Methods and apparatus for preemptive backoff for medium access in wireless peer-to-peer networks

M Leconte, X Wu, R Srikant, S Subramanian, N Khude - 2011 - Google Patents
a first link that has low priority may yield medium access to a second link with a higher
priority and the second link may itself yield to a third link with an even higher priority. If the …

Methods and apparatus for controlling devices with no or limited WWAN capability in peer to peer communication

J Li, H Wang, S Patil - US Patent 8,811,950, 2014 - Google Patents
In a wireless wide area network (WWAN) scenario, communication between UEs is
facilitated through uplink/downlink channels between the UEs and a base station (ie, WWAN …

Method and apparatus for cooperative channel switching

PB Vandwalle, T Haque, A Wolf… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
An apparatus and methods are provided for opportunistically conducting data
communications on multiple wireless channels. In these methods, a device is engaged in …

Method and apparatus for cooperative channel switching

PB Vandwalle, T Haque, A Wolf… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
An apparatus and methods are provided for opportunistically conducting data
communications on multiple wireless channels. In these methods, a device is engaged in …

Method and apparatus to create multicast groups based on proximity

O Michaelis - US Patent 8,687,536, 2014 - Google Patents
Devices and methods use close range communication links, such as near field
communication (NFC) protocol links, to enable users to authenticate mobile devices to one …

Apparatus, system and method of peer to peer communication

EH Qi, C Cordeiro, H Balasubramaniam - US Patent 10,051,676, 2018 - Google Patents
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of Peer to
Peer communication. For example, a first wireless device may include a radio to send a first …

Systems and methods for establishing a personal basic service set (PBSS) over a wireless network to facilitate peer-to-peer group communication

E Levy, S Trainin, M Glik - US Patent 10,091,625, 2018 - Google Patents
Certain embodiments herein relate to establishing a personal basic service set (PBSS)
before negotiating formation of a peer-to-peer group. A device may discover candidate …

Deviating from a transmission map to communicate in a wireless network

D Cheung, SK Kumar - US Patent 7,760,694, 2010 - Google Patents
US7760694B2 - Deviating from a transmission map to communicate in a wireless network -
Google Patents US7760694B2 - Deviating from a transmission map to communicate in a …

Methods and apparatus related to signaling request to transmit traffic in a wireless communications system

X Wu, J Li, R Laroia, T Richardson - US Patent 8,493,956, 2013 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus related to the communication of traffic in peer to peer
communications are described. A peer to peer communications system includes traffic slots …

Facilitating peering between devices in wireless communication networks

S Chakraborty, S Kumar, JG Beattie - US Patent 9,628,485, 2017 - Google Patents
Peering within a mobile network is facilitated. In one example, a method includes:
generating, by a requesting device including a processor, a peer group between the …