Method for Communicating With Other Devices, and Communication Device
First Claim
1. A method for communicating with another device at a communication device having a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS)-enabled entity, the method comprising:
- establishing a connection with a first device by the CPNS-enabled entity of the communication device operating in Personal Network Entity (PNE) mode, wherein the first device is configured as a gateway and manages a first network;
receiving a bridge request message by the CPNS-enabled entity of the communication device, if the communication device moves into a coverage of a second network managed by a second device, wherein the bridge request message is generated based on a comparison between information about the first network received from the first device and information about devices detected during a discovery procedure between the communication device and the second device;
transmitting a bridge request message to the first device in response to the received bridge request message;
receiving a bridge response message including a value indicating allowance or denial from the first device; and
activating a bridge function based on the value included in the bridge response message,wherein if the first device cannot communicate with the second device and there is an entity in the first network that should receive a service from the second network, the bridge response message includes a value indicating allowance.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for communicating with other devices, performed by a communication device comprising a converged personal network service (CPNS) enabled entity. The communication method comprises a step in which the CPNS enabled entity operates in a personal network entity (PNE) mode to establish a connection to a first device, wherein the first device is established as a gateway and thus manages a first network. The communication method further comprises a step of activating a bridge function in cases where the communication device has moved into the coverage of a second network managed by a second device.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for communicating with another device at a communication device having a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS)-enabled entity, the method comprising:
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establishing a connection with a first device by the CPNS-enabled entity of the communication device operating in Personal Network Entity (PNE) mode, wherein the first device is configured as a gateway and manages a first network; receiving a bridge request message by the CPNS-enabled entity of the communication device, if the communication device moves into a coverage of a second network managed by a second device, wherein the bridge request message is generated based on a comparison between information about the first network received from the first device and information about devices detected during a discovery procedure between the communication device and the second device; transmitting a bridge request message to the first device in response to the received bridge request message; receiving a bridge response message including a value indicating allowance or denial from the first device; and activating a bridge function based on the value included in the bridge response message, wherein if the first device cannot communicate with the second device and there is an entity in the first network that should receive a service from the second network, the bridge response message includes a value indicating allowance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for communicating with another device at a communication device having a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS)-enabled entity, the method comprising:
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establishing a first network with a first device operating as a Personal Network Entity (PNE) by the CPNS-enabled entity of the communication device operating in gateway mode, wherein the CPNS-enabled entity of the communication device manages the first network and the first network includes one or more PNEs capable of receiving a first service through the CPNS-enabled entity configured as a gateway; receiving a bridge request message from the first device, wherein the bridge request message is generated by a second device when the first device moves into a coverage of a second network managed by the second device; and transmitting a bridge response message including a value indicating allowance to the first device to activate the first device as a bridge, if the first device cannot communicate with the second device and there is an entity in the first network that should receive a service from the second network, wherein communication links are established among the communication device, the first device, and the second device by the bridge activation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 12)
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11. A communication device comprising:
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a storage for storing a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS)-enabled entity set to Personal Network Entity (PNE) mode; a transceiver for, when the communication device moves into a coverage of a second network managed by a second device while being connected to a first device having a CPNS-enabled entity configured as a gateway, upon receipt of a bridge request message from the second device, transmitting the bridge request message to the first device and receiving a bridge response message including a value indicating allowance or denial from the first device, the first device managing the first network and the first network including one or more PNEs capable of receiving a first service through the first device; and a controller for activating a bridge function based on the value included in the bridge response message, the bridge function allowing communication between the first and second networks, wherein if the first device cannot communicate with the second device and there is an entity in the first network that should receive a service from the second network, the bridge response message includes a value indicating allowance. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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