Patent ID: 8169998
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating data, the method comprising: communicating via a wireless network by utilizing a timestamp value and network parameter values determined from a received beacon frame based on the presence of a supervisory role indication within one or more fields in said received beacon frame, wherein said received beacon frame comprises one or more additional fields comprising timing synchronization information; determining whether a communicating device that receives said beacon frame is configured to operate in a supervisory role; determining whether a station priority value configured at said communicating device is greater than, less than or equal to, a beacon priority value determined from said received beacon frame; determining whether a first portion of a source address determined from said received beacon frame is greater than, less than or equal to, a first portion of a station address for said communicating device when said beacon priority value is equal to said station priority value; and utilizing said timestamp value and said network parameter values when said first portion of said source address is greater than said first portion of said station address.