Patent ID: 8520704

Claim:
A method that facilitates signaling an identifier over a plurality of peer discovery intervals, comprising: transmitting a first partial identifier during a first peer discovery interval; transmitting a second partial identifier during a second peer discovery interval where X bits overlap within the first partial identifier and the second partial identifier, X is an integer; receiving a response from the second wireless terminal to the transmission of the first partial identifier and the second partial identifier; and establishing a peer-to-peer link between the first wireless terminal and the second wireless terminal based on the response, wherein the peer-to-peer link involves direct transmission between the first wireless terminal and the second wireless terminal, wherein a peer discovery interval is a specified time interval during which wireless terminals capable of ad hoc peer-to-peer communication detect and identify each other, peer discovery including identifying at least a second wireless terminal within direct transmission range of a first wireless terminal, such that the first wireless terminal can transmit directly to the second wireless terminal.