Patent ID: 8432786
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method operational in a first device for facilitating communications with a plurality of devices including a second device and a third device within a peer-to-peer network wherein the first, second, and third devices are peers, the first device having a first connection with the second device and a second connection with the third device, the method comprising: sending a first transmission request signal in a connection scheduling channel slot, the first transmission request signal indicating that the first device intends to transmit a traffic signal to the second device in a subsequent traffic channel slot; and sending a second transmission request signal in the connection scheduling channel slot, the second transmission request signal being different from the first transmission request signal and indicating that the first device intends to transmit a traffic signal to the third device in the subsequent traffic channel slot; wherein the connection scheduling channel slot includes a plurality of OFDM symbols, each of the plurality of OFDM symbols including a plurality of tones.