METHOD FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230262604A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-17

    申请号:US18137245

    申请日:2023-04-20

    CPC classification number: H04W52/0248 H04W48/10 H04W52/0235 H04W84/12

    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a wireless communication circuit; a memory storing at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: broadcast, using the wireless communication circuit and based on a time interval, a first signal including first data that may include time information; detect, during a time span corresponding to the time information, at least one second external electronic device from among the plurality of external electronic devices that uses a radio resource for communication with at least one of the electronic device and the first external electronic device, wherein the time span occurs after the broadcasting of the first signal; determine a number of detections made by the detecting of the at least one second external electronic device, during the time span; and based on the number of detections exceeding a threshold value, perform, using the wireless communication circuit, communication with the first external electronic device based on a trigger frame signal received from the first external electronic device.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING ANTENNA

    公开(公告)号:US20230061101A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17982143

    申请日:2022-11-07

    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an electronic device includes: a housing; a first antenna structure provided in an inner space of the housing, the first antenna structure including: a first substrate having a first substrate surface facing a first direction and a second substrate surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, the first substrate including a plurality of first insulating layers and a first ground layer disposed on at least one of the plurality of first insulating layers; and a conductive patch disposed on one of the plurality of first insulating layers and overlapping the first ground layer; and a second antenna structure disposed in an opening of the first substrate in the inner space of the housing, the second antenna structure including: a second substrate having a third substrate surface facing the first direction and a fourth substrate surface facing the second direction, the second substrate including a plurality of second insulating layers that are stacked and a second ground layer; and at least two antenna elements disposed on a second insulating layer, among the plurality of second insulating layers, that is closer to the third substrate surface than the fourth substrate surface, wherein the conductive patch at least partly surrounds the second antenna structure.

    METHOD FOR COOPERATIVE RANDOM ACCESS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220159716A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17430095

    申请日:2019-12-12

    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: a communication circuit, a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory may store one or more instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: receive a signal including resource information for random access from an external electronic device using the communication circuit, determine random access corresponding to the received signal based on a value of a specified counter, identify a group to which the electronic device belongs based on an address of the electronic device and a number of groups of electronic devices for random access, and transmit a signal for random access to the external electronic device using a resource unit corresponding to a group of the electronic device among a plurality of resource units indicated by the resource information for random access, based on a random access determination.

    METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECT BY USING MILLIMETER WAVE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220101650A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17426175

    申请日:2020-01-31

    Abstract: An electronic device may comprise: an antenna module; a communication circuit; a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: output first beams each having a first beam width to a first spatial range around the electronic device; receive a first reflective pattern with respect to the first beams; determine at least one section in which the external object is disposed, among a plurality of sections configuring the first spatial range; output second beams each having a second beam width to the at least one section; receive a second reflective pattern with respect to the second beams; recognize the external object on the basis of the second reflective pattern of the second beams to authenticate a user; and output third beams to determine state information or motion information of the external object.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING ACCESS TO WIRELESS MEDIA USING TARGET WAKE TIME (TWT) DEFINED IN IEEE 802.11 STANDARD

    公开(公告)号:US20220078079A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17531451

    申请日:2021-11-19

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a housing, at least one wireless communication circuit located inside the housing and configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 standard, a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor and configured to store target wake time (TWT) configuration information based on a quality of service (QoS) individually related to at least one service type, wherein the memory, when executed, stores instructions to cause the processor to broadcast a signal including the TWT configuration information using the wireless communication circuit, receive, from an external electronic device, an authority request for a first TWT at least partly based on the broadcasted information, transmit an authority approval for the first TWT to the external electronic device based on the TWT configuration information and the authority request, and transmit and receive data with the external electronic device at a time selected by the TWT configuration information based on the first TWT. Other certain embodiments are possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING ACCESS TO WIRELESS MEDIA USING TARGET WAKE TIME (TWT) DEFINED IN IEEE 802.11 STANDARD

    公开(公告)号:US20200084102A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16550705

    申请日:2019-08-26

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a housing, at least one wireless communication circuit located inside the housing and configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 standard, a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor and configured to store target wake time (TWT) configuration information based on a quality of service (QoS) individually related to at least one service type, wherein the memory, when executed, stores instructions to cause the processor to broadcast a signal including the TWT configuration information using the wireless communication circuit, receive, from an external electronic device, an authority request for a first TWT at least partly based on the broadcasted information, transmit an authority approval for the first TWT to the external electronic device based on the TWT configuration information and the authority request, and transmit and receive data with the external electronic device at a time selected by the TWT configuration information based on the first TWT. Other certain embodiments are possible.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AN OBJECT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20190354662A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-21

    申请号:US16410593

    申请日:2019-05-13

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member which surrounds a space between the first plate and the second plate, a display, an antenna array disposed in the housing or in part of the housing, an image sensor, a wireless communication device electrically coupled to the antenna array, a processor, and a memory. The memory may store instructions, when executed, causing the processor to obtain and receive at least one image using the image sensor, recognize an object in the at least one image, transmit a sequence of directional beams in at least one second direction, using the antenna array, receive a sequence of reflected waves reflected by the object, using the antenna array, and recognize the object, based at least in part on the recognized object and the sequence of the reflected waves.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING MULI-BAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190123938A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-25

    申请号:US16162595

    申请日:2018-10-17

    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device, including a housing, a first communication circuit disposed in the housing and configured to support omnidirectional wireless communication, a second communication circuit disposed in the housing and configured to support directional wireless communication using beamforming, a processor disposed in the housing and operatively coupled to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory disposed in the housing and operatively coupled to the processor. The processor may be configured to receive at least one first radio signal through a communication channel from an external device capable of supporting the omnidirectional wireless communication and the directional wireless communication using the first communication circuit, determine a state of the communication channel based on at least part of the at least one first radio signal, and activate the second communication circuit based on at least part of the determined state of the communication channel wherein the second communication circuit is configured to receive a second radio signal from the external device.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DUPLICATED DATA THROUGH A PLURALITY OF LINKS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240129978A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18365859

    申请日:2023-08-04

    CPC classification number: H04W76/15 H04W24/08 H04W76/20

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic devices and methods for operating the electronic devices according to various embodiments. Such electronic devices may include: a communication circuit configured to perform short-range wireless communication through one link or multiple links generated between an external electronic device and the electronic devices and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit. The processor may identify the state of multiple links, based on information transmitted by the external electronic device, select one mode from a first mode in which data is divided and transmitted through the multiple links and a second mode in which identical data is transmitted through the multiple links, based on the state of the multiple links, and control the communication circuit so as to transmit the data to the external electronic device through the selected mode. Various other embodiments are possible.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING OBJECT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230342445A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18201435

    申请日:2023-05-24

    CPC classification number: G06F21/32 H04W12/06 G01S13/867 G01S7/41 H01Q21/00

    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises an antenna array, a wireless communication module electrically connected to the antenna array and configured to form directional beams through the antenna array, at least one processor operatively connected to the wireless communication module; and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions causing the at least one processor to perform a plurality of operations comprising: transmitting a sequence of first directional beams having a first beam width to scan first regions having a first size through the antenna array, receiving a sequence of first reflected waves generated by reflection of the sequence of the first directional beams from an object through the antenna array, transmitting a sequence of second directional beams having a second beam width narrower than the first beam width to scan second regions, which are included in the first regions and have a second size smaller than the first size, through the antenna array based on at least a portion of the received sequence of the first reflected waves, receiving a sequence of second reflected waves generated by reflection of the sequence of the second directional beams from the object through the antenna array, and authenticating the object based on at least a portion of the sequence of the second reflected waves.

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