Patent ID: 9036517
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing a tunnel direct link setup (TDLS) session between a first TDLS device and a second TDLS device, the method comprising: sending, from the first TDLS device to the second TDLS device, a TDLS discovery request; in response to receiving, at the first TDLS device from the second TDLS device, a response to the TDLS discovery request, sending a TDLS setup request from the first TDLS device to the second TDLS device; in response to receiving, at the first TDLS device from the second TDLS device a response to the TDLS setup request: providing the persistently stored information to a third TDLS device sufficient to enable the third TDLS device to establish a TDLS session with the second TDLS device without performing TDLS discovery.