US 2018/0020498 A1Published application

Wireless lan station having platform capable of changing wireless lan connection technique

AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.

InventorsGiwon Park, Byungjoo Lee, Dongcheol Kim, Hyunhee Park

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Abstract

Proposed is a method for receiving a Wi-Fi service by a wireless LAN station supporting an application service platform (ASP). Specifically, the Wi-Fi service can be received through at least two connection techniques, for example, a Wi-Fi direct connection of Wi-Fi infrastructure connection may be used. The wireless LAN station having an ASP may detect information on each of the connection techniques and may be provided with the Wi-Fi service using one of the connection techniques. In addition, when a change in a communication environment or the like occurs, the connection technique may be switched and, in this case, signaling for switching the connection technique may be used.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A method for receiving a Wi-Fi service in a wireless LAN station supporting an application service platform (ASP), comprising:

receiving, by the ASP, a first seek service message and acquiring information on a wireless LAN station providing the Wi-Fi service through a Wi-Fi direct connectivity by using the first seek service message;
receiving, by the ASP, a second seek service message and acquiring information on a wireless LAN station providing the Wi-Fi service through a Wi-Fi Infrastructure connectivity by using the second seek service message;
selecting any one of the Wi-Fi direct connectivity and the Wi-Fi Infrastructure connectivity, based on the information acquired by using the first seek service message and the second seek service message, and receiving the Wi-Fi service by using the selected connectivity;
and
determining whether or not to receive the Wi-Fi service through a connectivity that is different from the connectivity selected between the Wi-Fi Direct connectivity and the Wi-Fi Infrastructure connectivity.

2 more elements

A wireless LAN station, comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit transmitting and receiving radio signals;
and
a processor unit being connected to the RF unit and supporting an application service platform (ASP),
wherein the processor is configured:
to receive a first seek service message and to acquire information on a wireless LAN station providing the Wi-Fi service through a Wi-Fi direct connectivity by using the first seek service message,
to receive a second seek service message and to acquire information on a wireless LAN station providing the Wi-Fi service through a Wi-Fi Infrastructure connectivity by using the second seek service message,
to select any one of the Wi-Fi direct connectivity and the Wi-Fi Infrastructure connectivity, based on the information acquired by using the first seek service message and the second seek service message, and to receive the Wi-Fi service by using the selected connectivity, and
to determine whether or not to receive the Wi-Fi service through a connectivity that is different from the connectivity selected between the Wi-Fi Direct connectivity and the Wi-Fi Infrastructure connectivity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/545,102Filed 27 Jan 2016
Priority: 29 Jan 2015
Published: 18 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04W 76/23
Manipulation of established connections: manipulation of direct-mode connections
H04W 48/08
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery
H04W 48/14
Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery: using user query or user detection
H04W 76/10
Connection management: connection setup