公开(公告)号：US08605625B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-10

申请号：US12417383

申请日：2009-04-02

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： H04J1/16 ,  H04L12/66 ,  G06F15/177

CPC分类号： H04W8/005 ,  H04W8/186 ,  H04W48/14

摘要： Methods and apparatus supporting enhanced discovery operations in peer to peer networks are described. Peer discovery, based on direct peer to peer discovery between two mobile nodes can be somewhat limited, e.g., due to power limitations, processing power, and/or channel conditions. An access point, e.g., base station, monitors for and receives peer discovery signals conveying a set of identifiers from a wireless communications device. The access point retransmits at least one identifier in the set in a wireless peer to peer communications channel. Thus the access point effectively extends the peer discovery range for wireless communications devices utilizing the peer to peer network. Wireless communications devices can monitor for and recover the rebroadcast peer discovery signals from access points. Thus, via access point signaling a wireless communications device can be made situationally aware of other devices of interest which would be otherwise outside its discovery detection range.

摘要翻译： 描述了支持对等网络中增强发现操作的方法和装置。 基于两个移动节点之间的直接对等点发现的对等体发现可以受到一些限制，例如由于功率限制，处理能力和/或信道条件。 接入点，例如基站，监视和接收从无线通信设备传送一组标识符的对等体发现信号。 接入点在无线对等通信信道中重发集合中的至少一个标识符。 因此，接入点有效地扩展了利用对等网络的无线通信设备的对等体发现范围。 无线通信设备可以监视和恢复来自接入点的重播对等体发现信号。 因此，通过接入点信令，可以使无线通信设备在情境上意识到其他在其发现检测范围之外的感兴趣的设备。

公开(公告)号：US08494437B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-23

申请号：US12427890

申请日：2009-04-22

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： H04H1/00

CPC分类号： H04W72/042 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W76/28

摘要： Methods and apparatus well suited for efficiently communicating small amounts of information relatively frequently in a wireless communications system are described. An uplink timing frequency structure for an access point includes a set of dedicated uplink communications resources, e.g., expression advertisement interval air link resources. Different ones of the set of dedicated uplink communications resources correspond to different individual wireless communications devices currently registered with the access point. In the downlink timing frequency structure for the access point there are dedicated downlink broadcast communications resources, e.g., expression broadcast interval air link resources and neighbor expression broadcast interval air link resources. Information received on dedicated uplink air link resources is echoed back or selectively echoed back on the dedicated downlink air link resources. Wireless communications devices monitor downlink dedicated air link resources to recover expression information being communicated by other wireless communications devices in its local vicinity.

摘要翻译： 描述了非常适合于在无线通信系统中相对频繁地有效地传送少量信息的方法和装置。 用于接入点的上行链路定时频率结构包括一组专用上行链路通信资源，例如表达广告间隔空中链路资源。 专用上行链路通信资源集合中的不同的对应于当前在接入点上登记的不同的单独无线通信设备。 在接入点的下行链路定时频率结构中，存在专用的下行链路广播通信资源，例如表达广播间隔空中链路资源和邻居表达广播间隔空中链路资源。 在专用上行链路空中链路资源上接收的信息在专用下行链路空中链路资源上被回送或选择性地回传。 无线通信设备监视下行链路专用空中链路资源，以恢复由其本地附近的其他无线通信设备传送的表情信息。

公开(公告)号：US20100272029A1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-28

申请号：US12427883

申请日：2009-04-22

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04L27/28 ,  H04W72/04

CPC分类号： H04W72/0413 ,  H04W72/1268

摘要： Methods and apparatus for efficiently communicating small amounts of information relatively frequently in a wireless communications system are described. An access point's uplink timing frequency structure includes a set of dedicated uplink communications resources, e.g., expression advertisement interval air link resources, which may be in addition to regular traffic channel resources. The set of dedicated uplink communications resources comprises a small fraction of the total uplink communications resources. An individual one of the set of dedicated uplink communications resources can carry a small amount of information bits. An expression advertisement interval occurs relatively frequently. A wireless communications device, registered with the access point, is allocated one of the set of dedicated uplink resources. The wireless communications device can transmit information using its allocated resource in both a sleep state and an active state.

摘要翻译： 描述了在无线通信系统中相对频繁地有效地传送少量信息的方法和装置。 接入点的上行链路定时频率结构包括一组专用上行链路通信资源，例如表达广告间隔空中链路资源，其可以是常规业务信道资源。 专用上行链路通信资源集合包括总上行链路通信资源的一小部分。 一组专用上行链路通信资源中的一个单独的一个可以携带少量的信息位。 表达广告间隔相对频繁地发生。 向该接入点注册的无线通信设备被分配为一组专用上行链路资源中的一个。 无线通信设备可以在睡眠状态和活动状态中使用其分配的资源来发送信息。

公开(公告)号：US08082303B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-20

申请号：US12413877

申请日：2009-03-30

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04W4/02 ,  H04L67/16 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W84/22 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： A first wireless communications device includes a wide area network (WAN) interface and a peer to peer interface. The first device discovers the presence of a second wireless communications device via a peer discovery signal, received via its peer to peer interface. The second device has been transmitting, e.g., periodically, certain information, e.g., its location and/or shopping preferences, to a node within the WAN. The detected first signal triggers an application alert in the first device. The first device recovers past information about the second device through a second signal received via its WAN interface. The first device uses information communicated in the first signal, e.g., device identifier information, and information communicated in the second signal, e.g., past location and/or shopping information, to generate a targeted message for the second device. The first device communicates the targeted message via its peer to peer interface in a peer to peer traffic channel.

