Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Jacob Nieman

Uday Sooryakant Hegde

Kushal Suresh Narkhede

Smart channel selection for autonomous initiators of peer-to-peer groups is disclosed. A device acting as an initiator device of a peer-to-peer group may configure the group by selecting a channel for the peer-to-peer group, where the selected channel is also the best channel available for potential group member devices to connect to a network having a coverage area in which the initiator device operates. Group member devices operating, or potentially operating, on the peer-to-peer connection will then select the best channel if they connect to the network, and use the same channel for both the peer-to-peer and network connections. Group member devices will then not be required to operate in a multi-channel mode. In embodiments, the best channel may be selected by the initiator device, for example, by determining that the channel has the highest signal strength or the fastest data rate of channels as measured at the group initiator, or by other suitable criteria.

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