Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Electronic Device For Performing Scheduling For Performing Both Short-Range Wireless Communication And Nan Communication, And Operating Method Of Electronic Device

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647125780 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd. on October 22, 2026, for Electronic Device For Performing Scheduling For Performing Both Short-Range Wireless Communication And Nan Communication, And Operating Method Of Electronic Device.

Inventors include Jung, Buseop; and Kim, Junsung.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: In an electronic device and an operating method of the electronic device according to an embodiment, the electronic device comprises: a communication circuit that supports neighbor awareness network (NAN) communication, first short-range wireless communication, and second short-range wireless communication; a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to: while the first short-range wireless communication and the second short-range wireless communication are activated, initiate activation of the NAN communication; identify first schedule information related to data transmission and/or reception via the first short-range wireless communication and second schedule information related to data transmission and/or reception via the second short-range wireless communication; on the basis of the first schedule information and/or the second schedule information, configure a first unaligned schedule related to data transmission and/or reception via the NAN communication and/or the first short-range wireless communication during a first unaligned window (ULW); transmit, to at least one external electronic device included in a cluster of the NAN communication, the first unaligned schedule and information for controlling the NAN communication during the first unaligned schedule; and according to the first unaligned schedule, perform the NAN communication and/or the first short-range wireless communication during the first unaligned window (ULW), wherein the first unaligned schedule may enable the electronic device to, if a channel of the NAN communication is different from a channel of the first short-range wireless communication, perform the NAN communication during the first ULW via a channel that is the same as the channel of the first short-range wireless communication.

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