AD HOC NETWORK DISCOVERY MENU

摘要

When a new wireless device (100) arrives within the communication range of any member (106 or 108) of the ad hoc network, its inquiry signals are answered by the first member detecting the inquiry. If that first member is an ad hoc network information provider (106), it responds with information accessed from its service registry characterizing the ad hoc network. If, instead, an ordinary device (108) in the ad hoc network is the first to respond to the inquiry signals of the arriving device, the device responds with the address of the ad hoc network information provider (106). The arriving device (100) then pages the ad hoc network information provider (106) to obtain information characterizing the ad hoc network.