Patent ID: 11949652
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of executable instructions thereon, wherein execution of the plurality of executable instructions by one or more processors in an electronic device causes performance of a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising:
receiving, from an external electronic device, a router solication including a link local address generated by the external electronic device, and identification information of the external electronic device;
storing, in a memory, the link local address included in the router solicitation:
determining whether the identification information of the external electronic device included in the router soliciation is stored in the memory; and
if the identification information of the external electronic device is stored in the memory:
controlling a communication circuit to transmit a router advertisement including information related to generation of an IPv6-based IP address to the external electronic device, the IPv6-based IP address being global address,
controlling the communication circuit to transmit the router advertisement to the external eletronic device via the link local address in response to detecting satisfaction of a predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined condition is related to renewal of the IPv6-based IP adress,

wherein the router advertisement including the information related to generation of the IPv6-based IP address is not transmitted to the external electronic device if the electronic device receives the router solicitation from the external electronic device and the identification information of the external electronic device is not stored in the memory.