Enabling WiFi Aware (Neighbor Awareness Networking)
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:54 pmHi everyone,
So WiFi Aware is the new "hot topic" in peer to peer communication and proves to be a worthy replacement for Bluetooth as a whole. However, the only "officially" supported devices are Android phones running Oreo (v 8.0) and a couple of WiFi modules listed on WiFi Alliance's website (can be found here --> https://www.wi-fi.org/product-finder-results?sort_by=certified&sort_order=desc&certifications=56) .
What I am trying to do is use my Android phone as a receiver (with the WiFi Aware API) and an ESP8266 as a transmitter. All that would be sent via the WiFi connection would be a simple bytestream. I am wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to program the ESP8266 to send data (like sequences of bytes) through a WiFi radio signal. Any form of help would be greatly appreciated!
So WiFi Aware is the new "hot topic" in peer to peer communication and proves to be a worthy replacement for Bluetooth as a whole. However, the only "officially" supported devices are Android phones running Oreo (v 8.0) and a couple of WiFi modules listed on WiFi Alliance's website (can be found here --> https://www.wi-fi.org/product-finder-results?sort_by=certified&sort_order=desc&certifications=56) .
What I am trying to do is use my Android phone as a receiver (with the WiFi Aware API) and an ESP8266 as a transmitter. All that would be sent via the WiFi connection would be a simple bytestream. I am wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to program the ESP8266 to send data (like sequences of bytes) through a WiFi radio signal. Any form of help would be greatly appreciated!