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System and method for multihop service discovery with member station proxy service advertisements

  • US 9,686,369 B2
  • Filed: 08/12/2014
  • Issued: 06/20/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for using proxy messages in a neighbor aware network, comprising:

  • receiving, by a first proxy station, a service advertisement of a provider station, the service advertisement indicating services provided by the provider station;

    selectively transmitting, by the first proxy station, in response to the receiving, a first proxy broadcast message, the first proxy broadcast message comprising location information for the first proxy station and the service advertisement, the selection based on whether the provider station is a parent device of the first proxy station, wherein the parent device is a device whose service broadcast was first received by the first proxy station when the first proxy station sought the service, or based on a distance of the first proxy station from the provider station;

    determining a frequency of proxy broadcast transmissions based at least in part on second location information received for a second proxy station; and

    receiving, by the first proxy station, in response to the transmitting, a discovery request from a seeker station, the seeker station being more than one hop from the provider station, the discovery request requesting services from the provider station.

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