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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
Jarkko Kneckt, Espoo, FI;
Eng Hwee Ong, Espoo, FI;
Mika Kasslin, Espoo, FI;
Gabor Bajko, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jarkko Kneckt, Espoo, FI;
Eng Hwee Ong, Espoo, FI;
Mika Kasslin, Espoo, FI;
Gabor Bajko, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments of the invention are disclosed to improve the discovery of wireless networks. In example embodiments of the invention, a method comprises: listening by an apparatus, to wireless discovery request messages transmitted by one or more wireless devices; listening by the apparatus, to wireless discovery response messages from one or more other wireless devices; and modifying transmission by the apparatus, of one or more of its own wireless discovery request messages based on at least one of the wireless discovery request messages listened to or the wireless discovery response messages listened to.