CN105939544B

CN105939544B - Wireless communication method and device

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Publication number: CN105939544B
Application number: CN201610362866.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周珏
Original assignee: Scene Communication (shenzhen) Co Ltd
Current assignee: Scene Communication (shenzhen) Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-05-29
Filing date: 2016-05-27
Publication date: 2020-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 2036-05-27
Also published as: CN105050027A; CN105939544A; WO2016192587A1

Abstract

The invention is applicable to the field of communication, and provides a wireless communication method and a device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: sharing a first broadcast communication call signal of a first communication device with at least one second communication device and acquiring a second broadcast communication call signal of the second communication device so as to communicate with the second communication device in a broadcast communication mode; communicating with a second communication device in a broadcast communication manner; by implementing the invention, the first communication device and the second communication device can carry out broadcast communication in a short-distance wireless communication mode, so that both communication parties can carry out communication with a plurality of communication devices through broadcasting without establishing point-to-point connection one by one and sending the same information one by one, and the channel utilization rate and the information transmission efficiency are high.

Description

Wireless communication method and device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a wireless communication method and apparatus.

Background

With the development of science and technology, short-distance Wireless communication modes such as WIFI (Wireless Fidelity), Bluetooth (Bluetooth), infrared data transmission (IrDA), Zigbee, Ultra WideBand (Ultra WideBand), and Li-Fi (optical Fidelity) are used for communication between communication devices to exchange information, and the like is becoming more and more common.

In the prior art, when transmission is performed by a short-range wireless communication method, before data transmission is started between two communication parties, a process of association pairing between the two communication parties to establish a point-to-point connection is required, and then communication is performed based on the established point-to-point communication link. However, in this way, when there are many objects requiring communication and all of them need to send the same information to multiple communication objects, and when receiving the information sent by the multiple communication objects, it is necessary to establish point-to-point connections one by one and send information one by one, which is likely to cause channel congestion and is not efficient in information transmission. For example, in the case where a plurality of persons participating in the same conference need to discuss each other, but no network cannot discuss the conference by establishing a wechat group chat or does not want to establish a wechat group chat, a point-to-point connection needs to be established one by one, and information needs to be sent one by one.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a wireless communication method and a wireless communication device, and aims to solve the problems that in the prior art, when a plurality of objects needing to be communicated are numerous and all need to send the same information, point-to-point connection needs to be established one by one when the information sent by the plurality of communication objects is received, information needs to be sent one by one, channel congestion is easily caused, and the information transmission efficiency is low.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless communication method, which is applied to a first communication apparatus, and the wireless communication method includes:

sharing a first broadcast communication call signal of a first communication device with at least one second communication device and acquiring a second broadcast communication call signal of the second communication device so as to communicate with the second communication device in a broadcast communication mode;

communicating with the second communication device in a broadcast communication manner;

wherein the step of communicating with the second communication device by broadcast communication comprises one or a combination of the following steps:

broadcasting and sending a first broadcast communication signaling in a mode of broadcasting signaling in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, wherein the first broadcast communication signaling carries first broadcast communication information and a first broadcast communication call sign, so that the second communication device acquires the first broadcast communication information;

and receiving a second broadcast communication signaling which is broadcast and sent by the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting the signaling in the association establishment process of the short-distance wireless communication, so as to acquire second broadcast communication information carried in the second broadcast communication signaling, wherein the second broadcast communication signaling also carries a second broadcast communication call signal.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless communication apparatus, including:

the sharing unit is used for sharing a first broadcast communication call signal of a first communication device with at least one second communication device and acquiring a second broadcast communication call signal of the second communication device so as to communicate with the second communication device in a broadcast communication mode;

a broadcast communication unit for communicating with the second communication apparatus by a broadcast communication method;

wherein the broadcast communication unit comprises one or a combination of the following modules:

the system comprises a broadcast sending module, a first communication module and a second communication module, wherein the broadcast sending module is used for sending a first broadcast communication signaling in a broadcast mode in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication, and the first broadcast communication signaling carries first broadcast communication information and a first broadcast communication call signal so that the second communication device can acquire the first broadcast communication information;

and the broadcast receiving module is used for receiving a second broadcast communication signaling which is broadcast and sent by the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting the signaling in the association establishment process of the short-distance wireless communication so as to acquire second broadcast communication information carried in the second broadcast communication signaling, wherein the second broadcast communication signaling also carries a second broadcast communication call signal.

