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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher Church, Cambridge, GB;
Mayank Batra, Cambridge, GB;
Laurence Richardson, Near Ely, GB;
Jonathan Tanner, Sidmouth, GB;
Magnus Sommansson, Veberod, SE;
Robin Heydon, Cambridge, GB;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Generally, the described techniques provide for transmission schedule coordination, and in some cases transmission schedule modification, for time division multiple access (TDMA) links amongst devices engaged in communications. A network neighborhood alignment (NNA) protocol may allow devices to inform peer devices of current (e.g., established) connections within the network neighborhood (e.g., of TDMA links established between the device and peer devices, or of TDMA links established between other per devices that are known to the device). Devices may also communicate desired connection preferences, requests for peer device current connection information (e.g., the types of data being transferred by a peer device, the connection type of links associated with the peer device), etc. In some examples, the NNA protocol may establish the information exchange via a dedicated network neighborhood channel (NNC) or via point-to-point messages exchanged between devices (e.g., where the information may then be relayed amongst peer devices).