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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;

Inventors:

Cheol Ryu, Daejeon, KR;

Hyung Seok Lee, Daejeon, KR;

Jae Ho Lee, Daejeon, KR;

Seok Jin Yoon, Daejeon, KR;

Do Hyung Kim, Daejeon, KR;

Jin Suk Ma, Daejeon, KR;

Choong Bum Park, Daejeon, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04H 60/87 (2008.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/2838 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for providing information about an available service using a proxy server and a method thereof. The apparatus includes an available service checker, a database, an available service searcher, and an available service broadcaster. The apparatus may provide information through the proxy server regarding available services of a device that is not currently connected to a basic service set (BSS), thereby preventing generation of excessive amount of traffic.


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