Patent ID: 8370417
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for subscriber registration and affiliation in a peer to peer wide area network, the peer to peer wide area network comprising at least one subscriber device and a plurality of peer devices for providing wireless communications services to the at least one subscriber device, the method comprising: a particular subscriber device communicating different registration and affiliation messages to different peer devices, each registration and affiliation message including at least (i) a subscriber device identifier uniquely identifying the particular subscriber device and (ii) a Subscriber Registration Affiliation Index, wherein the Subscriber Registration Affiliation Index is a number identifying a timing of the registration and affiliation message in which it is contained, relative to other registration and affiliation messages communicated by the particular subscriber device, the particular subscriber device varying a value of the Subscriber Registration Affiliation Index and transmitting another registration and affiliation message including the varied value of the Subscriber Registration Affiliation Index each time the particular subscriber device experiences a personality change, wherein the personality change comprises a change in at least one of a talkgroup affiliation, a frequency of operation, and an affiliation with one out of the plurality of peer devices; at a particular peer device out of the plurality of peer devices for providing wireless communications services: