Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Bu Seop Jung

Jung Hun Lee

Doo Suk Kang

Bo Kun Choi

Jong Mu Choi

Yong Joon Jeon

Jin Woo Lee

Yo Han Lee

Hyun Soo Kim

Min Jung Kim

Jae Hwan Kim

Yong Seok Jang

Sun Key Lee

Woo Kwang Lee

Guneet Singh Khurana

Jhong Il Kim

Soon Ho Lee

Hye Jung Bang

Jeong Il Kwon

Provided is an electronic device comprising a wireless communication module, a memory for storing attribute information on a first cluster including the electronic device, and a processor electrically connected to the wireless communication module and the memory, wherein the processor is configured so as to perform synchronization with the first cluster in relation to the performance of neighbor awareness networking (NAN)-based communication, receive a first signal including attribute information on a second cluster from an external electronic device included in the second cluster through the wireless communication module, compare attribute information on the first cluster, which is stored in the memory, with attribute information on the second information, maintain the synchronization with the first cluster and perform synchronization with the second cluster when a condition designated between the attribute information on the first cluster and the attribute information on the second cluster is satisfied, and transmit, on the basis of at least part of the synchronization with the second cluster, a second signal including information on the first cluster to the external electronic device through the wireless communication module.

NAN-based communication control method, and electronic device for supporting same

An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions implementing the method executable by the device, including: establishing a communication group having a first attribute with a first external electronic device by establishing wireless communication with the first external electronic device via the at least one communication circuit, changing the attribute of the communication group from the first attribute to a second attribute while the communication group is maintained, and when wireless communication with a second external electronic device via the communication group is requested, establishing wireless communication with the second external electronic device by the communication group having the second attribute.

Electronic device and method for connecting short range communication

An electronic device is disclosed that includes a housing, a universal serial bus (USB) connector exposed through one region of the housing, a wireless communication circuitry supporting short-range wireless communication, at least one processor electrically connected with the USB connector and the wireless communication circuitry, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory stores instructions, when executed, causing the at least one processor to, while the USB connector is connected with a first external device and while the wireless communication circuitry performs wireless communication with a second external device, determine a wired communication state with the first external device through the USB connector and adjust a power saving scheme for the wireless communication based at least in part on the determined state. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification are possible.

Communication control method and electronic device supporting same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication module configured to support a first communication method, a second communication module configured to support a second communication method, a memory configured to store data used for operations of the first communication module and the second communication module, and a processor electrically connected to the first communication module, the second communication module, and the memory.

Device searching method and electronic device supporting the same

A method and apparatus for transmitting Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) network sharing data of a Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) group are provided. The method includes forming the Wi-Fi P2P group, establishing, at a mobile station that is a Wi-Fi P2P group owner, a connection to a WLAN access point, determining whether data, to be communicated with a mobile station that is a Wi-Fi P2P client, is WLAN network sharing data, assigning, when the data is the WLAN network sharing data, a high priority to the WLAN network sharing data, preoccupying a radio channel for data transmission through channel access contention with the high priority, and transmitting the WLAN network sharing data through the preoccupied radio channel.

Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving WLAN network sharing data of Wi-Fi P2P group

A device discovery method and apparatus of a Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) device for improving connection compatibility with legacy devices are provided. The method includes receiving a command for executing a modified P2P device discovery mode, configuring the Wi-Fi P2P device as a group owner autonomously, entering a group owner receive mode in which a probe request can be received, and discovering an external device which transmits the probe request.

Device discovery method and apparatus of Wi-Fi P2P device

A mobile device and a method for providing a tethering service via a security mode and a list of preferred mobile devices are provided. The method includes determining, when the mobile device receives a connection request from a client mobile device, a number of client mobile devices that are currently connected to the mobile device, determining, when the number of connected client mobile devices is less than a preset maximum connection number, the number of created Basic Service Sets (BSSs), determining, when the number of BSSs is less than a preset maximum creation number, the identification-information regarding the client mobile device that requested connection, and providing a tethering service to the client mobile device according to the determined identification-information.

Tethering method and mobile device adapted thereto

A method, system and mobile device for searching for and acquiring a desired application by using Near Field Communication (NFC) regardless of time and location are provided. In the method, the mobile device reads a keyword from an NFC tag of a target structure in response to a tagging event between the mobile device and the NFC tag. Then the mobile device performs an application search using the keyword, and downloads a specific application found using the keyword.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Bu Seop Jung