Patent ID: 9204368
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An ad hoc wireless network, comprising: a plurality of peers directed to form an ad hoc network, where a peer comprises an antenna, an analog front end, a processor, and beacon frame storage directed to store beacon frames; wherein a peer in the plurality of peers: wherein at least one peer in the plurality of peers has a beacon rate that differs from a beacon rate for a second peer in the plurality of peers; wherein one or more of the plurality of peers is directed to be fixed in a host mode that prohibits a peer from changing its mode from host mode to client mode; wherein one or more of the plurality of peers is directed to be fixed in a client mode that prohibits a peer from changing its mode from client mode to host mode; wherein a peer in the one or more peers is directed to transmit beacon frames by: wherein the peers in the plurality of peers not connected to an ad hoc wireless network do not transmit beacon frames when in client mode; and wherein a peer in client mode that is not connected to the ad hoc network is directed to receive a beacon frame and connect to the ad hoc network using information from the beacon frame.