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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Vivek Vishal Shrivastava, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hawk Yin Pang, San Jose, CA (US);
Vidya Raghavan Setlur, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Raja Bose, Mountain View, CA (US);
Quinn Able Jacobson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vivek Vishal Shrivastava, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hawk Yin Pang, San Jose, CA (US);
Vidya Raghavan Setlur, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Raja Bose, Mountain View, CA (US);
Quinn Able Jacobson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Interaction between wireless devices, one of which may be equipped with a directional radio (a radio with a directional antenna for directional sensing capabilities) can be used in directional peer-to-peer networking. A method can include obtaining, at a first device from a serving device, proximity information regarding a second device. The method can also include obtaining, at the first device from the serving device, direction information regarding the second device. The method can further include calculating a position of the second device with respect to the first device based on the proximity information and based on the direction information. The method can additionally include communicating with the second device based on the position.