Patent ID: 8340044
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method operational in a first device for selecting and utilizing a connection identifier for a peer-to-peer communication connection between the first device and a second device in a wireless communications network, comprising: selecting the connection identifier from a predetermined set of a plurality of connection identifiers; transmitting a transmission request signal to the second device using a first transmission resource unit, the first transmission resource unit being a subset of tones in a subset of symbols within a traffic management channel slot and the first transmission resource unit being determined as a function of the connection identifier; monitoring a second transmission resource unit corresponding to the first transmission resource unit to determine whether a request response signal is received from the second device in the second transmission resource unit, the second transmission resource unit being a subset of tones in a subset of symbols within the traffic management channel slot, wherein the second transmission resource unit is determined as a function of the connection identifier; and transmitting traffic data to the second device in a traffic channel slot corresponding to the traffic management channel slot if it is determined that the request response signal is received from the second device.