Supplemental cross-technology discovery
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsJames Kelleman, James Sienicki
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus may be a user equipment (UE), base station, or access point. The apparatus broadcasts peer discovery information in a high-level expression data structure that supports multiple discovery technologies from a variety of wireless networks. By using the high-level expression data, the apparatus may use a single, unified discovery application programming interface for signaling the presence of any supplemental cross-technology discovery information as such information became available. In another aspect, the apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus receives the broadcasted high-level expression data in a peer discovery signal and processes the data.
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A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- transmitting a first set of information in a first peer discovery signal with a first periodicity and a first peer discovery range, the first set of information including information for a second set of information;
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- transmitting the second set of information in a second peer discovery signal with a second periodicity and a second peer discovery range, the second periodicity being different from the first periodicity, the second peer discovery range being less than the first peer discovery range, the second set of information being associated with the first set of information.
A method of wireless communication of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- receiving a first set of information in a first peer discovery signal with a first periodicity and a first peer discovery range, the first set of information including information for a second set of information;
- receiving the second set of information in a second peer discovery signal with a second periodicity and a second peer discovery range, the second periodicity being different from the first periodicity, the second peer discovery range being less than the first peer discovery range;
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- determining that the second set of information is associated with the first set of information.
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- means for transmitting a first set of information in a first peer discovery signal with a first periodicity and a first peer discovery range, the first set of information including information for the second set of information;
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- means for transmitting the second set of information in a second peer discovery signal with a second periodicity and a second peer discovery range, the second periodicity being different from the first periodicity, the second peer discovery range being less than the first peer discovery range, the second set of information being associated with the first set of information.
An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus being a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- means for receiving a first set of information in a first peer discovery signal with a first periodicity and a first peer discovery range, the first set of information including information for a second set of information;
- means for receiving the second set of information in a second peer discovery signal with a second periodicity and a second peer discovery range, the second periodicity being different from the first periodicity, the second peer discovery range being less than the first peer discovery range;
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- means for determining that the second set of information is associated with the first set of information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.