CN108401509B

CN108401509B - Measurement configuration method and device

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Publication number: CN108401509B
Application number: CN201880000070.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 洪伟
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-01-30
Filing date: 2018-01-30
Publication date: 2021-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 2038-01-30
Also published as: WO2019148316A1; CN108401509A

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a measurement configuration method and apparatus, where the method is used for a first wireless AP, and includes: receiving a connection request of a terminal; after the connection request is determined to be accepted, configuring a measurement rule for measuring the network performance under the specified condition for the terminal; and sending the measurement rule to the terminal so that the terminal performs network performance measurement when detecting that the measurement rule is met. Therefore, the method and the device can realize the measurement of the network performance under the specified condition according to the configuration of the first wireless AP, are favorable for the subsequent network performance analysis of the network performance under the specified condition, obtain a scheme for improving the network performance, and further improve the practicability of the measurement configuration.

Description

Measurement configuration method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a measurement configuration method and apparatus.

Background

With the continuous development of communication technology, intelligent terminals are widely used. In a new generation communication system, the real-time service of the terminal will be developed more rapidly and more diversified, and a higher requirement is made on the stability of the 802.11 wireless network. However, the existing 802.11 wireless network has more interference, and no better technical scheme is provided for reducing the interference of the 802.11 wireless network.

Disclosure of Invention

To overcome the problems in the related art, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement configuration method and apparatus.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement configuration method for a first wireless access point, AP, the method including:

receiving a connection request of a terminal;

after the connection request is determined to be accepted, configuring a measurement rule for measuring the network performance under the specified condition for the terminal;

and sending the measurement rule to the terminal so that the terminal performs network performance measurement when detecting that the measurement rule is met.

In an embodiment, the measurement rule includes a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back a measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is less than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration.

In an embodiment, the measurement rule includes a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, so as to obtain a measurement result, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection with the third wireless AP is established.

In one embodiment, the method comprises:

receiving a measurement result sent by the terminal;

and analyzing the network performance according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving the network performance.

In an embodiment, the analyzing the network performance according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving the network performance includes:

and sending the measurement result to an Access Controller (AC) so that the AC performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving the network performance.

In an embodiment, the measurement results comprise at least one of:

measuring data, network performance reasons, measuring time and an identity identification number ID of an AP connected with the terminal.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement configuration method, the method being used for a terminal, the method including:

sending a connection request to a first wireless Access Point (AP);

receiving a measurement rule sent by the first wireless AP, wherein the measurement rule is configured for the terminal to measure the network performance under a specified condition after the first wireless AP receives the connection request;

and when the measurement rule is detected to be satisfied, performing network performance measurement.

In an embodiment, the measurement rule includes a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back a measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is less than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration;

when the measurement rule is detected to be satisfied, performing network performance measurement, including:

and after detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold value and lasts for the specified duration, performing network performance measurement.

In an embodiment, the measurement rule includes a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP when there is no AP connection or no data transmission to obtain a measurement result, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection is established with the third wireless AP;

and when no AP connection or no data connection is detected, carrying out periodic measurement on the second wireless AP.

In one embodiment, the method comprises:

and sending the measurement result to the first wireless AP so that the first wireless AP performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving the network performance.

In an embodiment, the measurement results comprise at least one of:

measurement data, network performance reasons, measurement time and the ID of the AP to which the terminal is connected.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement configuration apparatus for a first wireless AP, the apparatus comprising:

a first receiving module configured to receive a connection request of a terminal;

a rule configuration module configured to configure, after determining to accept the connection request, a measurement rule for measuring network performance under a specified condition for the terminal;

a rule sending module configured to send the measurement rule to the terminal so that the terminal performs network performance measurement when detecting that the measurement rule is satisfied.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a second receiving module configured to receive the measurement result sent by the terminal;

and the performance analysis module is configured to analyze the network performance according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving the network performance.

In one embodiment, the performance analysis module comprises:

and the sending submodule is configured to send the measurement result to an AC (access controller), so that the AC performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving the network performance.

