Patent ID: 9655154
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of device-to-device communication by a wireless device in a wireless communication network without direction from an access point of the wireless communication network, the method comprising: transmitting a first packet that includes first message data to a plurality of neighboring wireless devices in the wireless communication network, the plurality of neighboring wireless devices in the wireless communication network being the only wireless devices in the wireless communication network with which the wireless device directly wirelessly communicates; receiving a second packet from one of the plurality of neighboring wireless devices in the wireless communication network without direction from an access point of the wireless communication network, the second packet including the first message data and second message data generated by a second wireless device in the wireless communication network that is not one of the plurality of neighboring wireless devices of the wireless device; and in response to receiving the second packet, transmitting a third packet configured to be unicast to the second wireless device, the third packet including third message data generated by the wireless device, the second wireless device configured to broadcast the third message data so that the third message data is distributed to every wireless device within the wireless communication network without direction from an access point of the wireless communication network.