Ad hoc network initiation
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsJarkko KNECKT, Mika KASSLIN, Janne MARIN
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Abstract
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to improve network performance for ad hoc network initiation. Example embodiments include a new operational sequence for wireless devices initiating the use of an ad hoc network. The example embodiments require appropriately enabled wireless devices to only respond to probe request frames from other similarly appropriately enabled wireless devices. In this manner, two devices may avoid the time consuming effort of combining two different ad hoc networks into a single ad hoc network so that the two devices can communicate.
Claims27
A method, comprising:
- receiving at a wireless device that is in an operation mode for setting up an ad hoc network, a wireless message from another device;
- determining from the received message if the other device is actively setting up an ad hoc network;
- ignoring the message if the other device is not actively setting up an ad hoc network;
- and
- responding to the message if the other device is actively setting up an ad hoc network.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting by a first wireless device, a wireless message indicating the transmitting device is actively setting up an ad hoc network;
- receiving a wireless response from a responding device;
- and
- ignoring the response if it indicates that the responding device is not a wireless device that is in an operation mode for setting up an ad hoc network.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a transceiver in the apparatus that is in an operation mode for setting up an ad hoc network, configured to receive a wireless message from another device;
- a processor in the apparatus, configured to determine from the message if the other device is actively setting up an ad hoc network;
- said processor further configured to ignore the message if the other device is not actively setting up an ad hoc network;
- and
- said transceiver further configured to respond to the message if the other device is actively setting up an ad hoc network.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to transmit a wireless message indicating the apparatus is actively setting up an ad hoc network;
- said transceiver further configured to receive a wireless response from a responding device;
- and
- a processor in the apparatus, configured to ignore the response if it indicates that the responding device is not a wireless device that is in an operation mode for setting up an ad hoc network.
A computer readable medium, comprising:
- a computer readable medium configured to store program instructions, which when executed by a computer processor, perform the steps of:
- receiving at a wireless device that is in an operation mode for setting up an ad hoc network, a wireless message from another device;
- determining from the received message if the other device is actively setting up an ad hoc network;
- ignoring the message if the other device is not actively setting up an ad hoc network;
- and
- responding to the message if the other device is actively setting up an ad hoc network.
A computer readable medium, comprising:
- a computer readable medium configured to store program instructions, which when executed by a computer processor, perform the steps of:
- transmitting by a first wireless device, a wireless message indicating the transmitting device is actively setting up an ad hoc network;
- receiving a wireless response from a responding device;
- and
- ignoring the response if it indicates that the responding device is not a wireless device that is in an operation mode for setting up an ad hoc network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.