Communication apparatus and communication method for enhanced tunnelled direct link setup
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
InventorsRajat PUSHKARNA, Yoshio URABE
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Abstract
Communication devices and methods for enhanced tunnelled direct link setup (TDLS) are provided. One exemplary embodiment provides a first wireless communication apparatus associated to a first access point (AP), the first wireless communication apparatus comprising: a transmitter, which in operation, transmits a request frame to a second wireless communication apparatus which is associated to a second AP for peer-to-peer communication; and a receiver, which in operation, receives a response frame from the second wireless communication apparatus in response to the request frame.
Claims17
A first wireless communication apparatus associated to a first access point (AP), the first wireless communication apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter, which in operation, transmits a request frame to a second wireless communication apparatus which is associated to a second AP for peer-to-peer communication;
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- a receiver, which in operation, receives a response frame from the second wireless communication apparatus in response to the request frame.
A second wireless communication apparatus associated to a second AP, the second wireless communication apparatus comprising:
- a receiver, which in operation, receives a request frame from a first wireless communication apparatus via a first AP associated with the first wireless communication apparatus and the second AP, the request frame indicating a request for peer-to-peer communication with the second wireless communication apparatus;
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- a transmitter, which in operation, transmits a response frame to the first wireless communication apparatus in response to the request frame.
A communication method comprising:
- transmitting, from a first wireless communication apparatus, a request frame to a second wireless communication apparatus via a first AP associated with the first wireless communication apparatus and a second AP associated with the second wireless communication apparatus, the request frame indicating a request for peer-to-peer communication with the second wireless communication apparatus;
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- receiving a response frame from the second wireless communication apparatus in response to the request frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.