Patent ID: 8848677

Claim:
A method for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) connection using a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: detecting a P2P connection attempt of a new terminal not connected to P2P communication, during P2P communication with at least one terminal; determining whether the mobile communication terminal operates as at least one of a slave terminal and a group owner in the P2P connection; when the mobile communication terminal operates as the slave terminal, transmitting a signal indicating that the P2P connection attempt of the new terminal is detected, to a terminal operating as the group owner in the P2P connection, wherein the new terminal is not connectable in P2P communication with the terminal operating as the group owner; receiving a group owner delegable signal from the terminal operating as the group owner in the P2P connection; re-determining the group owner through a group owner re-negotiation procedure with at least one P2P-connected terminal and the new terminal; and establishing a P2P network through a P2P connection procedure with the at least one P2P terminal and the new terminal, wherein the group owner is re-determined as a terminal which receives signals of the at least one P2P terminal and the new terminal.