AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION FROM AD HOC NETWORK

摘要

A wireless device is configured to automatically resign from an ad hoc ne twork. In some aspects the resignation may be based on automatic detection o f inactivity associated with the ad hoc network. For example, resignation fr om the ad hoc network may be based on absence of uplink and downlink traffic at a wireless device, absence of open sockets at a wireless device, or a la ck of beacon transmissions by other wireless devices. In the latter case, a lack of beacon transmissions by other wireless devices in the ad hoc network may be indicated by the transmission of a relatively large number of beacon s in succession by a wireless device.