An example electronic device supporting a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) protocol and a heterogeneous protocol different from the NAN protocol stores first information associated with a link established based on the heterogeneous protocol, transmits a message including the first information to an external electronic device included in a NAN cluster, via a wireless communication circuitry, receives a NAN data path (NDP) request message including second information associated with an NDP from the external electronic device, transmits an NDP response message to the external electronic device based at least in part on the second information and the first information, and performs data communication with the external electronic device based on the NDP.