Patent ID: 11895738
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A portable communication device comprising:
a wireless communication circuit; and
a processor coupled with the wireless communication circuit, the processor configured to:
obtain information related to a specified channel corresponding to an access point (AP);
establish, using the wireless communication circuit, a Wi-Fi link via the specified channel with the AP;
obtain an input to establish a mobile hotspot link with an external electronic device different from the AP while the Wi-Fi link is established between the portable communication device and the AP;
establish, using the wireless communication circuit, the mobile hotspot link via the specified channel with the external electronic device based on a power lower than a power for the Wi-Fi link while the Wi-Fi link is established between the portable communication device and the AP;
in response to an event to change the specified channel, establish, using the wireless communication circuit, another Wi-Fi link via another specified channel with another AP; and
establish, using the wireless communication circuit, another mobile hotspot link via the other specified channel with the external electronic device while the other Wi-Fi link is established between the portable communication device and the other AP.