Patent ID: 9363052
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication method of a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU), the communication method comprises: receiving, from an Access Point (AP), a beacon signal including identification (ID) information of a service or activity, communication format information related to the identification information, and social zone information, wherein the social zone information indicates time period of a social zone and a communication format used in the social zone; selecting the service or activity based upon the ID information, wherein the communication format is set to a first format when a first ID is selected and the communication format is set to a second format when a second ID is selected; communicating with another WTRU to exchange a data frame in a first social zone based on the selected service or activity when the communication format is set to the first format, and communicating with the AP to exchange a data frame in a second social zone based on the selected service or activity when the communication format is set to the second format.