Patent ID: 8774021
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: maintaining awareness information in an apparatus by interacting with other apparatuses in a wireless network during a control period portion of a periodic time interval between network beacon signals during which the apparatus is permitted to communicate awareness information within the wireless network, the control period portion following the network beacon signals, wherein the awareness information comprises at least one of information regarding an availability of published data from the apparatus to other apparatuses in the wireless network and information regarding data searched for within the wireless network by the apparatus; determining whether any data-related tasks relating to the apparatus are pending in the network by evaluating the awareness information in the apparatus, wherein the data-related tasks comprise at least one of providing published data, that has been identified as available, from the apparatus to at least one of the other apparatuses in the wireless network and obtaining published data, that has been identified as available, from at least one of the other apparatuses in the wireless network that substantially matches the data searched for within the wireless network by the apparatus; and if at least one data-related task relating to the apparatus is determined to be pending, entering a data sub-mode for interacting with at least one other apparatus within the network for some or all of a service data period portion of the periodic time interval between network beacon signals during which the apparatus is permitted to communicate service data information within the wireless network to perform the at least one data-related task, the service data period portion following completion of the control period portion.