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Methods and apparatus for assisting in network discovery

A device and transceiver technology, applied in the field of communication systems

Active Publication Date: 2012-08-22
QUALCOMM INC
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Furthermore, while any device capable of transmitting beacon signals can act as an AP, for an AP to be efficient it may have to have good link quality to all STAs in the network

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[0024] Various aspects of the methods and apparatus are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. These methods and apparatus may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of these methods and apparatus to those skilled in the art. Based on the description herein and the teachings herein, those skilled in the art should appreciate that the scope of the present invention is intended to cover any aspect of the methods and apparatus disclosed herein, regardless of whether said aspect is independent of any other aspect of the present invention Rather, it is implemented in combination with any other aspect of the invention. For example, an apparatus may be implemented using the many aspects set forth herein o...

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A method assist in discovery of a directional communications network using an omni - directional communications network is provided. The method may comprise obtaining connectivity information using a first protocol (124) for one or more apparatuses, and establishing a session with one of the one or more apparatuses for directional communication using a second protocol (112), wherein the first protocol is different than the second protocol (112).

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This patent application asserts U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 263,258, filed November 20, 2009, and entitled "METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING IN NETWORK DISCOVERY," and the 2010 2 Priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 300,198, entitled "METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING IN NETWORK DISCOVERY," filed on March 1, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety Incorporated into this article. technical field [0003] The present invention relates generally to communication systems, and more particularly to using omni-directional communication networks to assist discovery of directional communication networks. Background technique [0004] To address the ever-increasing bandwidth requirements required by wireless communication systems, different schemes are being developed to allow multiple user terminals to communicate by sharing channel resources while achieving high data throughput. Mul...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04W8/16H04W84/18H04W88/06
CPCH04W8/005H04W84/18H04W88/06H04W48/16
Inventor 赫曼特·桑帕特阿温纳什·贾因穆罕默德·侯赛因·塔加维纳斯拉巴迪
Owner QUALCOMM INC