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AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsYan Zhou, George Cherian, Santosh Paul Abraham
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Methods, devices, and computer program products for synchronization of wireless devices in an ad-hoc network are described herein. In one aspect, a method for synchronizing a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The method includes generating, at a wireless communication apparatus, one or more messages identifying a second device to generate prospective synchronization messages. In some aspects, the second device is a back-up root device. The method further includes transmitting a synchronization message. In one aspect, a root device for an ad-hoc network is responsible for generating synchronization messages for nodes of the ad-hoc network. The root device also generates and transmits a message which identifies a back-up root device. The back-up root device may assume responsibility for generating synchronization messages for the ad-hoc network in the event that the wireless communication apparatus no longer generates synchronization messages for the ad-hoc network. In an embodiment, the generated message identifying the back-up root device is included in a synchronization message.
A method for wireless communication performed by a root device within an ad-hoc network, comprising:
A root device for wireless communication within an ad-hoc network, comprising:
A root device for wireless communication within an ad-hoc network, comprising:
A non-transitory, computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a processor in a root device to perform a method for wireless communication within an ad-hoc network, the method comprising:
A method of communicating over an ad-hoc wireless network with a device, comprising:
The method of claim 57, wherein the received message is a synchronization message.
A non-root device for communicating over an ad-hoc wireless network, comprising:
A non-root device for communicating over an ad-hoc wireless network, comprising:
A non-transitory, computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a method of communicating over an ad-hoc wireless network with a device, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.