Method of determining operation mode for operating plurality of links with hub device and electronic device for performing the method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12457520-B2
Application number	US-202318315067-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2023
Priority date	Mar 16, 2022
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device is configured to determine default channel setting information on a plurality of links with at least one hub device, based on a received management frame, determine whether a first mode is usable, in which, in the first mode, data is transmitted to the at least one hub device through a first link based on the default channel setting information, and, at the same time, data is received from the at least one hub device through a second link, when the first mode is determined to be not usable, generate target channel setting information, determine whether the first mode is usable based on the target channel setting information, and, when the first mode is determined to be usable based on the target channel setting information, determine an operation mode of the plurality of links to be the first mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication module, including communication circuitry, configured to exchange data with an external device; and
at least one processor operatively connected to the communication module and configured to control the electronic device, wherein
the at least one processor is configured to:
receive a management frame transmitted by at least one hub device, using the communication module,
determine default channel setting information on a plurality of links with the at least one hub device, based on the management frame,
determine whether a first mode is usable, wherein, in the first mode, data is transmitted to the at least one hub device through a first link based on the default channel setting information, and, at the same time, data is received from the at least one hub device through a second link,
when the first mode is determined to be not usable, generate first target channel setting information by changing the default channel setting information,
determine whether the first mode is usable based on the first target channel setting information, and
when the first mode is determined to be usable based on the first target channel setting information, determine an operation mode of the plurality of links to be the first mode.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine whether the first mode is usable by determining whether a frequency interval between the first link and the second link satisfies a default minimum frequency interval that is determined based on the default channel setting information.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the default channel setting information comprises at least one of:
information on default transmission power of data exchanged between the electronic device and the at least one hub device,
default bandwidth information on a first bandwidth of the first link and a second bandwidth of the second link, or
information on a default modulation and coding scheme (MCS) on data exchanged between the electronic device and the at least one hub device.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine target transmission power that is lower than the default transmission power to be transmission power of data, and
generate the first target channel setting information based on the target transmission power.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to determine the target transmission power based on a reception intensity of the management frame.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to determine whether the first mode is usable by determining whether a frequency interval between the first link and the second link satisfies a target minimum frequency interval determined based on the target transmission power.

7. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to:
generate target bandwidth information by decreasing at least one bandwidth of the first bandwidth of the first link and the second bandwidth of the second link, and
generate the first target channel setting information based on the target bandwidth information.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to generate the target bandwidth information based on at least one of a latency requirement for transmission and reception of data or a throughput requirement for transmission and reception of data.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein
the latency requirement is determined based on an application executed by the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to determine whether the first mode is usable by determining whether a frequency interval between the first link and the second link satisfies a target minimum frequency interval determined based on target bandwidth power.

11. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to determine a target MCS that is lower than the default MCS and generate the first target channel setting information based on the target MCS.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to determine the target MCS based on a reception intensity of the management frame.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine target network performance required for the electronic device,
determine whether the first mode is applied to the electronic device based on the target network performance, and
when the first mode is determined to be applied to the electronic device, generate the first target channel setting information by changing the default channel setting information.

14. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a management frame transmitted by at least one hub device;
determining default channel setting information on a plurality of links with the at least one hub device, based on the management frame;
determining whether a first mode is usable, wherein, in the first mode, data is transmitted to the at least one hub device through a first link based on the default channel setting information, and at the same time, data is received from the at least one hub device through a second link;
when the first mode is determined to be not usable, generating first target channel setting information by changing the default channel setting information;
determining whether the first mode is usable based on the first target channel setting information; and
when the first mode is determined to be usable based on the first target channel setting information, determining an operation mode of the plurality of links to be the first mode.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein
the determining whether the first mode is usable based on the default channel setting information comprises:
determining whether the first mode is usable by determining whether a frequency interval between the first link and the second link satisfies a default minimum frequency interval that is determined based on the default channel setting information.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein
the default channel setting information comprises at least one of:
information on default transmission power of data exchanged between the electronic device and the at least one hub device,
default bandwidth information on a first bandwidth of the first link and a second bandwidth of the second link, or
information on a default modulation and coding scheme (MCS) on data exchanged between the electronic device and the at least one hub device.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
determining target network performance required for the electronic device; and
determining whether the first mode is applied to the electronic device based on the target network performance, wherein
when the first mode is determined to be not usable, the generating the first target channel setting information by changing the default channel setting information comprises:
when the first mode is determined to be applied to the electronic device based on the target network performance, generating the first target channel setting information by changing the default channel setting information.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Hyeonu
• Choi Junsu
• Kim Sunghwan
• Min Hyunkee
• Lim Junhak
• Jeong Kiyeong

Classifications

• H04L1/0003

  by switching between different modulation schemes · CPC title

• H04L1/0017

  where the mode-switching is based on Quality of Service requirement · CPC title

• H04L1/0025

  Transmission of mode-switching indication · CPC title

• H04W72/0473

  the resource being transmission power · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title