Method for using legacy wi-fi and wi-fi p2p simultaneously
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsBu-Seop JUNG, Jung-Hun LEE
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Abstract
A method for using legacy Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) simultaneously is provided. The method includes entering a device discovery process of Wi-Fi P2P, if use of a Wi-Fi P2P function is requested while using a legacy Wi-Fi function, acquiring a Group Owner (GO) right of Wi-Fi P2P in the device discovery process, performing a listen state over the same channel as a channel where the legacy Wi-Fi function is in use, through the acquisition of the GO right, and performing a search state over a social channel of Wi-Fi P2P, and repeating the listen state and the search state until the device discovery process is ended.
Claims20
An electronic device for connecting with a Wi-Fi network, the electronic device comprising:
- a communication circuitry;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- establish a legacy Wi-Fi connection via the communication circuitry,
- receive a selection of a menu with respect to a Wi-Fi P2P(peer-to-peer) connection from a user of the electronic device,
- identify a request for the Wi-Fi P2P connection during the legacy Wi-Fi connection,
- while the legacy Wi-Fi connection is maintained, identify a channel used for the legacy Wi-Fi connection,
- while the legacy Wi-Fi connection is maintained, obtain a Group Owner (GO) right of Wi-Fi P2P, based at least in part on the request for the Wi-Fi P2P connection, and
- while the legacy Wi-Fi connection is maintained, transmit a response related to the Wi-Fi P2P connection on the channel identified as being used for the legacy Wi-Fi connection.
A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
- establishing a legacy Wi-Fi connection via a communication circuitry of the electronic device,
- receiving a selection of a menu with respect to a Wi-Fi P2P(peer-to-peer) connection from a user of the electronic device,
- identifying a request for the Wi-Fi P2P connection during the legacy Wi-Fi connection,
- while the legacy Wi-Fi connection is maintained, identifying a channel used for the legacy Wi-Fi connection,
- while the legacy Wi-Fi connection is maintained, obtaining a Group Owner (GO) right of Wi-Fi P2P, based at least in part on the request for the Wi-Fi P2P connection, and
- while the legacy Wi-Fi connection is maintained, transmitting a response related to the Wi-Fi P2P connection on the channel identified as being used for the legacy Wi-Fi connection.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- establishing a legacy Wi-Fi connection via a communication circuitry of the electronic device,
- receiving a selection of a menu with respect to a Wi-Fi P2P(peer-to-peer) connection from a user of the electronic device,
- identifying a request for the Wi-Fi P2P connection during the legacy Wi-Fi connection,
- while the legacy Wi-Fi connection is maintained, identifying a channel used for the legacy Wi-Fi connection,
- while the legacy Wi-Fi connection is maintained, obtaining a Group Owner (GO) right of Wi-Fi P2P, based at least in part on the request for the Wi-Fi P2P connection, and
- while the legacy Wi-Fi connection is maintained, transmitting a response related to the Wi-Fi P2P connection on the channel identified as being used for the legacy Wi-Fi connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.