Patent ID: 9019866
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an ad-hoc network, the method comprising: receiving, with a user interface of the device, at least one user input of a pair of user inputs to configure a first device as one of an enrollee or a registrar; and configuring the first device as the registrar in response to receiving the at least one user input; setting, with the first device as the registrar, a timer to elapse by a predetermined time; receiving, with the first device as registrar, a probe request from a second device as the enrollee before the timer elapses by the predetermined time; performing, with the first device as the registrar, a registrar-enrollee handshake with the second device as the enrollee in response to receiving the probe request; and establishing, with the first device as the registrar, the ad-hoc network with the second device as the enrollee in response to the registrar-enrollee handshake being successful.