US 12,413,951 B2
Discovery for neighbor awareness networking
Daniel R. Borges, San Francisco, CA (US); Lochan Verma, Danville, CA (US); Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/807,498.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/225,166, filed on Jul. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033043 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate with a second electronic device; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to:
determine a first time period for a single channel publish phase;
determine a second time period for a multi-channel publish phase, wherein the multi-channel publish phase is separate from the single channel publish phase and wherein the first time period is different from the second time period;
transmit, using the transceiver, one or more frames during at least one of the first time period of the single channel publish phase or the second time period of the multi-channel publish phase; and
receive, using the transceiver, a service specific message from the second electronic device during the at least one of the first time period of the single channel publish phase or the second time period of the multi-channel publish phase.