The embodiment of the invention shares a first broadcast communication call signal with at least one second communication device and obtains a second broadcast communication call signal of the second communication device before broadcast communication is needed to be carried out with the at least one second communication device, then obtains information carried in a signaling broadcast by the second communication device when the second communication device is judged to carry the second broadcast communication call signal in the signaling broadcast by the method of broadcasting the signaling in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication, and enables the second communication device to receive the information required to be transmitted according to the first broadcast communication call signal when the second communication device is required to receive the broadcast information and carries the information required to be transmitted and the first broadcast communication call signal in the communication signaling broadcast by the second communication device, thus, the first communication device and the second communication device can carry out broadcast communication by repeatedly embedding the broadcast communication call signal and interactive information in the signaling broadcast in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication, therefore, both communication parties can communicate with a plurality of communication devices through broadcasting without establishing point-to-point connection one by one and sending the same information one by one, and the channel utilization rate and the information transmission efficiency are high.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a principle for transmitting information in a broadcast mode according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a scenario of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of an implementation of a wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation of sharing a first broadcast call signal of a first communication device with at least one second communication device and acquiring a second broadcast call signal of the second communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an implementation of sharing a first broadcast call signal of a first communication device with at least one second communication device and acquiring a second broadcast call signal of the second communication device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of a wireless communication device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a structural diagram of a sharing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a structural diagram of a sharing unit according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a timing chart illustrating a first communication device sharing a first broadcast call signal with at least one second communication device via short-range wireless communication and receiving a second broadcast call signal transmitted by the second communication device via short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a timing chart illustrating another first communication device sharing a first broadcast call signal with at least one second communication device via short-range wireless communication and receiving a second broadcast call signal transmitted by the second communication device via short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

It should be noted that the ordinal number of "first" is used in the embodiments of the present invention, but these terms are only used to distinguish one element of the present invention, and do not limit the sequence of the elements or other factors.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a principle of transmitting information in a broadcast mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, the first communication device 1 and the second communication device 2 can both communicate by the same type of short-range wireless communication method, and the principle of the method for transmitting information between the first communication device 1 and the second communication device 2 is to transmit signaling by using a similar broadcast form during association establishment of wireless communication between the two parties by using a short-range wireless communication technology, embed respective communication call numbers and interaction information to be transmitted in message bodies of the signaling broadcast by the two parties during association, and transmit information by using the signaling (such as management frames under 802.11 protocol) broadcast during association establishment of short-range wireless communication between the first communication device 1 and the second communication device 2 during the whole broadcast mode communication.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and only the parts related to the embodiment of the present invention are shown for convenience of illustration.

Referring to fig. 2, when the first communication apparatus 1 performs short-range wireless communication with the second communication apparatuses (the second communication apparatus 2, the second communication apparatus 2 ', and the second communication apparatus 2 "), the first broadcast communication call signal" 001 "of the first communication apparatus 1 may be shared with the second communication apparatuses in the signaling for establishing the association process broadcast, and the second broadcast communication call signals" 002 "," 003 ", and" 004 "of the second communication apparatus 2, the second communication apparatus 2', and the second communication apparatus 2" may be acquired from the received signaling from the other party for establishing the association process broadcast, respectively, and then, the information to be transmitted and the broadcast communication call signal "001" of the own party may be repeatedly embedded in the signaling for establishing the association process broadcast, and the signaling broadcast communication call signal "003", or "004" broadcasted by the other parties through short-range wireless communication may be monitored, if one of the communication call signals "002", "003", or "004" is carried in the broadcast signaling, the information embedded by the other party is interpreted from the broadcast signaling, and when the second communication device 2, the second communication device 2 'and the second communication device 2' hear that the first communication device 1 carries the broadcast communication call number '001' in the signaling for establishing the association process broadcast in the short-distance wireless communication, the information carried by the first communication device 1 can be interpreted from the broadcast signaling, so that the communication between the plurality of wireless communication devices in the broadcast mode is realized.

It can be understood that, in this way, if broadcast communication is also required between the second communication devices, the broadcast communication call signal may also be shared with the other party, for example, the second communication device 2 may share the broadcast communication call signal "002" with the second communication device 2 "and acquire the broadcast communication call signal" 004 "of the second communication device 2", so that when the second communication device 2 transmits the broadcast signaling carrying the communication call signal "002", both the first communication device 1 and the second communication device 2 "may receive the signaling broadcast by the second communication device 2 and acquire information carried in the signaling.

The first communication device and the second communication device may be a Personal Computer (PC), a notebook Computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, or the like.

The short-distance wireless Communication mode may be any one of Wi-Fi (wireless local area network protocol 802.11), bluetooth, NFC, (near field Communication ), RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), infrared data transmission, Zigbee, ultra wide band, and optical fidelity.

Fig. 3 shows a flow of implementing the wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which will be described from the perspective of the first communication device, and detailed as follows:

step S201, sharing a first broadcast communication call signal of a first communication device and acquiring a second broadcast communication call signal of a second communication device to at least one second communication device, and communicating with the second communication device in a broadcast communication mode;

in the embodiment of the present invention, when it is required to communicate with the second communication device in a broadcast communication manner, the first communication device may share the first broadcast communication call sign with the second communication device and acquire the second broadcast communication call sign.

For example, the first communication device may generate a first broadcast call signal, and then the user of the first communication device may present the first broadcast call signal to the user of the second communication device to allow the user of the second communication device to input the first broadcast call signal to the second communication device, or the user of the first communication device may input a second broadcast call signal to the first communication device to communicate with the second communication device by a broadcast communication method.

As a preferred embodiment, since the first communication device and the second communication device perform broadcast communication by repeatedly embedding information in the signaling broadcasted in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, the first communication device may share the first broadcast communication call signal with the at least one second communication device by embedding the broadcast communication call signal in the signaling broadcasted in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure and receive the second broadcast communication call signal embedded in the broadcast signaling by the second communication device by monitoring the broadcast signaling received in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure.

