Communication between devices of a neighbor aware network

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that are executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• generating, at a first device, a paging message;
• during a first transmission window of a data link group of a neighbor aware network (NAN), sending the paging message from the first device to one or more devices of the data link group;
• and
• during a second transmission window of the data link group and prior to a data window of the second transmission window, sending data traffic to a particular device of the one or more devices without sending a traffic announcement to the particular device during a second paging window of the second transmission window.

A method of communication comprising:

• monitoring, at a second device of a data link group of a neighbor aware network (NAN), a particular communication channel corresponding to the data link group during a first time period;
• receiving, at the second device, a paging message from a first device corresponding to a particular service;
• sending an acknowledgment from the second device to the first device;
• monitoring, at the second device, a first logical channel identified by an index of logical channels corresponding to the data link group;
• and
• receiving data traffic at the second device prior to a beginning of a data window corresponding to the first logical channel.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that are executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• monitoring, at a second device of a data link group of a neighbor aware network (NAN), a particular communication channel corresponding to the data link group during a first time period;
• receiving, at the second device, a paging message from a first device corresponding to a particular service;
• sending an acknowledgment from the second device to the first device;
• monitoring, at the second device, a first logical channel identified by an index of logical channels corresponding to the data link group;
• and
• receiving data traffic at the second device prior to a beginning of a data window corresponding to the first logical channel.