METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN LOWER ENERGY AND HIGHER ENERGY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES

• US 20150264514A1
• Filed: 12/10/2014
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Qi, Emily H., Cordeiro, Carlos, McCall, David J., Hughes, Robert D., Huang, Po Kai
• Granted Patent: US 9,674,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1091 Interfacing with client-server systems or between P2P systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/23 Manipulation of direct-mode connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/00 Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for a wireless communication device switching between lower energy and higher energy wireless communication techniques are disclosed. The wireless communication device includes processing circuitry to: receive a packet in accordance with a lower energy wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) network communication technique from a service provider wireless device, wherein the packet indicates one or more services provided by the service provider wireless device. The processing circuitry may be further to: determine to switch to a higher energy wireless P2P communication technique to communicate with the service provider wireless device based on a determination that a target service is provided by the service provider wireless device. The processing circuitry may be further to: perform a connectivity setup with the provider wireless device to use the target service in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique.

Claims

1. A service seeker wireless communication device comprising circuitry to:

receive a packet in accordance with a lower energy wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) network communication technique from a service provider wireless device, wherein the packet indicates one or more services provided by the service provider wireless device;

determine to switch to a higher energy wireless P2P communication technique to communicate with the service provider wireless device based on a determination that a target service is provided by the service provider wireless device; and

perform a connectivity setup with the service provider wireless device to use the target service in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique.

2. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further to:

transmit a P2P request packet that comprises an indication of the target service to the service provider wireless device, wherein the transmit is in accordance with the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique; and

wherein the packet is received in response to the transmitted P2P request packet, and wherein the packet further indicates information regarding the target service.

3. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further to:

transmit a P2P request packet that comprises an indication of the target service to the service provider wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique; and

receive a P2P response packet from the provider wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique, wherein the response packet comprises information regarding the target service.

4. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further to:

transmit the P2P request packet that comprises the indication of the target service to the service provider wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique if indication of the one or more services provided by the provider wireless device does not indicate whether the target service is provided by the service provider wireless device.

5. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further to:

transmit a P2P service discovery request packet that comprises an indication of the target service to the service provider wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique; and

receive a P2P service discovery response packet from the service provider wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique, wherein the response packet comprises information regarding the target service.

6. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the packet is a P2P beacon packet.

7. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique is at least one from a group comprising:

Bluetooth®

, Bluetooth®

Low Energy, neighbor aware networking (NAN) program, and Near-field communication (NFC), and wherein the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique is at least one from a group comprising;

Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) 802.11, 802.16, 802.11ax, WiGig, and WiFi.

8. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the packet indicates the one or more services with at least one of a group comprising:

a hash code, service name, and a provider wireless device address, and a provider wireless device name.

9. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

display service names of the one or more services that match the target service to a user;

receive an indication of a selected service of the one or more services that match the target service from the user; and

determine to switch to the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique to communicate with the service provider wireless device based on a determination that the target service is provided by the service provider wireless device and based on the indication of the selected service from the user.

10. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further to:

send a request for the target service to a service from an application;

send a request to subscribe to the target service to an application service layer, wherein the application service layer is to;

first use the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique for at least a first portion of a discovery phase,

and use the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique for a connectivity phase.

11. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further to:

perform the connectivity setup with the service provider wireless device to use the target service in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique, if it is determined to connect to the service provider wireless device to access the target service.

12. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further to:

scan a plurality of channels for the packet; and

receive the packet in accordance with the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique from the service provider wireless device, wherein the packet indicates one or more services provided by the service provider wireless device, and wherein the packet is received on one of the plurality of channels.

13. The service seeker wireless communication device of claim 1, further comprising memory and a transceiver coupled to the circuitry.

14. The service seeker wireless communications device of claim 13, further comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.

15. A method on a service seeker wireless communication device, the method comprising:

receiving a packet in accordance with a lower energy wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) network communication technique from a service provider wireless device, wherein the packet indicates one or more services provided by the service provider wireless device;

determining to switch to a higher energy wireless P2P communication technique to communicate with the service provider wireless device based on a determination that a target service is provided by the service provider wireless device; and

performing a connectivity setup with the service provider wireless device to use the target service in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting a P2P request packet that comprises an indication of the target service to the service provider wireless device, wherein the transmitting is in accordance with the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique; and

receiving a P2P response packet from the service provider wireless device in accordance with the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique, wherein the response packet comprises information regarding the target service.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting a P2P request packet that comprises an indication of the target service to the service provider wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique; and

receiving a P2P response packet from the service provider wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique, wherein the response packet comprises information regarding the target service.

18. A service provider wireless communication device comprising circuitry to:

transmit a packet in accordance with a lower energy wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) network communication technique to a service seeker wireless communication device, wherein the packet indicates one or more services provided by the service provider wireless communication device;

monitor a higher energy wireless P2P communication technique and the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique for a response to the transmitted packet; and

receive a provision discovery request from the service seeker wireless communication device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique, in response to the transmitted packet.

19. The service provider wireless communication device of claim 18, wherein the circuitry is further to:

receive a P2P request packet that comprises an indication of a target service from the service seeker wireless device, wherein the transmit is in accordance with the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique; and

transmit a P2P response packet to the service seeker wireless device in accordance with the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique, wherein the P2P response packet comprises information regarding the target service.

20. The service provider wireless communication device of claim 18, wherein the circuitry is further to:

receive a P2P request packet that comprises an indication of a target service from the service seeker wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique; and

transmit a P2P response packet to the service seeker wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless communication technique, wherein the response packet comprises information regarding the target service.

21. The service provider wireless communication device of claim 18, wherein the circuitry is further to:

receive a P2P service discovery request packet that comprises an indication of a target service from the service seeker wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique; and

transmit a P2P service discovery response packet to the service seeker wireless device in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique, wherein the response packet comprises information regarding the target service.

22. The service provider wireless communication device of claim 18, wherein the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique is at least one from a group comprising:

Bluetooth®

, Bluetooth®

Low Energy, neighbor aware networking (NAN) program, and Near-field communication (NFC), and wherein the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique is at least one from a group comprising; and

Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) 802.11, 802.16, 802.11ax, WiGig, and WiFi.

23. The service provider wireless communication device of claim 18, further comprising memory coupled to the circuitry, one or more transceivers coupled to the circuitry, and one or more antennas coupled to the one or more transceivers.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to perform operations in a service seeker wireless device, the operations to configure the service seeker wireless device to:

receive a packet in accordance with a lower energy wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) network communication technique from a service provider wireless device, wherein the packet indicates one or more services provided by the service provider wireless device;

determine to switch to a higher energy wireless P2P communication technique to communicate with the service provider wireless device based on a determination that a target service is provided by the service provider wireless device; and

perform a connectivity setup with the service provider wireless device to use the target service in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the operations further configure the service seeker wireless device to:

transmit a P2P request packet that comprises an indication of the target service to the service provider wireless device, wherein the transmit is in accordance with the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique; and

receive a P2P response packet from the service provider wireless device in accordance with the lower energy wireless P2P network communication technique, wherein the response packet comprises information regarding the target service.