Methods and apparatuses for beacon transmission
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsMohammad Hossein Taghavi Nasrabadi, Avinash Jain, Hemanth Sampath, Santosh Paul Abraham
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Abstract
Various methods and apparatuses for beacon transmission in an ad-hoc peer-to-peer network are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus for communication is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a processing system configured to sense a channel during a first period comprising at least a first portion of a beacon transmission period and select, based on the sensing, a second period comprising at least a second portion of a beacon transmission period; and a transmitter configured to transmit one or more beacons during the second period.
Claims26
A method of communication, the method comprising:
- sensing a channel during a first period comprising at least a first portion of a beacon transmission period;
- selecting, based on the sensing, a second period comprising at least a second portion of a beacon transmission period;
- and
- transmitting one or more beacons during the second period.
An apparatus for communication, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing system configured to sense a channel during a first period comprising at least a first portion of a beacon transmission period and select, based on the sensing, a second period comprising at least a second portion of a beacon transmission period;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit one or more beacons during the second period.
An apparatus for communication, the apparatus comprising:
- means for sensing a channel during a first period comprising at least a first portion of a beacon transmission period;
- means for selecting, based on the sensing, a second period comprising at least a second portion of a beacon transmission period;
- and
- means for transmitting one or more beacons during the second period.
A computer program product for communication comprising a computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to:
- sense a channel during a first period comprising at least a first portion of a beacon transmission period;
- select, based on the sensing, a second period comprising at least a second portion of a beacon transmission period;
- and
- transmit one or more beacons during the second period.
A wireless node comprising:
- a processing system configured to sense a channel during a first period comprising at least a first portion of a beacon transmission period and select, based on the sensing, a second period comprising at least a second portion of a beacon transmission period;
- at least one antenna;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit, via the at least one antenna, one or more beacons during the second period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.