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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
James Chieh-tsung Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chor-teck Law, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Bosso, San Jose, CA (US);
May Chiang, San Jose, CA (US);
James Chieh-Tsung Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chor-Teck Law, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Bosso, San Jose, CA (US);
May Chiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
In one aspect, a wireless station includes a transmitter to wirelessly transmit discovery packets to a proximately located network device, a receiver to wirelessly receive an input from the proximately located network device, an engine to manage a configuration of the network device, and a power selector to control a power level output by the transmitter, enable transmission at a first power during configuration of the proximately located network device, and enable transmission at a second power after configuration of the proximately located network device, wherein the first power is different than the second power, and the first power helps prevent snooping during the configuration.