Samsung patents Wi-Fi method that adjusts to Bluetooth and network traffic
Samsung describes a method for devices to find nearby Wi-Fi peers by first checking if they can handle two Wi-Fi bands at once. If the device supports this dual-band feature, it picks a specific timing schedule based on how busy the connected Wi-Fi router is. This helps the device perform its discovery process without interfering with other network activities.
In the filing’s own words
A method for operating an electronic device for performing Wi-Fi Aware communication according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the operations of: transmitting a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) advertisement message, and activating a Wi-Fi Aware module of the electronic device; identifying whether a real-time simultaneous dual-band (RSDB) function is available; as a result of the identification, when the RSDB function is available, selecting one RSDB scheduling option from among multiple RSDB scheduling options on the basis of an access point (AP) traffic characteristic and whether there is an AP connection of the electronic device; and performing a discovery procedure according to the selected RSDB scheduling option.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of operating an electronic device performing Wi-Fi Aware communication, the method comprising: transmitting a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) advertisement message and activating a Wi-Fi Aware module of the electronic device; identifying whether a real-time simultaneous dual band (RSDB) function is available; based on the RSDB function being available as a result of the identifying, selecting one RSDB scheduling option from among a plurality of RSDB scheduling options based on whether there is an access point (AP) connection of the electronic device and AP traffic characteristics; and performing a discovery procedure according to the selected RSDB scheduling option.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING WI-FI AWARE COMMUNICATION
- Publication number
- US20260281880A1
- Application number
- 19469632
- Filed
- Mar 29, 2024
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H04W 48/16 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/0453 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/1263 Electricity & electronicsH04W 84/12 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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