US 11,895,738 B2
Electronic device for providing Wi-Fi communication and mobile hotspot communication and method thereof
Jungkuk Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Seungjae Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Sungjun Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,956.
Application 17/902,956 is a continuation of application No. 17/047,180, granted, now 11,438,966, previously published as PCT/KR2019/003084, filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0048612 (KR), filed on Apr. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0418042 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 8/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/23 (2018.01); H04W 76/38 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/06 (2013.01) [H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 76/23 (2018.02); H04W 76/38 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
a wireless communication circuit; and
a processor coupled with the wireless communication circuit, the processor configured to:
establish, using the wireless communication circuit, a Wi-Fi link via a first channel with an access point (AP) based on a first power;
obtain an input to establish a mobile hotspot link with an external electronic device while the Wi-Fi link is established between the portable communication device and the AP, the external electronic device being different from the AP;
establish, using the wireless communication circuit, the mobile hotspot link via the first channel with the external electronic device based on a second power lower than the first power while the Wi-Fi link is established between the portable communication device and the AP;
transmit, using the wireless communication circuit, a first signal to the AP based on the first power while the Wi-Fi link is maintained between the portable communication device and the AP; and
transmit, using the wireless communication circuit, a second signal to the external electronic device based on the second power while the mobile hotspot link is maintained between the portable communication device and the external electronic device.