As an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 4, the steps of sharing, by the first communication device, the first broadcast communication call signal with the at least one second communication device by embedding the broadcast communication call signal in the signaling broadcasted in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, and receiving, by monitoring the broadcast signaling received in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, the second broadcast communication call signal carried in the broadcast signaling by the second communication device may specifically include:

s301, broadcasting a first broadcast communication signal in a broadcast beacon mode through short-distance wireless communication, wherein the first broadcast communication signal carries a first broadcast communication call sign;

in the embodiment of the present invention, the first communication device may broadcast the first broadcast communication signal to the environment by broadcasting signaling through short-range wireless communication, where the first broadcast communication signal carries a first broadcast communication call sign to indicate that it needs to transmit information by broadcasting.

For example, the first communication device may broadcast a bluetooth beacon or wifi service set identifier to the outside, indicate its identity, and announce to the outside that there is a communication device that can be associated with, so that other communication devices can scan the service set identifier of the broadcast beacon or wifi to discover the first communication device.

S302, receiving a first broadcast communication polling request sent by a second communication device to the first communication device according to a first broadcast communication call number and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, wherein the first broadcast communication polling request carries the second broadcast communication call number;

in the embodiment of the present invention, after the second communication device scans the first broadcast communication signal, if a user of the second communication device needs to receive information sent by the first communication device or the second communication device has automatically set to receive the broadcast information, an inquiry frame, that is, a first broadcast communication inquiry request, may be sent to the second communication device according to a first broadcast communication call signal orientation, where the first broadcast communication inquiry request carries the second broadcast communication call signal.

Thus, the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus exchange the broadcast communication call sign with each other, and can perform broadcast communication by repeatedly embedding the broadcast communication call sign and the mutual information in the signaling broadcasted in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure.

As an embodiment of the present invention, referring back to fig. 4, step S303 and step S304 may be further included after step S302.

In step S303, a first polling response and a first handshake signal are sent to the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the association establishment process of the short-range wireless communication, where the first polling response carries the first broadcast communication call signal.

In step S304, a second handshake signal sent by the second communication device according to the first broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association in the short-range wireless communication is received, where the second handshake signal carries the second broadcast communication call signal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the second handshake signal, it indicates that the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus have respectively memorized the broadcast communication call sign of the other party to establish the virtual communication link for transmitting information based on the broadcast mode, and the broadcast communication may start to be performed by repeatedly embedding the broadcast communication call sign and the mutual information in the signaling broadcast in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure.

As an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 5, the steps of sharing, by the first communication device, the first broadcast communication call signal with the at least one second communication device by embedding the broadcast communication call signal in the signaling broadcasted in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, and receiving, by monitoring the broadcast signaling received in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, the second broadcast communication call signal modern in the broadcast signaling by the second communication device may specifically include:

s401, receiving a second broadcast communication signal broadcast by a second communication device in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication, wherein the second broadcast communication signal carries a second broadcast communication call sign;

in the embodiment of the present invention, the second communication device may broadcast the second broadcast communication signal to the environment through short-distance wireless communication, where the second broadcast communication signal carries a second broadcast communication call sign to indicate that it needs to transmit information through broadcasting.

For example, the second communication device may externally broadcast the service set identifier of the bluetooth beacon or wifi, indicate the identity thereof, and announce to the outside that there is a communication device that can be associated with the second communication device, so that other communication devices can scan the service set identifier of the bluetooth beacon or wifi to discover the second communication device.

S402, sending a second broadcast communication polling request to a second communication device in a mode of broadcasting signaling in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication according to a second broadcast communication calling number, wherein the second broadcast communication polling request carries the first broadcast communication calling number.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the first communication device scans the second broadcast communication signal, if a user of the first communication device needs to receive information sent by the second communication device or the first communication device has automatically set to receive the broadcast information, an inquiry frame, that is, a second broadcast communication inquiry request, may be sent to the first communication device according to a second broadcast communication call sign orientation, where the second broadcast communication inquiry request carries the first broadcast communication call sign.

As an embodiment of the present invention, step S403 and step S404 may be further included after step S402.

In step S403, receiving a second polling response and a third handshake signal, which are sent by the second communication device to the first communication device according to the first broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the association establishment process of the short-range wireless communication, where the second polling response carries the second broadcast communication call signal;

in step S404, a fourth handshake signal is sent to the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call signal and by way of broadcast signaling in the association establishment procedure of short-range wireless communication, where the fourth handshake signal carries the first broadcast communication call signal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the fourth handshake signal, it indicates that the first communication device and the second communication device have respectively memorized the broadcast communication call sign of the other party, so as to establish the virtual communication link for transmitting information based on the broadcast mode.