摘要翻译： 第一无线通信设备包括广域网（WAN）接口和对等接口。 第一设备经由其对等接口接收的对等体发现信号发现第二无线通信设备的存在。 第二设备已经例如周期性地向WAN内的节点发送某些信息，例如其位置和/或购物偏好。 所检测到的第一信号在第一设备中触发应用警报。 第一个设备通过其WAN接口接收的第二个信号恢复关于第二个设备的信息。 第一设备使用在第一信号中传送的信息，例如，设备标识符信息，以及在第二信号中传送的信息，例如过去位置和/或购物信息，以产生用于第二设备的目标消息。 第一设备通过对等业务信道中的对等接口对目标消息进行通信。

公开(公告)号：US20100272081A1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-28

申请号：US12427890

申请日：2009-04-22

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04W72/042 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W76/28

摘要： Methods and apparatus well suited for efficiently communicating small amounts of information relatively frequently in a wireless communications system are described. An uplink timing frequency structure for an access point includes a set of dedicated uplink communications resources, e.g., expression advertisement interval air link resources. Different ones of the set of dedicated uplink communications resources correspond to different individual wireless communications devices currently registered with the access point. In the downlink timing frequency structure for the access point there are dedicated downlink broadcast communications resources, e.g., expression broadcast interval air link resources and neighbor expression broadcast interval air link resources. Information received on dedicated uplink air link resources is echoed back or selectively echoed back on the dedicated downlink air link resources. Wireless communications devices monitor downlink dedicated air link resources to recover expression information being communicated by other wireless communications devices in its local vicinity.

摘要翻译： 描述了非常适合于在无线通信系统中相对频繁地有效地传送少量信息的方法和装置。 用于接入点的上行链路定时频率结构包括一组专用上行链路通信资源，例如表达广告间隔空中链路资源。 专用上行链路通信资源集合中的不同的对应于当前在接入点上登记的不同的单独无线通信设备。 在接入点的下行链路定时频率结构中，存在专用的下行链路广播通信资源，例如表达广播间隔空中链路资源和邻居表达广播间隔空中链路资源。 在专用上行链路空中链路资源上接收的信息在专用下行链路空中链路资源上被回送或选择性地回传。 无线通信设备监视下行链路专用空中链路资源，以恢复由其本地附近的其他无线通信设备传送的表情信息。

公开(公告)号：US20100254308A1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-07

申请号：US12417383

申请日：2009-04-02

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： H04W88/08

CPC分类号： H04W8/005 ,  H04W8/186 ,  H04W48/14

摘要： Methods and apparatus supporting enhanced discovery operations in peer to peer networks are described. Peer discovery, based on direct peer to peer discovery between two mobile nodes can be somewhat limited, e.g., due to power limitations, processing power, and/or channel conditions. An access point, e.g., base station, monitors for and receives peer discovery signals conveying a set of identifiers from a wireless communications device. The access point retransmits at least one identifier in the set in a wireless peer to peer communications channel. Thus the access point effectively extends the peer discovery range for wireless communications devices utilizing the peer to peer network. Wireless communications devices can monitor for and recover the rebroadcast peer discovery signals from access points. Thus, via access point signaling a wireless communications device can be made situationally aware of other devices of interest which would be otherwise outside its discovery detection range.

摘要翻译： 描述了支持对等网络中增强发现操作的方法和装置。 基于两个移动节点之间的直接对等点发现的对等体发现可以受到一些限制，例如由于功率限制，处理能力和/或信道条件。 接入点，例如基站，监视和接收从无线通信设备传送一组标识符的对等体发现信号。 接入点在无线对等通信信道中重发集合中的至少一个标识符。 因此，接入点有效地扩展了利用对等网络的无线通信设备的对等体发现范围。 无线通信设备可以监视和恢复来自接入点的重播对等体发现信号。 因此，通过接入点信令，可以使无线通信设备在情境上意识到其他在其发现检测范围之外的感兴趣的设备。

公开(公告)号：US20100029216A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-04

申请号：US12195663

申请日：2008-08-21

申请人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson

发明人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson

IPC分类号： H04B7/26

CPC分类号： H04B7/2615 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W84/20 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： Methods and apparatus for using different frequency bands are described. In some embodiments a first frequency band which is a licensed spectrum frequency band is used for peer discovery, device authentication, session establishment between peer devices and/or supporting an ongoing communications through control signaling. When available, a second frequency band, e.g., an unlicensed public frequency band is used for communicating data while the communications session is maintained using one or more control signals communicated in the first frequency band. Data and control signaling may be performed on a time division basis during a time period in which data is communicated.

