METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR NETWORK DISCOVERY
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- inserting, by an apparatus, an indication associated with a neighbor awareness network to be advertised to an apparatus address field of a wireless advertisement packet; and
transmitting, by the apparatus, the wireless advertisement packet including the inserted indication associated with the neighbor awareness network to be advertised.
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Abstract
Embodiments enable discovery of networks in a wireless communications medium. In example embodiments, a method comprises inserting, by an apparatus, an indication associated with a neighbor awareness network to be advertised to an apparatus address field of a wireless advertisement packet; and transmitting, by the apparatus, the wireless advertisement packet including the inserted indication associated with the neighbor awareness network to be advertised. The packet may be a Bluetooth Low Energy ADV_IND PDU packet or a Bluetooth Low Energy ADV_SCAN_IND PDU packet. The apparatus'"'"'s address field may be a non-resolvable private address format in an AdvA field of either the Bluetooth Low Energy ADV_IND PDU packet or the Bluetooth Low Energy ADV_SCAN_IND PDU packet. The apparatus may be operating in a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) network or intending to operate in a NAN network.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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inserting, by an apparatus, an indication associated with a neighbor awareness network to be advertised to an apparatus address field of a wireless advertisement packet; and transmitting, by the apparatus, the wireless advertisement packet including the inserted indication associated with the neighbor awareness network to be advertised. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method, comprising:
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maintaining, by an apparatus, an indication of neighbor awareness network in which the apparatus wishes to operate; receiving, by the apparatus, a wireless advertisement packet including an indication in a sender address field of the advertisement packet associated with a neighbor awareness network available in a source apparatus of the wireless advertisement packet; determining, by the apparatus, whether the neighbor awareness network indicated available in the received wireless advertisement packet matches with a neighbor awareness network in which the apparatus wishes to operate by filtering the sender address field indication of the received wireless advertisement packet with the maintained neighbor awareness network indication; and transmitting, by the apparatus, a wireless discovery request packet, including an indication associated with the neighbor awareness network in which the apparatus wishes to operate when the determination resulted in a match. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to; insert an indication associated with a neighbor awareness network to be advertised to an apparatus address field of a wireless advertisement packet; and transmit the wireless advertisement packet including the inserted indication associated with the neighbor awareness network to be advertised. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to; maintain an indication of a neighbor awareness network in which the apparatus wishes to operate; receive a wireless advertisement packet including an indication in a sender address field of the advertisement packet associated with a neighbor awareness network available in a source apparatus of the advertisement packet; determine whether the neighbor awareness network indicated available in the received wireless advertisement packet matches with the neighbor awareness network in which the apparatus wishes to operate by filtering the sender address field indication of the received wireless advertisement packet with the maintained neighbor awareness network indication; and transmit a wireless discovery request packet, including an indication associated with the neighbor awareness network in which the apparatus wishes to operate when the determination resulted in a match. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a computer readable non-transitory storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:
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code for inserting, by an apparatus, an indication associated with a neighbor awareness network to be advertised to an apparatus address field of a wireless advertisement packet; and code for transmitting, by the apparatus, the wireless advertisement packet including the inserted indication associated with the neighbor awareness network to be advertised. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a computer readable non-transitory storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:
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code for maintaining, by an apparatus, an indication of a neighbor awareness network in which the apparatus wishes to operate; code for receiving, by the apparatus, a wireless advertisement packet including an indication in a sender address field of the advertisement packet associated with a neighbor awareness network available in a source apparatus of the wireless advertisement packet; code for determining, by the apparatus, whether the neighbor awareness network indicated available in the received wireless advertisement packet matches with a neighbor awareness network in which the apparatus wishes to operate by filtering the sender address field indication of the received wireless advertisement packet with the maintained neighbor awareness network indication; and code for transmitting, by the apparatus, a wireless discovery request packet, including an indication associated with the neighbor awareness network in which the apparatus wishes to operate when the determination resulted in a match. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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