Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is carried out
Clearly and completely describe, it is clear that described embodiment is only a part of embodiment of the present invention, and
It is not all, of embodiment.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art are not making
Go out the every other embodiment obtained under creative work premise, broadly fall into the scope of protection of the invention.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of method of WAP and terminal communication, is mainly used in such as Fig. 1
In the wireless network of shown Radio Network System, such as WiFi network or macro base station, this system includes nothing
Line access point and multiple terminal (STA), include again multiple radio access management module in WAP,
Each radio access management module is the different terminals clothes in same physical wireless access point coverage
Business, in such as Fig. 1, radio access management module 1 is that terminal 11 services to terminal 1o, and radio access management
Module 2 is that terminal 21 arrives terminal 2p service etc., and these terminals are all to cover at a physical wireless access point
In the range of terminal.
The real resource of this WAP can be carried out heavily by WAP by certain computational methods
Distribution, fictionalizes multiple radio access management modules that function is identical, for each radio access management mould
After block distribution resource, each radio access management module will be corresponding terminal service, and is independent of each other.
When WAP distribution resource, mainly distribute each radio access management module and the end serviced
The wireless access point identification used when communicating between end such as basic service set identification (Basic
Service Set Identifier, BSSID) etc. can uniquely identify the information of each radio access management module
(being the wireless access point identification that the beacon frame distribution of transmission is corresponding), and use each WAP mark
Knowing the parameter information sent needed for beacon (hereinafter referred to as Beacon) frame, such as Beacon frame sends week
Phase, the pot life section within the Beacon frame transmission cycle and/or unavailable time section, transmission Beacon frame
Transmit power, competition phase (competition period, CP) in pot life section and exempt from the competition phase
Parameters such as (competition free period, CFP), and to store WAP be each wireless access
The wireless access point identification of management module assignment and the parameter using this wireless access point identification to send beacon frame
The corresponding relation of information.Wherein:
In pot life section within the Beacon frame transmission cycle may refer in this pot life section, terminal
Specific wireless channel can be used to enter with the radio access management module that this wireless access point identification is identified
Row communication, can be specifically that start transmission comprises the first access point identity to a radio access management module certainly
Beacon frame start transmission to adjacent next radio access management module and comprise the second access point identity
The time interval of Beacon frame, and unavailable time section refers within the Beacon frame transmission cycle except available
Time outside time period is unavailable time section;And meeting between terminal within the competition phase of pot life section
The use chance of wireless channel is obtained by competition mechanism, and will be by radio access management in exempting from the competition phase
Module is the use chance of the terminal coordination distribution channel of service.
Specifically, WAP, when for radio access management module assignment resource, can be each nothing
Line Access Management one corresponding wireless access point identification of distribution, specifically, can be according to preset
Rule obtains, such as based on WAP medium access control (MediaAccess Control, MAC)
Address identifies, and is calculated multiple wireless access point identifications etc., the most preset rule by certain
Can be to be preset in WAP according to different needs;And WAP can distribute each nothing
Line Access Management uses identical or different power to send Beacon frame by physical layer.
WAP after the distribution completing resource, WAP just can by the following method with end
End carries out data transmission: i.e. within each beacon frame information cycle, and multiple wireless in WAP connects
Entering to manage module uses different wireless access point identification orders to send different beacon frames, at beacon respectively
Frame carries a wireless access point identification of correspondence, and for indicating the instruction information of pot life section;
The terminal so receiving beacon frame can be in the pot life section indicated by instruction information, according to correspondence
Wireless access point identification and WAP are carried out into net operation.Wherein, in each beacon frame information cycle
In, different wireless access point identifications can be used the most respectively to send different beacon frames,
Beacon frame can also be sent according to random order.
Such as shown in Fig. 2, it is assumed that a WAP includes 3 radio access management modules 1,2 and 3,
Within each beacon frame information cycle, radio access management module 1,2 and 3 can be distinguished in the following order
Send different beacon frames: radio access management module 1 uses wireless access point identification 1 to send Beacon frame 1
Rear a period of time, radio access management module 2 uses wireless access point identification 2 to send latter one section of Beacon frame 2
Time, radio access management module 3 uses wireless access point identification 3 to send Beacon frame 3.Implement at other
In example, it is possible to use random order sends Beacon frame 1,2 and 3.
Wherein for radio access management module 1, the Beacon frame transmission cycle refers to from wireless access pipe
Reason module 1 sends Beacon frame 1 and starts to radio access management module 1 to send between Beacon frame 1 next time
A time period;Pot life section refers within the Beacon frame transmission cycle, from radio access management mould
Block 1 starts to send between the time that Beacon frame 1 starts to send Beacon frame 2 to radio access management module 2
Every, unavailable time section refers to that the time within the Beacon frame transmission cycle in addition to pot life section is not
Pot life section.
