RESPONDING TO A RANGING REQUEST FROM A PEER DEVICE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

The application layer of a first wireless device may be configured to receive a ranging request indication from a MAC layer of the first wireless device, determine whether the MAC layer should respond to the ranging request, and send a ranging response to the MAC layer with an indication of whether to respond to the ranging request. The MAC layer may be configured to decode a ranging set-up request from a second wireless device, where the ranging set-up request comprises time slots. If an auto-response is set to false, send a ranging request indication to the application layer and receive from the application layer a ranging response, and if the auto-response is set to true or the ranging response indicates the MAC layer should respond to the ranging set-up request, select a time slot, and encode a ranging response with an indication of the selected time slot.

主权项

1. An apparatus of a first wireless device comprising memory;
an application layer coupled to the memory, wherein the application layer is configured to:
receive a ranging request indication from a media access control (MAC) layer, wherein the ranging request indication indicates a ranging request was received by the MAC layer;determine whether the MAC layer should respond to the ranging request; andsend a ranging response to the MAC layer with an indication of whether to respond to the ranging request; andthe MAC layer coupled to the memory and the application layer, the MAC layer comprising processing circuitry configured to:decode a ranging set-up request from a second wireless device, wherein the ranging set-up request comprises one or more requested time slots and one or more available time slots;if an auto-response is set to false, send the ranging request indication to the application layer and receive from the application layer a ranging response; andif the auto-response is set to true or the ranging response indicates the MAC layer should respond to the ranging set-up request, select a time slot from either the one or more requested time slots or the one or more available time slots, and encode a ranging response with an indication of the selected time slot.