COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEARABLE DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20180316376A1
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Published: 11/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Sang-Bum, HAN, Jin-Kyu, KIM, Youn-Sun, WON, Sung Hwan, YU, Han-Il
• Granted Patent: US 10,312,957 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0221 power availability or consumption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• 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 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/02 Power saving arrangements in wired systems H04L12/12; signaling of mobile application services, e.g. low battery notifications H04W4/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and the Internet of things (IoT). The present invention may be utilized for an intelligent service (smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of the technology. The present invention relates to a communication method and apparatus for a wearable device in a wireless communication system. The communication method of the present invention comprises the steps of: linking the wearable device to a user terminal located in a short range within which communication with the wearable device is possible, in order to communicate with the user terminal; and when the wearable device is operating in a power-saving mode, receiving, through the user terminal, data of the wearable device, which is transmitted on the basis of coupling information between the user terminal and the wearable device in a network.

Claims

1. A method for performing communication by a wearable device in a communication system, the method comprising:

interworking with a user terminal in order to communicate with the user terminal located within a short range which allows communication with the wearable device; and

when the wearable device is operating in a power-saving mode, receiving, through the user terminal, data of the wearable device which is transmitted based on coupling information between the user terminal and the wearable device in a network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering the coupling information between the wearable device and the user terminal, wherein the coupling information comprises mapping information between the wearable device and the user terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the coupling information is registered in an application server that provides the data to the wearable device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the data of the wearable device comprises receiving the data through the user terminal when a type of the data corresponds to delay-sensitive data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the data of the wearable device further comprises directly receiving the data by the wearable device when a type of the data corresponds to data requiring security.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the interworking with the user terminal further comprises determining whether the user terminal is located within a short range which allows communication with the wearable device.

7. A wearable device of a communication system, the wearable device comprising:

a transceiver configured to perform data communication; and

a controller configured to;

interwork with a user terminal in order to perform communication with the user terminal located within a short range which allows communication with the wearable device, and

receive, through the user terminal, data of the wearable device which is transmitted based on coupling information between the user terminal and the wearable device in a network, when the wearable device is operating in a power-saving mode.

16. The wearable device of claim 7,

wherein the controller is further configured to register the coupling information between the wearable device and the user terminal, and

wherein the coupling information comprises mapping information between the wearable device and the user terminal.

17. The wearable device of claim 16, wherein the coupling information is registered in an application server that provides the data to the wearable device.

18. The wearable device of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to receive the data through the user terminal when a type of the data corresponds to delay-sensitive data.

19. The wearable device of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to directly receive the data by the wearable device when a type of the data corresponds to data requiring security.

20. The wearable device of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the user terminal is located within a short range which allows communication with the wearable device.

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21. A method for performing communication by a user terminal in a communication system, the method comprising:

interworking with a wearable device in order to communicate with the wearable device located within a short range which allows communication; and

when the wearable device is operating in a power-saving mode, controlling delivery of data of the wearable device which is transmitted based on coupling information between the user terminal and the wearable device in a network.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising registering the coupling information between the wearable device and the user terminal,

wherein the coupling information comprises mapping information between the wearable device and the user terminal.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the coupling information is registered in an application server that provides the data to the wearable device.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein interworking with the wearable device further comprises determining whether the user terminal is located within a short range which allows communication with the wearable device.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the controlling of the delivery of the data of the wearable device further comprises determining whether the data is to be forwarded to the wearable device, on the basis of at least one of a type of the data and a state the wearable device.