CN103260136B

CN103260136B - Communication method, site equipment and access point (AP) equipment

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Publication number: CN103260136B
Application number: CN201210037338.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 树贵明; 丁志明; 关鑫; 罗毅
Original assignee: Huawei Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Device Co Ltd; Huawei Device Shenzhen Co Ltd
Priority date: 2012-02-17
Filing date: 2012-02-17
Publication date: 2017-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 2032-02-17
Also published as: CN103260136A; WO2013120422A1

Abstract

The invention provides a communication method, site equipment and access point (AP) equipment. The communication method includes the steps of receiving a short identification notification message, generating a communication message and sending the communication message to the AP equipment. The short identification notification message comprises short identification of the AP equipment. The length of the short identification of the AP equipment is smaller than that of an MAC address of the AP equipment, and the short identification is used for uniquely identifying the AP equipment within an area where the AP equipment is located. The receiving address of the communication message is the short identification of the AP equipment. According to the communication method, the site equipment and the AP equipment, the short identification with the length smaller than that of BSSID of the AP equipment is used as the receiving address or sending an address of MAC frames to communicate with the AP equipment, MAC frame headers are reduced, utilization rate of the MAC frames is improved, and utilization rate of transmission channels is further improved.

Description

Communication means, site apparatus and access point apparatus

Technical field

The present invention relates to communication technology, more particularly to a kind of communication means, site apparatus and access point apparatus.

Background technology

The primary application scenarios of IEEE 802.11ah are sensor networks, and sensor network is mainly including access point (Access Point, AP) equipment and website (Station, STA) equipment.IEEE 802.11ah support communication bandwidth be 100Kbps (Kbits per second)～20Mbps, therefore the covering radius of AP equipment expands to 1,000 by current 100 meters Rice, the STA equipment that each AP equipment can be serviced in its overlay area it is more.

STA equipment sends sensing data to AP equipment by Frame.Wherein, sensing data is the significant figure of Frame According to as sensing data is generally less, medium access control (Media Access Control, the MAC) frame head of Frame is accounted for According to most of space of Frame, this causes channel utilization relatively low.

The content of the invention

The present invention provides a kind of communication means, site apparatus and access point apparatus, to improve channel during transmitting data frame Utilization rate.

One aspect of the present invention provides a kind of communication means, including：

The short identification notification message that access point AP equipment sends is received, the short identification notification message includes the AP equipment Short mark；Length of the length of the short mark of the AP equipment less than the medium access control MAC Address of the AP equipment, institute The short mark of AP equipment is stated for the AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP equipment region；

Communication message is generated, the reception address of the communication message is the short mark of the AP equipment；

The communication message is sent to the AP equipment.

One aspect of the present invention provides a kind of site apparatus, including：

Notification message receiver module, for receiving the short identification notification message of access point AP equipment transmission, the short mark Notification message includes the short mark of the AP equipment；The length of the short mark of the AP equipment is visited less than the medium of the AP equipment Ask the length of control MAC Address, the short mark of the AP equipment is for described in the unique mark in the AP equipment region AP equipment；

First generation module, for generating communication message, the address that receives of the communication message is the short of the AP equipment Mark；

First sending module, for sending the communication message to the AP equipment.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of communication means, including：

Access point AP equipment sends short identification notification message, short mark of the short identification notification message package containing the AP equipment Know, the length of the short mark of the AP equipment is less than the length of the medium access control MAC Address of the AP equipment, the AP sets Standby short mark is for the AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP equipment region；

The AP equipment receives the communication message comprising the short mark of the AP equipment；

The AP equipment judge in the communication message receive address and the AP equipment it is short identify whether it is identical；

If it is judged that being identical, the AP equipment parsing obtains the valid data in the communication message.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of access point apparatus, including：

Notification message sending module, for sending short identification notification message, the short identification notification message package contains the AP The short mark of equipment, the length of the short mark of the AP equipment are less than the length of the medium access control MAC Address of the AP equipment Degree, the short mark of the AP equipment is for the AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP equipment region；

Receiver module, for receiving communication message；

Judge module, for judging the reception address in the communication message that first receiver module is received and institute State AP equipment it is short identify whether it is identical；

Data acquisition module, for the judged result in the judge module for it is identical when, parsing obtain it is described communication disappear Data division in breath.

Communication means and site apparatus that one aspect of the present invention is provided, STA equipment use the short mark of AP equipment as logical The reception address of news message, is sent to AP equipment after communication message is generated, and realizes the communication with AP equipment.Due to AP equipment Length of the length of short mark less than the MAC Address of AP equipment, therefore, compared with prior art, number in technical solution of the present invention The space occupied according to mac frame head in frame reduces, and improves the utilization rate of communication message, and then when improve transmission communication message The utilization rate of channel.

Communication means and access point apparatus that another aspect of the present invention is provided, AP equipment receive communication message, then use Reception address in the short mark of AP equipment and communication message is compared, to determine whether the recipient of the communication message, If it is, the valid data in communication message are obtained, as the length of the short mark of AP equipment is less than the MAC Address of AP equipment Length, therefore, compared with prior art, the space that mac frame head is occupied in Frame in technical solution of the present invention reduces, and carries The high utilization rate of communication message, so when improve transmission communication message channel utilization rate.

Description of the drawings

In order to be illustrated more clearly that the embodiment of the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, below will be to embodiment or existing Accompanying drawing to be used needed for having technology description is briefly described, it should be apparent that, drawings in the following description are these Some bright embodiments, for those of ordinary skill in the art, without having to pay creative labor, can be with Other accompanying drawings are obtained according to these accompanying drawings.

The flow chart of the communication means that Fig. 1 is provided for one embodiment of the invention；

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Fig. 2A is provided for one embodiment of the invention；

A kind of structural representation of the uplink data frames that Fig. 2 B are provided for another embodiment of the present invention；

Another kind of structural representation of the uplink data frames that Fig. 2 C are provided for another embodiment of the present invention；

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Fig. 3 is provided for another embodiment of the present invention；

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Fig. 4 is provided for further embodiment of this invention；

The flow chart of the communication means that Fig. 5 is provided for another embodiment of the present invention；

The flow chart of the data frame receipt method that Fig. 6 is provided for one embodiment of the invention；

The flow chart of the data frame receipt method that Fig. 7 is provided for another embodiment of the present invention；

The flow chart of the data frame receipt method that Fig. 8 is provided for further embodiment of this invention；

The flow chart of the data frame receipt method that Fig. 9 is provided for further embodiment of this invention；

Figure 10 A for one embodiment of the invention provide including the short mark identified in 6 bit network identities and 10 Binets Structural representation；

The short mark structural representation only including network identity that Figure 10 B are provided for one embodiment of the invention；

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Figure 11 is provided for further embodiment of this invention；

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Figure 12 is provided for further embodiment of this invention；

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Figure 13 is provided for further embodiment of this invention；

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Figure 14 is provided for further embodiment of this invention；

The structural representation of the STA equipment that Figure 15 is provided for one embodiment of the invention；

The structural representation of the AP equipment that Figure 16 is provided for one embodiment of the invention；

The structural representation of the AP equipment that Figure 17 is provided for another embodiment of the present invention.

Specific embodiment

To make purpose, technical scheme and the advantage of the embodiment of the present invention clearer, below in conjunction with the embodiment of the present invention In accompanying drawing, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, it is clear that described embodiment is The a part of embodiment of the present invention, rather than the embodiment of whole.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art The every other embodiment obtained under the premise of creative work is not made, belongs to the scope of protection of the invention.

In prior art, when STA equipment is communicated with AP equipment, the reception address in mac frame head is at least needed (Receiver Address/Receiving Station Address, RA) domain sends address (Transmitter Address/Transmitting Station Address, TA) domain fills in 48 basic service set identifications of AP equipment (Basic Service Set Identifier, BSSID), to indicate which AP Frames is sent to or is sent by which AP 's.BSSID of the prior art is the MAC Address of AP equipment, therefore with the MAC ground of AP equipment in various embodiments of the present invention Illustrate as a example by location.It is longer for the mac frame head in Frame in prior art, most of space of Frame is occupied, Thus cause that the quantity of information that Frame is carried by is less, utilization rate is relatively low, and the utilization rate of the channel of transmitting data frame is relatively low Problem, the embodiment of the present invention provide a kind of by for the short mark of AP device definitions (APID), by STA equipment and AP equipment communication mistakes It is used for the short mark that the MAC Address of identify AP equipment 48 replaces with AP equipment in journey in the mac frame head of Frame, to enter one Step reduces the length of mac frame head, improves the technology of the utilization rate of the channel of transmitting data frame by the length of reduction mac frame head Scheme.Technical solution of the present invention mainly includes how to be communicated by the short mark of AP equipment.