Specifically, for each radio access management module, can perform according to the steps,
Flow chart is as it is shown on figure 3, include:
Step 101, radio access management module is by a corresponding wireless access point identification, and is used for indicating
Within the Beacon frame transmission cycle, the instruction information of pot life section is added in Beacon frame.
It is appreciated that radio access management module can periodically send Beacon frame, is specifically sending
Before Beacon frame, need to add the wireless access point identification of instruction information and this radio access management module
In Beacon frame, instruction information can be the information directly indicating pot life section here;Or use
Beacon frame sends the information of cycle and unavailable time section and indirectly indicates pot life section, in this feelings
Under condition, the pot life section of instruction be Beacon frame send the cycle deduct unavailable time section.
Here, the pot life section in the Beacon frame transmission cycle may refer to this radio access management module
Start to send Beacon frame to adjacent next radio access management module from starting to send Beacon frame
Time interval.
Step 102, radio access management module uses corresponding wireless access point identification to send according to step
101 be added after Beacon frame.
Then in the present embodiment, each radio access management module can use respective wireless access point identification
Transmission Beacon frame, to terminal, after terminal receives this Beacon frame, will indicate in Beacon frame
Pot life section indicated by information, according to the wireless access point identification carried in beacon frame and wireless access
What point carried out terminal enters net operation.
In the present embodiment, each radio access management module can send different Beacon frames to wireless access
Terminals different in some coverage, and within a beacon frame information cycle, each radio access management
The i.e. wireless access point identification of mark that module carries out using when Beacon frame sends is different, and each nothing
The time point that line Access Management sends Beacon frame is different.And each radio access management module
Identical or different power can be used to send Beacon frame, i.e. each radio access management module uses
Corresponding wireless access point identification send transmit power used during different beacon frames can identical can also
Different.
Visible, in the WAP of the present embodiment with the method for terminal communication, a physical radio connects
Access point can include multiple radio access management module, and these multiple radio access management modules can use respectively
Different wireless access point identification orders sends different beacon frames, carry correspondence within a beacon frame one
Wireless access point identification, and for indicating the instruction information of pot life section, in order to terminal is in instruction information
In indicated pot life section, carry out according between corresponding wireless access point identification and WAP
Terminal enter net operation.Such a physical wireless access point can be taken by multiple wireless access point identifications
It is engaged in different terminals, only comprises one owing to a beacon frame comprising in a TIM, and a beacon frame
Wireless access point identification, so wireless access point identification can correspond to the association determined by TIM figure place
Identifier space.For terminal, each access point identity is equivalent to an access of the prior art
Point.Thus, embodiments of the invention expand the terminal quantity that a physical wireless access point is supported,
The number of terminals that the terminal quantity that one WAP is supported is actual in can reaching its coverage
Amount, without at the multiple physical wireless access point of same regional deployment, thus reduces wireless access
The waste of some resource, improves the utilization rate of a WAP.
In a specific embodiment, each radio access management module perform above-mentioned steps 102 it
Before, it is also possible to the out of Memory that WAP is distributed to this radio access management module adds to
In Beacon frame, such as by the competition phase in pot life section and/or exempt from the information such as competition phase and add to
In Beacon frame, such terminal will the competition phase or in exempting from the competition phase with the competition phase or to exempt from the competition phase corresponding
Communication mode (such as competitive way or non-competing mode) communicate with WAP.Specifically,
Channel use chance of vying each other is needed between multiple terminals within the competition phase;And in exempting from the competition phase terminal
Between need not competition, by the use to channel of the terminal of the multiple service of radio access management module coordination.
It should be noted that after WAP sends beacon frame by radio access management module, if
There is terminal to receive this beacon frame, then carry out into net operation, specifically between this terminal meeting and WAP
Ground, terminal can send the request message that networks to wireless access according to the wireless access point identification in beacon frame
Point, then WAP can come to carry out into net operation with terminal in accordance with the following steps, flow chart such as Fig. 4 institute
Show, including:
A, the respective wireless Access Management in WAP receives the networking request message that terminal sends
After, if being directly accepted as this terminal service, then this radio access management module performs step B;If no
Be accepted as this terminal service, then this radio access management module performs step C.
Be appreciated that after WAP powers on, including multiple radio access management modules i.e.
Can the most periodically send Beacon frame, after the terminal not networked receives Beacon frame, with
Carry out between corresponding radio access management module detecting, system authentication and association etc. enter net operation.
B, radio access management module use network request wireless access point identification corresponding to message with ask into
The terminal of net is carried out into net operation, can return networking response message to this terminal, and instruction is accepted as this end
End service.
C, radio access management module determine wireless access point identification corresponding to this radio access management module it
Other outer wireless access point identification, and perform step D, specifically when determining other wireless access point identification,
Can be determined by following several ways:
(1) wireless access point identification is used according to multiple radio access management modules in WAP respectively
Terminal quantity and first presetting rule of corresponding service determine other wireless access point identification.
