Apparatus, system and method of communicating in an awareness cluster

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9872234-B2
Application number	US-201514748251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2015
Priority date	Feb 12, 2015
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communicating in an awareness cluster. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry configured to cause an awareness networking device to communicate during one or more Discovery Windows (DW) of an awareness cluster; communicate with one or more devices of at least one data path group, the data path group comprising devices of the awareness cluster and having a common schedule of radio resources (SRR); and communicate with one or more devices of at least one service data group, the service data group comprising devices of the data path group being subscribed to a common service.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a processor configured to cause a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device to:
communicate during one or more Discovery Windows (DW) of a NAN cluster;
communicate with one or more devices of at least one data path group, the data path group comprising devices of the NAN cluster and having a common schedule of radio resources (SRR); and
communicate with at least a first service data group and a second service data group sharing the common SRR, the first service data group comprising devices of the data path group subscribed to a first common service, the second service data group comprising devices of the data path group subscribed to a second common service.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the NAN device to communicate with devices of a plurality of data path groups belonging to the NAN cluster.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 configured to cause the NAN device to communicate with devices of a first data path group of the plurality of data path groups according to a first common SRR, and to communicate with devices of a second data path group of the plurality of data path groups according to a second common SRR.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the NAN device to join at least one service data group of the first service data group or the second service data group.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the NAN device to form at least one service data group of the first service data group or the second service data group.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 configured to cause the NAN device to form a data path group comprising said at least one service data group.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 configured to cause the NAN device to form said at least one service data group in an existing data path group.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the SRR comprises timing and channel resources.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the NAN device to communicate with the devices of the first service data group according to a first security policy, and to communicate with the devices of the second service data group according to a second security policy.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the NAN device to communicate with the devices of the first service data group according to a first access policy, and to communicate with the devices of the second service data group according to a second access policy.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio transceiver, and one or more antennas.

12. A system comprising a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device, the NAN device comprising:
one or more antennas;
a memory;
a processor;
a radio transceiver; and
a controller configured to cause the NAN device to:
communicate during one or more Discovery Windows (DW) of NAN cluster;
communicate with one or more devices of at least one data path group, the data path group comprising devices of the NAN cluster and having a common schedule of radio resources (SRR); and
communicate with at least a first service data group and a second service data group sharinq the common SRR, the first service data group comprising devices of the data path group subscribed to a first common service, the second service data group comprising devices of the data path group subscribed to a second common service.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the NAN device is to communicate with devices of a plurality of data path groups belonging to the NAN cluster.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the NAN device is to communicate with devices of a first data path group of the plurality of data path groups according to a first common SRR, and to communicate with devices of a second data path group of the plurality of data path groups according to a second common SRR.

15. A method to be performed at a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device, the method comprising:
communicating during one or more Discovery Windows (DW) of a NAN cluster;
communicating with one or more devices of at least one data path group, the data path group comprising devices of the NAN cluster and having a common schedule of radio resources (SRR); and
communicating with at least a first service data group and a second service data group sharing the common SRR, the first service data group comprising devices of the data path group subscribed to a first common service, the second service data group comprising devices of the data path group subscribed to a second common service.

16. The method of claim 15 comprising communicating with devices of a plurality of data path groups belonging to the NAN cluster.

17. The method of claim 16 comprising communicating with devices of a first data path group of the plurality of data path groups according to a first common SRR, and communicating with devices of a second data path group of the plurality Of data path groups according to a second common SRR.

18. A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to cause a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device to:
communicate during one or more Discovery Windows (DW) of a NAN cluster;
communicate with one or more devices of at least one data path group, the data path group comprising devices of the NAN cluster and having a common schedule of radio resources (SRR); and
communicate with at least a first service data group and a second service data group sharing the common SRR, the first service data group comprising devices of the data path group subscribed to a first common service, the second service data group comprising devices of the data path group subscribed to a second common service.

19. The product of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the NAN device to communicate with devices of a plurality of data path groups belonging to the NAN cluster.

20. The product of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the NAN device to communicate with devices of a first data path group of the plurality of data path groups according to a first common SRP, and to communicate with devices of a second data path group of the plurality of data path groups according to a second common SRR.

21. The product of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the NAN device to join at least one service data group of the first service data group or the second service data group.

22. The product of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the NAN device to form at least one service data group of the first service data group or the second service data group.

23. The product of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the NAN device to communicate with the devices of the first service data group according to a first security policy, and to communicate with the devices of the second service data group according to a second security policy.

24. The product of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the NAN device to communicate with the devices of the first service data group according to a first access policy, and to communicate with the devices of the second service data group according to a second access policy.

Assignees

• Intel Ip Corp

Inventors

• Huang Po-Kai
• Qi Emily H

Classifications

• H04W8/005

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title

• H04W72/121 Primary

  for groups of terminals or users · CPC title

• H04W48/16 Primary

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W4/06

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title

• H04L67/16

  Electricity · mapped topic