Patent ID: 9084231
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a first peer communications device to communicate with a second peer communications device, in a system supporting multiple peer to peer connections, the method comprising: monitoring, by the first peer communications device, a connection identifier broadcast interval to identify unused connection identifiers of a set of connection identifiers associated with one or more symbols and tones for peer to peer connections, each connection identifier in the set of connection identifiers for identifying a peer to peer connection between the first and the second peer communications devices; transmitting, by the first peer communications device, a set of available and unused connection identifiers from the identified unused connection identifiers for peer to peer connections to the second peer communications device; and receiving, by the first peer communications device, from the second peer communications device a subset of said transmitted set of available and unused connection identifiers, said subset of connection identifiers including identifiers to be used for peer to peer connection between said first and second peer communications devices.