Here the first presetting rule may include that the terminal quantity of corresponding with service less than a preset value
The wireless access point identification of radio access management module be defined as other wireless access point identification etc.,
So that the wireless access point identification loading less radio access management module is defined as other WAP
Mark so that the load (terminal quantity i.e. serviced) of each radio access management module controls one
In the range of Ding.
(2) in acquisition WAP, the use of radio access management module networks, and request message correspondence is wireless to be connect
Entering point identification, power demand information during the terminal called networked with request, and according to this power demand information
And second presetting rule determine other wireless access point identification in networking response message.
Be appreciated that if each radio access management module send Beacon frame time use transmission merit
Rate is different, then when not entering during network termination carries out net operation, when radio access management module exists
After receiving networking request message, can detect and this does not enters to carry out between network termination power demand letter during communication
Breath, if with send Beacon frame power not to time corresponding so that the laser propagation effect of data is higher or
Making the more power saving of WAP and terminal, this radio access management module can select to send other nothing
Line access point identity, the second presetting rule can be to select, in multiple radio access management modules, to send out here
Send the radio access management module that the power of Beacon frame is corresponding with the power demand of this detection, and will choosing
The wireless access point identification of the radio access management module selected is as other wireless access point identification, Ji Jiangfa
When sending the power of beacon frame corresponding with the power demand of detection, send the wireless access that beacon frame is used
Point identification is defined as other wireless access point identification.Wherein, the power of described transmission Beacon frame with should
The power demand of detection is corresponding to be referred to, Beacon frame power is closest and the least with the power demand of detection
In power demand.
Specifically, radio access management module, can be to end when the communication power detected between terminal
End sends transmitting power control (transmit power control, TPC) request, and receives terminal return
TPC response.
D, radio access management module uses the wireless access point identification that the request message that networks is corresponding, to request
The terminal networked returns networking response message, carries other wireless access point identification in networking response message,
So terminal can carry out into net operation according to other wireless access point identification and WAP, and concrete enters
Carry out between net operation with this radio access management module and terminal to enter net operation similar, do not carry out at this
Repeat.And the pot life that other wireless access point identification is corresponding can also be carried in networking response message
The instruction information of section, such terminal is networking with WAP according to other wireless access point identification
During operation, the pot life section indicated by instruction information can carried in networking response message is with wireless
Access point is carried out into net operation.
Above-mentioned networking request message can be association request (Association Request), certification request or
Detection (Probe) requests etc., then networking response message is correspondingly associated response, authentication response or detection
Response etc..
It should be noted that the method in the embodiment of the present invention can apply to WAP use difference
In the scene of power service zones of different STA, wherein for supporting and WAP maximum communication power phase
Corresponding STA, can arbitrarily select a region when disposing in the signal cover of WAP
Dispose;But for the STA that maximum transmission power is the most corresponding with WAP maximum transmission power, then
The transmission range corresponding to maximum transmission power can supported according to STA when disposing, at wireless access
The region of deployment is determined for STA, such as: maximum transmission power is bigger in the signal cover of point
STA is deployed in distance WAP region farther out, is deployed in by STA less for maximum transmission power
In the region that distance WAP is nearer etc..By the program, so that a WAP is same
Time be that the STA supporting multiple different transmission power services.
And also, it should be noted above-mentioned WAP from Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 correspondence embodiment and terminal
The method of communication is to be applied in system as shown in Figure 1, and WAP can fictionalize within the system
Multiple radio access management modules, are used corresponding WAP mark by each radio access management module
Know and send different beacon frames.
In other embodiments, WAP can also be applied to including nothing with the method for terminal communication
In the Radio Network System of line access point and terminal, within the system WAP only include one wireless
Access Management, but used multiple wireless access point identification suitable respectively by this radio access management module
Sequence sends different beacon frame, is i.e. sending wireless access point identification that adjacent twice beacon frame used not
With.Wireless with shown in Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 of the method communicated between WAP and terminal in this system
The method that access point communicates with terminal is similar, is not except for the difference that by WAP in the present embodiment
The multiple modules fictionalized communicate with terminal, but only one of which radio access management module directly makes
Communicating with terminal by different marks, in this case, this radio access management module can be safeguarded
At least two groups send the parameter of beacon frames, the information such as the WAP such as used and pot life section.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides for a kind of method of WAP and terminal communication, be mainly used in as
In system shown in Fig. 1, the method for the present embodiment is the method performed by terminal side, flow chart such as Fig. 5
Shown in, including:
Step 201, receives the beacon Beacon that the radio access management module included by WAP sends
Frame, carries the first wireless access point identification of this radio access management module in Beacon frame, and is used for
The instruction information of instruction pot life section within the Beacon frame transmission cycle.
It is appreciated that how radio access management module sends Beacon frame as described in Fig. 3 correspondence embodiment,
Do not repeat at this.Except carrying instruction information and the first WAP in the Beacon frame received
Mark, it is also possible to carry TIM element, and the parameter information of transmission Beacon frame, such as in pot life section
In the competition phase and/exempt from the competition phase, the Beacon frame transmission cycle etc. of radio access management module.