The flow chart of the communication means that Fig. 1 is provided for one embodiment of the invention.As shown in figure 1, the method bag of the present embodiment Include：

Step 101, the short identification notification message for receiving the transmission of AP equipment, the short identification notification message include AP equipment Short mark；Length of the length of the short mark of the AP equipment less than the MAC Address of AP equipment, the short mark of the AP equipment are used In the unique mark AP equipment in AP equipment region.

Wherein, AP equipment region is primarily referred to as in the certain limit centered on AP equipment.Each AP equipment is located Region can be set when AP equipment is laid.For example, it is assumed that the coverage of AP equipment is 1 kilometer of radius, then AP equipment is located Region could be arranged to the region that radius is 5 kilometers.

Step 102, generation communication message, the reception address of the communication message are the short mark of AP equipment.

Step 103, to AP equipment send communication message.

In the present embodiment, the communication message can be mac frame.

In the present embodiment, another equipment for being communicated with AP equipment generates communication message, and by the short mark of AP equipment Know the reception address as communication message, the communication message is sent to into AP equipment then, realize the communication with AP equipment.Due to Length of the length of the short mark of AP equipment less than the MAC Address (i.e. BSSID) of AP equipment, therefore communication message in the present embodiment Mac frame head increased the proportion of the valid data in communication message, improve communication message less than the mac frame head of prior art The utilization rate of frame, and then improve the utilization rate of the channel (referred to as transmission channel) of transmission communication message.

Wherein, another equipment for being communicated with AP equipment can be STA equipment, or another AP equipment.This Embodiment is not construed as limiting to this.

In communication process of the AP equipment with AP equipment, one of AP equipment generates communication message frame, the communication message Frame is sent to another AP equipment.The address that receives of the communication message that one of AP equipment is generated is another AP equipment Short mark, sends the short mark that address is one of AP equipment.As the length of the short mark of AP equipment is less than AP equipment The length of MAC Address, therefore, the mac frame head of the present embodiment Frame increased communication and disappear less than the mac frame head of prior art Valid data part in breath, improves the utilization rate of communication message, and then improves the utilization of the channel of transmission communication message Rate.

In communication process of the STA equipment with AP equipment, STA equipment generates communication message, and the communication message is up MAC Frame.The association identification for receiving short mark of the address for AP equipment, sending that address is STA of the up mac frame generated by STA equipment (Association Identifier, AID).As the length of the short mark of AP equipment is less than the length of the MAC Address of AP equipment Degree, therefore, the mac frame head of the up mac frame of the present embodiment increased having in up mac frame less than the mac frame head of prior art Effect data division, improves the utilization rate of up mac frame, and then improves the utilization rate of the channel for transmitting up mac frame.

Another equipment communicated with AP equipment is STA equipment or AP equipment, before mac frame is generated, Jing has known the short mark of AP equipment.

Optionally, the short mark of AP equipment is automatically generated according to the positional information of AP equipment by AP equipment, so as to be generated Short mark in the AP equipment region unique mark AP equipment.As the position of different AP equipment is different, therefore root The short mark generated according to positional information has uniqueness, so as to avoid the situation that different AP equipment use identical short mark.

Optionally, the short mark of AP equipment by the first configuration server according to the type of AP equipment access networks be AP equipment Unified distribution, so that the short mark distributed unique mark AP equipment in the AP equipment region.Wherein, the first configuration clothes Business device is regional network management functional entity, is responsible for being managed collectively AP equipment in whole region.The regional network management Functional entity prestores the short mark being defined.Type of the regional network management functional entity according to AP equipment access networks Distribute short mark for AP equipment.Wherein, the type of access network includes the identification information in the region that network is located, network operation group Traffic type information (such as sensing detection, intelligent measure etc.) that the identification information knitted, network are directed to etc..By regional network management work( The unification of energy entity is the short mark of AP equipment distribution it is also ensured that difference AP ensures the unique of short mark using different short marks Property.

Optionally, the short mark of AP equipment can include mark in network identity and net.Wherein, network identity is matched somebody with somebody by second Server is put according to the unified distribution of the type of AP equipment access networks, mark is generated and divided by the unification of the 3rd configuration server in net With or automatically generated according to the positional information of AP equipment by AP equipment.Wherein, the second configuration server and the first configuration service Device is similar, and a regional network management functional entity, is responsible for being managed collectively the AP of heterogeneous networks in whole region. AP unified distribution network identity of the regional network management functional entity mainly for heterogeneous networks, to ensure to access heterogeneous networks The AP of type has different network identities.3rd configuration server can be AP management functions entity in a LAN, mainly It is responsible for each AP equipment unification in a network to generate and distribute mark in net.Due to being each AP by the unification of AP management functions entity Equipment is generated and distributes mark in net, therefore be can ensure that and identified and can not conflict in the net generated for different AP equipment, if conflict Needing will be newly-generated.For mark in net, AP equipment can be automatically generated with the positional information according to oneself.Due to difference The position of AP equipment is different, therefore identifies in the net according to positional information generation also different.The method is by network identity and net The short mark of mark common guarantee AP equipment being capable of the unique mark AP equipment in the AP equipment region.

Preferably, the length of the short mark of AP equipment can be 16 bits.

Further, it is preferred that the short mark of AP equipment can include the net internal standard of the network identity and 10 bits of 6 bits Know.

Optionally, STA equipment can obtain the short mark of AP equipment during being associated with AP equipment.For example, AP equipment carries the short mark of oneself in the associated response for be handed down to STA, so that STA equipment obtains AP from associated response and sets Standby short mark.

Optionally, the short mark that STA equipment can be to obtain AP equipment during AP equipment is found.For example, AP sets It is standby to carry the short mark of oneself in the beacon frame of broadcast, so that STA equipment obtains the short mark of AP equipment from new mark frame Know.Again for example, AP equipment can carry the short mark of oneself in the probing response frame for be handed down to STA equipment, so that STA equipment The short mark of AP equipment is obtained from probing response frame.

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Fig. 2A is provided for one embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 2 A, the present embodiment Method include：

Step 201, STA equipment send association request to AP equipment.

In the present embodiment, STA equipment finds AP equipment and after certification, sends association request to AP equipment, to ask Ask and be associated with the AP equipment.Accordingly, AP equipment receives the association request that STA equipment sends.

Step 202, STA equipment receive the associated response that AP equipment sends, and to be associated with AP equipment, the association rings The short mark of AP equipment should be included.

In the present embodiment, length of the length of the short mark of AP equipment less than the MAC Address of AP equipment, for setting in AP Unique mark AP equipment in standby region.

After AP equipment receives the association request of STA equipment, identify that the STA equipment will be associated with oneself.AP equipment is STA equipment distributes an AID, recognizes the different STA equipments from oneself association for AP equipment in coverage.In this enforcement In example, AP equipment simultaneously by the short mark of AP equipment and is distributed to the AID of STA equipment and is encapsulated in associated response, then will close Connection response is sent to STA equipment.

STA equipment receives the associated response that AP equipment sends, and the AID and AP that the distribution of AP equipment is obtained from associated response sets Standby short mark.

In the present embodiment, short identification notification message is associated response.Step 201 and step 202 can regard UE receptions as A kind of specific embodiment of short identification notification message.

Wherein, the short mark of AP equipment can be automatically generated according to the positional information of oneself by AP equipment, it is also possible to It is to be distributed unitedly for AP equipment according to the type of AP equipment access networks by the first configuration server.

Wherein, the short mark of AP equipment can include network identity and net in mark, it is also possible to do not differentiate between network identity and Mark in net.

Preferably, the length of the short mark of AP equipment can be 16 bits.Further, if the short mark of AP equipment includes Identify in network identity and net, then network identity can take 6 bits, and mark takes 10 bits in netting.

Step 203, STA equipment generate up mac frame, and the reception address of the up mac frame is the short mark of AP equipment, Send AID of the address for STA equipment.

After STA equipment is associated with AP equipment, when needing to send up mac frame to AP equipment, STA equipment generates up Mac frame.Wherein, the structure of up mac frame as shown in Figure 2 B, mainly includes：Frame control (Frame Control, FC) domain, duration Domain (Duration domains), one domain of address (Address1), two domain of address (Address2), three domain of address (Address3), sequence Control domain (Sequence Control domains), four domain of address (Address4), service quality control domain (QoS Control domains), Frame main body domain (Frame Body domains) and Frame Check Sequence (Frame Check Sequence, FCS) domain.Wherein, one domain of address Address is received for filling, two domain of address is used to fill transmission address.Existing skill be can be found in regard to three domain of address and four domain of address Art, the embodiment of the present invention are not described to this.

