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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
Mohammad Hossein Taghavi Nasrabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Avinash Jain, San Diego, CA (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh Paul Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohammad Hossein Taghavi Nasrabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Avinash Jain, San Diego, CA (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh Paul Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various methods and apparatuses for beacon transmission in an ad-hoc peer-to-peer network are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus for communication is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a processing system configured to determine device-independent beacon data, determine device-dependent beacon data, and to spread the device-dependent beacon data using one or more spreading codes and a transmitter configured to transmit one or more beacons during a beacon transmission period, wherein each beacon comprises the device-independent beacon data and the spread device-dependent beacon data.