Operating a cluster of peer-to-peer devices

PB Vandwalle, CA Hartman, Y Liu - US Patent 10,003,642, 2018 - Google Patents
A system, apparatus, and method are provided for operating a peer-to-peer communication
environment. The environment includes one or more clusters of peer devices, wherein …

Neighbor awareness networking datapath

Y Liu, CA Hartman, DR Borges, PN Heerboth… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
In one set of embodiments, one or more client stations operate to configure Neighbor
Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring client stations, ie …

System for network discovery and synchronization

A Jayaraman, R Samuel, PP Gelbman… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer
storage media, for maintaining, by a cloud controller, data representing a topology of a …

Traffic advertisement in neighbor aware network (NAN) data path

AP Patil, SP Abraham, A Raissinia… - US Patent 10,075,950, 2018 - Google Patents
A method of communication includes generating a traffic advertisement at a particular
device. The traffic advertisement indicates availability of data to be sent by the particular …

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for hop count usage in cluster selection

M Kasslin, J Marin - US Patent 10,004,033, 2018 - Google Patents
Embodiments enable access to a wireless communications medium. In example
embodiments, a method comprises receiving first synchronization messages from a wireless …

Methods and apparatus for beaconing within a wireless network based on an indication of distance

SA Tamhane, PA Lambert, BQ Tran… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
The present disclosure describes methods and apparatus for beaconing within a wireless
network based on an indication of distance. For certain example embodiments, in a wireless …

Discovery method and an electronic device thereof

J Bu-Seop, Y Chung - US Patent 10,111,161, 2018 - Google Patents
A method of operating an electronic device in a neighbor awareness networking (NAN)
cluster and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes receiving, from …

Neighbor awareness networking—channel sequence

M Shmukler, L Zukerman, Y Boger, O Shani - US Patent 10,123,200, 2018 - Google Patents
In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor
Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations …

Traffic advertisement in neighbor aware network (NAN) data path

AP Patil, SP Abraham, A Raissinia… - US Patent 9,949,236, 2018 - Google Patents
A method of communication includes generating a traffic advertisement. The traffic
advertisement indicates availability of data to be sent to multiple devices of a set of devices …

Method and device for shifting state of NAN terminal in wireless communication system

D Kim, B Lee, G Park - US Patent 10,098,081, 2018 - Google Patents
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for shifting the state of a
neighbor awareness networking (NAN) terminal in a wireless communication system …