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Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2015
Applicants:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Hyunsoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hwangnam Kim, Seoul, KR;

Kang-Jin Yoon, Seoul, KR;

Ok-Seon Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kangho Kim, Busan, KR;

Yong-Seok Park, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 84/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 84/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is an apparatus and method for connecting to an Access Point (AP) based on beacon information in a wireless communication system. To this end, a wireless device predicts an interference condition from each of a plurality of APs based on information acquired by a received beacon, selects one of the plurality of APs, taking the predicted interference condition into account, and attempts connection to the selected AP.


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