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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Vincent D. Park, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Thomas Richardson, South Orange, NJ (US);
Junyi LI, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Sanjay Shakkottai, Austin, TX (US);
Vincent D. Park, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Thomas Richardson, South Orange, NJ (US);
Junyi Li, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Sanjay Shakkottai, Austin, TX (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus related to peer, network or service discovery in a mobile wireless system, such as an ad hoc peer-to-peer network, are described. Transmission of discovery information, such as upper layer discovery information, is divided into a number of portions to be transmitted separately over time. Transmission of the individual portions is structured to enable flexibility in the frequency of the peer discovery transmissions as well as the monitoring of such transmissions. Various embodiments facilitate rapid discovery and secure discovery, such as selective discovery by trusted peers. The structuring enables proxying of some transmissions by a third party, such as an assist node. The assist node receives discovery information portions being communicated at a first rate and retransmits the received discovery information portions at a second rate which is higher than the first rate.