US 11,729,852 B2
Method for controlling establishment of connection between devices by using short-range wireless communication in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor
Hyeonjae Lee, Seoul (KR); and Jonghun Song, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/432,761
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/002557
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/171653, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0020759 (KR), filed on Feb. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151007 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/19 (2018.02) [H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 48/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a control device to control a connection between a first device and a second device using short-range wireless communication, the method comprising:
transmitting, to the first device, a first message including a first operation code for reconnection after an initial connection between the first device and the second device is established,
wherein the first operation code includes a first code instructing storage of an address of the second device in a first white list including addresses of devices connected to the first device at least once;
transmitting, to the second device, a second message including a second operation code for the reconnection,
wherein the second operation code includes a second code instructing storage of an address of the first device in a second white list including addresses of devices connected to the second device at least once; and
instructing the first device and the second device to form a connection between the first device and the second device,
wherein each of the first white list and the second white list includes addresses of devices connected without the control device when a connection is released after the initial connection.