Here, the pot life section within the Beacon frame transmission cycle may refer to this radio access management mould
Block starts to send Beacon frame to adjacent next radio access management module Zi starting to send Beacon frame
Time interval, and unavailable time section refers within the Beacon frame transmission cycle in addition to pot life section
Time be unavailable time section.And instruction information can be directly to indicate pot life section here, it is possible to
Indirectly to indicate pot life section by Beacon frame transmission cycle and unavailable time section.
Step 202, in the pot life section indicated by instruction information, according to the first wireless access point identification
The radio access management module corresponding with WAP carries out terminal and enters net operation.
Terminal can be according to the instruction information in Beacon frame, in pot life section, with the first wireless access
In the WAP that point identification is corresponding, radio access management module is carried out into net operation, such as detects, recognizes
Card and operation associated etc..
Visible, in the WAP of the present embodiment with the method for terminal communication, a physical radio connects
Access point can use corresponding wireless access point identification, sends not to the terminal order of coverage range of wireless access point
Same Beacon frame.When terminal receives this Beacon frame, in Beacon frame, carry radio access management
First wireless access point identification of module, and for indicating the instruction information of pot life section, then terminal meeting
In pot life section, enter with WAP according to the first wireless access point identification in Beacon frame
Net operation.Such a physical wireless access point can be different by the service of multiple wireless access point identifications
Terminal, only comprises a wireless access owing to comprising in a beacon frame in a TIM, and a beacon frame
Point identification, so the association identification that wireless access point identification can correspond to be determined by TIM figure place is empty
Between.For terminal, each access point identity is equivalent to an access point of the prior art.From
And, embodiments of the invention expand the terminal quantity that a physical wireless access point is supported so that one
The terminal quantity that the terminal quantity that individual WAP is supported is actual in can reaching its coverage, and
Need not at the multiple physical wireless access point of same regional deployment, thus reduce WAP resource
Waste, improve the utilization rate of a WAP.
In a specific embodiment, terminal can also carry wireless connecing in the Beacon frame received
Access point distribute to competition phase in the out of Memory of this radio access management module, such as pot life section and/
Or exempt from the information such as competition phase, then terminal is when performing above-mentioned steps 202, and meeting is in the competition phase or exempts from the competition phase
It is transmitted with corresponding data transfer mode (such as competitive way or non-competing mode), specifically,
Channel use chance of vying each other is needed between multiple terminals within the competition phase;And in exempting from the competition phase terminal
Between need not competition, be the terminal use to channel being coordinated multiple service by WAP.
It should be noted that terminal is in when entering net operation of above-mentioned steps 202 of execution, can be by following
Step realizes, flow chart as shown in Figure 6, including:
Step 203, determines based on the first wireless access point identification and WAP communication according to instruction information
Pot life section.
If it is indicated that information is the instruction directly carried out, then terminal may determine that and communicates with WAP
Pot life section is this time period indicated by instruction information, if it is indicated that information is by Beacon frame
Transmission cycle and unavailable time is intersegmental taps into capable instruction, then the Beacon frame transmission cycle can be deducted
Unavailable time section is defined as the pot life section communicated with WAP.
Step 204, according to the first wireless access point identification to WAP in the pot life section determined
Send the request message that networks.
After WAP receives networking request message, networking response message, tool can be returned to terminal
The return method of body, as described in Fig. 4 correspondence embodiment, does not repeats at this.
Step 205, receives the networking response message that WAP returns, if carrying in networking response message
First wireless access point identification and do not carry other wireless access point identification, then explanation WAP connect
By using the first WAP to be designated this terminal service, terminal can be according to the first wireless access point identification
Communicate with WAP;If networking response message carries the second wireless access point identification, then say
Bright WAP does not accepts to use the first WAP to be designated this terminal service, and provides use
Two WAPs are designated this terminal service, and terminal can perform step 206.
Step 206, terminal is carried out into net operation, tool according to the second wireless access point identification and WAP
Body enter net operation with aforesaid enter net operation similar, do not repeat at this.
Specifically, if including the second wireless access point identification at networking response message, and do not include with
The out of Memory that second wireless access point identification is relevant, then terminal is when carrying out into net operation, can be actively
Carry out intercepting the beacon frame that this WAP uses the second wireless access point identification to send;If networked
Response message also includes the out of Memory relevant to the second wireless access point identification, such as pot life section
Instruction information, then terminal is when carrying out into net operation, the instruction information carried in networking response message
In indicated pot life section, carry out into net operation with WAP.
In the present embodiment, the first and second wireless access point identifications are all a physical wireless access point and end
The wireless access point identification that end communication is used.And above-mentioned networking request message can be association request,
Certification request or probe requests thereby etc., the most correspondingly networking response message is correspondingly associated response, certification sound
Should or probe response etc..