In an embodiment, the measurement results comprise at least one of:

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement configuration apparatus, the apparatus being used for a terminal, the apparatus including:

a first transmitting module configured to transmit a connection request to a first wireless AP;

a rule receiving module, configured to receive a measurement rule sent by the first wireless AP, where the measurement rule is a measurement rule configured for the terminal to measure network performance under a specified condition after the first wireless AP accepts the connection request;

a measurement module configured to perform a network performance measurement when it is detected that the measurement rule is satisfied.

In an embodiment, the measurement rule includes a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back a measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is less than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration; in one embodiment of the present invention, the substrate is,

the measurement module includes:

and the first measurement submodule is configured to measure the network performance after detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold and the specified duration lasts.

the measurement module includes:

a second measurement sub-module configured to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP when no AP connection or no data connection is detected.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

and the second sending module is configured to send the measurement result to the first wireless AP, so that the first wireless AP performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance.

In an embodiment, the measurement results comprise at least one of:

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for executing the measurement configuration method of the first aspect described above.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for executing the measurement configuration method of the second aspect described above.

According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement configuration apparatus for a first wireless AP, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

receiving a connection request of a terminal;

According to an eighth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement configuration apparatus, the apparatus being used for a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

sending a connection request to a first wireless Access Point (AP);

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

in the disclosure, after determining to receive a connection request of a terminal, a first wireless AP may configure a measurement rule for measuring network performance under an appointed condition for the terminal, and send the measurement rule to the terminal, so that the terminal may measure the network performance when detecting that the measurement rule configured by the first wireless AP is satisfied, thereby realizing that the terminal realizes measurement of the network performance under the appointed condition according to configuration of the first wireless AP, facilitating subsequent network performance analysis of the network performance under the appointed condition, obtaining a scheme for improving the network performance, and further improving practicability of measurement configuration.

The terminal in the disclosure can receive the measurement rule sent by the first wireless AP by sending a connection request to the first wireless AP, where the measurement rule is a measurement rule configured for the terminal to measure the network performance under an appointed condition after the first wireless AP receives the connection request sent by the terminal, and when the measurement rule configured for the first wireless AP is detected, the network performance measurement is performed, so that the terminal can measure the network performance under the appointed condition according to the configuration of the first wireless AP, thereby facilitating subsequent network performance analysis on the network performance under the appointed condition, obtaining a scheme for improving the network performance, and further improving the practicability of the measurement configuration.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart illustrating a method of measurement configuration according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an application scenario of a measurement configuration method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating another measurement configuration method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating another measurement configuration method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of measurement configuration according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating another measurement configuration method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating another measurement configuration method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is an information interaction diagram illustrating a measurement configuration method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 9 is another information interaction diagram illustrating a measurement configuration method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a measurement configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating another measurement configuration apparatus in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating another measurement configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a measurement configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating another measurement configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating another measurement configuration apparatus in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating another measurement configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of a measurement configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of a measurement configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, the indication information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as indication information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a measurement configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment, and fig. 2 is an application scenario diagram illustrating a measurement configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment; the measurement configuration method may be applied to a first wireless AP (Access Point), as shown in fig. 1, the measurement configuration method may include the following steps 110 and 130:

in step 110, a connection request of a terminal is received.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when a terminal needs to connect to a first wireless AP, a connection request is sent to the first wireless AP, and the connection request may include device access information such as a channel supported by the terminal, a QoS (Quality of Service) capability, and a supported rate.

In step 120, after determining to accept the connection request of the terminal, the terminal is configured with a measurement rule for measuring network performance under a specified condition.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, whether the first wireless AP accepts the connection request of the terminal may depend on the support capability and the load condition of the first wireless AP itself.

Such as: the first wireless AP does not support the channel supported by the terminal, and the first wireless AP may reject the connection request of the terminal.

For another example: the first wireless AP supports the channel supported by the terminal, but the first wireless AP is full of load, and the first wireless AP may reject the connection request of the terminal.

Once the first wireless AP accepts the connection request of the terminal, the first wireless AP configures a measurement rule for measuring the network performance under the specified conditions for the terminal, that is, the measurement rule may be used to characterize the network performance in which situations can be measured. The situations that need to perform network performance measurement include, but are not limited to, the following three situations:

the first method comprises the following steps: when the network performance is poor, the terminal is required to measure the network performance. Network performance may be represented by signal strength, data rate, latency, among others. Also, the reasons for poor network performance may be weak signal, severe interference, long back-off time, etc.

