Patent ID: 9635695
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A client node, comprising: a database comprising fingerprint data associated with the client node and a plurality of second client nodes, the fingerprint data including signal strength data of a plurality of communication endpoints measured by each of the client node and the plurality of second client nodes; and processing logic configured to process the signal fingerprint data to identify an individual second client node of said plurality of second client nodes within a viable range for device-to-device (D2D) communication, the viable range determined to exist in response to a match between a first fingerprint of the client node and a second fingerprint of the individual second client node, the matching first and second fingerprints indicating that a same set of communication endpoints measured by the client node and the individual second client node have signal strengths that indicate a viable D2D communication range, wherein said processing logic is further operable to initiate a D2D communications session with said individual second client node that is within said viable D2D communication range.