Patent ID: 8335937

Claim:
A method comprising: periodically cycling a peer-to-peer (P2P) group client device between an available state and a power saving state during a discovery interval synchronized to a delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) interval of a DTIM period, the DTIM period including a period in which the P2P group client device is to receive a traffic indication message and pending traffic from a P2P group owner, wherein the DTIM interval is longer than a target beacon transmission time interval utilized for communication by the P2P group owner; receiving at the P2P group client device a P2P invitation request from the P2P group owner while the P2P group client device is in the available state, the P2P invitation including an invitation from an other P2P device to communicate with the P2P group client device; and communicating between the P2P group client and the other P2P device.