REPRESENTATIVE DEVICE SELECTION METHOD IN COEXISTENCE SCHEME

摘要

Disclosed is a method of selecting a master management device among a plurality of management devices for coexistence in a server that allows different types of wireless devices to coexist within the same bandwidth. The method of selecting a master management device may include: receiving a request message from an arbitrary management device among the plurality of management devices to the server; selecting a candidate device for a master management device among the plurality of management devices in response to the request message; sending a request message to the candidate device to request the candidate device to be the master management device; receiving a response message from the candidate device; selecting the candidate device as the master management device when an acceptance response is included in the response message; and sending an announcement message including a selection result to the plurality of management devices.