CN110582108B

CN110582108B - Control method of wireless access network, network equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN110582108B
Application number: CN201810595120.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵敏
Original assignee: ZTE Corp
Current assignee: ZTE Corp
Priority date: 2018-06-11
Filing date: 2018-06-11
Publication date: 2022-08-26
Anticipated expiration: 2038-06-11
Also published as: WO2019237826A1; CN110582108A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a control method of a wireless access network, which comprises the following steps: acquiring state statistical information of a monitoring hotspot module; the monitoring hot spot module is a hot spot module in a hot spot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises at least one of client access related information and interference source related information; selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module; wherein the enabling state represents functional information for controlling the target hotspot module. The embodiment of the invention also discloses equipment and a storage medium.

Description

Control method of wireless access network, network equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for controlling a radio access network, a network device, and a storage medium.

Background

With the rapid development of network technology, Wireless-Fidelity (WI-FI) hotspot placement has been increasing in public venues, such as restaurants, supermarkets, movie theaters, etc., where businesses may deploy WI-FI networks to attract customers.

In order to enable customers to use the network in all corners of the venue, businesses need to deploy multiple hotspots within the venue. However, when the number of users is small, the merchant needs to manually turn off some hotspots, and when the number of users is increased, the merchant needs to manually turn on some hotspots, so that the control efficiency of the hotspot network is low.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above technical problem, embodiments of the present invention are intended to provide a method, a network device, and a storage medium for controlling a radio access network, so as to solve the problem of low network control efficiency in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for controlling a radio access network, which is applied to a first network device, and includes:

acquiring state statistical information of a monitoring hotspot module; the monitoring hotspot module is a hotspot module in a hotspot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises at least one of client access related information and interference source related information;

selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module; wherein the enabling state characterizes functional information for controlling the target hotspot module.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides a method for controlling a radio access network, which is applied to a second network device, and includes:

acquiring state statistical information of a monitoring hotspot module on the second network equipment; the monitoring hotspot module is a hotspot module in a hotspot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises at least one of client access related information and interference source related information;

sending state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module to the first network device, wherein the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module is used for selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module; wherein the enabling state characterizes functional information for controlling the target hotspot module.

In a third aspect, the invention provides a network device for use in a second network device, the device comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program operable on the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the steps of the method for controlling a radio access network according to any one of the first aspect when the computer program is executed.

In a fourth aspect, the invention provides a network device for use in a second network device, the device comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program operable on the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the steps of the method for controlling a radio access network according to the second aspect when the computer program is executed.

In a fifth aspect, the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium having a control program for a radio access network stored thereon, wherein the control program for the radio access network when executed by a processor implements the steps of the method for controlling a radio access network according to any one of the first aspect, or the control program for the radio access network when executed by a processor implements the steps of the method for controlling a radio access network according to any one of the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the invention, the control method of the wireless access network provided by the embodiment of the invention obtains the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module; the monitoring hot spot module is a hot spot module in a hot spot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises at least one of client access related information and interference source related information; selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module; the enabling state represents functional information for controlling the target hotspot module; therefore, automatic adjustment of the wireless access network can be realized, manual setting is avoided, and the control efficiency of the network is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a first flowchart illustrating a method for controlling a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a second flowchart illustrating a method for controlling a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is an interaction flow diagram of a method for controlling a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic system operation diagram of a method for controlling a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a first schematic structural diagram of a control device of a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a first schematic structural diagram of a control apparatus of a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a first network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applicable to an application scenario of local area network deployment, and before introducing the control method of the wireless access network provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a network structure of the control method of the wireless access network provided by the embodiment of the present invention is generally described.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network structure of a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the WIreless access network provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be a local area network providing a WIreless-FIdelity (WI-FI) hotspot. There may be one or more network devices in the radio access network, for example, a first network device 101 and a second network device 102. A data analysis module providing a decision analysis function may be disposed on the first network device 101 serving as a master device, one or more wireless communication modules may be disposed on the second network device 102 serving as a slave device, each wireless communication module may provide a wireless access network, and a wireless communication module may be referred to as a hotspot module, and a wireless access network provided by the hotspot module may be referred to as a hotspot and a hotspot network. Illustratively, there may be one or more hotspots provided in the second network device 102, for example, hotspot 1, hotspot 2, or hotspot 3 may be provided on the second network device 102. In other embodiments of the present invention, the radio access network may include a plurality of second network devices 102.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the hot spot module set on the network device may be a WI-FI hot spot module, and for example, the WI-FI hot spot module may be a 2.4G hot spot module, a 5G hot spot module, or other wireless communication modules. In practical application, a user can access a wireless access network provided by a wireless communication module in a local area network by using a client on a terminal, and network equipment can be connected with a provider of internet services. In other embodiments of the present invention, the network devices may communicate with each other by using a WI-FI hotspot module, an internet of things communication module, and a bluetooth communication module.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the host device may also have a hot spot module (not shown). In an example, the radio access network may have only one network device, i.e. the first network device, which has the functionality of both the master device and the slave device.

The following describes a control method of a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention in detail.

Example one

An execution main body in the embodiment of the present invention may be a first network device, and the first network device may correspond to a hot spot module set, for example, the hot spot module set may be a set of hot spot modules in a wireless access network managed by the first network device. Fig. 2 is a first flowchart illustrating a method for controlling a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, the steps of the embodiment of the present invention may include:

s201, acquiring state statistical information of a monitoring hotspot module; the monitoring hotspot module is a hotspot module in a hotspot module set corresponding to the first network device, and the state statistical information includes at least one of client access related information and interference source related information.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the set of hotspot modules corresponding to the first network device may include all hotspot modules in the wireless access network managed by the first network device. For example, obtaining status statistics of monitoring hotspot modules may include obtaining status statistics of one or more hotspot modules in a set of hotspot modules.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the client access related information may include: monitoring at least one of the number of clients in a signal coverage range of the hotspot module, the identification of the clients in the signal coverage range, the client access signal strength of the client which detects the access signal of the hotspot module in the signal coverage range, and the access capability of the client. The interference source related information may include: and monitoring at least one information of the interference signal intensity of the interference source signal and the signal frequency band of the interference source signal detected by the hot spot module. It should be noted that the access capability of the client may include information such as a frequency band of a hotspot module that the client supports access.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the clients in the signal coverage of the monitoring hotspot module may include connected clients and/or potential clients; the connected client is a client which is connected to the wireless access network provided by the monitoring hotspot module, and the potential client is a client which can search the wireless access network provided by the monitoring hotspot module and is not connected to the wireless access network provided by the monitoring hotspot module.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the client access related information may further include related information such as access signal quality of the monitoring hotspot module detected by the client, and information such as a distance from the client to the monitoring hotspot module may be determined according to the access signal strength and the access signal quality.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the monitoring hotspot module may be a hotspot module on the first network device, or may be a hotspot module on the second network device. If the monitoring hotspot module is a hotspot module set on the first network device, the monitoring hotspot module can be directly utilized to acquire the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module. If the monitoring hotspot module is a hotspot module on the second network device, the first network device may obtain the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module from the second network device. For example, the collected state statistics may be sent to the first network device by the second network device after collecting the state statistics of the monitoring hotspot module.

In other embodiments of the present invention, if the number of the monitoring hotspot modules is at least two, the first network device may obtain the state statistical information of each monitoring hotspot module from the network device to which the monitoring hotspot module belongs. For example, the at least two monitoring hotspot modules may belong to a first network device, or the at least two monitoring hotspot modules may belong to one or more second network devices, or at least one of the at least two monitoring hotspot modules belongs to the first network device, and the other monitoring hotspot modules of the at least two monitoring hotspot modules belong to one or more second network devices. It should be noted that the number of the second network devices may be one or more.

In the embodiment of the invention, if the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module comprises the access related information of the potential client in the signal coverage range of the monitoring hotspot module; the obtaining of the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module may include: the method comprises the steps that a hot spot monitoring module is utilized to release hot spot state information in a signal coverage range of the hot spot monitoring module; and according to the hotspot state response information received in a preset time period, counting the access related information of the potential client in the signal coverage range of the monitoring hotspot module. Illustratively, the access-related information of the potential clients may include at least one of the number of potential clients, the identities of the potential clients, the signal strength of the wireless access network provided by the monitoring hotspot module detected by each potential client, and the signal quality.

In one example, if the monitoring hotspot module is a Wi-Fi communication module; the hotspot state information can be a beacon data packet; the counting of the potential client information in the communication range of the hotspot monitoring module according to the hotspot state response information received in the preset time period may include: and according to the Probe request data packet received in the preset time period, counting access related information of the potential client in the signal coverage range of the monitoring hotspot module. In other embodiments of the present invention, beacon packets may be sent in a broadcast manner within a signal coverage range of a monitoring hotspot module, and each Probe request packet may include at least one of signal strength and signal quality of a wireless access network provided by the monitoring hotspot module, which are detected by a client that sends the Probe request packet, and an identifier of the client that sends the Probe request packet.

