Patent ID: 9001762
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating with another device through a first device, the method comprising: receiving a discovery request message including information regarding a mode of a second device when the first device, set to a gateway mode, moves into the coverage of a second network managed by the second device, wherein the first device is configured to manage a first network, one or more devices capable of receiving a first service through the first device set to the gateway mode being present; confirming whether one or more available devices are present in both coverages of the first network and the second network if it is checked that the second device is set to a gateway mode based on the information regarding the mode of the second device; and determining whether to change the mode of the first device based on: changing the mode of the first device from the gateway mode to a combined mode according to the result of the determination, and wherein the combined mode is a mode in which the first device operates as both of a gateway of the first network and a member of the second network, simultaneously.