Patent ID: 9178666
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating multi-type beacons by a first terminal connected with at least one second terminal through short-range communication, the method comprising: receiving, at the first terminal, from the at least one second terminal, beacon allocation requiring information required for allocating a beacon type; selecting, at the first terminal, a beacon type for each of the at least one second terminal from a plurality of predetermined beacon types based on at least one variable in the beacon allocation requiring information, wherein the at least one variable comprises at least one of a channel condition of a communication link connected with the at least one second terminal, a traffic period of the communication link connected with the at least one second terminal, and a security level of transmission and reception data, wherein each of the at least one variable comprises a priority; allocating, by the first terminal, a beacon to the at least one second terminal based on the priority of each of the at least one variable, wherein the beacon has the beacon type; and transmitting the beacon allocated to the at least one second terminal, from the first terminal to the at least one second terminal.