US 11,722,950 B2
Enhanced neighbor awareness networking in 6 GHz frequency bands
Emily H. Qi, Gig Harbor, WA (US); Po-Kai Huang, San Jose, CA (US); Laurent Cariou, Portland, OR (US); Hassan Yaghoobi, San Jose, CA (US); and Carlos Cordeiro, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/92,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,920, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0058856 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A neighbor awareness networking (NAN) device, the NAN device comprising processing circuitry coupled to non-transitory storage, the processing circuitry configured to:
generate a first NAN frame comprising a first indication of a NAN operation capability of providing a service by the NAN device in a 6 GHz frequency band, and a second indication of a transmit power of the NAN device in the 6 GHz frequency band;
cause to send the first NAN frame using a frequency band different than the 6 GHz frequency band;
identify a second NAN frame received from a second NAN device, the second NAN frame received using the frequency band and comprising a third indication of the NAN operation capability of providing the service by the second NAN device in the 6 GHz frequency band, and a fourth indication of a transmit power of the second NAN device in the 6 GHz frequency band;
determine, based on the transmit power of the NAN device in the 6 GHz frequency band and the transmit power of the second NAN device in the 6 GHz frequency band, an operation parameter associated with Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) in the 6 GHz frequency band; and
establish, based on the operation parameter, a NAN connection between the device and the second NAN device for NAN operations, the NAN connection using the 6 GHz frequency band,
wherein to determine the operation parameter comprises to determine, based on the first NAN frame and the second NAN frame, that at least one of the NAN device or the second NAN device is a Standard Power AFC device, wherein to establish the NAN connection is based on the determination that at least one of the NAN device or the second NAN device is a Standard Power AFC device, and
wherein the second indication is indicative of a first connection between the NAN device and an access point (AP) device or the fourth indication is indicative of a second connection between the second NAN device and the AP device, wherein the operation parameter is based on the first connection or the second connection.