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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Buseop Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Junsung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An example electronic device may include a communication circuit, and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to generate first configuration information related to scanning to search for another cluster for cluster merging by the electronic device and a first external electronic device included in a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) cluster, control the communication circuit to transmit the first configuration information to the first external electronic device, control the communication circuit to perform scanning, based on the first configuration information, to search for a signal broadcast by an external electronic device belonging to another cluster, transmit, based on discovery of the another cluster, information on the another cluster to the first external electronic device, and perform a series of operations for merging into the another cluster, wherein the first configuration information is configured so that a time point at which the electronic device performs scanning and a time point at which the first external electronic device performs scanning are different.