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Patent No.:

US 9241353 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2013
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ju-Yong Do, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Weihua Gao, San Jose, CA (US);

Amir A. Emadzadeh, Campbell, CA (US);

Sundar Raman, Fremont, CA (US);

Gengsheng Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/02 (2013.01); G01S 5/021 (2013.01); G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method, device, and computer program product that may improve communications between a mobile device and an access point device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of communicating between a mobile device and an access point device comprises control a plurality of beacons in the access point device, establishing a communication between the access point device with the mobile device using a first beacon in the plurality of beacons, broadcasting availability of the plurality of beacons in the access point device via the first beacon, and establishing the communication with the mobile device using a second beacon in the plurality of beacons.


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