network device from at least one or more of the subset of the plurality of target network devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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receiving one or more multi-network service matching broadcast messages from a client network device at a service provider; transmitting attenuation information associated with the service provider from the service provider to the client network device based, at least in part, on analyzing the one or more multi-network service matching broadcast messages received at the service provider from the client network device; and receiving a request at the service provider from the client network device to associate with the client network device and to provide a service to the client network device based, at least in part, on the attenuation information associated with the service provider. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A network device comprising:
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a processor; an association unit coupled with the processor, the association unit operable to; transmit one or more multi-network broadcast messages to at least a subset of a plurality of target network devices of one or more networks; and determine with which of the plurality of target network devices to associate in the one or more networks based, at least in part, on attenuation information received at the network device from at least one or more of the subset of the plurality of target network devices. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A service provider comprising:
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a processor; and an association unit coupled with the processor, the association unit operable to; receive one or more multi-network service matching broadcast messages from a client network device; transmit attenuation information associated with the service provider from the service provider to the client network device based, at least in part, on the association unit analyzing the one or more multi-network service matching broadcast messages received from the client network device; and receive a request from the client network device to associate with the client network device and to provide a service to the client network device based, at least in part, on the attenuation information associated with the service provider - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. One or more machine-readable storage media having instructions stored therein, which when executed by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform operations that comprise:
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transmitting one or more multi-network broadcast messages from a client network device to at least a subset of a plurality of target network devices of one or more networks; and determining with which of the plurality of target network devices to associate in the one or more networks based, at least in part, on attenuation information received at the client network device from at least one or more of the subset of the plurality of target network devices. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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42. One or more machine-readable storage media having instructions stored therein, which when executed by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform operations that comprise:
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receiving one or more multi-network service matching broadcast messages from a client network device at a service provider; transmitting attenuation information associated with the service provider from the service provider to the client network device based, at least in part, on analyzing the one or more multi-network service matching broadcast messages received at the service provider from the client network device; and receiving a request at the service provider from the client network device to associate with the client network device and to provide a service to the client network device based, at least in part, on the attenuation information associated with the service provider. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A method comprising:
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determining a number of multi-network broadcast messages to transmit from a client network device to at least a subset of a plurality of target network devices based, at least in part, on one or more communication parameters received from at least the subset of the plurality of target network devices; transmitting the determined number of multi-network broadcast messages from the client network device to at least the subset of the plurality of target network devices of the one or more networks; and determining with which of the plurality of target network devices to associate in the one or more networks based, at least in part, on attenuation information received at the client network device from at least one or more of the subset of the plurality of target network devices. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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