A method of receiving power by a
wireless power
receiver, the method including transmitting, to a
wireless power
transmitter, a plurality of packets including a
foreign object detection (FOD) status packet; and receiving, from the
wireless power
transmitter, a response
signal indicating whether a
foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power
transmitter, wherein the response
signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power
signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power
receiver, and wherein the plurality of packets further include at least one of a
signal strength packet, an end power transfer packet, a
power control hold-off packet, a configuration packet, an identification packet for transmitting
receiver identification information, an extended identification packet, a general request packet, a special request packet, a
control error packet, a renegotiation packet, a 24-bit received power packet, an eight-bit received power packet, and a charging status packet.