In a specific embodiment, when WAP does not accepts to use the first wireless access point identification
During for this terminal service, after receiving networking request message, can be that this terminal provides other wireless to connect
Enter point identification, then can carry out returning other the second WAP mark by step described in above-mentioned Fig. 4
Know, then returning before networking response message and can also carry out the measurement of communication power demand, then with terminal
Terminal is before performing above-mentioned steps 205, it is also possible to according to the first wireless access point identification and WAP
Carry out the measurement of communication power demand, so that WAP determines according to the communication power demand measured
The second wireless access point identification in networking response message.
Illustrate that the WAP described in the embodiment of the present invention leads to terminal with next specific embodiment
The method of letter, is applied particularly in the sensor network that can support TIM mechanism, and terminal is sensor node,
And the access point of WAP level sensor node, wherein:
The covering radius of WAP is 1 kilometer, and the terminal disposed in the range of this is the most (about
More than 6000), and a physical wireless access point is at most only capable of supporting 2007 ends in its overlay area
End, in order to not dispose other physical wireless access point and improve the efficiency of WAP, and supports it
The terminal of more than 6000 disposed in coverage, in the embodiment of the present invention, WAP fictionalizes
Multiple radio access management modules, and be each radio access management module assignment resource, including each nothing
The wireless access point identification that line Access Management is corresponding, Beacon frame sends the cycle, sends Beacon frame
Power, available and/or unavailable time section in the Beacon frame transmission cycle, or competing in pot life section
Strive the phase and/or exempt from competition phase information.
Then can communicate as follows between radio access management module and terminal, flow chart
As it is shown in fig. 7, comprises:
Step 301, multiple radio access management modules are in a certain order with different WAP marks
Know and send different Beacon frames, Beacon frame carries unique this radio access management module of mark
Wireless access point identification, and for indicating the instruction information of pot life section, it is also possible to include other parameters
Information.
It is appreciated that multiple radio access management module can use identical power to send Beacon frame,
Different power can also be used to send Beacon frame.
Step 302, terminal after receiving the Beacon frame that radio access management module 1 sends,
In pot life section indicated by instruction information therein, according to the WAP carried in Beacon frame
Mark sends the request message that networks.
Step 303, if radio access management module 1 is accepted as this terminal service, then returns the response that networks
Message, carries the wireless access point identification of this radio access management module 1 in networking response message, works as end
After termination receives this networking response message, communicate with radio access management module 1.
Step 304, if radio access management module 1 is not accepted as this terminal service, then returning networks rings
Answer message, networking response message carries the wireless access point identification of other radio access management module 2.
Step 305, after the networking response message in terminal receives step 304, with radio access management
Module 2 is carried out into net operation.
Visible, in the present embodiment, owing to a physical wireless access point can include multiple wireless access
Management module, the terminal quantity supported in a wireless wireless access coverage can be extended;And this
The terminal that in embodiment, radio access management module can be different services, it is possible to reduce existing skill
In art, great amount of terminals causes, when being networked by a WAP, congested chance of eating dishes without rice or wine simultaneously;And it is wireless
Access Management can improve data transmission according to being terminal service with power demand during terminal called
Efficiency, reduce WAP energy ezpenditure.
With reference to shown in Fig. 8, the embodiment of the present invention also provides for a kind of WAP, may include that beacon is sent out
Send unit 10, and can also include information assigning unit 11, storage element 12, message reception units 13,
Message processing unit the 14, first mark determines that unit 15, power detecting unit 16 and the second mark determine list
Unit 17, wherein:
Beacon transmitting element 10, for using multiple wireless access point identification order to send different letters respectively
Mark frame;Described beacon frame carries a wireless access point identification of correspondence, and is used for indicating pot life
The instruction information of section;So that terminal is in the pot life section indicated by described instruction information, according to described
Corresponding wireless access point identification and described WAP are carried out into net operation.
Wherein beacon transmitting element 10 specifically can periodically send multiple beacon frame, within each cycle,
The wireless access point identification comprised in each described beacon frame is different.And beacon transmitting element 10 can use
Different power sends the beacon frame comprising different radio access point identity;And beacon transmitting element 10 sends
Beacon frame in also carry the competition phase in pot life section and/or exempt from competition phase information, in order to described terminal
The competition phase or in exempting from the competition phase with described competition phase or exempt from competition phase corresponding communication mode and described nothing
Line access point communicates.
Before beacon transmitting element 10 sends beacon frame:
Information assigning unit 11, for the wireless access point identification corresponding for the distribution of described beacon frame, with institute
Stating beacon transmitting element 10 uses each wireless access point identification to send the parameter information needed for beacon frame;Institute
State the parameter information needed for sending beacon frame to include: the beacon frame information cycle, and in the beacon frame information cycle
Interior pot life section and/or unavailable time section;
Storage element 12, for storing the wireless access point identification of described information assigning unit 11 distribution and sending out
Send the corresponding relation of the parameter information of beacon frame.
During WAP and terminal carry out net operation:
Message reception units 13, for receiving the networking request message that terminal sends;
First mark determines unit 15, for according to corresponding to each wireless access point identification of described use
Terminal quantity and first presetting rule of service determine other WAP in described networking response message
Mark.