It should be noted that, after any hotspot module starts broadcasting the beacon data packet, the user may see, on the terminal, the network identifier of the wireless access network provided by the monitoring hotspot module, for example, the access point name of the WI-FI hotspot network. The terminal can be set to send the Proberequest data packet when the user views the WI-FI hotspot network, or can be set to send the Proberequest data packet when the user clicks to connect with the WI-FI hotspot network. Since the user can view the signal strength of the wireless access network on the client, generally, the user will give priority to the connection of the WI-FI hotspot with a better click signal, and therefore, if the setting mode is adopted, the number of Probe request packets can accurately reflect the WI-FI hotspot which the user wishes to access more.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the first network device may perform multiple scanning, that is, multiple beacon data packets are sent, and collect the probe request data packets within a duration of multiple preset time periods, and summarize data, so as to obtain potential client information within a signal coverage range of the monitoring hotspot module.

In other embodiments of the present invention, if the monitoring hotspot module is a hotspot module on the second network device, the step of acquiring the state statistical information on the second network device is similar to the step of acquiring the state statistical information of the hotspot module of the first network device.

S202, according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hot spot modules, selecting a target hot spot module from the hot spot module set, and determining the enabling state of the target hot spot module.

Wherein the enabling state represents functional information for controlling the target hotspot module. For example, the enabling state may include setting the target hotspot module in an off state, an on state, and the like.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the monitoring hotspot module and the target hotspot module may be the same hotspot module in the hotspot module set, or may be different hotspot modules in the hotspot module set.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring of the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module may include:

selecting a hotspot module which is in an open state at a first moment from the hotspot module set as a monitoring hotspot module, and acquiring state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at a second moment; and/or the presence of a gas in the atmosphere,

selecting a hot spot module which is in a closed state at the third moment from the hot spot module set as a monitoring hot spot module; and setting the monitoring hot spot module to be in an open state at the fourth moment, and acquiring state statistical information of the monitoring hot spot module at the fourth moment.

The first time may be earlier than the second time, and the third time may be earlier than the fourth time.

It should be noted that, for the monitoring hotspot module in the on state at the first time, the first network device may determine, according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module in the on state at the first time at the second time, whether the enabling state of the monitoring hotspot module in the on state at the first time needs to be set to the off state after the second time, or determine whether the enabling state of the cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module in the on state at the first time needs to be set to the on state after the second time. The cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module and the monitoring hotspot module meet any one of the following relations: the signal coverage ranges of the monitoring hotspot modules are the same and the working frequency ranges are different, or the cooperation hotspot module and the monitoring hotspot module are different hotspot modules on the same network equipment. For the monitoring hotspot module in the on state at the third time, the first network device may determine whether the enabling state of the monitoring hotspot module in the off state at the third time needs to be set to the on state after the fourth time according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module in the on state at the third time at the fourth time.

In an implementation application, the first time and the third time may be the same time, and the second time and the fourth time may be the same time. For example, the first time and the third time may be the initial time of the user deploying the radio access network or a certain time after the radio access network is deployed. The time length from the first time to the second time may be a preset first period, the time length from the third time to the fourth time may also be a preset second period, and the first period and the second period may be the same or different. It should be further noted that the state statistical information of any monitoring hotspot module at the second time or the fourth time may be state statistical information within a preset monitoring duration from the second time or the fourth time.

For example, the hotspot module set may include a hotspot module 1, a hotspot module 2, and a hotspot module 3, where the hotspot module 3 is a cooperative hotspot module of the hotspot module 1, the user may set all hotspot modules in an open state at an initial time T0 of starting the network device, then the first network device starts to operate, acquires state statistical information of all hotspot modules at a time T1, determines, from all hotspot modules, that the hotspot module 2 and the hotspot module 3 need to be closed at a time T2 according to the state statistical information of all hotspot modules at a time T1, then, at the time T3, the first network device acquires state statistical information of a hotspot module at a time T3 of the hotspot module in an open state at a time T2, that is, the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1, determines, according to the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1 at a time T3, that the hotspot module 1 needs to be closed at the time T4 and the hotspot module 3 needs to be opened, meanwhile, the first network device may further set the hotspot module in the closed state at the time T2 to be in the open state at the time T3, that is, set the hotspot module 2 and the hotspot module 3 to be in the open state, acquire state statistical information of the hotspot module 2 and the hotspot module 3 at the time T3, and determine that the hotspot module 2 needs to be opened at the time T4 according to the state statistical information of the hotspot module 2 and the hotspot module 3 at the time T3.

It should be noted that, for a hot spot module that is in an on state at a previous time, only a closing operation needs to be performed on the hot spot module that is determined to be required to be set to be closed at a next time; for a hot spot module in a closed state at a previous moment, the hot spot module in the closed state at the previous moment can be indicated to be opened as long as the hot spot module in the closed state at the previous moment needs to be opened according to the state statistical information of any monitoring hot spot module.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module may be further divided into at least the following two cases.

In a first case, the above steps may include: and selecting a target hotspot module from the monitoring hotspot modules according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot modules and setting a control strategy of the target hotspot module.

In a second case, the above steps may include: and according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot modules, selecting target hotspot modules from the cooperative hotspot modules corresponding to the monitoring hotspot modules and setting control strategies of the target hotspot modules. The cooperation hotspot module and the monitoring hotspot module can meet the following corresponding relation: the cooperative hotspot module and the monitoring hotspot module cover the same communication range and different working frequency bands, or the cooperative hotspot module and the monitoring hotspot module are different hotspot modules on the same network equipment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, any one of the following embodiments or a combination of multiple embodiments may also be adopted to determine the target hotspot module and the enabling state of the target hotspot module.

The first embodiment:

when the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot modules at the second moment comprises the number of connected clients, for each monitoring hotspot module, if the number of the connected clients reaches a preset minimum access number threshold, determining the monitoring hotspot module in the hotspot module set as a target hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module as a closing state.

Illustratively, the minimum access number threshold may be 0 or 2, etc.

The second embodiment:

when the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the second moment comprises the number of connected clients of the first hotspot module at the second moment and the number of connected clients of the second hotspot module at the second moment, if the sum of the number of connected clients corresponding to the first hotspot module and the number of connected clients corresponding to the second hotspot module is smaller than the maximum access number of the second hotspot module, determining the first hotspot module in the hotspot module set as a target hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module as a closing state.

For example, the first hotspot module and the second hotspot module may be a 2.4 hotspot module and a 5G hotspot module on the same network device, respectively, or the first hotspot module and the second hotspot module are a 5G hotspot module and a 2.4 hotspot module on the same network device, respectively.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the client access related information may further include the connection capability of the client. The first network device may further determine the first hotspot module as the target hotspot module when the connected client of the first hotspot module supports access to the second hotspot module. By adopting the mode, when the client supports accessing the wireless access network provided by the adjacent hotspot module, one hotspot module of the first hotspot module and the second hotspot module which have the same or similar communication ranges on the same network device is closed, so that the electric energy is saved, and meanwhile, after the first hotspot module is closed, the client which is originally accessed under the first hotspot module can be accessed to the second hotspot module, so that the user experience is ensured.

In other embodiments of the present invention, when determining whether a sum of a current access number of the first hotspot module and a current access number of the second hotspot module is less than or equal to a maximum access number of the second hotspot module, the method may further include: if the current access number of the first hot spot module is smaller than the current access number of the second hot spot module, judging whether the sum of the current access number of the first hot spot module and the current access number of the second hot spot module is smaller than or equal to the maximum access number of the second hot spot module. By adopting the mode, the hotspot module with smaller current access number can be selected as the hotspot module needing to be closed, so that the number of clients needing to be accessed again is reduced.

Third embodiment:

when the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot modules at the second moment comprises the number of connected clients, determining the cooperative hotspot modules corresponding to the monitoring hotspot modules as target hotspot modules and determining the enabling states of the target hotspot modules as the starting states if the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot modules at the second moment comprises the number of connected clients and the number of the connected clients reaches a preset maximum access number threshold;

when the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the second moment comprises interference signal strength, and the interference signal strength is greater than or equal to a preset interference signal strength threshold, determining a monitoring hotspot module in the hotspot module set and a cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module as a target hotspot module, determining the enabling state of the monitoring hotspot module as a closing state, and determining the enabling state of the cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module as an opening state;

when the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the second moment comprises an interference signal frequency band and the working frequency band of the monitoring hotspot module have intersection, determining the monitoring hotspot module in the hotspot module set and the cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module as a target hotspot module, determining the enabling state of the monitoring hotspot module as a closing state, and determining the enabling state of the cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module as an opening state.

Fourth embodiment:

when the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the fourth moment comprises: and the potential client accesses the relevant information, selects a target hotspot module from the monitoring hotspot modules in the hotspot module set according to the relevant information of the potential client access, and determines the enabling state of the target hotspot module. Wherein the potential client access relevant information comprises: the method comprises the steps that at least one of the number of potential clients in a signal coverage range of a monitoring hotspot module and the access signal strength of the monitoring hotspot module detected by the potential clients in the signal coverage range is obtained.

