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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Avinash Jain, San Diego, CA (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohammad H. Taghavi Nasrabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh P. Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
Avinash Jain, San Diego, CA (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohammad H. Taghavi Nasrabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh P. Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of facilitating a silence period in a directional communication network is provided. The method may comprise initiating, by a first apparatus, a listening period mode, wherein the listening period mode comprises ceasing at least a portion of current communication and configuring the first apparatus to receive a request to initiate a new communication, determining whether a request is received during a time period in the listening period mode, and transmitting a response if the request to initiate the new communication is received during the time period in the listening period mode.