In this case, the measurement rule configured by the first AP may include a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back the measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is less than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration. The current network performance is less than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration, and the current network performance can be used for representing that the network performance is poor.

And the second method comprises the following steps: when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, the terminal is required to perform periodic measurements on a certain or some specific APs.

In this case, the measurement rule configured by the first AP may include the second wireless AP and the third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, so as to obtain a measurement result, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection with the third wireless AP is established.

The second wireless AP and the third wireless AP may be the same or different, but the third wireless AP is different from the first wireless AP, and finally the third wireless AP obtains a measurement result, and performs network performance analysis on the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance.

Such as: the second wireless AP and the third wireless AP are the same wireless AP, so that the terminal can periodically measure the second wireless AP when no AP connection or no data transmission exists, obtain a measurement result, and can send the measurement result to the second wireless AP for network performance analysis after connection with the second wireless AP is established, thereby obtaining a scheme for improving the network performance.

For another example: the third wireless AP is a wireless AP specially used for network performance analysis, and the second wireless AP and the third wireless AP are not the same wireless AP, so that the terminal can periodically measure the second wireless AP when no AP connection or no data transmission exists, obtain a measurement result, and after connection with the third wireless AP is established, the measurement result can be sent to the third wireless AP for network performance analysis, and a scheme for improving the network performance of the second wireless AP is obtained.

Or the second wireless AP and the third wireless AP may be the same or different, and the third wireless AP is the same as the first wireless AP, and finally the first wireless AP obtains the measurement result, and performs network performance analysis on the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance.

And the third is that: when the network performance is poor, the terminal is required to measure the network performance; and when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, the terminal is required to perform periodic measurements on a certain or some specific APs.

In this case, the measurement rule configured by the first AP may include the measurement rule in the first case and the measurement rule in the second case.

In step 130, the measurement rule is sent to the terminal, so that the terminal performs network performance measurement when detecting that the measurement rule configured by the first wireless AP is satisfied.

In an exemplary scenario, as shown in fig. 2, a terminal and a first wireless AP are included. After receiving a connection request of a terminal, a first wireless AP configures a measurement rule for measuring network performance under a specified condition for the terminal, where the measurement rule may be used to characterize network performance under which conditions the terminal may perform measurement (for example, the measurement rule includes a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and requires the terminal to perform network performance measurement and feed back a measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that current network performance is less than the specified performance threshold and continues for the specified duration), and then sends the measurement rule to the terminal; after receiving the measurement rule configured by the first wireless AP, the terminal performs network performance measurement when detecting that the measurement rule is satisfied, and sends the measurement result to the first wireless AP, so that the first wireless AP can perform network performance analysis according to the measurement result provided by the terminal, and a scheme for improving network performance is obtained.

It can be seen from the above embodiments that, after determining to receive the connection request of the terminal, the terminal may be configured with a measurement rule for measuring the network performance under the specified condition, and send the measurement rule to the terminal, so that the terminal may perform network performance measurement when detecting that the measurement rule configured by the first wireless AP is satisfied, thereby achieving that the terminal performs network performance measurement under the specified condition according to the configuration of the first wireless AP, facilitating subsequent network performance analysis on the network performance under the specified condition, obtaining a scheme for improving the network performance, and further improving the practicability of measurement configuration.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another measurement configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment, which may be used for a first wireless AP and is based on the method illustrated in fig. 1, and the deployment of a general IEEE 802.11 network may have two forms: the first, fat AP form, i.e., the AP is directly connected to the internet; the second, thin AP, is a form that requires an AP to connect to an AC (Access Controller), and the AC connects to the internet and manages thin APs in a unified manner. As shown in fig. 3, the measurement configuration method may be used in a first network deployment form, and may include the following steps 310 and 320:

in step 310, the measurement result transmitted by the terminal is received.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when detecting that the measurement rule configured by the first wireless AP is satisfied, the terminal performs network performance measurement to obtain a measurement result, and if the measurement result specified in the measurement rule is sent to the first wireless AP, the terminal sends the measurement result to the first wireless AP, and the first wireless AP performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance.

