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1. A method, comprising:
initiating, at a first wireless device, a discovery protocol having a configurable parameter, the discovery protocol being associated with discovery of one or more second wireless devices; determining how many second wireless devices are within a predetermined range of the first wireless device; adjusting the configurable parameter of the discovery protocol based on how many of the second wireless devices were determined to be within the predetermined range of the first wireless device; and at the first wireless device, completing the discovery of one or more second wireless devices in accordance with the configurable parameter of the discovery protocol as adjusted based on how many of the second wireless devices were determined to be within the predetermined range of the first wireless device, wherein the configurable parameter of the discovery protocol that is adjusted based on how many of the second wireless devices were determined to be within the predetermined range of the first wireless device corresponds to one or more of
a power at which the first wireless device transmits discovery-related packets, an interval at which a beacon is transmitted by the first wireless device,a backoff time at which a beacon is to be transmitted by the first wireless device,whether or not the first wireless device is to send a probe request,whether or not the first wireless device is to send a probe response, orwhether or not the first wireless device is to send a beacon at all. |