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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Jae-hoon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kyung-lim Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung-ho Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-sung Roh, Icheon-si, KR;
Singh Shubhranshu, Yongin-si, KR;
Young-gon Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-seok OH, Cheongju-si, KR;
Sung-hee Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-hoon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kyung-lim Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung-ho Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-sung Roh, Icheon-si, KR;
Singh Shubhranshu, Yongin-si, KR;
Young-gon Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-seok Oh, Cheongju-si, KR;
Sung-hee Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A service provider discovery method in a wireless network environment, includes receiving, by the gateway, a service request (SREQ) packet which is broadcast from a first mobile node in the ad-hoc network; updating and transmitting, by the gateway, the SREQ packet to a service repository which stores at least one service provider information, in the infrastructure network; transmitting, by the service repository, a service reply (SREP) packet containing information relating to a service provider which provides a service requested by the SREQ packet to the gateway, and updating and transmitting, by the gateway, the SREP packet to the first mobile node. Accordingly, the service can be used in association with the ad-hoc network and the infrastructure network.