It should be noted that, for any monitoring hotspot module, if the potential client access information includes the number of potential clients, the method further includes: adding the monitoring hot spot module into a hot spot module set to be started in the target control module according to a starting threshold preset by the number of the potential clients; and for any monitoring hot spot module, if the access information of the potential clients comprises the number of the potential clients and the number of the potential clients does not reach a preset starting threshold value, adding the monitoring hot spot module into a hot spot module set to be closed in the target control module.

For example, a keep alive signal strength threshold and a keep alive signal quality threshold may be preset, potential clients that reach the keep alive signal strength threshold and/or the keep alive signal quality threshold are used as valid potential clients, and the number of valid potential clients is used as the number of potential clients within the communication range of the monitoring hotspot module. And when the number of potential clients in the communication range of the monitoring hotspot module is larger than a preset starting number threshold, determining the monitoring hotspot module as the target hotspot module, and determining to start the target hotspot module. Illustratively, the threshold of the number of activations may be 0 or 5 or 10, etc.

On the basis of the fourth embodiment, if monitoring the potential client access related information of the hotspot module includes: the number of potential clients; the selecting a target hotspot module from monitoring hotspot modules in the hotspot module set according to the access relevant information of the potential client, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module may include: for each monitoring hot spot module, if the number of the potential clients corresponding to the monitoring hot spot module reaches a preset starting threshold, determining the monitoring hot spot module as a target hot spot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hot spot module as an opening state.

On the basis of the fourth embodiment, if the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the fourth moment includes: at least two access signal strengths corresponding to the at least two monitoring hotspot modules, wherein any one of the at least two monitoring hotspot modules corresponds to at least one access signal strength; the selecting a target hotspot module from the monitoring hotspot modules according to the relevant information of the potential client access, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module may include: according to the strength of the at least two access signals, a target hotspot module is selected from the at least two monitoring hotspot modules, the monitoring hotspot module is determined as the target hotspot module, and the enabling state of the target hotspot module is determined as the starting state.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the number of potential clients in the signal coverage range of each monitoring hotspot module may also be determined according to the distance between the potential client and the monitoring hotspot module. For example, the distance between the client and the corresponding monitoring hotspot module may be obtained by scaling according to the signal strength/signal quality of the wireless access network provided by the monitoring hotspot module detected by the client, for example, the stronger the signal strength or the better the signal quality, the closer the distance may be determined, and the farther the distance is, otherwise. The first network device may select one or more monitoring hotspot modules from the plurality of monitoring hotspot modules as a target hotspot module according to the distance of the client within the signal coverage range of each monitoring hotspot module, and determine to start the target hotspot module.

For example, the monitoring hotspot module may include a hotspot module 1 and a hotspot module 2, the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1 includes a client 1 and a client 2, and the state statistical information of the hotspot module 2 includes the client 1, the client 2 and the client 3, that is, the client 1 and the client 2 may simultaneously detect a signal of a wireless access network provided by the hotspot module 1 and a signal of a wireless access network provided by the hotspot module 2, and the distances between the client 1, the client 2 and the hotspot module 1 may be converted into distances of 5 meters and 4 meters, respectively, according to the signal strengths of the hotspot module 1 and the signal strengths of the hotspot module 1 detected by the client 1 and the client 2 included in the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1 being 15dB and 16dB, respectively; according to the fact that the signal strengths of the hot spot module 2 detected by the client 1 and the client 2 in the state statistical information of the hot spot module 2 are respectively 16dB and 17dB, the distances between the client 1, the client 2 and the hot spot module 2 can be converted into 4 meters and 3 meters respectively; therefore, the client 1 and the client 2 can be determined to be closer to the hot spot module 2, and the hot spot module 2 can be determined to be started, so that the client 1 and the client 2 can access to the wireless access network provided by the hot spot module 2, and if no other client exists in the signal coverage range of the hot spot module 1, the hot spot module 1 can be prevented from being started, and electric energy is saved.

In other embodiments of the present invention, on the basis of the fourth embodiment, if the number of the monitoring hotspot modules is at least two; the at least two hot spot modules comprise a first hot spot module and a second hot spot module; the state statistical information of the monitoring hot spot module comprises an identifier of a client in a signal coverage range of the first hot spot module, access signal strength of the first hot spot module, which is detected by the client in the signal coverage range of the first hot spot module, an identifier of a client in a signal coverage range of the second hot spot module, and access signal strength of the second hot spot module, which is detected by the client in the signal coverage range of the second hot spot module; the number of potential clients in the signal coverage area of the monitoring hotspot module is determined according to the number of clients in the signal coverage area of the monitoring hotspot module, and the following steps of the embodiment may also be adopted:

extracting the identification of the potential client from the identification of the client in the signal coverage range of the first hot spot module to obtain a potential client list corresponding to the first hot spot module;

extracting the identification of the potential client from the identification of the client in the signal coverage range of the second hot spot module to obtain a potential client list corresponding to the second hot spot module;

screening potential clients initially existing in a potential client list corresponding to the first hot spot module and a potential client list corresponding to the second hot spot module, and selecting the potential clients with the same identification as the clients to be compared;

for each client to be compared, comparing the access signal strengths of the first hot spot module and the second hot spot module detected by the client to be compared, and deleting the identifier of the client to be compared from a potential client list corresponding to the hot spot module with lower access signal strength;

after the clients to be compared are compared one by one, the number of the clients in the potential client list of each hotspot module is used as the number of the potential clients of each hotspot module.

By adopting the method, the potential clients appearing in two hot spot modules can be classified into one hot spot module, and if the number of the potential clients in the potential client information of a certain hot spot module after comparison processing is reduced to 0, the hot spot module does not need to be started. Therefore, the number of hot spot modules needing to be started in the local area network can be reduced.

For example, the first hotspot module and the second hotspot module may be a 2.4G hotspot module and a 5G hotspot module on the same network device. And if the current access number of any one of the 2.4G hotspot module and the 5G hotspot module reaches the corresponding preset minimum access number threshold, determining the hotspot module reaching the minimum access number threshold as a target hotspot module, and determining to close the target hotspot module. In other embodiments of the present invention, the first hot spot module and the second hot spot module may be cooperative hot spot modules.

Fifth embodiment:

if the monitoring hot spot module is the first hot spot module; the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module comprises state statistical information of a first hotspot module; the above selecting a target hotspot module from the cooperative hotspot modules corresponding to the monitoring hotspot modules according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot modules and setting the control strategy of the target hotspot module may further include at least one of the following steps:

and if the connected client information in the state statistical information of the first hotspot module indicates that the connected client detects that the signal intensity of the first wireless access network provided by the first hotspot module is lower than a preset connection maintaining intensity threshold, determining a second hotspot module on the network equipment to which the first hotspot module belongs as a target hotspot module, and determining to start the second hotspot module.

In an example, the network device to which the monitoring hotspot module belongs may include a 2.4G hotspot module and a 5G hotspot module; correspondingly, the selecting the target hotspot module from the cooperative hotspot modules corresponding to the monitoring hotspot modules according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot modules and setting the control strategy of the target hotspot module may include:

when the 2.4G hot spot module is in an open state and the 5G hot spot module is in a closed state, if interference source information in the state statistical information of the 2.4G hot spot module indicates that an interference signal with signal intensity larger than a preset interference intensity threshold exists in a communication range of the 2.4G hot spot module, determining the 5G hot spot module as a target hot spot module, and determining to open the 5G hot spot module; and/or the presence of a gas in the atmosphere,

when the 2.4G hotspot module is in an open state and the 5G hotspot module is in a closed state, if the current access number indicated by the connected client information of the 2.4G hotspot module reaches the maximum access number threshold, determining the 5G hotspot module as a target hotspot module, and determining to open the 5G hotspot module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

when the 5G hotspot module is in an open state and the 2.4G hotspot module is in a closed state, if the connected client information in the state statistical information of the 5G hotspot module indicates that the connected client detects that the signal intensity of the wireless access network provided by the 5G hotspot module is lower than a preset connection maintaining intensity threshold, determining the 5G hotspot module as a target hotspot module, and determining to open the 2.4G hotspot module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

when the 5G hotspot module is in an open state and the 2.4G hotspot module is in a closed state, if the number of connected clients indicated by the connected client information of the 5G hotspot module reaches the maximum access number threshold, determining the 2.4G hotspot module as a target hotspot module, and determining to open the 2.4G hotspot module.

The interference signal may include at least one of a microwave interference signal, a bluetooth signal, and a transmission signal of another hotspot.

In this way, the anti-interference capability of the wireless access network provided by the 2.4G hotspot module is lower than that of the wireless access network provided by the 5G hotspot module, but the working distance of the wireless access network provided by the 2.4G hotspot module is longer than that of the wireless access network provided by the 5G hotspot module. Therefore, the advantages of the two can be combined to carry out switching work or simultaneous work in different scenes.

