Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for discovery of devices in a wireless network with partial coverage
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Application No.: US14067675Application Date: 2013-10-30
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Publication No.: US09936368B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: William Anthony Gage , Masoud Ebrahimi Tazeh Mahalleh , Biswaroop Mukherjee , Robert Novak , Zhijun Cai
- Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W8/00
- IPC: H04W8/00 ; H04W28/02 ; H04W84/22 ; H04W84/18

Abstract:
A method at a wireless device outside of base station control, the method comprising: transmitting a device presence signal for a predetermined time period; and listening for a network presence signal sent in response to the device presence signal. Further, a method at a wireless device, the method comprising: listening for a device presence signal; and transmitting a network presence signal in response to the device presence signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150117309A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERY OF DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK WITH PARTIAL COVERAGE Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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