Power detecting unit 16, power demand information during for obtaining the terminal called networked with described request.
Second mark determines unit 17, for the power demand letter obtained according to described power detecting unit 16
Breath and the second presetting rule determine other wireless access point identification in described networking response message.
Message processing unit 14, for receiving the described request message that networks when described message reception units 13
After, the wireless access point identification using the described request message that networks corresponding enters with asking the terminal networked
Net operation;Or use the described wireless access point identification networking and asking message corresponding, the end networked to request
End returns networking response message, carries the first mark and determine unit 15 or the second in described networking response message
Mark determine other wireless access point identification that unit 16 determines, in order to described request network terminal according to
Other wireless access point identification described and described WAP are carried out into net operation.
And other letter relevant to other wireless access point identification can also be carried in networking response message
Breath, the instruction information etc. of such as pot life section.
With reference to shown in Fig. 9, a kind of WAP in an embodiment implemented, including multiple
The radio access management module 200 that (at least two) function is identical, each radio access management module 200
All include a beacon transmitting element 21, wherein:
Beacon transmitting element 21 in the plurality of radio access management module 200, for using difference respectively
Wireless access point identification order send different beacon frames;Described beacon frame carries a nothing of correspondence
Line access point identity, and for indicating the instruction information of pot life section;
So that terminal is in the pot life section indicated by described instruction information, connect according to described correspondence is wireless
Enter point identification to carry out into net operation with described WAP.
Here, the pot life section in the Beacon frame transmission cycle may refer to a radio access management mould
Block 200 starts to send to adjacent next radio access management module 200 Zi starting to send Beacon frame
The time interval of Beacon frame, and unavailable time section refers within the Beacon frame transmission cycle except time available
Between time outside section be unavailable time section.And instruction information can be directly to indicate pot life section,
Can also indirectly indicate pot life section, such as be referred to by beacon frame information cycle and unavailable time section
Show.
Beacon transmitting element 21 in the most multiple radio access management modules 200 can send different
The terminal that Beacon frame is different in giving described coverage range of wireless access point, and the plurality of wireless access pipe
The wireless access point identification that reason module 200 uses is different, and the plurality of radio access management module
The time point of 200 transmission Beacon frames is different;And the beacon of each radio access management module 200 sends out
Send unit 21 that identical or different power can be used to send Beacon frame.
Visible, in the WAP of the present embodiment, multiple radio access management module 200 can be included,
Beacon transmitting element 21 in multiple radio access management modules 200 uses different WAPs respectively
Mark, sends different Beacon frames to the terminal order of coverage range of wireless access point, and at Beacon
Frame carries a wireless access point identification of correspondence, and for indicating the instruction information of pot life section,
So that terminal is in the pot life section indicated by instruction information, according to corresponding wireless access point identification with
Described WAP is carried out into net operation.Such a physical wireless access point can be by multiple wireless
Access Management 200 and the communication of terminal, owing to a beacon frame comprising a TIM, and a letter
Mark frame only comprises a wireless access point identification, thus wireless access point identification can correspond to by
The association identification space that TIM figure place determines.For terminal, each access point identity is equivalent to existing
An access point in technology.Thus, embodiments of the invention expand a physical wireless access point institute
The terminal quantity supported so that the terminal quantity that WAP is supported can reach it and cover model
Enclose the terminal quantity of interior reality, without at the multiple physical wireless access point of same regional deployment, from
And reduce the waste of WAP resource, improve the utilization rate of a WAP.
With reference to shown in Figure 10, in a specific embodiment, WAP is except including as shown in Figure 9
Structure outside, also include information assigning unit 22 and storage element 23, and each radio access management module
200 can also include: message reception units 24, first mark determine unit 25, power detecting unit 126,
Second mark determines unit 27 and message processing unit 28, wherein:
Information assigning unit 22, for being respectively allocated different for the plurality of radio access management module 200
Wireless access point identification, uses wireless access point identification to send beacon with described each beacon transmitting element 21
The parameter information of frame;The parameter information of described transmission beacon frame at least includes: the beacon frame information cycle, and
Pot life section within the beacon frame information cycle and/or unavailable time section etc..
Information assigning unit 22, when the information of carrying out is distributed, can be at least two radio access management module
200 are respectively allocated different marks i.e. wireless access point identification, the most each radio access management module 200
Just can use different marks and terminal communication;Information assigning unit 22 can also distribute at least two without
Line Access Management 200 uses identical or different power to send Beacon frame.
Storage element 23, for storing the wireless access point identification of described information assigning unit 22 distribution and sending out
Send the corresponding relation of the parameter information of beacon frame.
Message reception units 24, for receiving the networking request message that terminal sends.
