Patent ID: 9432925
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by an apparatus, one or more first synchronization messages from a wireless device transmitting synchronization messages in a first neighbor awareness network cluster, the first synchronization message including a first hop count value to a first anchor master in the first cluster and information describing a first master rank value of the first anchor master; receiving, by the apparatus, one or more second synchronization messages from a wireless device transmitting synchronization messages in a second neighbor awareness network cluster, the second synchronization message including a second hop count value to a second anchor master in the second cluster and information describing a second master rank value of the second anchor master; and comparing, by the apparatus, the first and second master rank values and selecting the neighbor awareness network cluster corresponding to the synchronization message having the greater master rank value.