In other embodiments of the present invention, only the 2.4G hotspot module may be turned on by default in the initial state, and the 5G hotspot module is determined to be turned on and off according to the obtained state statistical information.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the number of monitoring hot spot modules may be one or more. In an example, the obtaining of the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module may include: acquiring state statistical information of one or more monitoring hotspot modules; the determining a target hotspot module and a control strategy for the target hotspot module according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module may include: determining a target hotspot module and a control strategy for the target hotspot module according to the state statistical information of the one or more monitoring hotspot modules; the target hotspot module may be selected from one or more monitoring hotspot modules, or the target hotspot module may be selected from a hotspot communication module on the network device to which the one or more monitoring hotspot modules belong.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the monitoring hotspot module may be located on different network devices.

In an example, if the number of monitoring hot spot modules is at least two; the first network device may obtain the state statistical information of the at least two monitoring hotspot modules from the network device to which the at least two monitoring hotspot modules belong; and each monitoring hotspot module corresponds to each state statistical information one by one. Correspondingly, the first network device may determine the enabling states of the target hotspot module and the target hotspot module according to the state statistical information of the at least two monitoring hotspot modules. The at least two monitoring hotspot modules may belong to a first network device, or the at least two monitoring hotspot modules belong to one or more second network devices, or at least one of the at least two monitoring hotspot modules belongs to the first network device, and the other monitoring hotspot modules of the at least two monitoring hotspot modules belong to the second network devices.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the number of target hotspot modules may also be one or more. The monitoring hotspot module may be assigned to the same or different network device as the target hotspot module.

In an example, the monitoring hotspot module may be attributed to the second network device, and the target hotspot module may be attributed to the first network device, or the monitoring hotspot module and the target hotspot module may be attributed to different second network devices, or both the monitoring hotspot module and the target hotspot module may be hotspot modules on the first network device, and the like.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first network device may further periodically turn on the turned-off hotspot module, so as to obtain the state statistical information of the hotspot module in the turned-off state at the previous time.

In the embodiment of the invention, if any monitoring hotspot module belongs to the second network equipment; the step of setting the monitoring hotspot module to be in an open state at the fourth time may include: the first network equipment sends awakening indication information to the second network equipment. Correspondingly, the obtaining of the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the fourth moment may include: and receiving state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the fourth moment, which is sent by the second network equipment.

In this embodiment of the present invention, if the target hotspot module belongs to the second network device, after selecting the target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitored hotspot module and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module, the method in this embodiment of the present invention may further include: and sending the control indication information to the second network equipment. For example, if the enabling state of the target hotspot module is a closing state, sending closing indication information to the second network device; and if the enabling state of the target hotspot module is the starting state, sending awakening indication information to the second network equipment. Accordingly, the second network device may turn on or turn off the target hotspot module according to the indication of the control indication information after receiving the control indication information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the time lengths of the mentioned preset time periods may be the same or different.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the enabling state may further include parameter adjustment instructions such as increasing or decreasing the transmission power of the target hotspot module.

In the embodiment of the invention, the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module is obtained; the monitoring hot spot module is a hot spot module in a hot spot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises at least one of client access related information and interference source related information; selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module; the enabling state representation is used for controlling the function information of the target hotspot module, so that the wireless access network can be flexibly controlled, the target hotspot module to be adjusted is determined according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, the enabling state of the target hotspot module to be adjusted is determined, the automatic adjustment of the wireless access network can be realized, manual setting is avoided, and the control efficiency of the wireless access network is improved.

Example two

The embodiment of the invention also provides a control method of the wireless access network. The execution subject of the embodiment of the invention is the second network equipment. Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling a radio access network according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, the steps of the embodiment of the present invention may include:

s301, state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module on the second network device is obtained.

The monitoring hot spot module is a hot spot module in a hot spot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises at least one of client access related information and interference source related information. The step of acquiring the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module by the second network device by using the monitoring hotspot module is similar to the step of acquiring the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module set by the first network device in the foregoing embodiment, and reference may be made to the description in the foregoing embodiment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the wake-up instruction information for waking up the monitoring hotspot module sent by the first network device, the second network device may wake up the monitoring hotspot module according to the wake-up instruction information, and perform the step of acquiring the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module on the second network device.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the first network device may periodically send wakeup indication information to other second network devices in the local area network; therefore, the state statistical information in the communication range of a plurality of or all hotspot modules in the local area network can be periodically acquired.

S302, state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module is sent to the first network device, and is used for selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set and determining an enabling state of the target hotspot module, wherein the enabling state represents function information used for controlling the target hotspot module.

The enabling state may include an on state or an off state, among others.

In this embodiment of the present invention, if the target hotspot module belongs to the second network device, after sending the status information of the monitoring hotspot module to the first network device, the steps of this embodiment of the present invention may further include:

receiving control indication information carrying a control strategy and sent by first network equipment;

if the control strategy of the target hotspot module is determined to comprise closing the target hotspot module, closing the target hotspot module and starting a control module on the second network equipment;

the control module is used for starting the target hotspot module when the awakening indication information for starting the target hotspot module is acquired, and the control module is set to enter a dormant state.

In other embodiments of the present invention, if the target hotspot module belongs to the second network device, after sending the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module to the first network device, the method may further include: receiving control indication information sent by first network equipment; if the enabling state of the target hotspot module is determined to comprise a closing state, setting the target hotspot module to be in the closing state, and starting a control module on the target hotspot module; the control module is used for starting the target hotspot module when the awakening indication information for starting the target hotspot module is acquired, and the control module is set to enter a dormant state.

For details and technical effects of other technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, reference may be made to the description in other embodiments of the present invention.

EXAMPLE III

The embodiment of the invention also provides a control method of the wireless access network. The execution main body of the embodiment of the invention is a first network device, a second network device A and a second network device B, and a hotspot module in a local area network comprises: the system comprises a hotspot module 1 and a hotspot module 2 which are arranged on a second network device A, and a hotspot module 3 which is arranged on a second network device B, wherein the second network device A is provided with a control device 1, and the second network device B is provided with a control device 2. Fig. 4 is a schematic interaction flow diagram illustrating a method for controlling a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, the steps of the embodiment of the present invention may include:

s401, the first network device starts all the hot spot modules in the initial state setting, and instructs all the hot spot modules to report state statistical information.

The first network device may determine all hotspot modules in the local area network as monitoring hotspot modules that need to acquire state statistical information.

S402, each second network device sends the state statistical information of each hotspot module to the first network device.

The state statistical information of each hotspot module is the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module.

And S403, the first network device determines to close the hot spot module 3 according to the state statistical information of all the hot spot modules.

The target hotspot module to be controlled is a hotspot module, and the target enabling state of the hotspot module 3 is a closing state.

For example, if the number of currently connected clients of the hotspot module 1 and the hotspot module 2 is 3 and 5, respectively, and the number of currently connected clients in the hotspot module 3 is 0, the first network device may determine to close the hotspot module 3.

S404, the first network device sends, to the second network device B, closing instruction information for closing the hotspot module 3.

S405, the second network device B closes the hotspot module 3, and opens the control module 2, where the control module 2 is configured to monitor the wakeup indication information.

Each second network device may be provided with a control module, and when all hotspot modules on the second network device are in a closed state, the control module on the second network device may be started to maintain communication with the first network device. The control module can be

S406, the second network device a periodically obtains the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1 and the hotspot module 2.

When the hotspot module 1 and the hotspot module 2 are in the on state, the second network device a may periodically acquire state statistical information of the hotspot module 1 and the hotspot module 2. The period for acquiring the state statistics may be 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 60 seconds, etc. For example, the hotspot module 1 may count the information of the potential clients included in the probe request packet received once every 30 seconds, continuously obtain 3 periods, and report the information of the probe request packet received in the 3 periods as the state statistical information to the first network device.

S407, the second network device a periodically sends the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1 and the hotspot module 2 to the first network device.

The period of reporting the state statistical information by the second network device may be 1 minute, 5 minutes, and the like. For example, the second network device reports the state statistical information acquired within the last 90 seconds every 5 minutes.

And S408, the first network device determines to close the hotspot module 1 according to the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1 and the hotspot module 2.

For example, if the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1 indicates that the number of potential clients in the signal coverage range of the hotspot module 1 in the last 90 seconds is 0, the first network device determines to close the hotspot module 1. If the number of connected clients in the state statistical information of the hotspot module 2 is greater than 0, it may be determined to keep the hotspot module 1 in an open state.

S409, the first network device sends, to the second network device a, closing instruction information for closing the hotspot module 1.

S410, the second network device a closes the hotspot module 1.

Since the hotspot module 2 on the second network device a is in the on state, the control module 1 on the second network device a does not need to be turned on temporarily. In other embodiments of the present invention, if the hotspot module 2 on the second network device a is also turned off, the control module 1 needs to be turned on.

S411, the second network device a periodically obtains the state statistical information of the hotspot module 2.

