Discovery method and an electronic device thereof

1. A method of operating an electronic device in a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) cluster, the method comprising:

receiving, from another electronic device in the NAN cluster, via a direct communication path, a NAN service discovery frame (SDF) comprising information for indicating at least one discovery window (DW) among a plurality of DWs, when the other electronic device operates in an awake mode; and

switching, based on the received information, an operation mode from a sleep mode to the awake mode in the at least one DW among the plurality of DWs,

wherein the information includes a bit map comprising a plurality of bits,

wherein at least one bit, respectively corresponding to the at least one DW, among the plurality of bits is set to a first value, and

wherein remaining bits, except the at least one bit, among the plurality of bits are set to a second value.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, based on the switching, a signal in the at least one DW from the other electronic device, via the direct communication path.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the awake mode is the operation mode for communicating with the other electronic device, and

wherein the sleep mode is the operation mode for terminating communication with the other electronic device in order to save power of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NAN SDF comprises fields for NAN attributes, and

wherein the information is included in at least one field among the fields for the NAN attributes.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the other electronic device, another NAN SDF comprising information for indicating at least another DW among the plurality of DWs, when the other electronic device operates in the awake mode,

wherein the other NAN SDF is transmitted from the other electronic device, if a scheduling of the other electronic device is changed.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

establishing the NAN cluster with the other electronic device.

7. An electronic device in a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) cluster comprising:

a processor; and

a communication module operatively coupled to the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

control to receive, from another electronic device in the NAN cluster, via a direct communication path, a NAN service discovery frame (SDF) comprising information for indicating at least one discovery window (DW) among a plurality of DWs, when the other electronic device operates in an awake mode; and

switch, based on the received information, an operation mode from a sleep mode to the awake mode in the at least one DW among the plurality of DWs,

wherein the information includes a bit map comprising a plurality of bits,

wherein at least one bit, respectively corresponding to the at least one DW, among the plurality of bits is set to a first value, and

wherein remaining bits, except the at least one bit, among the plurality of bits are set to a second value.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control to receive, based on the switching, a signal in the at least one DW, from the other electronic device, via the direct communication path.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the awake mode is the operation mode for communicating with the other electronic device, and

wherein the sleep mode is the operation mode for terminating communication with the other electronic device in order to save power of the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the NAN SDF comprises fields for NAN attributes, and

wherein the information is included in at least one field among the fields for the NAN attributes.

11. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

control to receive, from the other electronic device, another NAN SDF comprising information for indicating at least another DW among the plurality of DWs, when the other electronic device operates in the awake mode, and

wherein the other NAN SDF is transmitted from the other electronic device, if a scheduling of the other electronic device is changed.

12. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

establish the NAN cluster with the other electronic device.

13. An electronic device in a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) cluster comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the communication module, configured to:

control to transmit, to another electronic device in the NAN cluster, via a direct communication path, a NAN service discovery frame (SDF) comprising information for indicating at least one discovery window (DW) among a plurality of DWs, when the electronic device operates in an awake mode,

wherein the information is used, by the other electronic device, for switching an operation mode from a sleep mode to the awake mode in the at least one DW among the plurality of DWs,

wherein the information includes a bit map comprising a plurality of bits,

wherein at least one bit, respectively corresponding to the at least one DW, among the plurality of bits is set to a first value, and

wherein remaining bits, except the at least one bit, among the plurality of bits are set to a second value.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the awake mode is the operation mode for communicating with the electronic device, and

wherein the sleep mode is the operation mode for terminating communication with the electronic device in order to save power of the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the NAN SDF comprises fields for NAN attributes, and

wherein the information is included in at least one field among the fields for the NAN attributes.