In an embodiment, the measurement results may include at least one of:

measurement data, a network performance reason, measurement time, and an ID (Identity) of an AP to which the terminal is connected.

The measurement data may be data obtained by the terminal measuring network performance under a specified condition. Such as: specific data when network performance is poor; or specific data obtained after periodic measurement is carried out on a certain or some specific APs when no AP connection or no data transmission exists.

The network performance reason may be a reason for the network performance under the specified condition, which is obtained by analyzing the measurement data by the terminal. Such as: the reasons for poor network performance are weak AP signals, severe interference, long backoff time, etc. And, the network performance can be embodied by signal strength, data rate, latency.

The measurement time may be a specific moment when the terminal measures the network performance under specified conditions. Such as: the measurement time can be used to characterize which times the network performance is poor, and if many terminals report the measurement result for the network performance poor at the same time, it is likely that there is interference occurring at a fixed time near the terminals.

The ID of the AP to which the terminal is connected may be which AP the terminal is connected to when measuring the network performance under specified conditions. Such as: the ID of the AP to which the terminal is connected may be used to characterize which AP is connected when the network performance is poor, so as to facilitate to know the location where the network performance is poor.

In step 320, network performance analysis is performed according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wireless AP may determine, according to the measurement result, time, location, or reason of poor network performance, and take corresponding measures to improve the network performance.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, the scheme for improving the network performance is obtained by receiving the measurement result sent by the terminal and performing network performance analysis according to the measurement result, so that in the network deployment form of the fat AP, the first wireless AP can directly perform network performance analysis on the measurement result to obtain the scheme for improving the network performance, thereby improving the efficiency of improving the network performance.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another measurement configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment, which may be used for a first wireless AP and is based on the method illustrated in fig. 1, and the deployment of a general IEEE 802.11 network may have two forms: the first, fat AP form, i.e., the AP is directly connected to the internet; the second, thin AP, is a form that requires the AP to connect to the AC, connect to the internet by the AC, and manage the thin APs uniformly. As shown in fig. 4, the measurement configuration method may be used in a second network deployment form, and may include the following steps 410 and 420:

in step 410, the measurement results sent by the terminal are received. This step is the same as step 310 and will not be described further herein.

In step 420, the measurement result is sent to the AC, so that the AC performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result, and a scheme for improving network performance is obtained. This step is the same as step 330 and will not be described herein.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first wireless AP may send the measurement result to the AC, and perform network performance analysis by the AC according to the measurement result, so as to obtain a scheme for improving network performance.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, by receiving the measurement result sent by the terminal and sending the measurement result to the AC, the AC performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance, so that in the network deployment form of the thin AP, the first wireless AP cannot directly perform network performance analysis on the measurement result, but performs network performance analysis on the measurement result by the AC, thereby improving reliability of network performance improvement.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a measurement configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment, which may be used for a terminal, as shown in fig. 1, and the measurement configuration method may include the following steps 510 and 530:

in step 510, a connection request is sent to the first wireless AP.

In step 520, a measurement rule sent by the first wireless AP is received, where the measurement rule is configured for the terminal to measure network performance under a specified condition after the first wireless AP accepts a connection request sent by the terminal.

In step 530, network performance measurement is performed when it is detected that the measurement rule configured by the first wireless AP is satisfied.

It can be seen from the above embodiments that, by sending a connection request to the first wireless AP, receiving a measurement rule sent by the first wireless AP, where the measurement rule is a measurement rule configured for the terminal to measure network performance under an appointed condition after the first wireless AP receives the connection request sent by the terminal, and when it is detected that the measurement rule configured for the first wireless AP is satisfied, performing network performance measurement, thereby implementing that the terminal implements measurement of network performance under an appointed condition according to configuration of the first wireless AP, facilitating subsequent network performance analysis on network performance under an appointed condition, obtaining a scheme for improving the network performance, and further improving practicality of measurement configuration.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another measurement configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment, which may be used for a terminal and is based on the method shown in fig. 5, where the measurement rule includes a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back a measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration; when step 530 is executed, as shown in fig. 6, the following steps 610 may be included:

in step 610, network performance measurements are made after detecting that the current network performance is less than a specified performance threshold for a specified duration.

