CN112839330A

CN112839330A - Hotspot management and configuration interaction method, set top box, access device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN112839330A
Application number: CN201911168959.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 聂军雄; 刘成刚
Original assignee: ZTE Corp
Current assignee: ZTE Corp
Priority date: 2019-11-25
Filing date: 2019-11-25
Publication date: 2021-05-25

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a hotspot management and configuration interaction method, a set top box, access equipment and a storage medium, wherein the set top box can interact with the access equipment to acquire hotspot configuration information of a basic hotspot provided by the access equipment, and then automatically configures and starts a newly added hotspot with an SSID (service set identifier), a security mechanism and an encryption key consistent with the basic hotspot according to the hotspot configuration information. The access pressure of the basic hot spot can be shared to a great extent by the newly added hot spot provided by the set top box. More importantly, as the SSIDs of the newly added hotspot and the basic hotspot, the security mechanism and the encryption key are the same, the terminal equipment which needs to be accessed can be automatically accessed without the user needing to reselect the hotspot and input a password. Meanwhile, the newly added hot spot is automatically created and provided after the set top box and the access device interact with each other, and the hot spot configuration on the set top box by a user manually is not needed, so that the burden of the user is reduced, the intelligence level of the set top box is improved, and the enhancement of user experience is facilitated.

Description

Hotspot management and configuration interaction method, set top box, access device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a hotspot management and configuration interaction method, a set top box, an access device, and a storage medium.

Background

In general, a home gateway device may provide hotspot access services as a wireless hotspot to other devices within the home. However, as electronic devices in homes are increasing, if the electronic devices are all hung under the home gateway, the gateway device is limited in its own performance, and cannot effectively provide access services for all the devices, thereby affecting user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The hot spot management and configuration interaction method, the set top box, the gateway device and the storage medium provided by the embodiment of the invention mainly solve the technical problems that: the performance of the gateway equipment is limited, which is not enough to provide hot spot access service for a large amount of terminal equipment and affects the user experience.

To solve the foregoing technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a hotspot management method, including:

after establishing communication connection with access equipment, interacting with the access equipment to acquire hotspot configuration information of a basic hotspot provided by the access equipment, wherein the hotspot configuration information comprises a Service Set Identifier (SSID), a security mechanism and an encryption key of the basic hotspot;

configuring an SSID, a security mechanism and a newly added hotspot with an encryption key consistent with the basic hotspot according to the hotspot configuration information;

and opening the newly added hot spot.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a hotspot configuration interaction method, which comprises the following steps:

establishing communication connection with a set top box;

and hotspot configuration information is sent to the set top box, wherein the hotspot configuration information comprises an SSID (service set identifier), a security mechanism and an encryption key of a basic hotspot provided by the access equipment, and the hotspot configuration information is used for the set top box to configure and start a newly added hotspot with the SSID, the security mechanism and the encryption key consistent with the basic hotspot.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a set-top box, which comprises a first processor, a first memory and a first communication bus;

the first communication bus is used for realizing connection communication between the first processor and the first memory;

the first processor is configured to execute one or more programs stored in the first memory to implement the steps of the hotspot management method.

The embodiment of the invention also provides access equipment, which comprises a second processor, a second memory and a second communication bus;

the second communication bus is used for realizing connection communication between the second processor and the second memory;

the second processor is configured to execute one or more programs stored in the second memory to implement the steps of the hotspot configuration interaction method.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a storage medium, where a hotspot management program and a hotspot configuration interaction program are stored in the storage medium, and the hotspot management program can be executed by one or more processors to implement the steps of the hotspot management method; the hotspot configuration interaction program can be executed by one or more processors to implement the steps of the hotspot configuration interaction method.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

