Patent ID: 8879471
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by an apparatus, a first wireless request message; receiving, by the apparatus, zero or more responses from one or more other wireless devices; transmitting, by the apparatus, a second wireless request message including a first list of one or more wireless devices, from which a response is not desired, the first list including the other devices that responded to the first wireless request message, in the zero or more responses received by the apparatus; receiving, by the apparatus, zero or more responses from one or more other wireless devices that are not on the first list; transmitting, by the apparatus, a third wireless request message including a second list of one or more wireless devices, from which a response is not desired, the second list including the other devices that responded to the first wireless request message and the other devices that responded to the first said list, in the zero or more responses received by the apparatus; and receiving, by the apparatus, zero or more responses from one or more additional other wireless devices that are not on the first said list or the second list.