Apparatus, system and method of neighbor awareness networking (NAN) geo-fencing
View Patent ↗Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) Geo-Fencing. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry configured to cause a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device to process a plurality of geo-fencing parameters of a geofence from an application on the NAN device; and perform geo-fencing with another NAN device based on the geo-fencing parameters.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a processor configured to cause a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) engine of a first NAN device to:
process a method call from a service or application (service/application) on the first NAN device, the method call comprising one or more configuration parameters to configure a condition for NAN geo-fencing based on a geo-fence range;
determine a measured range between the first NAN device and a second NAN device;
determine whether the condition is met based on a comparison between the measured range and the geo-fence range; and
when the condition is met, send an event to the service/application, the event comprising an indication that the condition is met.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters comprise a geo-fence description to define the geo-fence range.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the condition comprises a crossing of a geo-fence perimeter corresponding to the geo-fence range.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the condition comprises movement of the second NAN device into the geo-fence range.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the condition comprises movement of the second NAN device out of the geo-fence range.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the geo-fence range is to define a perimeter of a geo-fencing area.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the NAN engine to determine the measured range according to a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) procedure comprising an exchange of FTM messages between the first and second NAN devices.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the method call comprises a publish method call, the publish method call comprising a service name to identify the service/application.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the method call comprises a NAN service discovery method, the NAN service discovery method comprising one or more discovery parameters to configure service discovery in a NAN cluster.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the NAN service discovery method comprises a publish method or a subscribe method.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a NAN Application Protocol Interface (API) to receive the method call from the service/application, and to provide the event from the NAN engine to the service/application.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause a NAN Medium Access Controller (MAC) of the first NAN device to process one or more NAN messages to be communicated with the second NAN device.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising the NAN engine.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio.
15. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising one or more antennas.
16. A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to cause a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) engine of a first NAN device to:
process a method call from a service or application (service/application) on the first NAN device, the method call comprising one or more configuration parameters to configure a condition for NAN geo-fencing based on a geo-fence range;
determine a measured range between the first NAN device and a second NAN device;
determine whether the condition is met based on a comparison between the measured range and the geo-fence range; and
when the condition is met, send an event to the service/application, the event comprising an indication that the condition is met.
17. The product of claim 16 , wherein the configuration parameters comprise a geo-fence description to define the geo-fence range.
18. The product of claim 16 , wherein the condition comprises movement of the second NAN device into the geo-fence range or out of the geo-fence range.
19. The product of claim 16 , wherein the geo-fence range is to define a perimeter of a geo-fencing area.
20. The product of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the NAN engine to determine the measured range according to a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) procedure comprising an exchange of FTM messages between the first and second NAN devices.
21. The product of claim 16 , wherein the method call comprises a publish method call, the publish method call comprising a service name to identify the service/application.
22. The product of claim 16 , wherein the method call comprises a NAN service discovery method, the NAN service discovery method comprising one or more discovery parameters to configure service discovery in a NAN cluster.
23. The product of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed, result in a NAN Application Protocol Interface (API) to receive the method call from the service/application, and to provide the event from the NAN engine to the service/application.
24. The product of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause a NAN Medium Access Controller (MAC) of the first NAN device to process one or more NAN messages to be communicated with the second NAN device.
25. An apparatus comprising:
means for processing a method call from a service or application (service/application) on a first NAN device, the method call comprising one or more configuration parameters to configure a condition for NAN geo-fencing based on a geo-fence range;
means for determining a measured range between the first NAN device and a second NAN device; and
means for determining whether the condition is met based on a comparison between the measured range and the geo-fence range, and, when the condition is met, sending an event to the service/application, the event comprising an indication that the condition is met.
26. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the configuration parameters comprise a geo-fence description to define the geo-fence range.
27. The apparatus of claim 25 comprising means for determining the measured range according to a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) procedure comprising an exchange of FTM messages between the first and second NAN devices.
28. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the method call comprises a NAN service discovery method, the NAN service discovery method comprising one or more discovery parameters to configure service discovery in a NAN cluster.