Patent ID: 9148842
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a first user station (STA), for broadcasting in a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, by the first STA in a beacon, information of an advertising group of STAs, the information including a list of STAs of the advertising group; transmitting, by the first STA, a first request to join the advertising group to a first upchain STA, the first upchain STA being included in the list of STAs and an identity of the first upchain STA being determined based on an inspection of the list of STAs; transmitting, by the first STA, the beacon subsequent to receiving, from the first upchain STA, a response to the first request; and broadcasting, by the first STA, group information for the advertising group periodically, a time interval between broadcasts of group information by each of the first STA and the first upchain STA being based on a number of STAs in the advertising group such that the time interval between broadcasts by the first STA and the first upchain STA increases as the number of STAs in the advertising group increases.