METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER DEVICES

摘要

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method in which a communication device having a converged personal network service (CPNS) enabled entity communicates with other devices. The communication method comprises a step in which the CPNS enabled entity of the communication device, which is set to a gateway mode receives, from a first device, a search response message including first information which indicates that the mode of the first device is set to a personal network entity (PNE) and second information which indicates whether to hide the first device in an additional search procedure. Here, the CPNS enabled entity manages a first network, and one or more personal network entities (PNEs) which can receive a first service through the CPNS enabled entity set to the gateway mode existing in the first network. The communication method further comprises: a step of receiving, from a second device, a search request message including third information which indicates the mode of the second device, in the event the communication device has moved into the coverage of the second network managed by the second device; and a step of determining whether to change the mode of the CPNS enabled entity of the communication device based on at least one of the following: the presence of an available PNE among said one or more PNEs, the mode of the second device and the second information.