Method and apparatus for off-channel invitation

SS Wagholikar, DS Nagawade - US Patent 9,078,108, 2015 - Google Patents
A wireless medium often supports communications of multiple devices on different
respective channels of the wireless medium. In some aspects described herein, a first frame …

Method and apparatus for off-channel device invitation

SS Wagholikar, DS Nagawade - US Patent 8,750,278, 2014 - Google Patents
The present disclosure describes techniques for off-channel device invitation. In some
aspects a? rst frame is transmitted on a? rst channel of a Wireless medium effective to …

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

X Wu, S Tavildar, S Subramanian, CS Chang… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
In an aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus, a method of the apparatus, and a computer
program in the apparatus are pro vided in which the apparatus determines a group to which …

Methods and apparatus for peer-to-peer communications in a wireless local area network

MP Montemurro, BE McColgan, S McCann - US Patent 9,949,305, 2018 - Google Patents
A method and device for peer-to-peer communications is provided. The method includes
communication of the capabilities of a device to another device or network component. A …

Wireless communication devices and methods for forming peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless connections between devices

EH Qi, M Meylemans - US Patent 9,681,476, 2017 - Google Patents
Various embodiments include an apparatus having a wireless communication device (WCD)
and methods for the WCD to wirelessly exchange messages with other devices. In some …

Methods and apparatus for transmitting data between different peer-to-peer communication groups

DE Halasz, AK Salkintzis, DR Smith - US Patent 9,591,508, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for transmitting data between dif ferent peer-to-peer communication
groups are disclosed. A wireless device determines if it is simultaneously connected to a …

Method and apparatus for peer-to-peer communications in a wireless local area network including the negotiation and establishment of a peer-to-peer connection …

MP Montemurro, BEA Mccolgan, S McCann - US Patent 10,681,757, 2020 - Google Patents
A method and device for peer-to-peer communications is provided. The method includes
communication of the capabilities of a device to another device or network component. A …

Method and apparatus for establishing peer-to-peer communications

N Venkitaraman, RJ Lillie - US Patent 8,027,342, 2011 - Google Patents
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A method and apparatus that establishes peer-to-peer com
munications is disclosed. The method may include determin ing a group to which a first …

Method and apparatus of improving connection for sidelink communication in a wireless communication system

LT Pan, RLC Kuo, LC Tseng, WY Chen - US Patent 10,687,386, 2020 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first device. In one
embodiment, the method includes the first device broadcasting a first message, wherein the …

Method and apparatus for direct device to device communication in a wireless communication system

RLC Kuo - US Patent App. 14/057,493, 2014 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus are disclosed to release a connection for a peer to peer
communication session. The method includes initiating, by a first user equipment, a peer to …