In the present embodiment, STA equipment uses the AID of the short mark and STA equipment of AP equipment respectively as up mac frame Reception address and send address.The short mark of AP equipment is filled i.e. in one domain of address, STA equipment in two domain of address, is filled AID.Up mac frame structure behind addition two domain of one domain of address and address is as shown in Figure 2 C.

In prior art, STA equipment is sent in the mac frame head of the up mac frame of AP equipment, is filled in one domain of address It is the MAC Address of AP equipment, the length of the MAC Address of AP equipment is 48 bits.

As can be seen here, the short mark by using AP equipment of the present embodiment, reduces the mac frame head of up mac frame, carries High ratio of the valid data part in up mac frame, improves the utilization rate of up mac frame, and then is conducive to improving and passes The utilization rate of defeated channel.

Wherein, the length of the AID of STA equipment is 16 bits, therefore STA equipment substitutes 48 bits of STA equipment using AID MAC Address, is also beneficial to reduce the mac frame head of up mac frame.

Step 204, STA equipment send up mac frame to AP equipment.

Then, up mac frame is sent to AP equipment by STA equipment.Accordingly, AP equipment receives the upper of STA equipment transmission Row mac frame.For AP equipment, receive address and the short mark of oneself of up mac frame can be compared；If compared As a result it is identical, illustrates the recipient for oneself being the up mac frame, then parsing obtains the valid data in up mac frame；If Comparative result illustrates it oneself is not the recipient of the up mac frame, then abandons the up mac frame to differ.

In the present embodiment, STA equipment obtains the short mark of AP equipment during associated AP equipment, and using acquisition The short mark of AP equipment substitute the MAC Address of AP equipment and communicated with AP equipment as the reception address of up mac frame, by The length of the MAC Address of AP equipment is less than in the length of the short mark of AP equipment, therefore reduces the mac frame head in up mac frame, The utilization rate of up mac frame is improve, and then improves the utilization rate of transmission channel.

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Fig. 3 is provided for another embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 3, the present embodiment Method include：

Step 301, STA equipment receive the beacon frame of AP device broadcasts, and the beacon frame includes the short mark of AP equipment.

In the present embodiment, AP equipment is by periodic broadcast beacon frame, in order to STA equipment it can be found that the AP sets It is standby and be associated with the AP equipment.

Wherein, AP equipment can carry the BSSID (i.e. MAC Address) of AP equipment within a beacon frame, determine oneself in order to STA BSS to be accessed.In the present embodiment, AP equipment carries the short mark of AP equipment simultaneously within a beacon frame.That is the present embodiment Beacon frame includes the short mark of the BSSID and AP equipment of AP equipment simultaneously.

Accordingly, STA equipment receives the beacon frame that AP device broadcasts send, and AP equipment is obtained from beacon frame The short mark of BSSID and AP equipment, the corresponding pass between the short mark of the BSSID and AP equipment at the same time getting AP equipment System.

In the present embodiment, length of the length of the short mark of AP equipment less than the BSSID of AP equipment, in AP equipment Unique mark AP equipment in region.

In the present embodiment, short identification notification message is beacon frame.Step 301 can be regarded the short identification notification of UE receptions as and disappear A kind of specific embodiment of breath.

Wherein, the short mark of AP equipment can be automatically generated according to the positional information of oneself by AP equipment, it is also possible to by One configuration server according to the type of AP equipment access networks be AP equipment unified distribution so that it is generated or distributed it is short Mark being capable of unique mark AP equipment in AP equipment region.

Step 302, STA equipment and AP equipment are authenticated.

After STA equipment finds AP equipment, it is authenticated with the AP equipment.The verification process belongs to prior art, and here is not Describe in detail.

Step 303, STA equipment send association request to AP equipment.

When STA equipment is after certification, STA equipment sends association request to AP equipment, to be associated with AP equipment.Phase Answer, AP equipment receives the association request of STA equipment.

Step 304, STA equipment receive the associated response that AP equipment sends, to be associated with AP equipment.

After AP equipment receives the association request of STA equipment, it is that the STA equipment distributes AID, for AP equipment in service area The different STA equipments that identification is associated from oneself in domain.AP equipment is encapsulated in the AID of distribution in associated response and is sent to STA and sets It is standby.

STA equipment receives the associated response that AP equipment sends, and therefrom obtains the AID of AP equipment distribution.

Step 305, STA equipment generate up mac frame, and the reception address of the up mac frame is the short mark of AP equipment, Send AID of the address for STA equipment.

Step 306, STA equipment send up mac frame to AP equipment.

Above-mentioned steps 305 and step 306 can be found in the description of step 203 and step 204, will not be described here.

In the present embodiment, STA equipment obtains the short mark of AP equipment during AP equipment is found, and using acquisition The short mark of AP equipment substitute the MAC Address of AP equipment and communicated with AP equipment as the reception address of up mac frame, by The length of the MAC Address of AP equipment is less than in the length of the short mark of AP equipment, therefore reduces the mac frame head in up mac frame, The utilization rate of up mac frame is improve, and then improves the utilization rate of transmission channel.

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Fig. 4 is provided for further embodiment of this invention.As shown in figure 4, the present embodiment Method include：

Step 401, STA equipment send probe request to AP equipment.

Step 402, STA equipment receive the probing response frame that AP equipment sends, and the probing response frame includes AP equipment Short mark.

In the present embodiment, STA equipment active broadcast probe request, so that the AP equipment of surrounding is responded, so as to It was found that AP equipment.For AP equipment, if receiving the probe request of STA equipment transmission, will send to STA equipment Probe response is responded, and is associated with which in order to STA equipment.

Wherein, AP equipment can carry the BSSID (i.e. MAC Address) of AP equipment in probing response frame, determine in order to STA Oneself BSS to be accessed.In the present embodiment, AP equipment carries the short mark of AP equipment simultaneously in probing response frame.I.e. originally The probing response frame of embodiment includes the short mark of the BSSID and AP equipment of AP equipment simultaneously.

Accordingly, STA equipment receives the probing response frame that AP equipment sends, and AP equipment is obtained from probing response frame The short mark of BSSID and AP equipment, the corresponding pass between the short mark of the BSSID and AP equipment at the same time getting AP equipment System.

In the present embodiment, short identification notification message is probing response frame.Step 401 and step 402 can be regarded UE as and connect Receive a kind of specific embodiment of short identification notification message.

Wherein, the short mark of AP equipment can be automatically generated by AP equipment, it is also possible to by the first configuration server according to AP The type of equipment access network is the unified distribution of AP equipment, so that the generated or short mark distributed is in AP equipment region It is interior being capable of unique mark AP equipment.

Step 403, STA equipment and AP equipment are authenticated.

Step 404, STA equipment send association request to AP equipment.

Step 405, STA equipment receive the associated response that AP equipment sends, to be associated with AP equipment.

Step 406, STA equipment generate up mac frame, and the reception address of the up mac frame is the short mark of AP equipment, Send AID of the address for STA equipment.

Step 407, STA equipment send up mac frame to AP equipment.

Above-mentioned steps 403 to step 407 can be found in the description of step 302 to step 306, will not be described here.

Here is illustrated, in Fig. 2A-embodiment illustrated in fig. 4, is illustrated so that communication message is up mac frame as an example, but Not limited to this.

The flow chart of the communication means that Fig. 5 is provided for another embodiment of the present invention.As shown in figure 5, the method for the present embodiment Including：

Step 501, AP equipment send short identification notification message, and the short identification notification message includes the short mark of AP equipment Know, the length of the short mark of AP equipment is less than the length of the MAC Address of AP equipment；The short mark of the AP equipment is for setting in AP Unique mark AP equipment in standby region.

Step 502, AP equipment receive communication message.

Step 503, AP equipment judge in communication message receive address and AP equipment it is short identify whether it is identical；If sentenced Disconnected result is yes, i.e., the reception address in communication message is identical with the short mark of AP equipment, execution step 504；If it is determined that knot Fruit is no, execution step 505.

Step 504, the parsing of AP equipment obtain the valid data in communication message.

Step 505, AP equipment abandon communication message.

Wherein, the communication message of the present embodiment can be mac frame.

In the present embodiment, AP equipment receives the communication message that another equipment sends, and by the short mark of AP equipment with it is logical Reception address in news message is compared, it is determined whether for the recipient of the communication message.If receiving address and AP equipment Short mark it is identical, AP equipment determine oneself be the communication message recipient, then to the communication message carry out parsing obtain its In valid data.If receiving address to differ with the short mark of AP equipment, it oneself is not the communication message that AP equipment determines Recipient, then abandon the communication message.

