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Method of transmitting proximity service data and electronic device for the same

US11445433B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2020
Grant dateSep 13, 2022
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W8/005
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device in a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) cluster is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) transceiver; and a processor, coupled with the Wi-Fi transceiver, configured to perform a synchronization with at least one device in the NAN cluster, wherein the at least one device comprises an external electronic device, after performing the synchronization, receive, from the external electronic device through the Wi-Fi transceiver, a frame including first data within at least one discovery window (DW) among a plurality of DWs, wherein the first data comprises channel information for second data, and time information for the second data, and based on the channel information and the time information, control the Wi-Fi transceiver to receive the second data at a channel corresponding to the channel information of the received first data during a time duration corresponding to the time information of the received first data.

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