Patent ID: 9031507
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a group owner during establishment of a local-wireless communication connection performed by a first device, the method comprising: searching for a second device that supports the local-wireless communication connection; searching, when the second device is found, for services supportable by the second device; determining, according to a service to be connected among the searched supportable services, an intent value indicating whether there is an intention to be a group owner of the service; transmitting, to the second device, a negotiation message including the determined intent value of the first device; receiving, from the second device, a negotiation message including an intent value of the second device; and determining, from among the first device and the second device, a device having the group owner authority by comparing the determined intent value of the first device with the intent value of the second device.