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Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mayank Batra, Cambridge, GB;

Brian Redding, Urbana, IL (US);

Robin Heydon, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04L 1/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 74/08 (2013.01); H04L 2001/0093 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for communication by a scanner is described. The method includes receiving a broadcast message from a broadcasting device in a connectionless mode. The method also includes performing back channel communication with the broadcasting device on a contention basis while maintaining the connectionless mode. The scanner may send a packet to the broadcasting device while maintaining a connectionless relationship with the broadcasting device.


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