Wherein, the short mark of AP equipment is used with another equipment of AP equipment communications as the reception address of communication message, Due to AP equipment short mark length less than AP equipment MAC Address length, therefore in the present embodiment communication message mac frame Head increased the proportion of the valid data in communication message, improve the utilization of communication message less than the mac frame head of prior art Rate, and then improve the utilization rate of transmission channel.

Wherein, with another equipment of AP equipment communications can be STA equipment, or another AP equipment.That is AP equipment The communication message for receiving is probably what STA equipment sent, it may be possible to what another AP equipment sent.

The flow chart of the data frame receipt method that Fig. 6 is provided for one embodiment of the invention.As shown in fig. 6, the present embodiment Method includes：

Step 601, AP equipment receive the up mac frame that STA equipment sends.

Step 602, AP equipment judge in up mac frame receive address and AP equipment it is short identify whether it is identical；If Judged result is yes, i.e., the reception address in up mac frame is identical with the short mark of AP equipment, execution step 603；If it is determined that As a result it is no, execution step 604.

Wherein, length of the length of the short mark of AP equipment less than the MAC Address of AP equipment；The short mark of the AP equipment For the unique mark AP equipment in the AP equipment region.

Step 603, the parsing of AP equipment obtain the valid data in up mac frame.

Step 604, AP equipment abandon up mac frame.

In the present embodiment, it is STA equipment with another equipment of AP equipment communications.

STA equipment uses the short mark of AP equipment as the reception address of up mac frame, sends out after up mac frame is generated Give AP equipment.AP equipment receives the up mac frame that STA equipment sends, and then the reception address in up mac frame is set with AP Standby short mark is compared, to judge oneself whether recipient of the mac frame.If it is judged that being identical, AP equipment pair The up mac frame is parsed, and obtains valid data therein.If it is judged that to differ, it is up that AP equipment abandons this Mac frame.

As STA equipment uses the short mark of AP equipment as the reception address of up mac frame, compared with prior art, Mac frame head is reduced, proportion of the valid data in up mac frame is increased, the utilization rate of up mac frame is improve, and then Improve the utilization rate of transmission channel.

The flow chart of the data frame receipt method that Fig. 7 is provided for another embodiment of the present invention.As shown in fig. 7, the present embodiment Method include：

Step 701, AP equipment receive the association request that STA equipment sends.

In the present embodiment, STA equipment sends association request to AP equipment after finding AP equipment and completing certification, with Request is associated with the AP equipment.AP equipment receives the association request that STA equipment sends.

Step 702, AP equipment send associated response to STA equipment, and to associate STA equipment, the associated response includes AP The short mark of equipment.

After AP equipment receives the association request of STA equipment transmission, it is the AID of STA equipment 16 bits of distribution, sets for AP The standby different STA equipments that identification is associated from oneself in coverage.Then, AP equipment is simultaneously by AID the and AP equipment of distribution Short mark be encapsulated in associated response in be sent to STA equipment.That is the associated response of the present embodiment AID simultaneously including STA and The short mark of AP equipment.

In the present embodiment, short identification notification message is associated response.Step 701 and step 702 can regard AP transmissions as A kind of specific embodiment of short identification notification message.

Step 703, AP equipment receive the up mac frame that STA equipment sends.

After STA equipment receives associated response, the short mark that AP equipment distributes to AID the and AP equipment of oneself is therefrom obtained Know.When needing to AP equipment sending datas, STA equipment generates up mac frame, and using AP equipment short mark as up Reception address in mac frame, using the AID of STA equipment as the transmission address in up mac frame, is then sent to AP equipment.

AP equipment receives the up mac frame that STA equipment sends.

Wherein, the short mark of AP equipment length compared with the BSSID of AP equipment is short, the MAC Address of the AID and STA of STA Compare that length is also short, therefore mac frame head is less than mac frame head of the prior art in the up mac frame of the present embodiment.

Step 704, AP equipment judge in up mac frame receive address and AP equipment it is short identify whether it is identical；If Judged result is yes, i.e., the reception address in up mac frame is identical with the short mark of AP equipment, execution step 705；If it is determined that As a result it is no, execution step 706.

Step 705, the parsing of AP equipment obtain the valid data in up mac frame.

Step 706, AP equipment abandon the up mac frame.

After AP equipment receives up mac frame, the address that receives in up mac frame is compared with the short mark of oneself Compared with, if comparative result is identical, the recipient for oneself being the up mac frame is illustrated, then the up mac frame is parsed, Obtain valid data therein；If comparative result is difference, illustrates it oneself is not the recipient of the mac frame, therefore will receive Up mac frame abandon.

In the present embodiment, the short mark of oneself is supplied to STA to set during associating with STA equipment by AP equipment It is standby, it is that STA equipment carries out communication with AP equipment using the short mark of AP equipment and lays the foundation, STA equipment is used with AP equipment The short mark of AP equipment is communicated, and is conducive to reducing the mac frame head in up mac frame, is conducive to improving the profit of transmission channel With rate.

The flow chart of the data frame receipt method that Fig. 8 is provided for further embodiment of this invention.As shown in figure 8, the present embodiment Method include：

, to STA equipment broadcast beacon frame, the beacon frame includes the short mark of AP equipment for step 801, AP equipment.

Accordingly, STA equipment receive AP device broadcasts beacon frame, and from beacon frame obtain AP equipment BSSID and The short mark of AP equipment, the corresponding relation between the short mark of the BSSID and AP equipment at the same time getting AP equipment.

In the present embodiment, length of the length of the short mark of AP equipment less than the MAC Address of AP equipment；AP equipment it is short Identify for the unique mark AP equipment in the AP equipment region.

In the present embodiment, short identification notification message is beacon frame.Step 801 can be regarded the short identification notification of AP transmissions as and disappear A kind of specific embodiment of breath.

Step 802, AP equipment are authenticated to STA equipment.

Step 803, AP equipment receive the association request that STA equipment sends.

Step 804, AP equipment send associated response to STA equipment, to associate STA equipment.

Step 805, AP equipment receive the up mac frame that STA equipment sends.

Step 806, AP equipment judge in up mac frame receive address and AP equipment it is short identify whether it is identical；If Judged result is yes, i.e., the reception address in up mac frame is identical with the short mark of AP equipment, execution step 807；If it is determined that As a result it is no, execution step 808.

Step 807, the parsing of AP equipment obtain the valid data in up mac frame.

Step 808, AP equipment abandon the up mac frame.

Above-mentioned steps 805 to step 808 can be found in the description of step 703 to step 706, will not be described here.

In the present embodiment, the short mark of oneself is supplied to STA during STA equipment finds AP equipment by AP equipment Equipment, is that STA equipment carries out communication with AP equipment using the short mark of AP equipment and lays the foundation, and STA equipment is made with AP equipment Communicated with the short mark of AP equipment, be conducive to reducing the mac frame head in up mac frame, be conducive to improving transmission channel Utilization rate.

The flow chart of the data frame receipt method that Fig. 9 is provided for further embodiment of this invention.As shown in figure 9, the present embodiment Method include：

Step 901, AP equipment receive the probe request that STA equipment sends.

Step 902, AP equipment send probing response frame to STA equipment, and the probing response frame includes the short mark of AP equipment Know.

In the present embodiment, short identification notification message is probing response frame.Step 901 and step 902 can be regarded AP as and send out Send a kind of specific embodiment of short identification notification message.

Step 903, AP equipment are authenticated to STA equipment.

Step 904, AP equipment receive the association request that STA equipment sends.

Step 905, AP equipment send associated response to STA equipment, to associate STA equipment.

Step 906, AP equipment receive the up mac frame that STA equipment sends.

Step 907, AP equipment judge in up mac frame receive address and AP equipment it is short identify whether it is identical；If Judged result is yes, i.e., the reception address in up mac frame is identical with the short mark of AP equipment, execution step 908；If it is determined that As a result it is no, execution step 909.

Step 908, the parsing of AP equipment obtain the valid data in up mac frame.

Step 909, AP equipment abandon the up mac frame.

Above-mentioned steps 903 to step 909 can be found in the description of step 802 to step 808, will not be described here.

Here is illustrated, in Fig. 6-embodiment illustrated in fig. 9, is illustrated so that communication message is up mac frame as an example, but Not limited to this.

