Direct link wireless devices with power savings

Abstract

Various aspects of a communication device for supporting wireless communications for a plurality of stations associated with the communication device are provided. The communication device includes a processing system configured to determine whether each of the stations is capable of direct communications with another one of the stations while remaining associated with the communication device. The processing system may also maintain a list of the stations determined to be capable of such direct communications. In an aspect, the communication device may also include a transceiver configured to provide the list to a station of the plurality of stations in response to a request from the station. In an aspect, the request from the station may be included in an association request frame or an association response frame. In an aspect, the processing system may be configured to update the list and provide to the station the updated list in a beacon frame.

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