US 12,407,540 B2
Method and apparatus for setting multiple controllers in wireless LAN system in smart home environment
Byungjoo Lee, Seoul (KR); Hangyu Cho, Seoul (KR); Jeonghwan Kim, Seoul (KR); and Youngjun Jo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/018,531
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/009773
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/025614, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0093940 (KR), filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0308305 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G16Y 10/80 (2020.01)
CPC H04L 12/2809 (2013.01) [G16Y 10/80 (2020.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system of a smart home environment, the method comprising:
performing, by an accessory station (STA), a connection procedure for a first Connected Home over IP (CHIP) network to which a first controller belongs;
receiving, by the accessory STA, a Set Configuration Request message from the first controller;
transmitting, by the accessory STA, a Set Configuration Response message to the first controller; and
performing, by the accessory STA, a connection procedure for a second CHIP network to which a second controller belongs,
wherein the Set Configuration Request message includes information that the accessory STA can additionally connect to another CHIP network, and
wherein the accessory STA is controlled or monitored by the first and second controllers.