In the various embodiments described above, the short mark of AP equipment can include mark in network identity and net.AP equipment it is short Mark can also not differentiate between mark in network identity and net, for example can be using whole bits as network identity.Wherein, AP sets The length of standby short mark is preferably 16 bits.Based on this, Figure 10 A are shown including in 6 bit network identities and 10 Binets The short mark structure of mark；Figure 10 B show the short mark structure of the network identity of 16 bits, i.e., do not include mark in net.

In the various embodiments described above, before AP equipment receives mac frame or up mac frame, can exist for AP device configurations The short mark of unique mark AP equipment in AP equipment region.The operation of the short mark of the configuration can selection operation for one.AP equipment On can be pre-configured short mark.

Several methods for the short mark of AP device configurations are described in detail below：

For example, the assignment problem of the short mark of all AP in the region is managed collectively by a district management tissue.Will Organize in the network operation of one network of a regional deployment (such as WiFi network), need to be according to the network type and rule disposed Mould (if desired for how many AP of deployment) is to the available short mark of district management tissue application, and distributes for the AP in institute's on-premise network The short mark that application is obtained, to ensure that the short mark of the AP disposed in the same area does not repeat.Wherein, district management tissue can To dispose a regional network management functional entity, such as the first configuration server is responsible for the unified distribution of the AP equipment in the region Short mark.Specifically include：AP equipment sends short mark to the first configuration server and obtains request, and the short mark obtains request bag Include the type of AP equipment access networks.Wherein, the type of access network includes the identification information in the region that network is located, network fortune Traffic type information (such as sensing detection, intelligent measure etc.) that the identification information of battalion's tissue, network are directed to etc..AP equipment receives the The short mark that one configuration server sends obtains response, and the short mark obtains response includes the short mark of AP equipment.In the party In method, the short mark of AP equipment is by the first configuration server according to the type of AP equipment access networks from the short mark for prestoring In for AP equipment distribute unitedly so that the short mark distributed AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP regions.

Again for example, AP equipment automatically generates the short mark of oneself according to the position of oneself, so that the short mark for being generated exists AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP regions.Due to the positional information difference of different AP equipment, therefore believed according to position The short mark that breath is generated can ensure that the uniqueness of whole network.

Further, if the short mark of AP equipment includes mark in network identity and net, for the short mark of AP device configurations Including for AP device configurations network identity and net in mark.

Wherein, network identity also can be unified by district management tissue with one network of unique mark in a region Manage the assignment problem of the network identity of all AP in the region.A kind of method for AP device configuration network identities can be One regional network management functional entity of deployment, i.e. the second configuration server unified distribution are organized by district management.Specifically include： AP equipment sends network identity to the second configuration server and obtains request, and the network identity obtains request includes that AP equipment is accessed The type of network.AP equipment receives the network identity acquisition response that the second configuration server sends, and the network identity is obtained and rung Should be including the network identity in the short mark of AP equipment.In the method, the network identity in the short mark of AP equipment by Second configuration server is distributed unitedly for AP equipment from the network identity for prestoring according to the type of AP equipment access networks, So that the short mark of AP equipment being capable of unique mark AP equipment in AP equipment region.In the method, the second configuration clothes What is stored on business device is network identity.

Wherein, a kind of method to identify in AP device configuration nets can be unified for AP equipment by the 3rd configuration server Generate and distribute.Wherein, the 3rd configuration server is the AP management function entities being deployed in each LAN.The method has Body includes：AP equipment sends mark in net to the 3rd configuration server and obtains request；AP receives what the 3rd configuration server sent In net, mark obtains mark in the net that mark in response, the net is obtained during response includes the short mark of AP equipment.At this In method, in the net in the short mark of AP equipment, mark please be sought unification as AP according to acquisition is identified in net by the 3rd configuration server Equipment is generated and is distributed, so that the short mark of AP equipment being capable of unique mark AP equipment in AP equipment region.In the party In method, if the 3rd configuration server is the interior mark of net of the present embodiment AP equipment generation and mutually conflicting for other AP equipment, 3rd configuration server needs to generate mark in net for the present embodiment AP equipment again, until with not conflicting for other AP equipment being Only.

Wherein, another kind of method for mark in AP device configurations net can be according to the positional information of oneself by AP equipment Automatically generate.Conflict in order to avoid sensible with the net internal standard of other AP equipment, the method is specifically included：AP equipment according to oneself Positional information automatically generates mark in the first net, and other AP equipment to AP equipment institute in a network send internal indicators and ask Ask, the internal indicator request includes mark in the first net.Optionally, AP equipment can be to broadcasting internal indicator in a network Request.If AP equipment does not receive the internal indicator response that other AP equipment send after Preset Time terminates, AP equipment will In first net, mark is identified as in the net in the short mark of the AP equipment, so that the short mark of AP equipment is in AP equipment location Being capable of unique mark AP equipment in domain.Wherein, other AP equipment in network, can be by wherein after internal indicator request is received First net in mark and the net of oneself in mark be compared；If comparative result is difference, do not responded, and also Internal indicator request can be abandoned；If comparative result is identical, into the AP equipment transmission of transmission internal indicator request Portion's mark response.That is, internal indicator response is other AP equipment in the net of oneself, mark is sensible with the first net internal standard Meanwhile, send to AP equipment.

Optionally, other AP equipment carry in the first net finger used by mark in can also internally identifying response Show information.

In the method, if AP equipment receives internal indicator response, a first net internal standard can be regenerated Know, and send the internal indicator request identified in the first net that carrying is regenerated again to other AP equipment, until determining In the net of oneself till mark.

The above-mentioned various methods for configuring short mark, the two AP equipment that can solve adjacent area use identical short mark Problem, it is to avoid the STA equipment in two AP equipment are overlapping covered is because None- identified goes out associated AP equipment Cannot proper communication problem, advantageously ensure that communication quality.

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Figure 11 is provided for further embodiment of this invention.As shown in figure 11, this enforcement The method of example includes：

Step 1101, AP equipment generates mac frame, and the mac frame sends short mark of the address for AP equipment, and the AP sets Length of the length of standby short mark less than the MAC Address of AP equipment；The short mark of AP equipment is in AP equipment region Interior unique mark AP equipment.

Step 1102, AP equipment send mac frame to receiving device.

In the present embodiment, AP equipment uses the short mark of AP equipment as the transmission address of mac frame, with another equipment (i.e. receiving device) is communicated.In the prior art, when AP equipment is communicated with another equipment, the transmission address for using is The MAC Address of AP equipment, and the length of the MAC Address of AP equipment is 48 bits so that mac frame head is longer, and the present embodiment is used The short mark of AP equipment, its length reduce mac frame head, increased valid data in mac frame less than the MAC Address of AP equipment In proportion, improve the utilization rate of mac frame, and then improve the utilization rate of transmission channel.

Wherein, the receiving device for being communicated with AP equipment can be STA equipment, or another AP equipment.

If the receiving device communicated with AP equipment is STA equipment, AP equipment generates mac frame and is specially AP equipment Generate descending mac frame；AP equipment sends descending mac frame to receiving device and is specially AP equipment to the descending MAC of STA equipment transmission Frame.

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Figure 12 is provided for further embodiment of this invention.As shown in figure 12, this enforcement The method of example includes：

Step 1201, AP equipment receive the association request that STA equipment sends.

Step 1202, AP equipment send associated response to STA equipment, and to associate STA equipment, the associated response includes AP The short mark of equipment.

Wherein, length of the length of the short mark of AP equipment less than the MAC Address of AP equipment, in AP equipment location Unique mark AP equipment in domain.

Step 1203, AP equipment generate descending mac frame, and the transmission address of the descending mac frame is the short mark of AP equipment, Receive AID of the address for STA.

In the present embodiment, when AP equipment needs data to be sent to STA equipment, generate descending mac frame, and set using AP Standby short mark as the transmission address in descending mac frame, using the AID of STA equipment as the transmission ground in descending mac frame Location.

Wherein, the short mark of AP equipment length compared with the MAC Address of AP equipment is short, the MAC ground of the AID and STA of STA Location compares that length is also short, therefore mac frame head is less than mac frame head of the prior art in the descending mac frame of the present embodiment.

Descending mac frame is sent to STA equipment by step 1204, AP equipment.

After descending mac frame is generated, descending mac frame is sent to STA equipment by AP equipment.STA equipment receives AP equipment and sends out The descending mac frame for sending.Then, the address that receives in descending mac frame is compared by STA equipment with the AID of oneself, to judge certainly Oneself is the whether recipient of the descending mac frame.If it is judged that being yes, STA equipment is parsed to the descending mac frame, obtain Valid data therein；If it is judged that being no, STA equipment abandons the descending mac frame.

