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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Steven Hartley, Pointe-Claire, CA;
Stephen Ray Palm, Irvine, CA (US);
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
The subject system allows electronic devices in an infrastructure network to discover direct peer-to-peer services, such as screencasting, access to peripheral devices, etc., that can be provided over the infrastructure network. Since the electronic devices already have a layer two (link layer) connection with each other over the infrastructure network, pre-association device and/or service discovery protocols, such as those provided by Wi-Fi Direct and the like, are not available to the electronic devices. Thus, the subject system provides a post-association mechanism that allows the electronic devices to query, advertise, discover, and access direct peer-to-peer services over the infrastructure network. Furthermore, the subject system extends access of the direct peer-to-peer services to wired networks, such as Ethernet networks, Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) networks, powerline networks, and the like.