US 11,818,638 B2
System and method for signal range awareness protocol for short to medium range ad-hoc group calls
Nithyananthan Poosamani, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,641.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/146,853, filed on Feb. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256322 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication circuit configured to communicate via a communication medium, the communication medium comprising a short-range communication medium; and
a processor configured to:
control the communication circuit to connect to a first hearing device (HD) within a signal range of the electronic device; and
in response to determining that a second HD is outside the signal range of the electronic device, identify a control device (CD) different from the electronic device for connection to the second HD, wherein the CD is communicatively coupled with the electronic device via a partial mesh network.