Step S202, communicating with the second communication device in a broadcast communication mode;

in the embodiment of the present invention, the step of the first communication device and the second communication device communicating by broadcast communication includes one or a combination of the following modes:

the first mode is as follows: broadcasting and sending a first broadcast communication signaling in a mode of broadcasting the signaling in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, wherein the first broadcast communication signaling carries first broadcast communication information and a first broadcast communication call sign, so that a second communication device acquires the first broadcast communication information;

in the embodiment of the present invention, the first communication device may broadcast the first broadcast communication signaling in a manner of broadcasting the signaling in the short-distance wireless communication association establishment process, so that the second communication device receives the first broadcast communication signaling and acquires the first broadcast communication information when monitoring the first broadcast communication signaling and determining that the first broadcast communication signaling carries the first broadcast communication call number.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first broadcast communication signaling is a signaling broadcasted in the process of establishing association through a short-range wireless communication manner, for example, a management frame under an 802.11 protocol, when it is determined that the first broadcast communication information needs to be transmitted, according to the type of the short-range wireless communication manner (such as bluetooth), a code library corresponding to the bluetooth may be invoked to compile the first broadcast communication information into a message body content suitable for being transmitted in the bluetooth communication signaling and add a first broadcast communication call number, and then a corresponding message encapsulation rule is invoked to encapsulate the compiled message body content into the signaling in a message body format corresponding to the wireless communication type signaling according to the message encapsulation rule, so as to generate one or several pieces of first broadcast communication signaling.

The second mode is as follows: and receiving a second broadcast communication signaling which is broadcast and sent by the second communication device in a mode of broadcasting the signaling in the association establishment process of the short-distance wireless communication, wherein the second broadcast communication signaling carries second broadcast communication information and a second broadcast communication call number.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second communication device may also broadcast the second broadcast communication signaling in a manner of broadcasting the signaling in the short-range wireless communication association establishment process, where the second broadcast communication signaling is a signaling broadcast in the short-range wireless communication association establishment process, and the first communication device receives the second broadcast communication signaling and acquires the second broadcast communication information when monitoring the second broadcast communication signaling and determining that the second broadcast communication signaling carries the first broadcast communication information and the first broadcast communication call signal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first communication device may invoke a corresponding message encapsulation rule according to the monitored short-range wireless communication type of the second broadcast communication signaling, then extract a message body (for example, a frame body of a management frame under an 802.11 protocol) in the second broadcast communication signaling according to the message encapsulation rule, acquire the second broadcast communication call signal in the message body, and may confirm that the information source is the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call signal in the message body, and invoke a corresponding code library to interpret the content of the message body to obtain the second broadcast communication information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the second broadcast communication information broadcast by the second communication device in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, the first communication device may monitor the broadcast signaling received in the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, and when it is determined that the broadcast signaling carries the broadcast communication call sign of the sending communication device and the broadcast communication information to be transmitted, and the broadcast communication call sign of the sending communication device is the second broadcast communication call sign, acquire the broadcast communication information to be transmitted carried in the broadcast signaling.

The embodiment of the invention shares a first broadcast communication call signal with at least one second communication device and obtains a second broadcast communication call signal of the second communication device before communication in a broadcast mode with the at least one second communication device is needed, then obtains information carried in a signaling broadcast by the second communication device when the second communication device is judged to carry the second broadcast communication call signal in the signaling broadcast by the method of broadcasting the signaling in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, and enables the second communication device to receive the information required to be transmitted according to the first broadcast communication call signal when the second communication device is needed to receive the broadcast information and carries the information required to be transmitted and the first broadcast communication call signal in the communication signaling broadcast by the second communication device, thus, the first communication device and the second communication device can carry out broadcast communication by repeatedly embedding the broadcast communication call signal and interactive information in the signaling broadcast in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, therefore, both communication parties can communicate with a plurality of communication devices through broadcasting without establishing point-to-point connection one by one and sending the same information one by one, and the channel utilization rate and the information transmission efficiency are high.

Fig. 6 shows a structure diagram of a wireless communication apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention, which may be specifically integrated in a first communication apparatus or other devices. As shown in fig. 6, the wireless communication apparatus includes a sharing unit 51 and a broadcast communication unit 52.

A sharing unit 51, configured to share a first broadcast communication call signal of a first communication device with at least one second communication device and acquire a second broadcast communication call signal of the second communication device, so as to communicate with the second communication device in a broadcast communication manner;

in the embodiment of the present invention, when it is required to communicate with the second communication device in a broadcast communication manner, the sharing unit 51 may share the first broadcast communication call sign with the second communication device and acquire the second broadcast communication call sign.

As a preferred embodiment, since the first communication device and the second communication device perform broadcast communication by repeatedly embedding information in the signaling broadcasted by the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, the sharing unit 51 may share the first broadcast communication call signal with at least one second communication device by embedding a broadcast communication call signal in the signaling broadcasted by the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, and receive the second broadcast communication call signal embedded in the broadcast signaling by the second communication device by monitoring the broadcast signaling received by the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure.

As an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 7, the sharing unit 51 may specifically include a broadcast communication call sign broadcasting module 511 and a broadcast communication call sign receiving module 512:

a broadcast signal broadcasting module 511, configured to broadcast a first broadcast communication signal in a broadcast beacon manner through short-distance wireless communication, where the first broadcast communication signal carries a first broadcast communication call sign; (ii) a

In the embodiment of the present invention, the broadcast communication call sign broadcasting module 511 may broadcast the first broadcast communication signal to the environment in a broadcast signaling manner through short-distance wireless communication, where the first broadcast communication signal carries the first broadcast communication call sign to indicate that it needs to perform information transmission through broadcasting.