S412, the second network device a periodically sends the state statistical information of the hotspot module 2 to the first network device.

Wherein the step is similar to S407. In other embodiments of the present invention, the first network device may determine to continue to start the hotspot module according to the received state statistical information of the hotspot module 2, and may not need to send the control instruction information to the second network device a.

S413, the first network device sends wakeup indication information for waking up the hotspot module 1 to the second network device a.

The first network device may also send wakeup indication information for waking up the hotspot module 1 to the second network device a according to a preset cycle of obtaining state statistical information of the hotspot module; in other embodiments of the present invention, the first network device may send wakeup indication information for waking up the hotspot module 1 to the second network device B after closing the hotspot module 1 for a preset time period.

S414, the first network device sends wake-up instruction information for waking up the hotspot module 3 to the second network device B.

The first network device may also send wakeup indication information for waking up the hotspot module 3 to the second network device B according to a preset cycle of obtaining state statistical information of the hotspot module; in other embodiments of the present invention, the first network device may send the wake-up indication information for waking up the hotspot module 3 to the second network device B after the hotspot module 3 is turned off for a preset time period.

S415, the second network device a starts the hotspot module 1, and obtains the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1.

S416, the second network device B starts the hotspot module 3, closes the control module 2, and obtains the state statistical information of the hotspot module 3.

S417, the second network device a sends the state statistical information of the hotspot module 1 and the hotspot module 2 to the first network device.

S418, the second network device B sends the state statistical information of the hotspot module 3 to the first network device.

S419, the first network device determines a control strategy of the hotspot module according to the acquired state statistical information of the hotspot module.

It should be noted that, for the explanation of the same steps or concepts in the present embodiment as in the other embodiments, reference may be made to the description in the other embodiments. For other technical effects of the embodiments of the present invention, reference may be made to descriptions in other embodiments, which are not described herein again.

Example four

Presently, there are more and more WI-FI hotspot layouts in public, restaurants, hospitals, etc., where merchants deploy WI-FI networks to attract customers.

In practical application, the layout mode of the small local area network generally opens all hotspots, and the hotspots cannot be adjusted along with the number of users, and are all laid out according to the maximum number of users. The network layout is suitable for places with small user quantity change, the places with large user quantity change are not suitable, and the number of hot spots cannot be estimated when the network layout is finished. At present, the number of opened hotspots cannot be adjusted according to the number of users in a network layout, which causes the problems that the number of opened hotspots is small, the user experience is poor, and when the login number of one Access Point (AP) or one hotspot exceeds the maximum Access number, other users cannot Access the hotspot; all hotspots are opened, and when the number of clients is reduced, all hotspots are opened, which causes resource waste.

This situation may occur in a particular use, where it is difficult to log in to a hot spot provided by a merchant during a time period when customers are concentrated, such as a restaurant, and it is almost difficult for customers to log in to a hot spot provided by a merchant during a time period when customers are most around 6 pm, and for this case, a plurality of hot spots may be provided for customers to use, but this increases costs because the hot spots are all on before other time periods when customers are absent, such as 11 pm, which increases electricity charge network charges, and so on. In a fixed place, the time of the client aggregation is relatively centralized, for example, in a restaurant scene, the time of the client aggregation is generally the time period from 12 pm to 2 pm and from 6 pm to 9 pm, if a plurality of hot spots are opened in the time period and redundant hot spots are closed in other time periods, not only can a better experience be brought to the user, but also the cost can be saved for a merchant, and based on the starting point, the view point of the text is provided, and the WI-FI network layout is dynamically adjusted.

In the control scheme of the wireless access network provided by the embodiment of the invention, the number of users around a real-time hotspot is counted through a main control center in a small local area network, such as a main device, the on-off control is carried out on the hotspot in the local area network according to the number and the distribution position of the users, the number of the opened hotspots is dynamically adjusted, the hotspot is automatically opened when the users are more, the hotspot cannot be accessed because the users are suddenly increased, the user experience is improved, and the unnecessary hotspots are closed when the users are less, so that the purpose of saving the cost is achieved. The embodiment of the invention has wide applicable field background, and can be applied to the construction of small local area networks, such as wireless network layouts of small places like restaurants, coffee shops and the like.

The present embodiment provides a network system of a wireless access network capable of implementing dynamic adjustment of a wireless routing device, where the device in the network system includes a plurality of wireless routing devices, the wireless routing devices may be network devices, and the wireless routing devices included in the network system may be classified into two types: a master device and a slave device. The wireless routing device comprising the data analysis module is a main device, and the other devices are all sub-devices.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the master device may include: the system comprises a main control module, a data analysis module and an interaction module. The main device has high requirements due to the complex statistical information required to be processed, for example, the memory and the CPU processing capability, and the coverage area of the hot spot has an overlapping area, so the main device can be divided into two types: the client does not contain the hotspot function, or contains the hotspot function, and can be accessed by an external client. When the main device has the hotspot function, the main device may further include: the system comprises a hot spot module and a data collection module. When the master device does not include the hotspot function, the master device may perform the relevant steps of the method for controlling a radio access network performed by the first network device in the foregoing embodiments. When the main device includes the hotspot function, the main device may further perform the steps of the method for controlling the wireless access network performed by the second network device in the foregoing embodiment, it should be noted that when a hotspot module is deployed on the main device, the main device may obtain state statistical information of the hotspot module through an internal communication connection of the main device, and the main device may further set the hotspot module on the main device to be in an on state or an off state through an internal communication connection of the main device itself. In the embodiment of the present invention, the interaction module of the main device may be configured to interact information with the sub device, for example, obtain status statistics information of a hotspot module on the sub device from the sub device, and send status indication information to the sub device.

The sub-device may comprise: the system comprises a main control module, a hotspot module, a data collection module and an interaction module so as to provide a hotspot function, an information collection function and a function of controlling the opening and closing of hotspots. The sub-device may be configured to perform the steps of the method for controlling a radio access network performed by the second network device in the above embodiments. For example, the state statistical information of the hot spot module on the device is acquired by using the hot spot module, and control instruction information for turning on or turning off the hot spot module, which is sent by the main device, is received. In the embodiment of the present invention, the interaction module on the sub device may interact information with the interaction module of the main device, for example, send state statistical information of the hotspot module on the sub device to the main device, receive control instruction information sent by the main device, and the like. The data collection module may be configured to obtain, by using the hotspot module on the child device, the state statistical information of the hotspot module according to the instruction of the master device. In other embodiments of the present invention, a control module may be further disposed on the sub-device.

It should be noted that the sub-device may include a wifi module and a control module, where the control module may be, for example, an internet of things wireless data zigbee module, a bluetooth communication module, or another wireless module that can receive a control message, and may also be referred to as a control message receiving and sending module. The control module and the wifi module are mutually exclusive, when the wifi module works, the transceiving control message module is dormant, when the wifi module is closed, the transceiving control message module works, and because the power consumption for opening the zigbee and the bluetooth is usually lower than the power consumption of the hotspot module, the total power consumption of equipment when the control module is opened after the hotspot module is closed is still lower than the total power consumption when the hotspot module is opened, so that the purpose of reducing resource use can be still achieved on the basis of increasing the modules.

Fig. 5 is a system operation diagram of a method for controlling a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the steps of the embodiment of the present invention may include:

s501: a data collection module working on the sub-equipment acquires current client information; the data is then sent to a data analysis module operating on the host device.

S502: the data analysis module analyzes how many wireless routing devices which are currently needed to work can meet the requirements; and then, the list of the wireless devices which need to open the hot spot finally is sent to the main control module.

S503: and after receiving the list, the main control module working on the main equipment sends out a control message, and the number of the working wireless routing devices is adjusted to meet the requirements of the current stage.

S504: and the wireless module on the sub-equipment receives the control message to complete corresponding operation.

Wherein, the wireless module can be a WI-FI module or a control module.

In the embodiment of the invention, when a system is initialized to run, all equipment is opened, firstly, a data collection module starts to collect peripheral information after the system starts to work normally, the collected number and signal strength of clients are reported to a data analysis module, the data analysis module calculates how many potential users are connected to hotspots at present, meanwhile, according to the signal strength of each client, the areas in which the clients are concentrated are obtained, the hotspots of which areas are opened are obtained through a comprehensive algorithm of the number and the distance, hotspot information is sent to a main control module, and the main control module finishes the control operation of the hotspots in a defined communication mode.

How the system works is explained in detail below in connection with each module.

In one example, the data collection module may perform the following steps in operation:

after the network system provided by the embodiment of the invention starts to operate, the data collection module starts to work.

step 1: and a data collection module of the sub-equipment opens a hotspot function to send a beacon data packet.

step 2: after detecting beacon data packets, potential clients send probe requests to the hotspot to request to join the hotspot, and at the moment, a data collection module collects, sorts and stores client information contained in the request messages in a defined database.

step 3: and after the data collection module scans for multiple times, the collected client information is collated into a set of perfect data, and the data is sent to the data analysis module.

