Patent ID: 9681365
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to: transmit, by a first network device, a Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Probe Request message; receive, by the first network device, a Peer-To-Peer Probe Response message from a second network device; negotiate, by the first network device with the second network device, a Group Owner (GO) role for a Peer-To-Peer group by setting, in a GO negotiation message transmitted from the first network device to the second network device, a group intent field to a maximum value and a tie-breaking field to denote that the first network device obtains the GO role in an event of a tie for the group intent field, wherein the first network device comprises an access point; and in response to the first network device failing to negotiate the GO role for the Peer-To-Peer group, refrain from forming the Peer-to-Peer group.