Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Youngkow Lee

Bokun Choi

Doosuk Kang

Junghun Lee

Hyunkee Min

Seungjae Lee

Mingyu Lee

Jongmu Choi

Moonsoo Kim

Sunkey Lee

Mincheol Seo

Taehun Lim

Chounjong Nam

Jungkuk Seo

Minwhoa Hong

Dooho Lee

Jaheon Gu

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include: a communication circuit and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, wherein the processor may be configured to: receive capability information including a maximum bandwidth of an external electronic device, determine a recommended bandwidth based on a comparison result of a first data rate according to interference in the maximum bandwidth of the external electronic device and a second data rate according to interference in at least one reference bandwidth, and perform a wireless communication connection with the external electronic device using the recommended bandwidth.

Electronic device and method for determining bandwidth for performing wireless communication connection with external device

An electronic device for providing a tethering service in a wireless communication system and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication module, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the wireless communication module. The at least one processor may be configured to establish a tethering connection between the electronic device and an external electronic device through the wireless communication module, obtain at least one piece of information related to an Internet connection of at least one application executable in the external electronic device, select a backbone network for a specified application among the at least one application executable in the external electronic device based on the at least one piece of information, map a tethering connection for the specified application to the selected backbone network, and transmit data received from the specified application of the external electronic device to the mapped backbone network.

Electronic device for providing tethering service and method thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit that supports a first communication method and a second communication circuit configured to support a second communication method, transmit, in at least one first band, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to a first threshold value, and transmit, in at least one second band, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to a second threshold value. The first communication circuit may be configured to form, based on the first communication method, a first connection to an external electronic device, the second communication circuit may be configured to transmit, based on a first function based on the first connection, having been executed, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to the first threshold value, and the first threshold value may be less than the second threshold value.

Electronic device using plurality of communication methods, and method for controlling same

According to various embodiments, a method of controlling data communication of an electronic device, the method comprising performing the directional wireless communication together with an external electronic device capable of performing the directional wireless communication and the omni-directional wireless communication, by using the first wireless communication circuit, determining the distance between an electronic device and the external electronic device, at least partially on the basis of a signal of the external electronic device received by using the second wireless communication circuit, when the stop or degradation of the directional wireless communication is detected, and determining whether to reattempt the directional wireless communication using the first wireless communication circuit, at least partially on the basis of the determined distance or to start the omni-directional wireless communication using the second wireless communication circuit. Other embodiments are possible.

Method, electronic device, and storage means for controlling data communication

An electronic device is provided, which includes a first communication circuit supporting a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) protocol; a second communication circuit configured to support a second protocol different from the NAN protocol; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the first communication circuit, the second communication circuit, and the memory. The processor is configured to activate the NAN protocol supported by the first communication circuit, receive data from at least one external electronic device during a discovery window (DW) interval synchronized in a cluster via the first communication circuit, identify whether identification information of the at least one external electronic device having transmitted the data is stored in the memory, if the identification information of the at least one external electronic device is stored in the memory, store, in the memory, information that is obtained by matching at least a part of the received data with the identification information, and if a request for performing a service is received, display information of the at least one external electronic device configured to perform the service, based on the information stored in the memory.

Electronic device and method for providing service by electronic device

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