摘要翻译： 描述了使用不同频带的方法和装置。 在一些实施例中，作为授权频谱频带的第一频带用于对等体发现，设备认证，对等设备之间的会话建立和/或通过控制信令支持正在进行的通信。 当可用时，使用在第一频带中传送的一个或多个控制信号来维持通信会话时，第二频带，例如，未许可的公共频带用于通信数据。 数据和控制信令可以在传送数据的时间周期内以时分方式执行。

公开(公告)号：US20100250673A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-30

申请号：US12413877

申请日：2009-03-30

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04W4/02 ,  H04L67/16 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W84/22 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： A first wireless communications device includes a wide area network (WAN) interface and a peer to peer interface. The first device discovers the presence of a second wireless communications device via a peer discovery signal, received via its peer to peer interface. The second device has been transmitting, e.g., periodically, certain information, e.g., its location and/or shopping preferences, to a node within the WAN. The detected first signal triggers an application alert in the first device. The first device recovers past information about the second device through a second signal received via its WAN interface. The first device uses information communicated in the first signal, e.g., device identifier information, and information communicated in the second signal, e.g., past location and/or shopping information, to generate a targeted message for the second device. The first device communicates the targeted message via its peer to peer interface in a peer to peer traffic channel.

摘要翻译： 第一无线通信设备包括广域网（WAN）接口和对等接口。 第一设备经由其对等接口接收的对等体发现信号发现第二无线通信设备的存在。 第二设备已经例如周期性地向WAN内的节点发送某些信息，例如其位置和/或购物偏好。 所检测到的第一信号在第一设备中触发应用警报。 第一个设备通过其WAN接口接收的第二个信号恢复关于第二个设备的信息。 第一设备使用在第一信号中传送的信息，例如，设备标识符信息，以及在第二信号中传送的信息，例如过去位置和/或购物信息，以产生用于第二设备的目标消息。 第一设备通过对等业务信道中的对等接口对目标消息进行通信。

公开(公告)号：US08902800B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US12427883

申请日：2009-04-22

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Ying Wang ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： G08C17/00 ,  H04B7/212 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W72/04

CPC分类号： H04W72/0413 ,  H04W72/1268

摘要： Methods and apparatus for efficiently communicating small amounts of information relatively frequently in a wireless communications system are described. An access point's uplink timing frequency structure includes a set of dedicated uplink communications resources, e.g., expression advertisement interval air link resources, which may be in addition to regular traffic channel resources. The set of dedicated uplink communications resources comprises a small fraction of the total uplink communications resources. An individual one of the set of dedicated uplink communications resources can carry a small amount of information bits. An expression advertisement interval occurs relatively frequently. A wireless communications device, registered with the access point, is allocated one of the set of dedicated uplink resources. The wireless communications device can transmit information using its allocated resource in both a sleep state and an active state.

摘要翻译： 描述了在无线通信系统中相对频繁地有效地传送少量信息的方法和装置。 接入点的上行链路定时频率结构包括一组专用上行链路通信资源，例如表达广告间隔空中链路资源，其可以是常规业务信道资源。 专用上行链路通信资源集合包括总上行链路通信资源的一小部分。 一组专用上行链路通信资源中的一个单独的一个可以携带少量的信息位。 表达广告间隔相对频繁地发生。 向该接入点注册的无线通信设备被分配为一组专用上行链路资源中的一个。 无线通信设备可以在睡眠状态和活动状态中使用其分配的资源来发送信息。

公开(公告)号：US08078111B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-13

申请号：US12195663

申请日：2008-08-21

申请人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson

发明人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson

IPC分类号： H04B1/00 ,  H04B15/00

CPC分类号： H04B7/2615 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W84/20 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： Methods and apparatus for using different frequency bands are described. In some embodiments a first frequency band which is a licensed spectrum frequency band is used for peer discovery, device authentication, session establishment between peer devices and/or supporting an ongoing communications through control signaling. When available, a second frequency band, e.g., an unlicensed public frequency band is used for communicating data while the communications session is maintained using one or more control signals communicated in the first frequency band. Data and control signaling may be performed on a time division basis during a time period in which data is communicated.

摘要翻译： 描述了使用不同频带的方法和装置。 在一些实施例中，作为授权频谱频带的第一频带用于对等体发现，设备认证，对等设备之间的会话建立和/或通过控制信令支持正在进行的通信。 当可用时，使用在第一频带中传送的一个或多个控制信号来维持通信会话时，第二频带，例如，未许可的公共频带用于通信数据。 数据和控制信令可以在传送数据的时间周期内以时分方式执行。