摘要 |
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling traffic transmission time in an electronic device and, particularly, to an apparatus and a method for controlling traffic transmission time through alarm control in an electronic device. A method according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method for transmitting background traffic of an application installed in an electronic device having a communication function, and may comprise the steps of: when requested to store an alarm for transmission of background traffic by a predetermined application, setting one scheduling method among two or more scheduling methods depending on the characteristics of the traffic; generating and storing a scheduled alarm occurrence time by scheduling a requested alarm occurrence time on the basis of the determined scheduling method and a reference synchronization cycle; and, when the stored alarm time arrives, providing alarm information to the relevant application so that the background traffic can be transmitted. |