For example, the broadcast call sign broadcasting module 511 may announce the identity of the service set identifier of the externally broadcast bluetooth beacon or wifi to the outside that there is a communication apparatus that can be associated with the service set identifier of the externally broadcast bluetooth beacon or wifi, so that other communication apparatuses can scan the service set identifier of the broadcast beacon or wifi to discover the first communication apparatus.

A broadcast communication call sign receiving module 512, configured to receive a first broadcast communication polling request sent by a second communication device to the first communication device according to a first broadcast communication call sign and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in a short-distance wireless communication association establishment process, where the first broadcast communication polling request carries the second broadcast communication call sign;

in this embodiment of the present invention, after the second communication device scans the first broadcast communication signal, if a user of the second communication device needs to receive information sent by the first communication device or the second communication device has automatically set to receive the broadcast information, the broadcast communication polling request may be sent to the second communication device according to the first broadcast communication call signal orientation, where the first broadcast communication polling request carries the second broadcast communication call signal, and the broadcast communication call signal receiving module 512 receives the first broadcast communication polling request.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the sharing unit may further include an inquiry response sending module 513 and a first handshake signal receiving module 514.

An inquiry response sending module 513, configured to send a first inquiry response and a first handshake signal to the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in a short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure, where the first inquiry response carries the first broadcast communication call signal,

A handshake signal receiving module 514, configured to receive a second handshake signal sent by the second communication device according to the first broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association in the short-range wireless communication, where the second handshake signal carries the second broadcast communication call signal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the second handshake signal, the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus are indicated to have respectively memorized the broadcast communication call sign of the other party, so as to establish the virtual communication link for transmitting information based on the broadcast mode, and the broadcast communication can be started by repeatedly embedding the broadcast communication call sign and the mutual information in the signaling broadcast in the short-range wireless communication association establishment process.

As an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 8, the sharing unit 51 may specifically include a broadcast signal obtaining module 515 and a broadcast call number sending module 516:

a broadcast signal obtaining module 515, configured to receive a second broadcast communication signal broadcast by the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication, where the second broadcast communication signal carries a second broadcast communication call sign;

For example, the second communication device may externally broadcast a bluetooth beacon or wifi service set identifier, indicate its identity, and announce to the outside that there is a communication device that can be associated with, so that the broadcast signal acquiring module 513 can scan the service set identifier of the bluetooth beacon or wifi to discover the second communication device.

A broadcast communication call number sending module 516, configured to send a second broadcast communication polling request to the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call number and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the association establishment process of the short-distance wireless communication, where the second broadcast communication polling request carries the first broadcast communication call number.

In this embodiment of the present invention, after the first communication device scans the second broadcast communication signal, if the user of the first communication device needs to receive the information sent by the second communication device or the first communication device has automatically set to receive the broadcast information, the broadcast communication call sign sending module 514 may send a second broadcast communication polling request to the first communication device according to the second broadcast communication call sign orientation, where the second broadcast communication polling request carries the first broadcast communication call sign.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless communication apparatus may further include an inquiry response receiving module 517 and a handshake signal sending module 518, where the inquiry response receiving module 517 is configured to receive a second inquiry response and a third handshake signal, which are sent by the second communication apparatus to the first communication apparatus according to the first broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association in short-range wireless communication, where the second inquiry response carries the second broadcast communication call signal.

The handshake signal sending module 518 is configured to send a fourth handshake signal to the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the association establishment process of the short-range wireless communication, where the fourth handshake signal carries the first broadcast communication call signal.

A broadcast communication unit 52 for communicating with the second communication apparatus by a broadcast communication method;

in the embodiment of the present invention, the broadcast communication unit 52 includes one or a combination of a broadcast sending module and a broadcast receiving module:

the broadcast sending module is used for sending a first broadcast communication signaling in a broadcast mode in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication, wherein the first broadcast communication signaling carries first broadcast communication information and a first broadcast communication call signal, so that a second communication device obtains the first broadcast communication information;

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first broadcast communication signaling is a signaling broadcasted in the process of establishing association through a short-range wireless communication manner, for example, a management frame under an 802.11 protocol, when it is determined that the first broadcast communication information needs to be transmitted, according to the type of the short-range wireless communication manner (such as bluetooth), a code library corresponding to the bluetooth may be invoked to compile the first broadcast communication information into a message body content suitable for transmission in the bluetooth communication signaling and add a first broadcast communication call number, and then a corresponding message encapsulation rule is invoked to encapsulate the compiled message body content into the signaling in a message body format of a corresponding wireless communication type signaling according to the message encapsulation rule, so as to generate one or several pieces of first broadcast communication signaling.

