Patent ID: 9686369
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for using proxy messages in a neighbor aware network, comprising: receiving, by a first proxy station, a service advertisement of a provider station, the service advertisement indicating services provided by the provider station; selectively transmitting, by the first proxy station, in response to the receiving, a first proxy broadcast message, the first proxy broadcast message comprising location information for the first proxy station and the service advertisement, the selection based on whether the provider station is a parent device of the first proxy station, wherein the parent device is a device whose service broadcast was first received by the first proxy station when the first proxy station sought the service, or based on a distance of the first proxy station from the provider station; determining a frequency of proxy broadcast transmissions based at least in part on second location information received for a second proxy station; and receiving, by the first proxy station, in response to the transmitting, a discovery request from a seeker station, the seeker station being more than one hop from the provider station, the discovery request requesting services from the provider station.