Radio resource allocation in wi-fi aware neighborhood area network data links

An apparatus of a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) device, the NAN device configured for NAN data link schedule setup to establish a schedule to communicate data over the NAN data link, the apparatus comprising:

• physical layer (PHY) circuitry;
• and
• medium access control layer (MAC) circuitry configured to interface with an application layer of the NAN device, wherein as part of the NAN data link scheduling the MAC circuitry is configured to:
• format a NAN frame for transmission for service discovery, the NAN frame indicating a service provided by the NAN device;
• decode a data request frame from another NAN device, wherein the data request frame includes one or more first NAN data link requirements;
• format, in response to the data request frame, a data response frame for transmission that includes one or more second NAN data link requirements, wherein at least one of the first or second NAN data link requirements include Quality of Service (QoS) attributes and availability information, and the availability information includes a time bitmap that indicates a time duration of availability windows;
• and
• communicate data with the other NAN device via the NAN data link according to the QoS attributes and availability information.

An apparatus of a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) device, the NAN device configured for NAN data link schedule setup to establish a schedule to communicate data over the NAN data link, the apparatus comprising:

• physical layer (PHY) circuitry;
• and
• medium access control layer (MAC) circuitry configured to interface with an application layer of the NAN device, wherein as part of the NAN data link scheduling the MAC circuitry is configured to:
• decode a NAN frame that indicates a service provided by another NAN device;
• format a data request frame for transmission to the other NAN device, wherein the data request frame includes one or more first NAN data link requirements;
• decode a data response frame that includes one or more second NAN data link requirements, wherein at least one of the first or second NAN data link requirements include Quality of Service (QoS) attributes and availability information, and the availability information includes a time bitmap that indicates a time duration of availability windows;
• and
• communicate data with the other NAN device using the NAN data link according to the QoS attributes and availability information.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by MAC layer circuitry of a Neighbor Awareness Network (NAN) device to interface with an application layer of the NAN device, wherein the instructions configure the device for NAN data link schedule setup to establish a schedule to communicate data over the NAN data link, wherein as part of the NAN data link scheduling operations, the instructions configure the MAC circuitry to:

• format a NAN frame for transmission for service discovery, the NAN frame indicating a service provided by the NAN device;
• decode a data request frame from another NAN device, wherein the data request frame includes one or more first NAN data link requirements;
• format, in response to the data request frame, a data response frame for transmission that includes one or more second NAN data link requirements, wherein at least one of the first or second NAN data link requirements include Quality of Service (QoS) attributes and availability information, and the availability information includes a time bitmap that indicates a time duration of availability windows;
• and
• communicate data with the second NAN device via the NAN data link according to the QoS attributes and availability information.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by MAC layer circuitry of a Neighbor Awareness Network (NAN) device to interface with an application layer of the NAN device, wherein the instructions configure the device for NAN data link schedule setup to establish a schedule to communicate data over the NAN data link, wherein as part of the NAN data link scheduling operations, the instructions configure the MAC circuitry to:

• decode a NAN frame that indicates a service provided by another NAN device;
• format a data request frame for transmission to the other NAN device, wherein the data request frame includes one or more first NAN data link requirements;
• decode a data response frame that includes one or more second NAN data link requirements, wherein at least one of the first or second NAN data link requirements include Quality of Service (QoS) attributes and availability information, and the availability information includes a time bitmap that indicates a time duration of availability windows;
• and
• communicate data with the other NAN device using the NAN data link according to the QoS attributes and availability information.