Methods and apparatuses for beacon transmission

摘要

Various methods and apparatuses for beacon transmission in an ad-hoc peer-to-peer network are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus for communication is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a processing system configured to determine device-independent beacon data, determine device-dependent beacon data, and to spread the device-dependent beacon data using one or more spreading codes and a transmitter configured to transmit one or more beacons during a beacon transmission period, wherein each beacon comprises the device-independent beacon data and the spread device-dependent beacon data.

主权项

1. A method of communication by a wireless device, the method comprising:
determining network-dependent beacon data comprising information dependent on a network of which the wireless device is a member, the network-dependent beacon data being the same for beacons transmitted from at least two different devices in the network; determining device-dependent beacon data comprising information dependent on the wireless device, the device-dependent beacon data being different for beacons transmitted from different devices in the network; spreading the device-dependent beacon data using one or more spreading codes; and transmitting one or more beacons during a beacon transmission period, wherein each beacon comprises the unspread network-dependent beacon data and the spread device-dependent beacon data.