First mark determines unit 25, for serviced according to described each radio access management module 200
Terminal quantity and the first presetting rule determine other wireless access point identification in described networking response message;
Here the first presetting rule can be in other wireless access point identification correspondence radio access management module 200
The terminal quantity (i.e. load) serviced must not exceed a preset value etc. so that each wireless access pipe
The load of reason module 200 all controls in certain scope.
Power detecting unit 26, power demand information during for obtaining the terminal called networked with described request.
Second mark determines unit 27, for the power demand letter obtained according to described power detecting unit 26
Breath and the second presetting rule determine other wireless access point identification in described networking response message, here the
Two presetting rule can be that other wireless access point identification correspondence radio access management module sends beacon frame
The power demand of transmit power i.e. Beacon frame power corresponding with this power demand and detection closest to and not
Less than power demand etc., improve data transmission efficiency, and save between WAP and terminal logical
The electricity that letter is used.
Message processing unit 28, for receiving the described request message that networks when described message reception units 24
After, the wireless access point identification using the described request message that networks corresponding enters with asking the terminal networked
Net operation;Or use the described wireless access point identification networking and asking message corresponding, the end networked to request
End returns networking response message, carries the first mark and determine unit 25 or the second in described networking response message
Mark determine other wireless access point identification that unit 26 determines, in order to described request network terminal according to
Other wireless access point identification described and described WAP are carried out into net operation.And message processing unit
28 can also carry other letter relevant to other wireless access point identification in the networking response message sent
Breath, such as pot life section, such terminal just can directly be carried out into net operation in this pot life section.
In the present embodiment, the letter that the beacon transmitting element 21 in each radio access management module 200 sends
Mark frame also carried the competition phase in described pot life section and/or exempts from competition phase information, in order to described end
Hold the competition phase or in exempting from the competition phase with the competition phase or exempt from competition phase corresponding communication mode and WAP
Communicate.
After beacon transmitting element 21 sends beacon frame, receive the terminal of this beacon frame according to the letter received
Wireless access point identification in mark frame carries out in networking operating process with WAP:
When the message reception units 24 in certain radio access management module 200 receives entering of terminal transmission
After net request message, message processing unit 28 can be carried out into net operation with the terminal that request networks;Or first
After being determined that unit 25 determines other wireless access point identification by the first mark, by message processing unit 28 by it
Its wireless access point identification carries the terminal that the request of returning in networking response message networks;Or first by merit
When rate detector unit 26 obtains the terminal called networked with described request after power demand information, by second
After mark determines that unit 27 determines other wireless access point identification, by message processing unit 28, other is wireless
Access point identity carries the terminal that the request of returning in networking response message networks.
There is multiple transmission it should be noted that can connect on a physical wireless access point and receive real
Body, each transmission and receiving entity respectively with in a radio access management module 200 of WAP
Beacon transmitting element 21, message reception units 24 and message processing unit 28 connect, and are used for transmitting each nothing
Communication between line Access Management 200 and terminal, such as: the letter in radio access management module 200
Beacon frame and networking response message are transferred to corresponding company by mark transmitting element 21 and message processing unit 28 respectively
The transmission connect and receiving entity, and it is transferred to terminal by sending with receiving entity;Same transmission and reception are real
Know from experience the message reception units 24 networking request message transmission that terminal sends connected to correspondence.Wherein send out
Ethernet, optical fiber or wireless communication can be passed through between the entity sent and receive and a WAP
Mode communicates.
In other embodiment implemented, in the embodiment of the present invention, WAP is except can be such as
Outside structure shown in any one figure of Fig. 8 to 10, it is also possible to be that other are according to WAP and terminal communication
Method carries out the cellular construction divided.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides for a kind of terminal, structural representation as shown in figure 11, including:
Beacon reception unit 30, for receiving the beacon frame that WAP sends, takes in described beacon frame
Carry the first wireless access point identification, and for indicating the instruction information of pot life section;
First networking operating unit 31, is used in the pot life section indicated by described instruction information, root
According to the first wireless access point identification in the beacon frame that described beacon reception unit 30 receives and described wireless access
Point carries out the operation that networks.
First networking operating unit 31 can in Beacon frame in pot life section indicated by instruction information,
Carry out into net operation according to the first wireless access point identification and WAP.
If being appreciated that in the Beacon frame that beacon reception unit 30 receives and carrying in described pot life section
The competition phase and/or exempt from competition phase information;Then the first networking operating unit 31 can also be in the competition phase or exempt from competing
Communicate with corresponding communication mode with WAP in striving the phase.Specifically, multiple within the competition phase
Channel use chance of vying each other is needed between terminal;And exempting to need not between terminal in the competition phase competition,
The terminal use to channel of multiple service is coordinated by WAP.
