ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TETHERING SERVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

An electronic device for providing a tethering service in a wireless communication system and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication module, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the wireless communication module. The at least one processor may be configured to establish a tethering connection between the electronic device and an external electronic device through the wireless communication module, obtain at least one piece of information related to an Internet connection of at least one application executable in the external electronic device, select a backbone network for a specified application among the at least one application executable in the external electronic device based on the at least one piece of information, map a tethering connection for the specified application to the selected backbone network, and transmit data received from the specified application of the external electronic device to the mapped backbone network.