Patent ID: 9629073
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for communicating with another device through a first device, the method comprising: receiving, by the first device, a discovery request message including information regarding a mode of a second device; transmitting, by the first device, a discovery response message including information regarding a mode of the first device; receiving, by the first device, a gateway change request message for requesting mode switching to a combined mode from the second device; transmitting, by the first device, a gateway change response message with a result for the requesting mode switching to the second device; and changing, by the first device, the mode of the first device to the combined mode if the first device accepts the requesting mode switching, wherein the combined mode is a mode in which the first device operates as both a gateway of a first network and a member of a second network simultaneously.