And the broadcast receiving module is used for receiving a second broadcast communication signaling which is broadcast and sent by the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting the signaling in the association establishment process of the short-distance wireless communication, wherein the second broadcast communication signaling carries second broadcast communication information and a second broadcast communication call sign.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second communication device may also broadcast the second broadcast communication signaling in a manner of broadcasting the signaling in the short-distance wireless communication association establishment process, where the second broadcast communication signaling is a signaling broadcast in the short-distance wireless communication association establishment process, and the first communication device receives the second broadcast communication signaling and acquires the second broadcast communication information when monitoring the second broadcast communication signaling and determining that the second broadcast communication signaling carries the first broadcast communication information and the first broadcast communication call signal.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the wireless communication apparatus may further include a monitoring unit 53, configured to monitor a broadcast communication signaling broadcasted by the sending communication apparatus during association establishment through short-range wireless communication, where the broadcast communication signaling carries broadcast communication information to be transmitted and a sending-end broadcast communication call signal of the sending communication apparatus, and the broadcast communication information to be transmitted is carried when the broadcast receiving module determines that the broadcast communication call signal carries the broadcast communication call signal of the sending communication apparatus and broadcast communication information to be transmitted, and the broadcast communication call signal of the sending communication apparatus is a second broadcast communication call signal.

In summary, the embodiment of the present invention shares the first broadcast communication call signal with the second communication device and obtains the second broadcast communication call signal of the second communication device before broadcast communication with at least one second communication device is required, then obtains the information carried in the signaling broadcast by the second communication device when it is determined that the signaling broadcast by the second communication device in the short-distance wireless communication association establishment procedure carries the second broadcast communication call signal, and makes the second communication device receive the information required to be transmitted according to the first broadcast communication call signal when it is determined that the second communication device receives the broadcast information and carries the information required to be transmitted and the first broadcast communication call signal in the communication signaling broadcast by the second communication device, so that the first communication device and the second communication device can perform broadcast communication by repeatedly embedding the broadcast communication call signal and the interaction information in the signaling broadcast by the short-distance wireless communication association establishment procedure, therefore, both communication parties can communicate with a plurality of communication devices through broadcasting without establishing point-to-point connection one by one and sending the same information one by one, and the channel utilization rate and the information transmission efficiency are high.

Fig. 9 shows a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which can be used to implement the wireless communication method provided in the above-mentioned embodiment, and the details are as follows:

the wireless communication device 800 may include components such as a short-range wireless communication unit 810, a wireless communication device data bus 820, an input unit 830, a display unit 840, a memory 850 including one or more computer-readable storage media, a processor 860 including one or more processing cores, and a power supply 870. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the communication device configuration shown in fig. 9 does not constitute a limitation of the communication device and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. Wherein:

the short-distance wireless Communication unit 810 comprises n short-distance wireless Communication modules 811, 812-81 n, wherein n is larger than or equal to 1, and the technical type adopted by each short-distance wireless Communication module is any one of Wi-Fi (wireless local area network protocol 802.11), bluetooth, NFC (Near Field Communication), short-distance wireless Communication, RFID (Radio frequency identification), infrared data transmission, Zigbee, ultra-wideband and optical fidelity. The short-distance wireless communication modules 811, 812-81 n are respectively connected with the wireless communication device data bus 820 in a parallel mode in a bidirectional mode, and the short-distance wireless communication modules 811, 812-81 n are respectively used for broadcasting and listening to signaling in the association process of wireless communication establishment of different technical types.

The wireless communication device data bus 820 is used for data transmission between units and modules in the wireless communication device 800. The input unit 830, the display unit 840, the memory 850, and the processor 860 are all bidirectionally coupled to the wireless communication device data bus 820, respectively.

The input unit 830 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate keyboard, mouse, joystick, optical or trackball signal inputs related to user settings and function control. Specifically, the input unit 830 may include an image input device 831 and other input devices 832. The image input device 831 may be a camera or a photoelectric scanning device. The input unit 830 may include other input devices 832 in addition to the image input device 831. In particular, other input devices 832 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as communication technology type control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 840 may be used to display information input by or provided to the user as well as various graphical user interfaces of the wireless communication device 800, which may be made up of graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof. The Display unit 840 may include a Display panel, and optionally, the Display panel may be configured in the form of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), or the like.

The memory 850 may be used to store software programs and modules, and the processor 860 may execute various functional applications and data processing by operating the software programs and modules stored in the memory 850. The memory 850 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program (such as the communication unit 880) required for at least one function, and the like; the storage data area may store data created from the use of the wireless communication device 800, such as broadcast communication data, a sequence of communication call letters, etc., and the like. Further, the memory 850 may include high-speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage device. Accordingly, memory 850 may also include a memory controller to provide access to memory 850 by processor 860 and input unit 830.

The processor 860 is a control center of the wireless communication apparatus 800, connects respective parts of the wireless communication apparatus 800 through the wireless communication apparatus data bus 820, and performs various functions of the wireless communication apparatus 800 and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 850 and calling data stored in the memory 850, thereby integrally manipulating the wireless communication apparatus 800. Optionally, processor 860 may include one or more processing cores; preferably, the processor 860 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated within processor 860.

The wireless communication device 800 also includes a power supply 870 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which may be logically coupled to the processor 860 via a power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions via the power management system. The power source 870 may also include any component of one or more dc or ac power sources, recharging systems, power failure detection circuitry, power converters or inverters, power status indicators, and the like.