In an embodiment, after step 610 is executed, the following step 620 may be further included:

in step 620, the measurement result is sent to the first wireless AP, so that the first wireless AP performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance.

It can be seen from the above embodiments that, by detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration, the network performance measurement can be performed, and the measurement result is sent to the first wireless AP, so that the first wireless AP can perform network performance analysis according to the measurement result, and obtain a scheme for improving the network performance, thereby improving the efficiency of improving the network performance.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another measurement configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment, where the measurement configuration method may be used for a terminal, and based on the method illustrated in fig. 5, the measurement rule includes a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, so as to obtain a measurement result, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection is established with the third wireless AP; and the third wireless AP is the same as the first wireless AP; when step 530 is executed, as shown in fig. 7, the following steps 710 may be included:

in step 710, periodic measurements are made of the second wireless AP when no AP connection or no data connection is detected.

In an embodiment, after the step 710 is executed, the following step 720 may be further included:

in step 720, the measurement result is sent to the first wireless AP, so that the first wireless AP performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, when no AP connection or no data connection is detected, the second wireless AP is periodically measured, and the measurement result may be sent to the first wireless AP, so that the first wireless AP performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance, thereby improving reliability of network performance improvement.

Fig. 8 is an information interaction diagram of a measurement configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment, where as shown in fig. 8, the method includes a terminal and a first wireless AP, and an information interaction procedure between the terminal and the first wireless AP is specifically as follows:

(1-1) the terminal transmits a connection request to the first wireless AP

(1-2) the first wireless AP configuring a measurement rule for measuring network performance under a specified condition for the terminal after determining to accept the connection request of the terminal. The measurement rule configured by the first AP may include a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back a measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is less than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration.

And (1-3) the first wireless AP sends the measurement rule to the terminal.

And (1-4) after the terminal detects that the current network performance is less than the specified performance threshold value and lasts for the specified duration, the terminal measures the network performance.

(1-5) the terminal transmits the measurement result to the first wireless AP.

And (1-6) the first wireless AP analyzes the network performance according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving the network performance.

Fig. 9 is an information interaction diagram of a measurement configuration method according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the method includes a terminal, a first wireless AP, a second AP, and a third AP, and an information interaction procedure between the terminal, the first wireless AP, the second AP, and the third AP is specifically as follows:

(2-1) the terminal transmits a connection request to the first wireless AP

(2-2) the first wireless AP configuring a measurement rule for measuring the network performance under the specified condition for the terminal after determining to accept the connection request of the terminal. The measurement rule configured by the first AP may include a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, so as to obtain a measurement result, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection with the third wireless AP is established.

And (2-3) the first wireless AP sends the measurement rule to the terminal.

And (2-4) when the terminal detects no AP connection or no data connection, carrying out periodic measurement on the second wireless AP.

And (2-5) after the connection with the third wireless AP is established, the terminal sends the measurement result to the third wireless AP.

And (2-6) the third wireless AP analyzes the network performance according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving the network performance.

Corresponding to the embodiment of the measurement configuration method, the present disclosure also provides an embodiment of a measurement configuration apparatus.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a measurement configuration apparatus for a first wireless AP and configured to perform the measurement configuration method illustrated in fig. 1 according to an exemplary embodiment, where the measurement configuration apparatus may include:

a first receiving module 101 configured to receive a connection request of a terminal;

a rule configuration module 102 configured to configure, after determining to accept the connection request, a measurement rule for measuring network performance under a specified condition for the terminal;

a rule sending module 103 configured to send the measurement rule to the terminal, so that the terminal performs network performance measurement when detecting that the measurement rule is satisfied.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the apparatus shown in fig. 10, the measurement rule includes a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back a measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the apparatus shown in fig. 10, the measurement rule includes a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, so as to obtain a measurement result, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection with the third wireless AP is established.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the apparatus shown in fig. 10, as shown in fig. 11, the measurement configuration apparatus may further include:

a second receiving module 111 configured to receive the measurement result sent by the terminal;

and a performance analysis module 112 configured to perform network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance.

