Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Insick Jung

Doosuk Kang

Bokun Choi

Sunkee Lee

Junyoung Park

Moonsoo Kim

Sunkey Lee

Chounjong Nam

Kiyeong Jeong

Seonghwan Kim

Jihoon Sung

Junyeop Jung

Heeseok Ahn

An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: at least one wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and receive wireless signals according to IEEE 802.11 standard; a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory can store instructions allowing, when executed, the processor to: receive a first request message for a tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) session defined by the IEEE 802.11 standard from a first access point (AP) through the wireless communication circuit; determine, on the basis of the first request message, that an external electronic device having requested the TDLS session is connected to a second AP; establish a connection to the second AP through the wireless communication circuit on the basis of the determination; transmit a second request message for the TDLS session to the second AP; and establish the TDLS session with the external electronic device through the second AP on the basis of the reception of a response message to the second request message from the external electronic device. Additional various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device connected to external electronic device through wireless communication channel by using TDLS session defined by IEEE 802.11 standard

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Insick Jung