US 2026/0019904 A1 · ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR WLAN COMMUNICATION WITH PLURALITY OF EXTERNAL DEVICES AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a WLAN communication circuit supporting a plurality of frequency bands, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to perform WLAN communication with a first AP through a first channel of a first frequency band, to when an external device for performing WLAN-based direct communication is detected during the WLAN communication with the first AP, check capability of the external device and/or WLAN connection information of the external device, to switch the WLAN communication with the first AP to WLAN communication with a second AP based on a second channel of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, based on the capability of the external device and/or the WLAN connection information of the external device, and to perform direct communication with the external device through the second channel of the second frequency band.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a display;
a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication circuit;
memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions;
and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display, the WLAN communication circuit, and the memory,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
establish, using the WLAN communication circuit, a first WLAN communication with a first access point (AP) via a first frequency band,
while the first WLAN communication with the first AP is maintained via the first frequency band, establish, using the WLAN communication circuit, a WLAN-based direct communication with an external device via a second frequency based on capability of the external device or WLAN connection information of the external device, and
while the WLAN-based direct communication with the external device is maintained, establish, using the WLAN communication circuit, a second WLAN communication with a second AP via a second frequency band based on the first frequency band being different from the second frequency band.

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One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer programs including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

establishing, by the electronic device, using a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication circuit, a first WLAN communication with a first access point (AP) via a first frequency band;
while the first WLAN communication with the first AP is maintained via the first frequency band, establishing, by the electronic device, using the WLAN communication circuit, a WLAN-based direct communication with an external device via a second frequency band based on capability of the external device or WLAN connection information of the external device;
and
while the WLAN-based direct communication with the external device is maintained, establishing, by the electronic device, using the WLAN communication circuit, a second WLAN communication with a second AP via the second frequency band based on the first frequency band being different from the second frequency band.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic device for wlan communication with plurality of external devices and operation method thereof

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Electronic device for wlan communication with plurality of external devices and operation method thereof

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