1. At a first peer device comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the first peer device being connected to a communications network via its communication circuitry, the first peer device further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the first peer device which, when executed by the processor of the first peer device, cause the first peer device to: at a higher layer above a medium access control (MAC) layer in a protocol stack of the first peer device, initiate a request associated with context information; send, via a context manger, a first primitive associated with the request to the MAC layer; and in response to the first primitive, receive a second primitive at the higher layer, the second primitive indicating a result associated with the request.