METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PEER COMMUNICATIONS USING AN ACTIVE COMMUNICATION MODE

Aspects disclosed herein relate to enabling specification of different bit rates in each direction for NFC peer communications. In one example, a target NFC device may be configured to receive (502) a parameter selection request including a first bit rate value to be used for transmissions from an initiator NFC device to the target NFC device and a second bit rate value to be used in the other direction, and to function (506) in either a first or a second target sub-state based on the first bit rate value. In another example, an initiator NFC device may be configured to determine (602) a first bit rate value to be used for transmissions from an initiator NFC device to a target NFC device and a second bit rate value to be used in the other direction, and to transmit (604) the first and second bit rate values in a parameter selection request message.