The collected information mainly comprises two parts, namely the number of clients in the hotspot coverage area and the signal strength of the clients, and the distance between the clients and the hotspot can be calculated through the signal strength, wherein the two parts are key points for determining the starting of the hotspot.

In one example, the data analysis module may perform the following steps during operation:

step 1: the data analysis module performs classification statistics on the information sent by each sub-device, and the statistical rules may include:

rule one is as follows: if the hot spots of the two sub-devices are counted to the same client, the client with high signal strength takes effect, that is, the information of the client in the statistical information of the client with high signal strength is retained, and the client with low signal strength is deleted from the statistical information of the sub-devices corresponding to the sub-devices with low signal strength.

Rule two: if the signal strength of the two sub-devices detected by the client is the same, the client information is counted to the sub-device with the highest client number, for example: client 1 is contained in both sub-device 1 and sub-device 2, and the signal strength in both devices is-30 dB, the number of clients currently counted by sub-device 1 is 5, and the number of clients currently counted by sub-device 2 is 7, then client 1 will count into the table in sub-device 2. The current counted number of clients is the current access number of the hotspot module.

Rule three: if two sub-devices still generate the same table through the above rule, one sub-device is randomly selected to be turned on. That is, after the processing of rule one and rule two, the clients included in the statistical information of the two sub-devices are completely the same, and one of the sub-devices may be optionally turned on.

And a fourth rule: in order to improve the resource utilization, only the sub-devices larger than the threshold of the minimum access number can be started. The threshold may be half of the maximum number of accesses of the subset hotspot, or may be a specified value, limited to the maximum number of accesses.

Table 1 is an illustration of one type of statistical information. After the above rule calculation, a table of only the sub-device to be turned on and the number of clients under the sub-device to be turned on is finally formed, as shown in table 1.

TABLE 1

Device numbering	Number of current clients	Client information	Control strategy
				Sub-device 1	20	Client 1, client 5, and client 7.	Is opened
Sub-device 2	15	Client 11, client 9, and client 28.	Is opened
				Sub-device 3	30	Client 15, client 50, and client 70.	Is opened
Sub-device 4	5	Client 3, client 25, and client 27.	To be determined
				Sub-device 5	10	Customer 4, customer 34, customer 33.	To be determined

The client information may include information such as signal strength of the client, for example, the client 1 may represent the client 1, and the client 1 may further include information such as signal strength of the sub-device 1 detected by the client 1. The control policy is based on whether the current client number is greater than a minimum access threshold 15. The own control policy may be set pending when the current number of clients is below a minimum access threshold.

step 2: if the equipment is to be determined in table 1, the following rule is followed:

rule five: analyzing the to-be-determined sub-device to search the original form, analyzing whether the client in the to-be-determined sub-device is contained in the original list of the opened sub-device, if so, attributing the client to the opened sub-device again, and if the client 4 in the sub-device 5 in the table 1 is contained in the sub-device 1 in the original form, attributing the client 4 to the sub-device 1 again. The original form may refer to a queue of identifiers of clients obtained by the child device through statistical probe information.

Rule six: if a customer in a to-be-sub-device cannot find a sub-device for which the control policy is on, the sub-device needs to be turned on even if it is less than the threshold. For example the following scenarios: a certain box in a restaurant is far from the lobby and needs to be opened even if the sub-equipment near the box does not reach the threshold, such as sub-equipment 4 in table 1.

Table 2 is an illustration of one type of statistical information. After the above two statistics, a complete information table is sorted out, as shown in table 2.

TABLE 2

Device numbering	Number of current clients	Client information	Threshold 15
				Sub-device 1	25	Client 1, client 5, and client 7.	Is opened
Sub-device 2	20	Client 11, client 9, and client 28.	Is opened
				Sub-device 3	30	Client 15, client 50, and client 70.	Is opened
Sub-device 4	5	Client 3, client 25, and client 27.	Is opened

Step 3: and finally generating a list and sending only the hotspot names which need to be opened to the main control module. The main control module may be a main control module of a main device or a main control module of a sub device.

In one example, the main control module may perform the following steps during operation:

it should be noted that the main control module is divided into two parts, and the two parts are respectively operated in the main device and the sub-device.

One part is a main control module in the main equipment and is responsible for periodically starting the system statistical function, and then sending the information that the data collection module needs to be started to start working to the sub-equipment.

The other part is a main control module in the sub-device, wherein the work of the main control module of the sub-device comprises two aspects.

On the one hand, it needs to be responsible for receiving control messages. The control messages received by the master control module on the kid device may include two types. One is an on message and an off message, and one is an indication to start collecting messages. When receiving a hot spot opening message, a main control module of the sub-device is responsible for opening the hot spot of the sub-device, controlling a control module of the sub-device to enter a dormant state, waiting for the next round of information collection and transmission, and if the received message is a closing message, closing the hot spot of the sub-device; when receiving the message indicating to start collecting, the main control module of the sub-device needs to start the data collecting module to start working.

On the other hand, when the main control module in the sub-device detects that the number of the connections of the local hot spots is 0, the hot spots are closed, the main device is informed, and the local control module is awakened.

EXAMPLE five

The following describes a control method for a radio access network provided in an embodiment of the present invention with a simple application scenario.

In the application scenario, the number of the monitoring hotspot modules to acquire the state statistical information may be two, and the two monitoring hotspot modules may be two hotspot modules located on the same network device. Illustratively, two hot spot modules supporting a 2.4G mode and a 5G mode can be included on one routing device.

It should be noted that, when the routing device supports the 2.4G mode and the 5G mode, only one hot spot module of the mode may be turned on by default, and then, the mode may be switched between the manual mode and the automatic mode. It should be noted that the hot spot modules in the 2.4G mode and the 5G mode have different operating characteristics. The 2.4G mode hotspot module provides a long communication working distance of a wireless access network, but has poor interference resistance, for example, a microwave oven and bluetooth are used, and other Wi-Fi devices can generate interference on the 2.4G mode hotspot; the hot spot module in the 5G mode provides a short transmission distance for the wireless access network, but has a strong anti-interference capability, so that the user can select the hot spot module according to respective working advantages of 2.4G and 5G, for example, the hot spot module can be switched or simultaneously work in different scenes by combining the respective advantages of the two.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the routing device may be a first network device or a second network device. The hotspot module may also be referred to as a hotspot.

Implementation examples in a first sub-scenario:

the method comprises the following steps: the routing equipment is started, the 2.4G hot spot module is defaulted to work, and when the main control module of the routing equipment detects that one of the following conditions is met, the 5G hot spot module is started:

1) the number of users of the current connection of the 2.4G hot spot module reaches the maximum.

2) There are currently interference sources around: bluetooth interference, or multiple hot spots, etc.

3) And setting and starting a 5G hot spot module.

The maximum number of the currently connected users may mean that the current access number of the 2.4G hotspot module reaches a preset maximum connection number threshold. Setting and starting the 5G hotspot module may refer to the routing device receiving an instruction that the user receives to set and start the 5G hotspot module.

Step two: the routing equipment works in a 2.4G and 5G coexistence mode, and when the main control module detects that one of the following conditions is met, one of the hot spots is closed:

1) the current access number of a certain hotspot is 0.

2) The total access number of the current 2.4G hotspot module and 5G hotspot module is smaller than the maximum access number of each module, and the accessed client side supports the 2.4G mode and the 5G mode at the same time.

3) And closing the hotspot with the minimum access number by judging the respective signal intensity of the users and the access numbers of 2.4G and 5G.

The 2.4G and 5G coexistence mode is that the 2.4G hotspot module and the 5G hotspot module are simultaneously in an open state.

Step three: if the hot spot module in the second step is closed, when the main control module detects that one of the following conditions is met, the hot spot module in the 2.4G is opened:

1) the number of the users currently connected with the 5G hot spot module reaches the maximum.

2) The signal strength of the client with access is too poor at present, and the connection is difficult to maintain.

3) And starting the 2.4G hot spot module.

Step four: and the main control module periodically collects the information of the surrounding client and continues the execution process of the step two, the step one or the step three.

The following describes a control method for a radio access network provided in an embodiment of the present invention with a complex application scenario.

In this application scenario, the site of the network layout may be, for example, a restaurant.

First, the network layout rules in the restaurant are as follows:

the coverage area of the hot spot is assumed to be 100 meters, the signal strength of the hot spot is reduced due to the blocking of the inner wall surface of the building, so that the network layout needs to consider the factors, a few hot spots can be arranged in an open hall, and one hot spot device can be arranged in or near each box.

Then, after the network layout is completed, the network system is started, and the following steps are executed:

the method comprises the following steps: each device powers up to start.

Wherein each device may include a master device and a slave device.

Step two: the data collection module of the sub-equipment starts working according to the executable steps of the data collection module in the running process, then the collected information is sent to the main equipment, the data analysis module of the main equipment starts working, a complete table is counted and then sent to the main control system, and the main control system sends out information to control the on and off of the sub-equipment. And after receiving the message, the sub-equipment starts the hot spot and controls the module to sleep.