In one embodiment, based on the apparatus shown in fig. 11, as shown in fig. 12, the performance analysis module 112 may include:

the sending submodule 121 is configured to send the measurement result to an AC, so that the AC performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result, and obtains a scheme for improving network performance.

In one embodiment, based on the apparatus shown in fig. 11, the measurement result includes at least one of the following:

Fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a measurement configuration apparatus for a terminal and for performing the measurement configuration method illustrated in fig. 5 according to an exemplary embodiment, and as illustrated in fig. 13, the measurement configuration apparatus may include:

a first transmitting module 131 configured to transmit a connection request to a first wireless AP;

a rule receiving module 132, configured to receive a measurement rule sent by the first wireless AP, where the measurement rule is a measurement rule configured for the terminal to measure network performance under a specified condition after the first wireless AP accepts the connection request;

a measurement module 133 configured to perform network performance measurement when it is detected that the measurement rule is satisfied.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the apparatus shown in fig. 13, the measurement rule includes a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back a measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration; as shown in fig. 14, the measurement module 133 may include:

the first measurement sub-module 141 is configured to measure the network performance after detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the apparatus shown in fig. 13, the measurement rule includes a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, so as to obtain a measurement result, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection with the third wireless AP is established; as shown in fig. 15, the measurement module 133 may include:

a second measurement sub-module 151 configured to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP when no AP connection or no data connection is detected.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, when no AP connection or no data connection is detected, the second wireless AP is periodically measured, and the measurement result may be sent to the third wireless AP, so that the third wireless AP performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result, and obtains a scheme for improving the network performance of the second wireless AP, thereby improving the reliability of network performance improvement.

In an embodiment, based on the apparatus shown in fig. 13 or fig. 14, as shown in fig. 16, the measurement configuration apparatus may further include:

the second sending module 161 is configured to send the measurement result to the first wireless AP, so that the first wireless AP performs network performance analysis according to the measurement result, and obtains a scheme for improving network performance.

In one embodiment, based on the apparatus shown in fig. 16, the measurement result includes at least one of the following:

For the device embodiments, since they substantially correspond to the method embodiments, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiments for relevant points. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the disclosed solution. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

The present disclosure also provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for executing the measurement configuration method described in any of fig. 1 to 4 above.

The present disclosure also provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for executing the measurement configuration method described in any of fig. 5 to 7 above.

The present disclosure also provides a measurement configuration apparatus for a first wireless AP, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

receiving a connection request of a terminal;

As shown in fig. 17, fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a measurement configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. Apparatus 1700 may be provided as a wireless AP. Referring to fig. 17, the apparatus 1700 includes a processing component 1722, a wireless transmit/receive component 1724, an antenna component 1726, and signal processing portions specific to the wireless interface, the processing component 1722 may further include one or more processors.

One of the processors in the processing component 1722 may be configured to perform any of the measurement configuration methods described above.

The present disclosure also provides a measurement configuration apparatus, the apparatus being used for a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

sending a connection request to a first wireless AP;

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of a measurement configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 18, a measurement configuration apparatus 1800 is shown according to an exemplary embodiment, where the apparatus 1800 may be a computer, a mobile phone, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, or the like.

Referring to fig. 18, the apparatus 1800 may include one or more of the following components: processing components 1801, memory 1802, power components 1803, multimedia components 1804, audio components 1805, input/output (I/O) interfaces 1806, sensor components 1807, and communication components 1808.

The processing component 1801 generally controls overall operation of the device 1800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing components 1801 may include one or more processors 1809 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 1801 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 1801 and other components. For example, the processing component 1801 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1804 and the processing component 1801.

The memory 1802 is configured to store various types of data to support operation of the apparatus 1800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 1800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 1802 may be implemented with any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

The power supply component 1803 provides power to the various components of the device 1800. The power components 1803 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 1800.

