Determining proxy device transmit power using signal strength information from origin device

Abstract

An embodiment includes a method for messaging in a wireless network that includes receiving, by a proxy device for an origin device, a first message from the origin device, wherein the first message includes a reference transmit power of the origin device and the first message is received with a received power, computing, by the proxy device, a transmit power for transmitting messages on behalf of the origin device based on the reference transmit power and the received power, and transmitting at the transmit power, by the proxy device, a second message that includes information about a service provided by the origin device.

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