Patent ID: 9749974
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a first station, a first value for a transmission window, wherein each value for the transmission window represents a number of discovery periods to wait between attempts to transmit a first frame during a discovery window; determining, by the first station, a selection number to determine a discovery period, within the transmission window, during which to attempt to transmit the first frame during the discovery window, wherein the selection number comprises an integer bounded by the first value of the transmission window; determining, by the first station, a backoff period to wait during the discovery window of the discovery period; determining, by the first station, if a second frame is received by the first station from another station during the backoff period; if the second frame is received by the first station during the backoff period, terminating, by the first station, the transmission of the first frame during the discovery window and increasing, by the first station, the first value for the transmission window; and if the second frame is not received by the first station during the backoff period, transmitting, by the first station, the first frame during the discovery window and decreasing, by the first station, the first value for the transmission window.