Step three: the system starts to work normally, and after half an hour, the control center of the main device sends a message to the sub-devices. And starting a new round of statistical work, and repeating the step two. The user can define a time period to periodically refresh, for example, the user experience can be guaranteed by less refreshing in a dining peak period, the hot point can be controlled to be started by more refreshing in a dining peak period, and the cost is reduced.

Step four: and when the current access number of the sub-equipment is 0, closing the local hot spot of the sub-equipment and awakening the local control module.

Other technical scheme details and technical effects of the embodiment of the invention can be seen in the descriptions in other embodiments.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects: on one hand, the purpose of saving cost can be achieved by dynamically adjusting the number of devices for starting the hot spots; on the other hand, user experience can be improved, the hot spot is automatically opened when the number of users is large, the situation that the user cannot access the hot spot due to sudden increase of the users is avoided, and resources are wasted due to reduction of the number of users is avoided. On the other hand, the main wireless routing device can comprise a main control system, the performance needs to be superior, and the sub wireless routing device only needs to provide the WI-FI function and the message receiving function, so that the performance can be lower than that of the main wireless routing device, a small local area network is arranged for a client, and the cost of purchasing machines can be greatly reduced. In addition, as long as the layout of a small local area network or a device with multiple hot spots can be used in the system, especially in small and medium-sized places such as restaurants, hospitals, coffee shops and the like, with the development of control technologies, such as zigbee technology, the control module of the system will bring about faster control and low cost.

EXAMPLE six

On the basis of the foregoing embodiments of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides a control apparatus for a radio access network. Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a control apparatus of a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, the apparatus may be located on a first network device, and the apparatus may include: a communication module 61, a data analysis module 62; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the communication module 61 is used for acquiring state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module; the monitoring hotspot module is a hotspot module in a hotspot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises at least one of client access related information and interference source related information;

the data analysis module 62 is configured to select a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, and determine an enabling state of the target hotspot module; wherein the enabling state represents functional information for controlling the target hotspot module.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the communication module 61 may be configured to obtain the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module from other network devices, or the communication module 61 may include a hotspot module for providing a wireless access network, and then the communication module 61 may be configured to determine the hotspot module on the first network device itself as the monitoring hotspot module, and obtain the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module by using the first wireless access network provided by the monitoring hotspot module. Illustratively, the communication module 61 may include an interaction module on the master device in the fourth and fifth embodiments, and when the first network device itself has a hotspot function, the communication module 61 may include a hotspot module. In other embodiments of the present invention, the first network device may further be provided with the master control module in the fourth embodiment, so as to coordinate operations of the modules on the first network device.

In other embodiments of the present invention, if the target monitoring module belongs to the second network device, after the data analysis module 62 determines the enabling state of the target hotspot module, the communication module 61 may further be configured to send control indication information to the second network device.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the control apparatus of the radio access network may further include a control module, which may specifically refer to the description in the other embodiments of the present invention.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the data analysis module 62 may be further configured to: selecting a hotspot module which is in an open state at a first moment from the hotspot module set as a monitoring hotspot module, and acquiring state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at a second moment through a communication module 61; and/or selecting a hotspot module in a closed state at the third moment from the hotspot module set as a monitoring hotspot module; and setting the monitoring hotspot module to be in an open state at the fourth moment through the communication module 61, and acquiring state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the fourth moment.

In the embodiment of the invention, the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the second moment comprises the number of connected clients; the data analysis module 62 may also be configured to, for each monitoring hotspot module, determine a monitoring hotspot module in the hotspot module set as a target hotspot module if the number of connected clients reaches a preset minimum access number threshold, and determine an enabling state of the target hotspot module as a closing state.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the second time includes the number of connected clients of the first hotspot module at the second time, and the number of connected clients of the second hotspot module at the second time; the data analysis module 62 may be further configured to determine, if the sum of the number of connected clients corresponding to the first hotspot module and the number of connected clients corresponding to the second hotspot module is smaller than the maximum access number of the second hotspot module, the first hotspot module in the hotspot module set as a target hotspot module, and determine the enabling state of the target hotspot module as a closing state.

In the embodiment of the invention, the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the second moment comprises the number of connected clients; the data analysis module 62 may also be configured to:

if the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the second moment comprises the number of connected clients, and the number of the connected clients reaches a preset maximum access number threshold, determining a cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module as a target hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module as an open state;

if the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the second moment comprises interference signal strength, and the interference signal strength is greater than or equal to a preset interference signal strength threshold, determining the monitoring hotspot module in the hotspot module set and a cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module as a target hotspot module, determining the enabling state of the monitoring hotspot module as a closing state, and determining the enabling state of the cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module as an opening state;

if the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the second moment comprises an interference signal frequency band and the working frequency band of the monitoring hotspot module have intersection, determining the monitoring hotspot module in the hotspot module set and the cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module as a target hotspot module, determining the enabling state of the monitoring hotspot module as a closing state, and determining the enabling state of the cooperative hotspot module corresponding to the monitoring hotspot module as an opening state;

the cooperative hotspot module and the monitoring hotspot module have the same signal coverage range and different working frequency bands, or the cooperative hotspot module and the monitoring hotspot module are different hotspot modules on the same network device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the monitoring of the state statistical information of the hotspot module at the fourth time includes: potential clients access relevant information; the data analysis module 62 may also be configured to select a target hotspot module from monitoring hotspot modules in the hotspot module set according to the relevant information of the potential client access, and determine an enabling state of the target hotspot module; wherein the potential client access relevant information comprises: the method comprises the steps that at least one of the number of potential clients in a signal coverage range of a monitoring hotspot module and the access signal strength of the monitoring hotspot module detected by the potential clients in the signal coverage range is obtained.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if monitoring the potential client access related information of the hotspot module includes: the number of potential clients; the data analysis module 62 may be further configured to, for each monitoring hot spot module, determine the monitoring hot spot module as a target hot spot module if the number of potential clients corresponding to the monitoring hot spot module reaches a preset start threshold, and determine an enable state of the target hot spot module as an on state.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the monitoring of the state statistical information of the hotspot module at the fourth time includes: at least two access signal strengths corresponding to the at least two monitoring hotspot modules, wherein any one of the at least two monitoring hotspot modules corresponds to at least one access signal strength; the data analysis module 62 may further be configured to select a target hotspot module from the at least two monitoring hotspot modules according to the at least two access signal strengths, and determine an enabling state of the target hotspot module as an on state.

In the embodiment of the invention, the monitoring hotspot module belongs to the second network equipment; the monitoring hot spot module set by the communication module 61 is in an open state at the fourth time, and includes: sending wakeup indication information to the second network device through the communication module 61; correspondingly, the communication module 61 may be further configured to receive status statistics information of the monitoring hotspot module sent by the second network device at the fourth time.

In the embodiment of the invention, the target hotspot module belongs to the second network equipment; after selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot modules and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module, the data analysis module 62 is further configured to: if the enabling state of the target hotspot module is a closing state, sending closing indication information to the second network equipment through the communication module 61; if the enabling state of the target hotspot module is the on state, the communication module 61 sends the wakeup indication information to the second network device.

It should be noted that, for the explanation of the same steps or concepts in the present embodiment as in the other embodiments, reference may be made to the description in the other embodiments. Other technical effects of the embodiments of the present invention can refer to descriptions in other embodiments, and are not described herein again.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a control device of the wireless access network. Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a second configuration of a control apparatus of a radio access network according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, the apparatus may be located on a second network device, and the apparatus may include: a first communication module 71, a second communication module 72; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the first communication module 71 is configured to obtain state statistical information of a monitoring hotspot module on the second network device; the monitoring hot spot module is a hot spot module in a hot spot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises at least one of client access related information and interference source related information;

the second communication module 72 is configured to send state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module to the first network device, where the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module is used to select a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set, and determine an enabling state of the target hotspot module; wherein the enabling state represents functional information for controlling the target hotspot module.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first communication module 71 may include a hotspot module for providing a wireless access network, and the first communication module 71 may be configured to acquire state statistics information of the first wireless access network by using the first wireless access network provided by the hotspot module on the second network device itself. Illustratively, the first communication module 71 may include a hotspot module on the sub-device in the fourth embodiment, and the like.

In this embodiment of the present invention, if the target hotspot module belongs to a second network device, the second communication module 72 may be configured to receive the control instruction information sent by the first network device after sending the status information of the monitoring hotspot module to the first network device. In this embodiment of the present invention, the second communication module 72 may also be configured to receive wakeup indication information, which is sent by the first network device and used for waking up the monitoring hotspot module; and waking up the monitoring hot spot module in the first communication module 71 according to the wake-up instruction, and executing a step of acquiring state statistical information of the monitoring hot spot module on the second network device. Illustratively, the second communication module 72 may include an interaction module on the sub-device, and a control module on the sub-device in the fourth embodiment.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the second network device may further include a master control module as shown in the fourth embodiment, configured to coordinate operations of the modules on the second network device.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the control device of the radio access network may further include a control module. Correspondingly, if it is determined that the target hotspot module is closed, the first communication module 71 may be configured to close the target hotspot module and turn on a control module on the second network device; the control module is used for starting the target hotspot module when the awakening indication information for starting the target hotspot module is acquired, and the control module is set to enter a dormant state.

