Apparatus and method for setting role based on capability of terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHye-Eun Choi
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for setting a role based on capability of a terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a calculation unit calculating a capability value of the terminal to check whether the role set in a pertinent terminal is suitable, a determination unit determining whether the role set on the pertinent terminal is suitable based on the calculated capability value, and a setting unit changing and managing information for setting the role set in the pertinent terminal.
Claims17
An apparatus for determining whether a set role of a terminal in a network is suitable based on a capability of the terminal, comprising:
- a calculation unit which calculates a capability value of the terminal;
- a determination unit which determines, without considering capabilities and roles of other terminals of the network, whether the set role of the terminal, which is previously set, is suitable based on the calculated capability value;
- and
- a setting unit which manages information regarding the set role in the terminal,
- wherein at least one of the calculation unit, the determination unit, and the setting unit is implemented as a hardware component,
- wherein the previously set role of the terminal is previously set in the terminal,
- wherein when the determination unit determines that the set role of the terminal is not suitable based on the calculated capability value, the terminal determines, without considering capabilities and roles of other terminals of the network, to change the set role, and
- wherein the apparatus is a super terminal or a leaf terminal.
A method of determining whether a set role of a terminal in a network is suitable based on capability of the terminal, by a super terminal or a leaf terminal, comprising:
- calculating, by an apparatus for setting the role, a capability value of the terminal;
- determining, by the apparatus for setting the role, without considering capabilities and roles of other terminals of the network, whether the set role set of the terminal, which is previously set, is suitable based on the calculated capability value;
- and
- managing, by the apparatus for setting the role, information regarding the set role in the terminal,
- wherein the previously set role of the terminal is previously set in the terminal, and
- wherein when the determining determines that the set role of the terminal is not suitable based on the calculated capability value, the terminal determines, without considering the capabilities and the roles of other terminals of the network, to change the set role.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.