Apparatus that operates with a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) protocol, method for signaling operation information and transmit power information for device-to-device communication
Provided herein are apparatus and methods for signaling regulatory information and transmit power information for device-to-device communication. An apparatus for a Wi-Fi device comprising: a RF interface; and processor circuitry coupled with the RF interface. The processor circuitry is to: decode a first discovery frame received from a peer Wi-Fi device via the RF interface to obtain a first Operation Information attribute of the peer Wi-Fi device, wherein the first Operation Information attribute is to indicate a first operation mode of the peer Wi-Fi device; and encode, in response to the first discovery frame, a second discovery frame for transmission to the peer Wi-Fi device via the RF interface, wherein the second discovery frame includes a second Operation Information attribute of the Wi-Fi device to indicate a second operation mode of the Wi-Fi device. Other embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.
1. An apparatus for a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) device, comprising:
communications circuitry; and
processing circuitry coupled with the communications circuitry and configured to:
decode a request frame received from a peer device, the request frame including a first attribute element to indicate a first operation mode of the peer device; and
encode, in response to the request frame, a response frame for transmission to the peer device, the response frame including a second attribute element to indicate a second operation mode of the Wi-Fi device,
wherein the request frame comprises a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) Data Path Request frame, and the response frame comprises a NAN Data Path Response frame.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first attribute and the second attribute each include an attribute ID field to identify the type of Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) attribute.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first attribute and the second attribute each include a length field to indicate the length of the fields in the attribute that follows the length field.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first attribute and the second attribute each include an information field to indicate the first and second operation modes with different values.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the request frame further includes a country element to indicate regulatory domain information of the peer device.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the response frame further includes a country element to indicate regulatory domain information of the Wi-Fi device.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the Wi-Fi device and the peer device are Wi-Fi Aware devices.
8. A one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed by processing circuitry of a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) device, cause the processing circuitry to:
decode a request frame received from a peer device, the request frame including a first attribute element to indicate a first operation mode of the peer device; and
encode, in response to the request frame, a response frame for transmission to the peer device, the response frame including a second attribute element to indicate a second operation mode of the Wi-Fi device,
wherein the request frame comprises a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) Data Path Request frame, and the response frame comprises a NAN Data Path Response frame.
9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the first attribute and the second attribute each include an attribute ID field to identify the type of Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) attribute.
10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the first attribute and the second attribute each include a length field to indicate the length of the fields in the attribute that follows the length field.
11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the first attribute and the second attribute each include an information field to indicate the first and second operation modes with different values.
12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the request frame further includes a country element to indicate regulatory domain information of the peer device.
13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the response frame further includes a country element to indicate regulatory domain information of the Wi-Fi device.
14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the Wi-Fi device and the peer device are Wi-Fi Aware devices.
15. An apparatus for a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) device, comprising:
communications circuitry; and
processing circuitry coupled with the communications circuitry and configured to:
encode a request frame for transmission to a peer device, the request frame including a first attribute element to indicate a first operation mode of the Wi-Fi device; and
decode a response frame received from the peer device, the response frame including a second attribute element to indicate a second operation mode of the peer device,
wherein the request frame comprises a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) Data Path Request frame, and the response frame comprises a NAN Data Path Response frame.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first attribute and the second attribute each include an attribute ID field to identify the type of Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) attribute.
17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first attribute and the second attribute each include a length field to indicate the length of the fields in the attribute that follows the length field.
18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first attribute and the second attribute each include an information field to indicate the first and second operation modes with different values.
19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the request frame further includes a country element to indicate regulatory domain information of the Wi-Fi device.
20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the response frame further includes a country element to indicate regulatory domain information of the peer device.
21. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the Wi-Fi device and the peer device are Wi-Fi Aware devices.