公开(公告)号：US20200015140A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-09

申请号：US16491733

申请日：2018-03-06

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Choun-Jong NAM ,  Nalli SUBRAMANYAMI ,  Jung-Hun LEE ,  Doo-Suk KANG ,  Hyun-Kee MIN ,  Tae-Hun LIM ,  Min-Whoa HONG ,  Sun-Key LEE ,  Bo-Kun CHOI

IPC: H04W36/30 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/08 ,  H04B17/318

Abstract: An electronic device for scanning for a wireless connection is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a housing; a wireless communication circuit located in the housing, and supporting a wireless protocol so as to wirelessly connect to one of a plurality of APs using the same first credential information at one time point; a processor located in the housing and electrically connected to the communication circuit; and a memory located in the housing and electrically connected to the processor, wherein instructions, which can be stored by the memory, allow, during execution thereof, the processor to: wirelessly connect, through the wireless communication circuit, to a first AP using the first credential information; receive, through the wireless communication circuit, a list of first channels at least partially associated with at least one second AP having a coverage overlapping that of the first AP among the plurality of APs; and scan, through the wireless communication circuit, for the at least one second AP using the first credential information, by using the list of the first channels. The list of the first channels can include, but not all, a plurality of channels among channels available from the wireless protocol. Other embodiments are also possible.

公开(公告)号：US20190116627A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-18

申请号：US16163291

申请日：2018-10-17

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Inventor： Hyun-Kee MIN ,  Sung-Hee LEE ,  Tae-Hun LIM ,  Min-Whoa HONG ,  Sun-Key LEE ,  Doo-Suk KANG ,  Bo-Kun CHOI

IPC: H04W76/14 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: An electronic device may include a network interface, a wireless communication circuit configured to support directional communication, a processor electrically connected with the network interface and the wireless communication circuit, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory may store instructions executed to enable the processor to form a first wireless communication channel with a first external electronic device using the wireless communication circuit, form a second wireless communication channel with a second external electronic device using the wireless communication circuit, determine information associated with positions of the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device, detect communication, via the electronic device, between the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device, and enable the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device to directly connect to each other in the frequency band at least partially based on the information.