The communication unit 880 is either application layer software or a hardware module. As application layer software, the various software modules are loaded into memory 850 and, in use, processor 860 performs broadcast communication functions by executing software programs and modules stored in memory 850. When the communication unit 880 is a hardware module, it is a function that is an independent processor (unit) and is bidirectionally connected to each part of the wireless communication apparatus 800 via the wireless communication apparatus data bus 820 to execute broadcast mode communication.

Although not shown, the wireless communication device 800 may further include a wireless communication module such as GSM (Global System for mobile communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), and an audio circuit module, and the like, which are not described herein again.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the communication unit 880 includes a broadcast signal broadcasting module 881, a broadcast communication call sign obtaining module 882, a broadcast signal receiving module 883, and a broadcast communication call sign sending module 884, and the communication unit 880 may include instructions for:

broadcasting and sending a first broadcast communication signaling in a manner of broadcasting the signaling in the association establishment process of short-distance wireless communication, wherein the first broadcast communication signaling carries first broadcast communication information and a first broadcast communication call sign, so that the second communication device acquires the first broadcast communication information, and the first broadcast communication signaling is the signaling broadcasted in the association establishment process of the short-distance wireless communication;

and receiving a second broadcast communication signaling sent by the second communication device in a broadcast manner in a short-distance wireless communication manner to acquire second broadcast communication information carried in the second broadcast communication signaling, wherein the second broadcast communication signaling also carries a second broadcast communication call sign, and the second broadcast communication signaling is a signaling broadcasted in the association process established in the short-distance wireless communication manner.

Fig. 10 is a timing chart illustrating the first communication device sharing the first broadcast call signal to at least one second communication device via short-range wireless communication and receiving the second broadcast call signal transmitted by the second communication device via short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is detailed as follows:

s1: the first communication device broadcasts a first broadcast communication signal to the outside, the first broadcast communication signal carries a first broadcast communication call sign, and the second communication device receives the first broadcast communication signal.

S2: after the second communication device scans the first broadcast communication signal, a first broadcast communication polling request can be sent to the first communication device according to the first broadcast communication call signal orientation, and the first broadcast communication polling request carries the second broadcast communication call signal.

S3: the first communication device sends a first inquiry response, a first response agreement and a first handshake signal to the second communication device according to the orientation of the second broadcast communication call sign, and the first communication device indicates that communication through a broadcast mode is willing to be carried out.

S4: the second communication device sends a second handshake signal to the first communication device according to the first broadcast call signal, which means that the first communication device and the second communication device have established a virtual communication link for transmitting information based on a broadcast mode, and the first communication device and the second communication device transmit information interactively through the virtual communication link.

Fig. 11 is a timing chart illustrating the first communication device sharing the first broadcast call signal to at least one second communication device through short-range wireless communication and receiving the second broadcast call signal transmitted by the second communication device through short-range wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is detailed as follows:

s11: and the second communication device broadcasts a second broadcast communication signal to the outside, the second broadcast communication signal carries a second broadcast communication call sign, and the first communication device receives the second broadcast communication signal.

S12: after the first communication device scans the second broadcast communication signal, a second broadcast communication polling request can be sent to the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call signal orientation, and the second broadcast communication polling request carries the first broadcast communication call signal.

S13: the second communication device sends a second inquiry response, a second response agreement and a third handshake signal to the first communication device according to the first broadcast communication call sign direction, and the second inquiry response, the second response agreement and the third handshake signal indicate that communication through a broadcast mode is willing to be carried out.

S14: the first communication device sends a fourth handshake signal to the second communication device according to the second broadcast call signal, which means that the first communication device and the second communication device have established a virtual communication link for transmitting information based on a broadcast mode, and the first communication device and the second communication device transmit information interactively through the virtual communication link.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by associated hardware instructed by a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: read Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), magnetic or optical disks, and the like.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A wireless communication method applied to a first communication apparatus, the wireless communication method comprising:

receiving a second broadcast communication signaling which is broadcast and sent by the second communication device in a mode of broadcasting the signaling in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication so as to acquire second broadcast communication information carried in the second broadcast communication signaling, wherein the second broadcast communication signaling also carries a second broadcast communication call signal;

the step of receiving the second broadcast communication signaling broadcast-transmitted by the second communication device through the short-range wireless communication mode further comprises:

monitoring a broadcast communication signaling sent by a sending communication device in a broadcast signaling mode in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, wherein the broadcast communication signaling carries broadcast communication information to be transmitted and a broadcast communication call sign of a sending end of the sending communication device;

the step of receiving the second broadcast communication information sent by the second communication device in a broadcast manner specifically includes:

and when the broadcast communication call sign of the sending end is the second broadcast communication call sign, acquiring the broadcast communication information to be transmitted carried in the broadcast communication signaling.

2. The wireless communication method of claim 1, wherein the steps of sharing a first broadcast call signal to at least one second communication device and acquiring a second broadcast call signal of the second communication device are specifically:

the method comprises the steps of sharing a first broadcast communication call signal to at least one second communication device in a mode of broadcasting signaling in the association establishment process of short-range wireless communication, and receiving a second broadcast communication call signal carried in the broadcast signaling by the second communication device by monitoring the broadcast signaling received in the association establishment process of the short-range wireless communication.

