US 12,452,763 B2
Electronic device for performing neighbor awareness networking communication and method of operating the same
Buseop Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Sunkee Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/095,683.
Application 18/095,683 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/019667, filed on Dec. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0177660 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0013727 (KR), filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0189118 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/22 (2013.01) [H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 88/182 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a communication circuit; and
a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit,
wherein the processor is configured to:
perform synchronization with neighbor awareness networking (NAN) based on NAN cluster information included in a signal broadcast by an external electronic device included in the NAN,
determine whether to switch to a second communication mode operable with lower power than that of a first communication mode based on a state of the electronic device while operating in the first communication mode capable of transmitting and/or receiving data each interval having a first value,
search for an external electronic device capable of performing a function of a proxy server among external electronic devices included in the NAN based on determination of switching to the second communication mode,
transmit a proxy registration request signal to the external electronic device, and
operate in the second communication mode based on a completion of registration to the external electronic device, and
wherein the proxy registration request signal comprises information related to a function to be performed by the external electronic device, instead of the electronic device, while operating in the second communication mode.