US RE49,969 E1
Method and apparatus for configuring connection between devices in communication system
Soo-Yong Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Byung-Moo Lee, Seoul (KR); Joo-Yeol Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Dong He, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,382.
Application 17/521,382 is a reissue of application No. 15/076,138, filed on Mar. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,477,389, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0038487 (KR), filed on Mar. 19, 2015.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/35 (2021.01) [H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of configuring a connection with a second device, which provides access to a network, by a first device [ supporting a neighbor awareness network (NAN) ] in a communication system, the method comprising:
discovering, by a processor of the first device, the second device supporting a neighbor awareness network (NAN) [ the NAN ] and located within a predetermined range from the first device;
determining an ephemeral key of the first device based on a unique identity value of the first device and a random value;
transmitting, by the processor to the second device, a subscribe [ first ] message for subscribing to the second device, which includes the ephemeral key of the first device for identifying the first device and the random value; and
receiving, by the processor from the second device, a publish [ second ] message for indicating that the access to the network is [ can be ] provided, which includes an ephemeral key of the second device for identifying the second device [ and information indicating that the access to the network can be provided] ,
wherein the ephemeral key of the second device is determined, by the second device, based on a unique identity of the second device and the random value being extracted from the subscribe [ first ] message.