Method and apparatus for changing in wireless communication system

• US 9,924,552 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Byungjoo, Kim, Dongcheol, Kim, Jinho, Lee, Wookbong, Cho, Hangyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Parth
• Application Number:
  US14/759,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20150351146A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,595 Days
• 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]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for changing services in a direct communication system. A method for setting up a session in a first wireless device supporting a Wi-Fi direct service, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can include the steps of: setting up a connection between a first wireless device and a second wireless device, which includes a provision discovery process between the first wireless device and the second wireless device for creating a session for a first service; and transmitting a request_session message from the first wireless device to the second wireless device for creating a session for a second service. Session information for the second service can be included in the request_session message.

Claims

1. A method of establishing a session in a first wireless device supporting a Wi-Fi Direct service, the method comprising:

transmitting a provision discovery request message, by the first wireless device, to a second wireless device;

receiving a provision discovery response message in response to the provision discovery request message, by the first wireless device, from the second wireless device;

establishing a connection between the first wireless device and a second wireless device to create a first session for a first service,

wherein a P2P group formation is established and an ASP (application service platform) of the first wireless device is changed to a GroupFormationComplete state when the connection is established; and

transmitting a session request (REQUEST_SESSION) message, by the first wireless device, to the second wireless device to create a second session for a second service,

wherein the second session is created using the established connection and the established P2P group formation for the first session,

wherein session information on the second service is included in the session request message,

wherein when the ASP of the first wireless device receives a ConnectSession method from a service layer of the first wireless device, the ASP creates a new ASP-session as a service seeker and changes to an Initiate state, and

wherein when a session addition (ADDED_SESSION) message is received from the second wireless device in response to the session request (REQUEST_SESSION) message, the ASP of the first wireless device changes the Initiate state to an Open state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the provision discovery request message and the provision discovery response message related to the second session for the second service are not exchanged between the first wireless device and the second wireless device when the connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device is established.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein session information on the first service is contained in the provision discovery request message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of a device discovery process and a service discovery process is performed before the connection is setup.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a device discovery process comprises a probe request frame transmitted to the second wireless device from the first wireless device and a probe response frame received from the second wireless device by the first wireless device and wherein at least one of the probe request frame and the probe response frame comprises at least one of a plurality of service names or a plurality of service hash values for the first service and the second service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein if a session rejection (REJECTED_SESSION) message is received from the second wireless device in response to the session request (REQUESTED_SESSION) message, the ASP of the first wireless device is changed to a Closed state from the Initiate state.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first service corresponds to one of services configured to support a Send, a Play, a Display, a Print and a third party application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first wireless device corresponds to a service seeker and wherein the second wireless device corresponds to a service advertiser.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device corresponds to a P2P (peer-to-peer) connection or an IP (internet protocol) connection.

10. A method of establishing a session in a second wireless device supporting a Wi-Fi Direct service, the method comprising:

receiving a provision discovery request message, by the second wireless device, from a first wireless device;

transmitting a provision discovery response message in response to the provision discovery request message, by the second wireless device, to the first wireless device;

establishing a connection between a first wireless device and the second wireless device to create a first session for a first service,

wherein a P2P group formation is established and an ASP (application service platform) of the first wireless device is changed to a GroupFormationComplete state when the connection is established; and

receiving a session request (REQUEST_SESSION) message, by the second wireless device, from the first wireless device to create a second session for a second service,

wherein the second session is created using the established connection and the established P2P group formation for the first session,

wherein session information on the second service is included in the session request message,

wherein when the ASP of the second wireless device receives the session request (REQUEST_SESSION) message from the first wireless device, the ASP creates a new ASP-session as a service advertiser and changes to a Requested state, and

wherein the ASP of the second wireless device changes the Requested state to an Open state based on the established connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device.

11. A first wireless device supporting a Wi-Fi Direct service and performing session setup, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

control the transceiver to transmit a provision discovery request message to a second wireless device,

control the transceiver to receive a provision discovery response message in response to the provision discovery request message from the second wireless device,

establish a connection between the first wireless device and a second wireless device to create a first session for a first service,

wherein a P2P group formation is established and an ASP (application service platform) of the first wireless device is changed to a GroupFormationComplete state when the connection is established, and

control the transceiver to transmit a session request (REQUEST_SESSION) message to the second wireless device to create a second session for a second service using the existing connection,

wherein the second session is created using the established connection and the established P2P group formation for the first session,

wherein session information on the second service is included in the session request message,

wherein when the ASP of the first wireless device receives a ConnectSession method from a service layer of the first wireless device, the ASP creates a new ASP-session as a service seeker and changes to an Initiate state, and

wherein when a session addition (ADDED_SESSION) message is received from the second wireless device in response to the session request (REQUEST_SESSION) message, the ASP of the first wireless device changes the Initiate state to an Open state.

12. A second wireless device supporting a Wi-Fi Direct service and performing session setup, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

control the transceiver to receive a provision discovery request message from a first wireless device,

control the transceiver to transmit a provision discovery response message in response to the provision discovery request message to the first wireless device,

establish a connection between a first wireless device and the second wireless device to create a first session for a first service,

wherein a P2P group formation is established and an ASP (application service platform) of the first wireless device is changed to a GroupFormationComplete state when the connection is established, and

control the transceiver to receive a session request (REQUEST_SESSION) message from the first wireless device in the second wireless device to create a second session for a second service using the existing connection,

wherein the second session is created using the established connection and the established P2P group formation for the first session,

wherein session information on the second service is included in the session request message,

wherein when the ASP of the second wireless device receives the session request (REQUEST_SESSION) message from the first wireless device, the ASP creates a new ASP-session as a service advertiser and changes to a Requested state, and

wherein the ASP of the second wireless device changes the Requested state to an Open state based on the established connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device.