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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Junyi LI, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Xinzhou Wu, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Saurabh Tavildar, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Vincent D. Park, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Junyi Li, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Xinzhou Wu, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Saurabh Tavildar, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Vincent D. Park, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for communicating information, e.g., queries and query responses, in a peer to peer communications network are described. Queries include, e.g., queries for a product, service, activity or activity partner. In some embodiments, a query channel is implemented and utilized. The implemented query channel structure is such that multiple query responses may be communicated corresponding to a single transmitted query. Various embodiments employ randomization in transmission segment selection by an individual communications device within a transmission block to decrease the likelihood of collisions. A communication device's access to the query channel is determined by the communications device itself. A communications device's decision as to whether or not to transmit and/or re-transmit a query is based on one or more of: its query transmission statistics, historical query channel loading information, and priority level information corresponding to the communications device.