The multimedia component 1804 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 1800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1804 includes a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the rear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 1800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 1805 is configured to output and/or input an audio signal. For example, the audio component 1805 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the apparatus 1800 is in operating modes, such as a call mode, recording mode, and voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in memory 1802 or transmitted via communications component 1808. In some embodiments, audio component 1805 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

I/O interface 1806 provides an interface between processing component 1801 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 1807 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the apparatus 1800. For example, the sensor component 1807 may detect an open/closed state of the apparatus 1800, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 1800, the sensor component 1807 may also detect a change in position of the apparatus 1800 or a component of the apparatus 1800, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 1800, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 1800, and a change in temperature of the apparatus 1800. The sensor component 1807 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1807 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 1807 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 1808 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 1800 and other devices. The device 1800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1808 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1808 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 1800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 1802 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 1809 of the apparatus 1800 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Wherein the instructions in the storage medium, when executed by the processor, enable the apparatus 1800 to perform any of the measurement configuration methods described above.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for measurement configuration, the method being used for a first wireless Access Point (AP), the method comprising:

receiving a connection request of a terminal;

after the connection request is determined to be accepted, configuring a measurement rule for measuring the network performance under the specified condition for the terminal; the terminal periodically measures the appointed AP when the measurement rule at least comprises no AP connection or no data transmission;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement rule comprises a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and wherein the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back measurement results to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measurement rule includes a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP to obtain a measurement result when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection with the third wireless AP is established.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method comprises:

receiving a measurement result sent by the terminal;

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said performing network performance analysis according to the measurement result to obtain a scheme for improving network performance comprises:

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the measurement results comprise at least one of:

7. A measurement configuration method, wherein the method is used for a terminal, and the method comprises:

sending a connection request to a first wireless Access Point (AP);

receiving a measurement rule sent by the first wireless AP, wherein the measurement rule is configured for the terminal to measure the network performance under a specified condition after the first wireless AP receives the connection request; the terminal periodically measures the appointed AP when the measurement rule at least comprises no AP connection or no data transmission;

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the measurement rule includes a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back the measurement result to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration;

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the measurement rule includes a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP to obtain a measurement result when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection with the third wireless AP is established;

10. The method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the method comprises:

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the measurement results comprise at least one of:

12. A measurement configuration apparatus, the apparatus for a first wireless AP, the apparatus comprising:

a rule configuration module configured to configure, after determining to accept the connection request, a measurement rule for measuring network performance under a specified condition for the terminal; the terminal periodically measures the appointed AP when the measurement rule at least comprises no AP connection or no data transmission;

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the measurement rule comprises a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and wherein the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back measurement results to the first wireless AP after detecting that current network performance is less than the specified performance threshold for the specified duration.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the measurement rule includes a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP to obtain a measurement result when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection with the third wireless AP is established.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 or 13, further comprising:

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the performance analysis module comprises:

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the measurement results comprise at least one of:

18. A measurement configuration apparatus, wherein the apparatus is used for a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a rule receiving module, configured to receive a measurement rule sent by the first wireless AP, where the measurement rule is a measurement rule configured for the terminal to measure network performance under a specified condition after the first wireless AP accepts the connection request; the terminal periodically measures the appointed AP when the measurement rule at least comprises no AP connection or no data transmission;

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the measurement rule comprises a specified performance threshold and a specified duration, and wherein the terminal is required to perform network performance measurement and feed back measurement results to the first wireless AP after detecting that the current network performance is smaller than the specified performance threshold and lasts for the specified duration;

the measurement module includes:

20. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the measurement rule includes a second wireless AP and a third wireless AP, and the terminal is required to perform periodic measurement on the second wireless AP to obtain a measurement result when there is no AP connection or no data transmission, and send the measurement result to the third wireless AP after connection with the third wireless AP is established;

the measurement module includes:

21. The apparatus of claim 18 or 19, further comprising:

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the measurement results comprise at least one of:

23. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program is configured to perform the measurement configuration method of any one of claims 1 to 6.

24. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program is configured to perform the measurement configuration method of any one of claims 7-11.

25. A measurement configuration apparatus, the apparatus for a first wireless AP, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

receiving a connection request of a terminal;

26. A measurement configuration apparatus, wherein the apparatus is used for a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

sending a connection request to a first wireless AP;