Further, in order to improve the accuracy for receiving descending mac frame, STA equipment can also be by the transmission in descending mac frame Address is compared with the short mark of the AP equipment obtained in associated response, judges whether the descending mac frame is by associated AP equipment send, to determine whether oneself the being whether recipient of the descending mac frame.If the judged result is yes, and The AID of STA is also identical with the reception address in descending mac frame, then STA equipment is parsed to the descending mac frame, obtains wherein Valid data；If it is judged that being no, no matter whether the AID of STA is identical with the reception address in descending mac frame, and STA sets It is standby that the descending mac frame is abandoned.

In the present embodiment, AP equipment is sent to the short mark replacement prior art of the descending mac frame using AP equipment of STA The BSSID of middle AP equipment, reduces mac frame head, increased proportion of the valid data in descending mac frame, improves descending MAC The utilization rate of frame, and then improve the utilization rate of transmission channel.

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Figure 13 is provided for further embodiment of this invention.As shown in figure 13, this enforcement The method of example includes：

, to STA equipment broadcast beacon frame, the beacon frame includes the short mark of AP equipment for step 1301, AP equipment.

Wherein, AP equipment can carry the BSSID of AP equipment within a beacon frame, determine that oneself is to be accessed in order to STA BSS.In the present embodiment, AP equipment carries the short mark of AP equipment simultaneously within a beacon frame.That is the beacon frame of the present embodiment is same When include AP equipment BSSID and AP equipment short mark.

Step 1302, AP equipment are authenticated to STA equipment.

Step 1303, AP equipment receive the association request that STA equipment sends.

Step 1304, AP equipment send associated response to STA equipment, to associate STA equipment.

Step 1305, AP equipment generate descending mac frame, and the transmission address of the descending mac frame is the short mark of AP equipment, Receive AID of the address for STA.

Descending mac frame is sent to STA equipment by step 1306, AP equipment.

Step 1305 and step 1306 can be found in the description of step 1203 and step 1204, will not be described here.

The flow chart of the data frame sending method that Figure 14 is provided for further embodiment of this invention.As shown in figure 14, this enforcement The method of example includes：

Step 1401, AP equipment receive the probe request that STA equipment sends.

Step 1402, AP equipment send probing response frame to STA equipment, and the probing response frame includes the short mark of AP equipment Know.

Step 1403, AP equipment are authenticated to STA equipment.

Step 1404, AP equipment receive the association request that STA equipment sends.

Step 1405, AP equipment send associated response to STA equipment, to associate STA equipment.

Step 1406, AP equipment generate descending mac frame, and the transmission address of the descending mac frame is the short mark of AP equipment, Receive AID of the address for STA.

Descending mac frame is sent to STA equipment by step 1407, AP equipment.

Above-mentioned steps 1403 to step 1407 can be found in the description of step 1302 to step 1306, will not be described here.

In above-mentioned each mac frame sending method embodiment, the short mark of AP equipment can include network identity and net internal standard Know.The short mark of AP equipment can also not differentiate between mark in network identity and net, for example can be using whole bits as network Mark.Wherein, the length of the short mark of AP equipment is preferably 16 bits.

In above-mentioned each mac frame sending method embodiment, before AP equipment generates mac frame or descending mac frame, Ke Yiwei The short mark of AP device configurations.The operation of the short mark of the configuration can selection operation for one.Can be pre-configured on AP equipment Short mark.Wherein, be the method for the short mark of AP device configurations referring to the description of previous embodiment, will not be described here.

As fully visible, the embodiment of the present invention and is used by being AP device definitions length less than the short mark of the BSSID of AP The short mark of AP substitutes the transmission address or reception address of the BSSID as mac frame of the AP that prior art is used, and completes AP equipment Communication between STA equipment or another AP equipment, reduces mac frame head, improves the utilization rate of mac frame, and then improves The utilization rate of transmission channel.

The structural representation of the STA equipment that Figure 15 is provided for one embodiment of the invention.As shown in figure 15, the present embodiment STA equipment includes：Notification message receiver module 150, the first generation module 151 and the first sending module 152.

Wherein, notification message receiver module 150, for receiving the short identification notification message of AP equipment transmission, the short mark Knowing notification message includes the short mark of the AP equipment；MAC of the length of the short mark of the AP equipment less than the AP equipment The length of address, the short mark of the AP equipment is for the AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP equipment region.

First generation module 151, is connected with notification message receiver module 150, and for generating communication message, the communication disappears Short mark of the reception address of breath for AP equipment.

First sending module 152, is connected with the first generation module 151, for sending the first generation module 151 to AP equipment The communication message of generation.

Wherein, communication message can be mac frame.

Each functional module of the present embodiment STA equipment can be used for the flow process for performing communication means shown in Fig. 1, its specific works Principle is repeated no more, and refers to the description of embodiment of the method.

The STA equipment of the present embodiment, then should as the reception address of communication message by using the short mark of AP equipment Communication message is sent to AP equipment, realizes the communication with AP equipment, as the length of the short mark of AP equipment is less than AP equipment The length of MAC Address (i.e. BSSID), therefore the mac frame head in communication message is reduced, increased the valid data in communication message Proportion, improve the utilization rate of communication message, and then improve the utilization rate of transmission channel.

Wherein, the short identification notification message of the present embodiment can be associated response.Then the notification message of the present embodiment is received Module 150 is specifically for, before the first generation module 151 generates communication message, sending association request, Ran Houjie to AP equipment The associated response that AP equipment sends is received, to be associated with AP equipment.

Further, the short identification notification message of the present embodiment can also be beacon frame.Then notification message receiver module 150 has Body is used for the beacon frame for receiving AP device broadcasts, and the beacon frame includes the short mark of AP equipment.

Further, the short identification notification message of the present embodiment can also be probing response frame.Then notification message receiver module The 150 concrete probing response frames for receiving the transmission of AP equipment, the probing response frame include the short mark of AP equipment.

Wherein, the short mark of AP equipment can be automatically generated according to the positional information of AP equipment by AP equipment, so as to be generated Short mark in the AP equipment region unique mark AP equipment, or can be accessed according to AP equipment by the first configuration server The type of network is the unified distribution of AP equipment, so that the short mark distributed unique mark AP in the AP equipment region sets It is standby.

Optionally, the short mark of AP equipment can include mark in network identity and net.Wherein, network identity can be by second Configuration server is distributed unitedly according to the type of AP equipment access networks, and in net, mark can be generated by the unification of the 3rd configuration server And distribute or automatically generated according to the positional information of AP equipment by AP equipment, so that the short mark of AP equipment is in AP equipment location Unique mark AP equipment in domain.

Preferably, the length of the short mark of AP equipment is 16 bits.

Above-mentioned each functional module can be used to perform the corresponding flow process in data frame sending method shown in Fig. 2A, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, Its concrete operating principle is repeated no more, and refers to the description of embodiment of the method.

The STA equipment of the present embodiment, by various modules find AP equipment during or associated AP equipment process The short mark of middle acquisition AP equipment, is to carry out communication with AP equipment using the short mark of AP equipment to lay the foundation, due to this reality Applying a STA uses length to be less than the reception address of the short mark as communication message of the AP equipment of the MAC Address of AP equipment, therefore subtracts Mac frame head in little communication message, increased the proportion of the valid data in communication message, improves the utilization of communication message Rate, and then improve the utilization rate of transmission channel.

The structural representation of the AP equipment that Figure 16 is provided for one embodiment of the invention.As shown in figure 17, the AP of the present embodiment Equipment includes：Notification message sending module 170, receiver module 171, judge module 172 and data acquisition module 173.

Wherein, notification message sending module 170, for sending short identification notification message, the short identification notification message package Short mark containing the AP equipment, the length of the short mark of the AP equipment are less than the length of the MAC Address of the AP equipment, institute The short mark of AP equipment is stated for the AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP equipment region.

Receiver module 171, for receiving communication message.

Judge module 172, is connected with receiver module 171, for judging in communication message that receiver module 171 is received Receive address and AP equipment it is short identify whether it is identical.

Data acquisition module 173, is connected with judge module 172, is identical for the judged result in judge module 172 When, parsing obtains the data division in communication message.

Each functional module of the present embodiment AP equipment can be used for the flow process for performing communication means shown in Fig. 5, its specific works Principle is repeated no more, and refers to the description of embodiment of the method.

The AP equipment of the present embodiment, using the short mark of the length AP equipment shorter than the MAC Address (i.e. BSSID) of AP equipment Communicated with other equipment, reduced the mac frame head in communication message, improve the utilization rate of communication message, and then improve The utilization rate of transmission channel.

