Patent ID: 8233495

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a first wireless device (WD 1 ) including a processor and a radio able to communicate wirelessly over multiple wireless channels of a wireless local area network (WLAN) including a social channel designated for peer-to-peer device discovery and a non-social channel on which device discovery is not permitted; wherein WD 1 is to perform a first communications sequence on the social channel to discover a second wireless device (WD 2 ) that is a peer to the WD 1 , and is to perform a second communications sequence with WD 2 on the non-social channel to form an association; and wherein WD 1 is to transmit a discovery beacon during the first communications sequence, the discovery beacon including an operating channel number indicating an identity of the non-social channel on which the second communications sequence is to be performed, a capability field indicating capabilities of WD 1 , and a discovery field indicating a current status of WD 1 .