Method and apparatus for performing discovery by device supporting Wi-Fi Direct in wireless communication system

• US 10,264,441 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2015
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Byungjoo, Kim, Dongcheol
• Primary Examiner(s): Phunkulh, Bob A
• Application Number:
  US15/523,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20170251354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/12 Network monitoring probes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/14 using user query or user detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for performing discovery by a device supporting Wi-Fi Direct, the method comprising the steps of: calling, by a service end, a SeekService method and an AdvertiseService method; and transmitting a probe request on the basis of at least one of the SeekService method and the AdvertiseService method, wherein when the type field of the SeekService method is active and the periodic field of the AdvertiseService method is 1 or higher, the probe request includes a service hash generated from the service_name of the SeekService method, and a service hash and an advertisement ID generated from the service_name of the AdvertiseService method.

Claims

1. A method of performing discovery by a device supporting Wi-Fi Direct, the method comprising:

calling a SeekService method and an AdvertiseService method in a service layer; and

transmitting a probe request based on at least one of the SeekService method or the AdvertiseService method,

wherein, when a type field of the SeekService method is active and a periodic field of the AdvertiseService method is equal to or greater than 1, the probe request includes a service hash generated from service_name of the SeekService method, a service hash generated from service_name of the AdvertiseService method, and an advertisement ID,

wherein, when the type field of the SeekService method is active and the periodic field of the AdvertiseService method is 0, the probe request includes only the service hash generated from the service name of the SeekService method, and

wherein, when the type field of the SeekService method is passive and the periodic field of the AdvertiseService method is equal to or greater than 1, the probe request includes only the service hash generated from the service name of the AdvertiseService method and the advertisement ID.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the service hash generated from the service_name of the AdvertiseService method is used in hash matching with a probe request received by the device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service hash generated from the service_name of the SeekService method is used in hash matching with a probe request received by the device.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein, when the periodic field of the AdvertiseService method is n, the probe request is transmitted with a period of n beacon intervals, and

wherein the n is a positive natural number larger than 1.

5. A device supporting Wi-Fi Direct, the device comprising:

a transmitting device; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to, when a SeekService method and an AdvertiseService method are called by a service layer, transmit a probe request based on at least one of the SeekService method or the AdvertiseService method, and

wherein, when a type field of the SeekService method is active and a periodic field of the AdvertiseService method is equal to or greater than 1, the probe request includes a service hash generated from service_name of the SeekService method, a service hash generated from service_name of the AdvertiseService method, and an advertisement ID,

wherein, when the type field of the SeekService method is active and the periodic field of the AdvertiseService method is 0, the probe request includes only the service hash generated from the service name of the SeekService method, and

wherein, when the type field of the SeekService method is passive and the periodic field of the AdvertiseService method is equal to or greater than 1, the probe request includes only the service hash generated from the service name of the AdvertiseService method and the advertisement ID.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the service hash generated from the service_name of the AdvertiseService method is used in hash matching with a probe request received by the device.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the service hash generated from the service_name of the SeekService method is used in hash matching with a probe request received by the device.

8. The device of claim 5,

wherein, when the periodic field of the AdvertiseService method is n, the probe request is transmitted with a period of n beacon intervals, and

wherein the n is a positive natural number larger than 1.