In addition, each functional module in this embodiment may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware or a form of a software functional module.

Based on the understanding that the technical solution of the present embodiment essentially or a part contributing to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, and include several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the method of the present embodiment. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes. Specifically, the computer program instructions corresponding to a method for controlling a radio access network in the present embodiment may be stored in a storage medium such as an optical disc, a hard disc, or a usb disk, and when the computer program instructions corresponding to a method for controlling a radio access network in the storage medium are read or executed by an electronic device, the steps of any one of the methods for controlling a radio access network in the foregoing embodiments are implemented.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a network device 600. Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a first network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 8, the device comprises a processor 601 and a memory 602 for storing computer programs capable of running on the processor.

The processor 601 is configured to execute the steps of the method for controlling the radio access network shown in fig. 1 when running the computer program.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the network device 600 may further include an interface 603, a bus 604, and the like, where the interface 603 may be configured to obtain status statistics information of a hotspot module sent by the second network device, send control indication information to the second network device, and the bus 604 is used for data interaction between the processor 601, the memory 602, and the interface 603.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network device 600 may be located in a local area network, and may be, for example, a master device having a data analysis function. In other embodiments of the present invention, network device 600 may be a router or a routing device.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the interface 603 may further be configured to send wakeup indication information to the second network device, instruct the second network device to obtain status statistics information, and the like.

It should be noted that, for the explanation of the same steps or concepts in this embodiment as in other embodiments, reference may be made to the description in other embodiments, and details are not repeated here. Other technical effects of the embodiments of the present invention can refer to descriptions in other embodiments, and are not described herein again.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a network device 700. Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a second network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 9, the apparatus comprises a processor 701 and a memory 702 for storing computer programs capable of running on the processor.

The processor 701 is configured to execute the steps of the method for controlling the radio access network shown in fig. 1 when the computer program is run.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the network device 700 may further include an interface 703, a bus 704, and the like, where the interface 703 may be used for the hotspot module to provide a wireless access network, and is used to acquire state statistical information of the hotspot module by using the wireless access network provided by the hotspot module, and send the acquired state statistical information of the hotspot module to the first network device. The bus 704 is used for data interaction between the processor 701, the memory 702, and the interface 703.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network device may be located in a local area network, and may be, for example, a sub-device with a hotspot function. In other embodiments of the present invention, the network device may be a router or a routing device. In other embodiments of the present invention, the interface 703 may be further configured to receive control indication information sent by the first network device. In other embodiments of the present invention, the interface 703 may be further configured to receive wakeup indication information sent by the first network device, indication information indicating that the second network device obtains the state statistics information, and the like.

It should be noted that, for the explanation of the same steps or concepts in the present embodiment as in the other embodiments, reference may be made to the description in the other embodiments, and details are not described here. For other technical effects of the embodiments of the present invention, reference may be made to descriptions in other embodiments, which are not described herein again.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a control program of a radio access network is stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the control program of the radio access network is executed by a processor, the steps of the method for controlling a radio access network shown in the foregoing embodiment are implemented.

It should be noted that, for the explanation of the same steps or concepts in the embodiment as in the other embodiments, reference may be made to the description in the other embodiments, and for other technical effects in the embodiments of the present invention, reference may be made to the description in the other embodiments, which is not repeated herein.

In practical applications, the receiving Unit, the obtaining Unit, the Processing Unit, and the sending Unit in the above embodiments may all be implemented by a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a microprocessor Unit (MPU), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or the like in the wireless data sending device.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of a hardware embodiment, a software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable network device to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable network device, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable network device to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable network device to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable device provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

Claims

1. A control method of a wireless access network is applied to a first network device, and the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring state statistical information of a monitoring hotspot module; the monitoring hotspot module is a hotspot module in a hotspot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises client access related information or the client access related information and interference source related information;

selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module; wherein the enabling state represents functional information for controlling the target hotspot module;

wherein, the acquiring of the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module comprises: the method comprises the steps that a monitoring hotspot module is utilized to release a beacon data packet in a signal coverage range of the monitoring hotspot module; according to the detection request data packets received in a preset time period and the number of the detection request data packets, counting access related information of potential clients in a signal coverage range of the monitoring hotspot module, wherein the access related information of the potential clients comprises at least one of the number of the potential clients, identification of the potential clients, and signal strength and signal quality of a wireless access network provided by the monitoring hotspot module and detected by each potential client;

selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module, wherein the method comprises the following steps: and selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the access relevant information of the potential client, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the client access-related information further comprises: at least one of the number of connected clients in a signal coverage range of the monitoring hotspot module, an identifier of the connected clients in the signal coverage range, and the client access signal strength of an access signal of the monitoring hotspot module detected by the connected clients in the signal coverage range;

the interference source related information includes: and the monitoring hotspot module detects at least one of interference signal strength of the interference source signal and signal frequency band of the interference source signal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the obtaining of the state statistics of the monitoring hotspot module comprises:

selecting a hotspot module which is in an open state at a first moment from the hotspot module set as the monitoring hotspot module, and acquiring state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at a second moment; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

selecting a hotspot module which is in a closed state at a third moment from the hotspot module set as the monitoring hotspot module; and setting the monitoring hot spot module to be in an open state at a fourth time, and acquiring state statistical information of the monitoring hot spot module at the fourth time.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein selecting a target hotspot module from the set of hotspot modules according to the access-related information of the potential client and determining an enablement status of the target hotspot module comprises:

and selecting the target hotspot module from the monitoring hotspot modules in the hotspot module set according to the relevant information of the potential client access, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein monitoring the potential client access-related information of the hotspot module comprises: the number of potential clients;

the selecting the target hotspot module from the monitoring hotspot modules in the hotspot module set according to the relevant information of the potential client access, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module, includes:

for each monitoring hot spot module, if the number of the potential clients corresponding to the monitoring hot spot module reaches a preset starting threshold, determining the monitoring hot spot module as the target hot spot module, and determining the enabling state of the target hot spot module as an open state.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein monitoring the state statistics of the hotspot module at the fourth time comprises: at least two access signal strengths corresponding to at least two monitoring hotspot modules, wherein any one of the at least two monitoring hotspot modules corresponds to at least one access signal strength;

the selecting the target hotspot module from the monitoring hotspot modules according to the relevant information of the potential client access, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module includes:

and selecting the target hotspot module from the at least two monitoring hotspot modules according to the strengths of the at least two access signals, and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module as an opening state.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the monitoring hotspot module belongs to a second network device; the setting the monitoring hotspot module is in an open state at a fourth moment, including: sending wakeup indication information to the second network equipment;

the obtaining of the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the fourth time includes: and receiving the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module at the fourth moment, which is sent by the second network device.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the target hotspot module belongs to a second network device; after selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set according to the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot modules and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module, the method further comprises:

if the enabling state of the target hotspot module is a closing state, sending closing indication information to the second network equipment;

and if the enabling state of the target hotspot module is the starting state, sending awakening indication information to the second network equipment.

9. A control method of a wireless access network is applied to a second network device, and the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring state statistical information of a monitoring hotspot module on the second network equipment; the monitoring hotspot module is a hotspot module in a hotspot module set corresponding to the first network device; the state statistical information comprises client access related information or the client access related information and interference source related information;

sending state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module to the first network device, wherein the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module is used for selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set and determining the enabling state of the target hotspot module; wherein the enabling state represents functional information for controlling the target hotspot module;

wherein the obtaining of the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module on the second network device includes: the method comprises the steps that a monitoring hotspot module is utilized to release a beacon data packet in a signal coverage range of the monitoring hotspot module; according to the detection request data packets and the number thereof received in a preset time period, the access relevant information of the potential clients in the signal coverage range of the monitoring hot spot module is counted, wherein the access relevant information of the potential clients comprises at least one of the number of the potential clients, the identification of the potential clients, the signal strength and the signal quality of a wireless access network provided by the monitoring hot spot module and detected by each potential client;

the sending, to the first network device, the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module, where the state statistical information of the monitoring hotspot module is used to select a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set, includes: and sending access relevant information of potential clients of the monitoring hotspot module to the first network device, wherein the access relevant information of the potential clients is used for selecting a target hotspot module from the hotspot module set.

10. A network device, for use in a first network device, the network device comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program operable on the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the steps of the method for controlling a radio access network according to any one of claims 1 to 8 when running the computer program.

11. A network device, for use in a second network device, the network device comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program operable on the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the steps of the method for controlling a radio access network according to claim 9 when running the computer program.

12. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer-readable storage medium has stored thereon a control program of a radio access network, which when executed by a processor implements the steps of the control method of a radio access network according to any one of claims 1 to 8 and/or the steps of the control method of a radio access network according to claim 9.