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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Milind Kopikare, Cupertino, CA (US);
Raja Banerjea, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A first communication device listens, during advertise states of the first communication device, for probe requests from one or more second communication devices on a first channel included in a plurality of channels. At least some respective lengths of the advertise states of the first communication device are different. When one or more first probe requests are received from the one or more second communication devices during the advertise states of the first communication device, the first communication device transmits one or more first probe responses responsive to the one or more first probe requests. The first communication device transmits second probe requests on respective second channels during respective search states of the first communication device, and listens, during the search states, for one or more second probe responses on the second channels.