3. The communication method of claim 2, wherein the steps of sharing a first broadcast call signal to at least one second communication device and acquiring a second broadcast call signal for the second communication device comprise:

broadcasting a first broadcast communication signal in a mode of broadcasting signaling in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, wherein the first broadcast communication signal carries a first broadcast communication call sign;

and receiving a first broadcast communication polling request sent by the second communication device to the first communication device according to the first broadcast communication call number and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the association establishment process of short-distance wireless communication, wherein the first broadcast communication polling request carries a second broadcast communication call number.

4. The communication method of claim 3, wherein the step of receiving a first broadcast communication polling request sent by the second communication device to the first communication device according to the first broadcast communication call sign and by means of broadcast signaling during the association establishment of short-range wireless communication is further followed by:

sending a first inquiry response and a first handshake signal to the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication according to the second broadcast communication call signal, wherein the first inquiry response carries the first broadcast communication call signal;

and receiving a second handshake signal sent by the second communication device according to the first broadcast communication call signal and in a broadcast signaling mode in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, wherein the second handshake signal carries the second broadcast communication call signal.

5. The communication method of claim 2, wherein the steps of sharing a first broadcast call signal to at least one second communication device and acquiring a second broadcast call signal for the second communication device comprise:

receiving a second broadcast communication signal broadcast by the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication, wherein the second broadcast communication signal carries a second broadcast communication call sign;

and sending a second broadcast communication polling request to the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting signaling in the association establishment process of short-distance wireless communication according to the second broadcast communication calling number, wherein the second broadcast communication polling request carries the first broadcast communication calling number.

6. The communication method of claim 5, wherein the step of sending a second broadcast communication polling request to the second communication device based on the second broadcast communication call signal and by means of broadcast signaling during the short-range wireless communication association establishment procedure further comprises:

receiving a second polling response and a third handshake signal which are sent to the first communication device by the second communication device according to the first broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, wherein the second polling response carries the second broadcast communication call signal;

and sending a fourth handshake signal to the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting signaling in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication according to the second broadcast communication call sign, wherein the fourth handshake signal carries the first broadcast communication call sign.

7. The communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the short-range wireless communication is any one of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, RFID, infrared data transmission, Zigbee, ultra-wideband, and optical fidelity.

8. A wireless communications apparatus, the wireless communications apparatus comprising:

a broadcast receiving module, configured to receive a second broadcast communication signaling that is broadcast and sent by the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting the signaling in a short-distance wireless communication association establishment process, so as to obtain second broadcast communication information carried in the second broadcast communication signaling, where the second broadcast communication signaling also carries a second broadcast communication call signal;

the wireless communication apparatus further includes:

the monitoring unit is used for monitoring broadcast communication signaling which is broadcast and sent by the sending communication device in a mode of broadcasting the signaling in the process of establishing association through short-distance wireless communication, wherein the broadcast communication signaling carries broadcast communication information to be transmitted and a broadcast communication call sign of a sending end of the sending communication device;

the broadcast receiving module is specifically configured to:

9. The wireless communication device of claim 8, wherein the sharing unit is specifically configured to:

10. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 9, wherein the sharing unit comprises:

the broadcast communication call sign broadcasting module is used for broadcasting a first broadcast communication signal in a mode of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, wherein the first broadcast communication signal carries a first broadcast communication call sign;

a broadcast communication call sign receiving module, configured to receive a first broadcast communication polling request sent by the second communication device to the first communication device according to the first broadcast communication call sign and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in a short-range wireless communication association establishment process, where the first broadcast communication polling request carries the second broadcast communication call sign.

11. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 9, wherein the sharing unit further comprises:

an inquiry response sending module, configured to send a first inquiry response and a first handshake signal to the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in a short-range wireless communication association establishment process, where the first inquiry response carries the first broadcast communication call signal;

and the handshake signal receiving module is used for receiving a second handshake signal which is sent by the second communication device according to the first broadcast communication call sign in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the process of establishing association in short-distance wireless communication, wherein the second handshake signal carries the second broadcast communication call sign.

12. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 9, wherein the sharing unit comprises:

a broadcast signal acquisition module, configured to receive a second broadcast communication signal broadcast by the second communication device in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in a short-distance wireless communication association establishment process, where the second broadcast communication signal carries a second broadcast communication call sign;

and the broadcast communication call sign sending module is used for sending a second broadcast communication polling request to the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call sign in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the association establishment process of the short-distance wireless communication, wherein the second broadcast communication polling request carries the first broadcast communication call sign.

13. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 12, wherein the sharing unit further comprises:

an inquiry response receiving module, configured to receive a second inquiry response and a third handshake signal that are sent by the second communication device to the first communication device according to the first broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in a short-range wireless communication association establishment process, where the second inquiry response carries a second broadcast communication call signal;

and the handshake signal sending module is used for sending a fourth handshake signal to the second communication device according to the second broadcast communication call signal and in a manner of broadcasting a signaling in the association establishment process of short-distance wireless communication, wherein the fourth handshake signal carries the first broadcast communication call signal.

14. The wireless communication device according to any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein the short-range wireless communication is any one of Wi-Fi, bluetooth, NFC, RFID, infrared data transmission, Zigbee, ultra-wideband, and optical fidelity.