Patent ID: 9723464
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of communication in a neighbor aware network (NAN) comprising at least a first mesh network, each mesh network having at least a first multi-hop data path, comprising: receiving a first message at a first device of the NAN through the first multi-hop data path within the first mesh network; and decoding the first message to determine: establishing delivery of the service from the provider device based on the communication channel and the at least one characteristic of the paging window; decoding the first message to determine a first characteristic of the first mesh network; decoding a second received message to determine whether a second service provider device of a second mesh network is capable of providing the first service and to determine a second characteristic of the second mesh network; and selecting either the first service provider device or the second service provider device for delivery of the first service based on the first characteristic and the second characteristic, wherein the first or the second characteristic includes an indication of an age of respectively the first or second mesh network, the indication of the age based on the time elapsed since a root device of each respective mesh network initially provided the first service.