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US 12,362,771 · App. 17/949,539 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Electronic device for performing wireless communication and operation method thereof

Inventors: Jehwan Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Yongjin Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Sanggi Oh (Suwon-si, KR); Hyungyong Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04B1/006H04B1/405H04W76/15
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Patent No.
US 12,362,771
App. No.
17/949,539
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device and an operation method thereof are disclosed. The disclosed electronic device may include: a processor, a memory configured to store at least one instruction executable by the processor, and a communicator, wherein the communicator may include a first antenna, a second antenna, a first filter configured to allow a radio frequency (RF) signal in a first frequency band to pass therethrough, and a second filter configured to allow an RF signal in a second frequency band to pass therethrough, and the processor is configured, in response to the at least one instruction being executed by the processor, to: connect to an access point using one of the first frequency band, the second frequency band, and a third frequency band, and control a connection between the first antenna and the first filter and a connection between the second antenna and the second filter based on a communication channel between the electronic device and the access point and a communication channel of a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection, in response to performing the P2P connection with a peripheral device.

Claims (55)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor including processing circuitry;

a memory configured to store at least one instruction executable by the processor; and

a communicator comprising a first antenna, a second antenna, a first filter configured to allow a radio frequency (RF) signal in a first frequency band to pass therethrough, and a second filter configured to allow an RF signal in a second frequency band to pass therethrough, wherein:

the processor, in response to the at least one instruction being executed, is configured to:

connect to an access point using one of the first frequency band, the second frequency band, and a third frequency band; and

control a connection between the first antenna and the first filter and a connection between the second antenna and the second filter based on a communication channel between the electronic device and the access point and a communication channel of a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection, in response to performing the P2P connection with a peripheral device,

the second frequency band is a frequency band higher than the first frequency band,

the third frequency band is a frequency band lower than the first frequency band, and

the processor is configured to, in response to the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point being in the second frequency band and the communication channel of the P2P connection being in the third frequency band:

not connect the first filter and the first antenna; and

connect the second filter and the second antenna.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, in response to the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point being in the second frequency band and the communication channel of the P2P connection being in the first frequency band:

connect the first filter and the first antenna; and

connect the second filter and the second antenna.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, in response to the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point being in the first frequency band or the third frequency band, control a connection between the first antenna and the first filter and a connection between the second antenna and the second filter to block an RF signal from passing through the first filter and the second filter.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, in response to connecting to the access point before performing the P2P connection with the peripheral device, control the connection between the first antenna and the first filter and the connection between the second antenna and the second filter to block an RF signal from passing through the first filter and the second filter.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, in response to the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point being in the first frequency band or the third frequency band, and the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point and the communication channel of the P2P connection being identical to each other, perform communication with the access point and the peripheral device according to a single channel concurrency (SCC) scheme.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, in response to the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point being in the first frequency band or the third frequency band, and the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point and the communication channel of the P2P connection being different from each other, perform communication with the access point and the peripheral device according to a dual-band dual-concurrent (DBDC) scheme.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the first frequency band comprises a 5 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band,

the second frequency band comprises a 6 GHz frequency band, and

the third frequency band comprises a 2.4 GHz frequency band.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the communicator is configured to simultaneously perform wireless communication using two of the first frequency band, the second frequency band, and the third frequency band.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first filter comprises a low pass filter (LPF) configured to allow an RF signal in the first frequency band or lower to pass therethrough.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second filter comprises a high pass filter (HPF) configured to allow an RF signal in the second frequency band or higher to pass therethrough.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the communicator comprises:

at least one first switch configured to control a connection of a signal transmission path comprising the first filter; and

at least one second switch configured to control a connection of a signal transmission path comprising the second filter, and

the processor is configured to control a connection of the at least one first switch and a connection of the at least one second switch based on a connection control signal.

12. A method of operating an electronic device comprising a first antenna, a second antenna, a first filter configured to allow a radio frequency (RF) signal in a first frequency band to pass therethrough, and a second filter configured to allow an RF signal in a second frequency band to pass therethrough, the method comprising:

connecting to an access point using one of a first frequency band, a second frequency band, and a third frequency band;

performing a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection with a peripheral device;

setting a connection between the first antenna and the first filter and a connection between the second antenna and the second filter based on a communication channel between the electronic device and the access point and a communication channel of the P2P connection; and

performing communication with the access point and the peripheral device based on the set connection between the first antenna and the first filter and the set connection between the second antenna and the second filter, wherein

the second frequency band is a frequency band higher than the first frequency band, and

the third frequency band is a frequency band lower than the first frequency band,

wherein the setting of the connection comprises, in response to the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point being in the second frequency band and the communication channel of the P2P connection being in the third frequency band:

not connecting the first filter and the first antenna; and

connecting the second filter and the second antenna.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the setting of the connection comprises:

identifying the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point; and

setting the connection between the first antenna and the first filter according to the communication channel of the P2P connection in response to the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point corresponding to the second frequency band.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the setting of the connection comprises, in response to the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point being in the second frequency band and the communication channel of the P2P connection being in the first frequency band:

connecting the first filter and the first antenna; and

connecting the second filter and the second antenna.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the setting of the connection comprises, in response to the communication channel between the electronic device and the access point being in the first frequency band or the third frequency band, controlling the connection between the first antenna and the first filter and the connection between the second antenna and the second filter to block an RF signal from passing through the first filter and the second filter.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the connecting to the access point comprises setting the connection between the first antenna and the first filter and the connection between the second antenna and the second filter to block an RF signal from passing through the first filter and the second filter.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein

the first frequency band comprises a 5 gigahertz (GHz) frequency band,

the second frequency band comprises a 6 GHz frequency band, and

the third frequency band comprises a 2.4 GHz frequency band.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the operations of claim 12 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2022
From: SEO, JEHWAN; KANG, YONGJIN; OH, SANGGI; LEE, HYUNGYONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061168/0226 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0113921 · Aug 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022010409 · Jul 18, 2022
Related Publication 20230060161A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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