It is visible, if a physical wireless access point uses different wireless access point identifications, Xiang Wu respectively
The terminal order of line access point coverage sends different Beacon frames.When the terminal of the present embodiment is believed
Tag splice is received unit 30 and is received this Beacon frame, carries a WAP of correspondence in Beacon frame
Mark, and for indicating the instruction information of pot life section, then the first networking operating unit 31 is at Beacon
In the pot life section indicated by instruction information in frame, carry out into net operation with WAP.So
One physical wireless access point can by using the communication of multiple wireless access point identifications and terminal, due to
One beacon frame comprises a TIM, and a beacon frame only comprise a wireless access point identification, institute
The association identification space determined by TIM figure place is can correspond to a wireless access point identification.For terminal
For, each access point identity is equivalent to an access point of the prior art.Thus, the present invention's
Embodiment expands the terminal quantity that a physical wireless access point is supported so that a WAP
The terminal quantity that the terminal quantity supported is actual in can reaching its coverage, without same
The multiple physical wireless access point of individual regional deployment, thus reduce the waste of WAP resource, improve
The utilization rate of one WAP.
With reference to shown in Figure 12, in a specific embodiment, terminal is except including knot as shown in figure 11
Outside structure, it is also possible to including: the second networking operating unit 32, and the first networking operating unit 31 therein can
Determining unit 310 specifically including the time period, network request message sending unit 311, networking response message
Receive unit 313 and power measurement unit 314, wherein:
Time period determines unit 310, the finger in the beacon frame received according to described beacon reception unit 30
Show information to determine based on described first wireless access point identification to communicate with WAP pot life section;
Network request message sending unit 311, available for determining that unit 310 determines in the described time period
Networking request message is sent according to described first wireless access point identification to WAP in time period.
Networking response message receives unit 313, and the networking response returned for receiving described WAP disappears
Breath.
Power measurement unit 314, for carrying out the measurement of communication power demand with described WAP, with
Described WAP is made to determine second in described networking response message according to described communication power demand
Wireless access point identification;
Second networking operating unit 32, if receiving, for described networking response message, the networking that unit 313 receives
Response message carries the second wireless access point identification, according to described second wireless access point identification with described
WAP is carried out into net operation.
In the terminal of the present embodiment, wireless connecing can be received by beacon reception unit 31 before not networking
The beacon frame that access point sends, determines list when the time period in the first networking operating unit 30 after received beacon frame
Unit 310 will determine pot life section according to instruction information therein, and the request message sending unit that networks
311 can transmit into net according to the first wireless access point identification in beacon frame in the pot life section determined
Request message, when networking response message receive unit 313 receive WAP return networking response disappear
Breath, if carrying the second wireless access point identification, then the second networking operating unit 32 in networking response message
Carry out into net operation according to the second wireless access point identification and WAP.
Wherein before networking response message reception unit 313 receives networking response message, first networks grasps
Make the power measurement unit 314 in unit and can also carry out the measurement of communication power demand with WAP,
So that WAP determines the second wireless access point identification.
In another specific embodiment, terminal is in addition to including structure as shown in figure 11, therein
First networking operating unit 31 can specifically include the time period and determine unit 310, and the request message that networks sends single
Unit 311 and networking response message receive unit 313, if networking response message receive unit 313 receive into
After net response message, wherein carry the first wireless access point identification, and do not include other WAP marks
Know, then networking response message reception unit 313 can also be according to the first wireless access point identification and wireless access
Point communicates.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides for the system of a kind of WAP and terminal communication, and structural representation can
With as it is shown in figure 1, include WAP and the terminal in this coverage range of wireless access point, wherein:
WAP, for using different wireless access point identification orders to send different beacons respectively
Frame;Described beacon frame carries a wireless access point identification of correspondence, and is used for indicating pot life section
Instruction information;
Terminal, for receiving the beacon frame that WAP sends, carries the nothing of correspondence in described beacon frame
Line access point identity, and for indicating the instruction information of pot life section;Indicated by described instruction information
Pot life section in, enter with described WAP according to the wireless access point identification of described correspondence
Net operation.
And the structure of WAP can figure as shown in 8 to 10 arbitrary figures, and the structure of terminal can as figure
Shown in 11 or 12, do not repeat at this.And the WAP in the present embodiment can include such as Fig. 9 or
Multiple radio access management modules 200 shown in 10, i.e. include above-mentioned multiple beacon transmitting elements 21, letter
Breath allocation unit 22 is to message processing unit 28 unit such as grade;And WAP can also be without including multiple
Radio access management module 200, and only include structure as shown in Figure 8, do not repeat at this.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step in the various methods of above-described embodiment
Suddenly the program that can be by completes to instruct relevant hardware, and this program can be stored in a computer can
Reading in storage medium, storage medium may include that read-only storage (ROM), random access memory
(RAM), disk or CD etc..
Method, system and the phase of the WAP above embodiment of the present invention provided and terminal communication
Pass equipment is described in detail, and specific case used herein is to the principle of the present invention and embodiment
Being set forth, the explanation of above example is only intended to help to understand that the method for the present invention and core thereof are thought
Think;Simultaneously for one of ordinary skill in the art, according to the thought of the present invention, in specific embodiment party
All will change in formula and range of application, in sum, this specification content should not be construed as this
The restriction of invention.