METHOD FOR CONNECTING PEER-TO-PEER APPLICATIONS OVER A WIRELESS LAN, AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PEER-TO-PEER APPLICATIONS OVER THE WIRELESS LAN, AND WIRELESS LAN-BASED PEER TERMINAL

摘要

A method for connecting peer-to-peer applications over a wireless LAN comprises the steps of: a peer terminal extracting application information from the peer-to-peer applications; the peer terminal generating service start information from the extracted application information; during a predetermined waiting time, the peer terminal determining whether or not at least one other peer terminal corresponding to the service start information exists; and setting the terminal having the highest leader pseudo-measurement as a leader terminal and setting the other terminals as member terminals based on a leader pseudo-measurement included in the service start information and a leader pseudo-measurement received from the or each other peer terminal when at least one other peer terminal corresponding to the service start information exists. Therefore, the present invention has the effect of being able to automatically and quickly connect the peer-to-peer applications over the wireless LAN.