Communication method and apparatus relating to synchronizing on a peer to peer timing structure

摘要

Methods and apparatus related to peer to peer communication networks are described. Peer to peer timing structure including a traffic interval recurring peer discovery interval is implemented. Some embodiments also include a repeating paging intervals on peer-to-peer page. Determines the time reference point, a wireless communication device that stores information that defines the timing and structure to support the peer-to-peer communication, to facilitate the coarse level of synchronization on the timing structure. Communication device, for example a satellite, base station, or the time reference point is determined based on the broadcast signal received from the beacon signal transmitter. Thus, a peer-to-peer wireless communications device a plurality of local neighborhood share the same basic understanding relative to the present time on a recurring peer to peer timing structure common. Peer to peer timing synchronization is further improved based on the received signals communicated between peers. [Selection] Figure Figure 1