The structural representation of the AP equipment that Figure 17 is provided for another embodiment of the present invention.The present embodiment is based on real shown in Figure 16 Example realization is applied, as shown in figure 17, the receiver module 171 of the present embodiment can be specifically for receiving the up MAC that STA equipment sends Frame.Accordingly, judge module 172 can be specifically for judging the reception in up mac frame that mac frame receiver module 171 is received Address and AP equipment it is short identify whether it is identical.Data acquisition module 173 can be specifically for the judged result in judge module 172 For it is identical when, parsing obtains the data division in up mac frame.

Further, the AP equipment of the present embodiment also includes：Second generation module 174 and the second sending module 175.

Wherein, the second generation module 174, for generating descending mac frame, the address that sends of descending mac frame is AP equipment Short mark.

Second sending module 175, is connected with the second generation module 174, for sending the second generation module to STA equipment The 174 descending mac frames for generating.

Wherein, the second generation module 174 and the second sending module 175 can be used to perform data transmission method for uplink shown in Figure 11 Flow process, its concrete operating principle are repeated no more, and refer to the description of embodiment of the method.

Further, the short identification notification message of the present embodiment can be associated response.Then notification message sending module 170 has Body is for, before receiver module 171 receives communication message, or before the second generation module 174 generates descending mac frame, connecing The association request that STA equipment sends is received, and then associated response is sent to STA equipment, to associate STA equipment；The associated response Including the short mark of AP equipment.

Further, the short identification notification message of the present embodiment can be beacon frame.Then notification message sending module 170 is concrete

To STA equipment broadcast transmission beacon frame, beacon frame includes the short mark of AP equipment.

Further, the short identification notification message of the present embodiment can be probing response frame.Then notification message sending module 170 Specifically

Probing response frame is sent to STA equipment, probing response frame includes the short mark of AP equipment.

Further, the AP equipment of the present embodiment can also include：Configuration module 180.Configuration module 180 is used for as AP equipment It is configured in the short mark of unique mark AP equipment in AP equipment region.Optionally, configuration module 180 and judge module 172, Second generation module 174, notification message sending module 170 connect, for the short mark of AP equipment is provided to these modules.

A kind of structure of configuration module 180 includes：Obtain request-to-send submodule 1801 and obtain response receiving submodule 1802。

Wherein, request-to-send submodule 1801 is obtained, and obtains request, institute for short mark being sent to the first configuration server State short mark and obtain the type for asking to include AP equipment access networks.

Response receiving submodule 1802 is obtained, and response, institute is obtained for receiving the short mark that the first configuration server sends Stating short mark and obtaining response includes the short mark of AP equipment, and the short mark of the AP equipment is by the first configuration server according to described The type of AP equipment access networks is distributed unitedly for AP equipment from the short mark for prestoring, so that the short mark distributed exists AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP regions.

If the short mark of AP equipment includes mark in network identity and net, configuration module 180 can also include：First Configuration submodule 1803 and the second configuration submodule 1804.

Wherein, the first configuration submodule 1803, for the network identity in the short mark for AP device configuration AP equipment.The Two configuration submodules 1804, for mark in netting in the short mark for AP device configuration AP equipment.

One kind of first configuration submodule 1803 realizes that structure includes：First obtains request transmitting unit and first obtains sound Answer receiving unit.

Wherein, first request transmitting unit is obtained, obtain request, institute for network identity being sent to the second configuration server State network identity and obtain the type for asking to include AP equipment access networks.First obtains response receiving unit, for receiving second The network identity that configuration server sends obtains response, and the network identity obtains the net during response includes the short mark of AP equipment Network is identified, and the network identity in the short mark of the AP equipment is by the second configuration server according to the type of AP equipment access networks Be the unified distribution of AP equipment from the network identity for prestoring so that the short mark of AP equipment in the AP equipment region only One mark AP equipment.

One kind of second configuration submodule 1804 realizes that structure includes：Second obtains request transmitting unit and second obtains sound Answer receiving unit.

Wherein, second request transmitting unit is obtained, obtain request for mark in net being sent to the 3rd configuration server.The Two obtain response receiving unit, obtain mark in response, the net for receiving mark in the net that the 3rd configuration server sends Mark in the net during response includes the short mark of AP equipment is obtained, mark is matched somebody with somebody by the 3rd in the net in the short mark of the AP equipment Put server to seek unification and generate and distribute for AP equipment according to mark acquisition in net, so that the short mark of AP equipment is in AP equipment Unique mark AP equipment in region.

The another kind of the second configuration submodule 1804 realizes that structure includes：Identification generation unit, identification request transmitting element, Mark response receiving unit and mark determining unit.

Wherein, identification generation unit, identifies in the first net for being generated according to the positional information of AP equipment.Identification request is sent out Send unit, for AP equipment other AP equipment in a network send internal indicators request, the internal indicator request bag Include mark in the first net.Mark response receiving unit, for the internal indicator that other AP equipment are returned is received in Preset Time Response, the internal indicator response are that other AP equipment are identified in the net of the short mark of other AP equipment and mark in the first net Send to AP equipment when identical.Mark determining unit, for not connecing after mark response receiving unit terminates in Preset Time When receiving internal indicator response, mark in the first net is identified as in the net in the short mark of AP equipment, so that AP equipment It is short to identify the unique mark AP equipment in AP equipment region.

Above-mentioned each functional module, submodule or unit can be used to perform in Fig. 6-Fig. 9 and Figure 12-embodiment illustrated in fig. 14 Corresponding flow process, its concrete operating principle are repeated no more, and refer to the description of embodiment of the method.

The AP equipment of the present embodiment, by STA find AP equipment during or STA equipment associated AP equipment process It is middle that the short mark of oneself is sent to into STA equipment, communicated using the short mark of AP equipment with STA equipment, reduced communication During mac frame head in mac frame, increased proportion of the valid data in mac frame, improve the utilization rate of mac frame, and then Improve the utilization rate of transmission channel.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that：Realize that all or part of step of above-mentioned each method embodiment can be led to Cross the related hardware of programmed instruction to complete.Aforesaid program can be stored in a computer read/write memory medium.The journey Sequence upon execution, performs the step of including above-mentioned each method embodiment；And aforesaid storage medium includes：ROM, RAM, magnetic disc or Person's CD etc. is various can be with the medium of store program codes.

Finally it should be noted that：Various embodiments above only to illustrate technical scheme, rather than a limitation；To the greatest extent Pipe has been described in detail to the present invention with reference to foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those within the art that：Its according to So the technical scheme described in foregoing embodiments can be modified, or which part or all technical characteristic are entered Row equivalent；And these modifications or replacement, do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution depart from various embodiments of the present invention technology The scope of scheme.

Claims

1. a kind of communication means, it is characterised in that include：

The short identification notification message that access point AP equipment sends is received, the short identification notification message includes the short of the AP equipment Mark；Length of the length of the short mark of the AP equipment less than the medium access control MAC Address of the AP equipment, the AP The short mark of equipment is for the AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP equipment region；The short mark bag of the AP equipment Include mark in network identity and net；The network identity is by the second configuration server according to the type of the AP equipment access network In unified distribution, the net, mark is generated and distributed or set according to the AP by the AP equipment by the unification of the 3rd configuration server Standby positional information is automatically generated；

The communication message is sent to the AP equipment.

2. communication means according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the short mark that the reception access point AP equipment sends Notification message includes：

Association request is sent to the AP equipment；

The associated response that the AP equipment sends is received, to be associated with the AP equipment；

Wherein, the associated response is the short identification notification message.

3. communication means according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the short mark that the reception access point AP equipment sends Notification message includes：

The beacon frame that the AP device broadcasts send is received, the beacon frame is the short identification notification message；Or

The probing response frame that the AP equipment sends is received, the probing response frame is the short identification notification message.

4. the communication means according to any one of claim 1-3, it is characterised in that the length of the short mark of the AP equipment For 16 bits.

5. a kind of communication means, it is characterised in that include：

Access point AP equipment sends short identification notification message, and the short identification notification message package contains the short mark of the AP equipment, Length of the length of the short mark of the AP equipment less than the medium access control MAC Address of the AP equipment, the AP equipment Short mark for the AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP equipment region；The short mark of the AP equipment includes net Network is identified and is identified in netting；The network identity is unified according to the type of the AP equipment access network by the second configuration server In distribution, the net, mark is generated and is distributed or by the AP equipment according to the AP equipment by the unification of the 3rd configuration server Positional information is automatically generated；

6. communication means according to claim 5, it is characterised in that described access point AP equipment sends short identification notification and disappears Breath includes：

The association request that the AP equipment receiving station STA equipment sends；

The AP equipment sends associated response to the STA equipment, to associate the STA equipment；

7. communication means according to claim 5, it is characterised in that described access point AP equipment sends short identification notification and disappears Breath includes：

To STA equipment broadcast transmission beacon frame, the beacon frame is the short identification notification message to the AP equipment；Or

The AP equipment sends probing response frame to STA equipment, and the probing response frame is the short identification notification message.

