WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR SYNCHED DISTRIBUTED ADVERTISEMENT FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE DISCOVERY
First Claim
1. A method for synched distributed advertisement among peer-to-peer wireless devices, the method comprising:
- transmitting, from a first device of a publishing group, at a group publishing beacon interval (T), a first publishing beacon (PB) including social information of the first device and social information of (N−
1) other devices;
wherein the group publishing beacon interval (T) represents an interval of time between each successive publishing beacon transmission of the publishing group; and
wherein the first publishing beacon and the each successive publishing beacon includes a first value representative of the group publishing beacon interval (T).
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Abstract
Examples of a communication device and methods for synched distributed advertisement for device-to-device are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a method can include transmitting, from a first device of a publishing group, at a group publishing beacon interval (T), a first publishing beacon (PB) including social information of the first device and social information of (N−1) other devices, wherein the group publishing beacon interval (T) represents a preset interval of time between each successive publishing beacon transmission of the publishing group, and wherein the first publishing beacon and the each successive publishing beacon includes a first value representative of the group publishing beacon interval.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for synched distributed advertisement among peer-to-peer wireless devices, the method comprising:
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transmitting, from a first device of a publishing group, at a group publishing beacon interval (T), a first publishing beacon (PB) including social information of the first device and social information of (N−
1) other devices;wherein the group publishing beacon interval (T) represents an interval of time between each successive publishing beacon transmission of the publishing group; and wherein the first publishing beacon and the each successive publishing beacon includes a first value representative of the group publishing beacon interval (T). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless communication device configured for synched distributed advertisement within a publishing group, the wireless communication device comprising:
an transceiver configured to receive a first publishing beacon from a publishing group including a number of other wireless devices, and to transmit a first join request during a publishing group window of one of the number of other wireless devices using information received in the first publishing beacon, wherein the join request includes social information of the wireless communication device, and wherein a value representative of a publishing beacon interval (T) between publishing beacons of the publishing group is included in the first publishing beacon. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless communication device configured for synched distributed advertisement within a publishing group, the wireless communication device comprising:
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a processor; memory coupled to the processor; an transceiver configured for providing wireless communications of information stored in, and retrieved from, the memory; and wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a first publishing beacon from a publishing group including a number of other wireless devices, and to transmit a first join request during a publishing group window of one of the number of other wireless devices using information received in the first publishing beacon, wherein the join request includes social information of the wireless communication device, wherein the memory is configured to store the social information of the wireless communication device, and wherein a value representative of a publishing beacon interval (T) between publishing beacons of the publishing group is included in the first publishing beacon. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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