BEACONING MODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to facilitating apparatus interaction. In at least one example embodiment of the present invention, apparatuses may comprise both triggered communication activities and automated communication activities. Triggered communication activities may correspond to, for example, user and/or application instigated actions in a wireless apparatus. Automated activities may occur without any requirement for user intervention, and further, without any notification to the user that an action has occurred.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a beacon frame at an apparatus, the received beacon frame comprising a timing signal, an associated target beacon transmission time period indication that is associated with a standard beacon period and an associated diluted beacon period indication that is associated with a diluted beacon period corresponding to a wireless ad hoc network, the diluted beacon period being longer than the standard beacon period; synchronizing at the apparatus, a timing signal function to the received beacon timing signal of the ad hoc network; and preparing at the apparatus, for transmission of a beacon frame in the ad hoc network according to a time period after the received beacon frame, the time period being based on the diluted beacon period indication of the received beacon frame, the beacon frame to be transmitted including the target beacon transmission time indication and the associated diluted beacon period indication.