8. the communication means according to any one of claim 5-7, it is characterised in that described access point AP equipment sends short mark Include before knowing notification message：

For the short mark of AP device configurations AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP equipment region.

9. communication means according to claim 8, it is characterised in that described is the AP device configurations in the AP equipment In region, the short mark of AP equipment described in unique mark includes：

The AP equipment sends short mark to the first configuration server and obtains request, and the short mark obtains request includes the AP The type of equipment access network；

The AP equipment receives the short mark acquisition response that first configuration server sends, and the short mark obtains response bag The short mark of the AP equipment is included, the short mark of the AP equipment is accessed according to the AP equipment by first configuration server The type of network is the AP equipment unified distribution from the short mark for prestoring.

10. communication means according to claim 9, it is characterised in that described to set in the AP for the AP device configurations In standby region, the short mark of AP equipment described in unique mark includes：

Identify in the network identity and the net in the short mark of AP equipment described in the AP device configurations.

11. communication means according to claim 10, it is characterised in that the AP equipment described in the AP device configurations Short mark in the network identity include：

The AP equipment sends network identity to second configuration server and obtains request, and the network identity obtains request bag Include the type of the AP equipment access network；

The AP equipment receives the network identity acquisition response that second configuration server sends, and the network identity is obtained and rung Should include the AP equipment short mark in the network identity, the network identity in the short mark of the AP equipment by Second configuration server is the AP according to the type of the AP equipment access network from the network identity for prestoring Equipment is distributed unitedly.

12. communication means according to claim 10, it is characterised in that the AP equipment described in the AP device configurations Short mark in the net in mark include：

The AP equipment sends mark in net to the 3rd configuration server and obtains request；

The AP receives mark acquisition response in the net that the 3rd configuration server sends, and in the net, mark obtains response bag Include in the net in the short mark of the AP equipment and identify by described in mark, the net in the short mark of the AP equipment 3rd configuration server please be sought unification according to mark acquisition in the net and generate and distribute for the AP equipment.

13. communication means according to claim 10, it is characterised in that the AP equipment described in the AP device configurations Short mark in the net in mark include：

The AP equipment is generated according to the positional information of the AP equipment and is identified in the first net, and to the AP equipment place network In other AP equipment send internal indicators request, the internal indicator request includes identifying in first net；

If the AP equipment does not receive the internal indicator response that described other AP equipment send, institute after Preset Time terminates State AP equipment mark in the described first net is identified as in the net in the short mark of the AP equipment；Wherein, it is described its His AP equipment identify in the net of the short mark of other AP equipment it is sensible with the first net internal standard while, set to the AP Preparation send the internal indicator response.

14. communication means according to any one of claim 5-7, it is characterised in that the length of the short mark of the AP equipment Spend for 16 bits.

15. a kind of site apparatus, it is characterised in that include：

Notification message receiver module, for receiving the short identification notification message of access point AP equipment transmission, the short identification notification Message includes the short mark of the AP equipment；Medium access control of the length of the short mark of the AP equipment less than the AP equipment The length of MAC Address processed, the short mark of the AP equipment are set for the AP described in unique mark in the AP equipment region It is standby；The short mark of the AP equipment includes mark in network identity and net；The network identity by the second configuration server according to The type unified distribution of the AP equipment access network, in the net mark generated by the unification of the 3rd configuration server and distribute or Automatically generated according to the positional information of the AP equipment by the AP equipment；

First generation module, for generating communication message, the reception address of the communication message is the short mark of the AP equipment；

16. site apparatus according to claim 15, it is characterised in that the short identification notification message is associated response；

Then the notification message receiver module receives the AP equipment and sends out specifically for sending association request to the AP equipment The associated response for sending, to be associated with the AP equipment；The associated response includes the short mark of the AP equipment.

17. site apparatus according to claim 15, it is characterised in that the short identification notification message is beacon frame；Institute Notification message receiver module is stated specifically for receiving the beacon frame of the AP device broadcasts；Or

The short identification notification message is probing response frame；The notification message receiver module is specifically for receiving the AP equipment The probing response frame of transmission.

18. site apparatus according to any one of claim 15-17, it is characterised in that the short mark of the AP equipment Length is 16 bits.

19. a kind of access point AP equipment, it is characterised in that include:

Notification message sending module, for sending short identification notification message, the short identification notification message package contains the AP equipment Short mark, the length of the length of the short mark of the AP equipment less than the medium access control MAC Address of the AP equipment, institute The short mark of AP equipment is stated for the AP equipment described in unique mark in the AP equipment region；The short mark of the AP equipment Knowledge includes mark in network identity and net；The network identity is by the second configuration server according to the AP equipment access network Type is distributed unitedly, and in the net, mark is generated and distributed or by the AP equipment according to described by the unification of the 3rd configuration server The positional information of AP equipment is automatically generated；

Receiver module, for receiving communication message；

Judge module, for judging the reception address in the communication message that the receiver module is received and the AP equipment It is short identify whether it is identical；

Data acquisition module, for the judged result in the judge module for it is identical when, parsing is obtained in the communication message Data division.

20. AP equipment according to claim 19, it is characterised in that the short identification notification message is associated response；

The association request that the notification message sending module is sent specifically for receiving station STA equipment, and to the STA equipment Associated response is sent, to associate the STA equipment.

21. AP equipment according to claim 19, it is characterised in that the short identification notification message is beacon frame；

The notification message sending module is specifically for STA equipment broadcast beacon frame；Or

The short identification notification message is probing response frame；

The notification message sending module is specifically for sending probing response frame to STA.

The 22. AP equipment according to claim 19 or 20 or 21, it is characterised in that also include：

Configuration module, for for the AP device configurations in the AP equipment region AP equipment described in unique mark it is short Mark.

23. AP equipment according to claim 22, it is characterised in that the configuration module includes：

Request-to-send submodule is obtained, request is obtained for short mark being sent to the first configuration server, and the short mark is obtained Request includes the type of the AP equipment access network；

Response receiving submodule is obtained, and response is obtained for receiving the short mark that first configuration server sends, it is described short Mark obtains response includes the short mark of the AP equipment, the short mark of the AP equipment by first configuration server according to The type of the AP equipment access network is the AP equipment unified distribution from the short mark for prestoring.

24. AP equipment according to claim 22, it is characterised in that the configuration module includes：

First configuration submodule, for the network identity in the short mark of AP equipment described in the AP device configurations；

Second configuration submodule, for identifying in the net in the short mark of AP equipment described in the AP device configurations.

25. AP equipment according to claim 24, it is characterised in that the first configuration submodule includes：

First obtains request transmitting unit, obtains request, the net for sending network identity to second configuration server Network mark obtains request includes the type of the AP equipment access network；

First obtains response receiving unit, obtains response, institute for receiving the network identity that second configuration server sends The network identity that network identity is obtained during response includes the short mark of the AP equipment is stated, in the short mark of the AP equipment The network identity by second configuration server according to the type of the AP equipment access network from the net for prestoring It is the AP equipment unified distribution in network mark.

26. AP equipment according to claim 24, it is characterised in that the second configuration submodule includes：

Second obtains request transmitting unit, obtains request for sending mark in net to the 3rd configuration server；

Second obtains response receiving unit, obtains response, institute for receiving mark in the net that the 3rd configuration server sends Mark in the net that mark in net is obtained during response includes the short mark of the AP equipment is stated, in the short mark of the AP equipment The net in mark by the 3rd configuration server according in the net identify acquisition please seek unification for the AP equipment give birth to Into and distribute.

27. AP equipment according to claim 24, it is characterised in that the second configuration submodule includes：

Identification generation unit, identifies in the first net for being generated according to the positional information of the AP equipment；

Identification request transmitting element, for the AP equipment other AP equipment in a network send internal indicators request, The internal indicator request includes mark in first net；

Mark response receiving unit, for the internal indicator response that described other AP equipment are returned, institute are received in Preset Time It is that described other AP equipment are identified in the net of the short mark of other AP equipment and first net to state internal indicator response Internal standard is sensible while to AP equipment transmission；

Mark determining unit, for not receiving in described after the mark response receiving unit terminates in the Preset Time During portion's mark response, mark in the described first net is identified as in the net in the short mark of the AP equipment.

The 28. AP equipment according to claim 19 or 20 or 21, it is characterised in that the length of the short mark of the AP equipment For 16 bits.