Method of transmitting/receiving signal in proximity network and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016150392-A1
Application number	US-201514952352-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 25, 2015
Priority date	Nov 25, 2014
Publication date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for efficiently providing a proximity network service and a post operation in an electronic device. An operation method of an electronic device includes configuring a cluster with another electronic device, transmitting information for a post operation within a synchronized communication duration of the cluster, receiving a response signal of the information for the post operation, and communicating with at least one other electronic device for the post operation during a post operation duration based on the response information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
performing a first operation of transmitting a signal to at least one other electronic device in a first discovery window; and performing a second operation with the other electronic device as a post operation after the first operation within a predetermined duration among intervals between the first discovery window and a second discovery window after the first discovery window.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal is for a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) service.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the signal includes one of a synchronization beacon and a service discovery frame.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal is for an NAN service,
the first operation includes transmitting a signal for the service to the other electronic device, and the post operation includes transmitting additional information corresponding to the service to the other electronic device.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first operation includes transmitting the signal to the other electronic device connected through a first connection scheme, and the post operation includes connecting the other electronic device through a second connection scheme different from the first connection scheme.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the first connection scheme includes a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) scheme, and the second connection scheme includes at least one connection scheme of wireless local area network, peer to peer, independent basic service set, mobile hotspot, wi-fi docking, wi-fi serial bus, and wi-fi direct service.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting request information for the post operation to the other electronic device in the first discovery window.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the request information includes at least one piece of information on the duration, information on the post operation, information on a target device including the other electronic device, and information for identifying the second operation.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the second operation is performed as the post operation in response to reception of response information of the request information from the other electronic device.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing profile information that corresponds to the other electronic device based on a result of the post operation.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising performing a third operation of re-performing the post operation with the other electronic device by using the profile information within a predetermined duration among intervals between a third discovery window and a fourth discovery window after the third discovery window.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising managing the duration in one of an active state and a sleep state based on at least one operation state of the electronic device and the other electronic device.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein performing the first operation comprises transmitting the signal to the other electronic device connected through a first connection scheme,
the post operation includes connecting the other electronic device through a second connection scheme different from the first connection scheme, and the method further comprises managing the duration in one of an active state and a sleep state based on a connection state between the electronic device and the other electronic device.

14 . An electronic device comprising:
a communication interface; and a processor, wherein the processor controls the communication interface to perform a first operation of transmitting a signal to at least one other electronic device in a first discovery window and to perform a second operation with the other electronic device as a post operation after the first operation within a predetermined duration among intervals between the first discovery window and a second discovery window after the first discovery window.

15 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the signal is for a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) service.

16 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the signal includes one of a synchronization beacon and a service discovery frame.

17 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the signal is for a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) service,
the first operation includes transmitting a signal for the service to the other electronic device, and the post operation includes transmitting additional information corresponding to the service to the other electronic device.

18 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the first operation includes transmitting the signal to the other electronic device connected through a first connection scheme, and the post operation includes connecting the other electronic device through a second connection scheme different from the first connection scheme.

19 . The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the first connection scheme includes a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) scheme, and the second connection scheme includes at least one connection scheme of wireless local area network, peer to peer, independent basic service set, mobile hotspot, wi-fi docking, wi-fi serial bus, and wi-fi direct service.

20 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the processor controls to further transmit request information for the post operation to the other electronic device in the first discovery window.

21 . The electronic device of claim 20 , wherein the request information includes at least one piece of information on the duration, information on the post operation, information on a target device including the other electronic device, and information for identifying the second operation.

22 . The electronic device of claim 20 , wherein the second operation is performed as the post operation in response to reception of response information of the request information from the other electronic device.

23 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the processor further stores profile information that corresponds to the other electronic device based on a result of the post operation.

24 . The electronic device of claim 23 , wherein the processor further performs a third operation of re-performing the post operation with the other electronic device by using the profile information within a predetermined duration among intervals between a third discovery window and a fourth discovery window after the third discovery window.

25 . The electronic device of claim 24 , wherein the processor further manages the duration in one of an active state and a sleep state based on at least one operation state of the electronic device and the other electronic device.

26 . The electronic device of claim 24 , wherein the first operation includes transmitting the signal to the other electronic device connected through a first connection scheme,
the post operation includes connecting the other electronic device through a second connection scheme different from the first connection scheme, and the processor further manages the duration in one of an active state and a sleep state based on a connection state between the electronic device and the other electronic device.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Bu-Seop
• Chung Young-Kwan

Classifications

• H04L67/303

  Terminal profiles · CPC title

• H04W8/005 Primary

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title

• H04L67/104

  Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks · CPC title

• H04W76/046

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W76/27

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title