Neighbor Awareness Networking Datapath - Reciprocation and Coexistence

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one non-transitory memory medium;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the at least one non-transitory memory medium, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
• publish a service instance;
• discover one or more neighboring wireless stations publishing the service instance;
• and
• form, with the one or more neighboring wireless stations, a reciprocating service group.

A wireless device, comprising:

• at least one antenna;
• at least one radio configured to perform Wi-Fi communication with a Wi-Fi access point;
• at least one processor coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the wireless device is configured to perform voice and/or data communications;
• wherein the wireless device is configured to:
• broadcast, to one or more neighboring wireless devices participating in a reciprocating service group, multicast session parameters including a multicast schedule;
• and
• transmit, to a subset of the one or more neighboring wireless devices, multicast data according to the multicast schedule.