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Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Yu-Che Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;

Chao-Chun Wang, Taipei, TW;

Yung-En Hsieh, Taipei, TW;

I-Cheng Tsai, Hsinchu County, TW;

Assignee:

MediaTek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01); Y02D 70/00 (2018.01);
Abstract

A device-centric discovery mechanism requiring very low power consumption to find out information about each other directly in a self-managed mobile environment is proposed. A mobile communications device joins a self-managed communications network, which does not have a centralized management entity. The mobile device receives a request from a peer communications device about publishing a service or subscribing to a service in accordance with a first schedule. The mobile device announce the request on behalf of the peer communications device in accordance with a second schedule. The service is then provided by a service advertiser to a service seeker in accordance with a third schedule.


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