Combined device and service discovery technique in stations supporting tunneled direct link setup (tdls)

A service consumer station supporting a tunneled direct link set-up comprising:

• an interface, wherein the interface is to couple the service consumer station to a router,
• a platform coupled to the interface, wherein the platform is to receive a layer-2 service frame in response to sending a layer-2 query frame to a plurality of stations coupled to the router, wherein the platform is to discover a service provider station of the plurality of stations and the services offered by the service provider station based on the layer-2 service frame.

A service provider station supporting tunneled direct link set-up comprising:

• an interface, wherein the interface is to couple the service provider station to a router, and
• a platform coupled to the interface, wherein the platform is to generate a layer-2 service frame in response to receiving a layer-2 query frame, wherein the configured values in the layer-2 service frame indicate location of the service provider station and the services offered by the service provider station.