Device and method for performing machine-to-machine communication

• US 9,961,627 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jungwoo
• Primary Examiner(s): ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID
• Application Number:
  US14/408,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20150215861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,677 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1044 Group management mechanisms management of multicast group membership H04L12/185; reconfiguring of node membership in a computing system to eliminate errors G06F11/1425
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• 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 48/14 using user query or user detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• 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 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a device for performing machine-to-machine communication. The method for performing communication according to the present invention comprises: a step of searching a second device for supporting machine-to-machine communication; a step of receiving an access network query protocol (ANQP) message from the found second device; a step of determining whether a mirroring service is supported based on the ANQP message received from the second device; a step of acquiring information on the service of the second device from the ANQP message if it is determined that the second device supports the mirroring service; and a step of determining either a first device or the second device as a group owner based on the acquired information on the service of the second device and the information on the service of the first device.

Claims

1. A method for performing a D2D (device-to-device) communication of a first device including a processor, the method comprising:

discovering a second device supportive of the D2D communication;

receiving an ANQP (access network query protocol) message from the second device;

checking a value of a service protocol type field in the ANQP message from the second device;

in response to the value of the service protocol type field in the ANQP message from the second device being equal to a predetermined value indicating that the second device supports a mirroring service, extracting mirroring service information for a mirroring service supported by the second device from a query data field within the ANQP message, wherein the mirroring service information of the second device indicates at least one of a version of a mirroring service, internet connectivity sharing required information, internet access information, multiple mirroring server support information and signal strength information;

selecting one of the first device and the second device as a server device for the mirroring service and to be set as a group owner based on comparing the obtained mirroring service information of the second device and mirroring service information of the first device;

receiving a group owner intent value of the second device from the second device;

in response to the group owner intent value of the server device being less than a group owner intent value of a client device among the first device and the second device and different from the server device, transmitting the group owner intent value of the server device to the client device; and

in response to the group owner intent value of the client device being greater than a group owner intent value of the server device, changing the group owner intent value of the server device to an adjusted group owner intent value that is greater than the group owner intent value of the client device, and transmitting the adjusted group owner intent value of the server device to the client device,

wherein the first device or the second device is a vehicle head unit.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the ANQP message is extracted from a query request field of a GAS protocol message of a Wi-Fi service discovery procedure.

3. A first device for performing a D2D (device-to-device) communication, the first device comprising:

a receiver configured to discover a second device supportive of the D2D communication, the receiver configured to receive an ANQP (access network query protocol) message from the second device; and

a processor configured to;

check a value of a service protocol type field in the ANQP message from the second device,

in response to the value of the service protocol type field in the ANQP message from the second device being equal to a predetermined value indicating that the second device supports a mirroring service, extract mirroring service information for a mirroring service supported by the second device from a query data field within the ANQP message, wherein the mirroring service information of the second device indicates at least one of a version of a mirroring service, internet connectivity sharing required information, internet access information, multiple mirroring server support information and signal strength information,

select one of the first device and the second device as a server device for the mirroring service and to be set as a group owner based on comparing the obtained mirroring service information of the second device and mirroring service information of the first device,

receive a group owner intent value of the second device from the second device;

in response to the group owner intent value of the server device being greater than a group owner intent value of a client device among the first device and the second device and different from the server device, transmit the group owner intent value of the server device to the client device, and

in response to the group owner intent value of the client device being greater than a group owner intent value of the server device, change the group owner intent value of the server device to an adjusted group owner intent value that is greater than the group owner intent value of the client device, and transmit the adjusted group owner intent value of the server device to the client device,

wherein the first device or the second device is a vehicle head unit.

4. The first device of claim 3, wherein the ANQP message is extracted from a query request field of a GAS protocol message of a Wi-Fi service discovery procedure.

5. The first device of claim 3, further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit the group owner intent value of the first device to the second device.