according to the hotspot management and configuration interaction method, the set top box, the access device and the storage medium, provided by the embodiment of the invention, after the set top box establishes communication connection with the access device, the set top box interacts with the access device to acquire hotspot configuration information of basic hotspots provided by the access device. The hotspot configuration information comprises service set identification SSID, a security mechanism and an encryption key of the basic hotspot. After the hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot is acquired, the set top box automatically configures an SSID, a security mechanism and a newly added hotspot with an encryption key consistent with the basic hotspot according to the hotspot configuration information, and then opens the newly added hotspot. If a plurality of devices needing to access the wireless hotspot exist in a family, the access pressure of the basic hotspot can be shared to a great extent through the newly added hotspot provided by the set top box. More importantly, as the SSIDs of the newly added hotspot and the basic hotspot, the security mechanism and the encryption key are the same, the terminal equipment which needs to be accessed can be automatically accessed without the user needing to reselect the hotspot and input a password. Meanwhile, the newly added hot spot is automatically created and provided after the set top box and the access device interact with each other, and the hot spot configuration on the set top box by a user manually is not needed, so that the burden of the user is reduced, the intelligence level of the set top box is improved, and the enhancement of user experience is facilitated.

Additional features and corresponding advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an interaction flowchart of a set-top box and an access device in a hotspot management scheme provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an interaction flowchart of interactively acquiring hotspot configuration information by a set top box and an access device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a set top box selecting a target channel for a newly added hotspot according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is another flowchart illustrating that the set top box selects a target channel for a newly added hotspot according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating that the set-top box manages the newly added hot spot after starting the newly added hot spot according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is an interaction flowchart of a set-top box and an access device in the hotspot management scheme provided in the second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of communication among a gateway device, a set-top box, and a terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a set-top box according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an access device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

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

The first embodiment is as follows:

in order to solve the problem that the performance of the gateway device cannot meet the access requirements of an increasing number of terminals, and the terminals cannot obtain an effective wireless access service through the gateway device, thereby affecting user experience, this embodiment provides a hotspot management scheme, please refer to an interaction flow diagram of a set top box and an access device shown in fig. 1:

s102: and the set top box establishes communication connection with the access equipment.

In this embodiment, an access device refers to a device that can be accessed to a network by other devices in a wired or wireless manner, where the access device includes, but is not limited to, a gateway device and a router. A Set-Top Box, also called a Set Top Box (STB) or Set Top Box. In this embodiment, the set-top box is provided with both a wired network card and a wireless network card, so that the set-top box supports both wired communication and wireless communication, and after the set-top box is connected to the access device in a wired manner to access the network, the wireless network card can be set to an ap (access point) mode, so as to provide a hot spot access service for other terminal devices.

In some examples of this embodiment, after the set-top box is powered on, the set-top box may broadcast and send an AP-auto configuration Search message, and after receiving the AP-auto configuration Search message, the access device such as the gateway device may reply to the AP-auto configuration Response message, so as to establish a channel with the set-top box.

In some examples of this embodiment, the set top box may also access the access device in a wireless manner, for example, in an example of this embodiment, one set top box includes two wireless network cards, and the set top box may provide a wireless hotspot by using one wireless network card when accessing the access device in a wireless manner by using the other wireless network card. In addition, even if only one wireless network card is arranged in the set-top box, the set-top box can virtualize a virtual wireless network card in a virtual mode, so that the two wireless network cards are utilized to communicate with the access equipment in a wireless mode, and a wireless hotspot is provided.

S104: the set top box and the access equipment interact to acquire hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspots provided by the access equipment.

In this embodiment, in order to relieve the pressure of wireless access at the access device side, the set top box may provide a wireless hotspot for the access of the terminal to be accessed based on its own wireless network card, and in order to distinguish the wireless hotspot provided by the set top box from the wireless hotspot provided by the access device, which is convenient for introduction, the wireless hotspot provided by the set top box is referred to as a "new hotspot" hereinafter, and correspondingly, the wireless hotspot provided by the access device is referred to as a "basic hotspot".

In a general situation, when a terminal needs to access a network in a wireless manner, the terminal scans surrounding wireless hotspots, and then provides the scanned wireless hotspots to a user in a list form, so that the user manually selects one of the wireless hotspots (the selected wireless hotspot is taken as an example for explanation), and inputs a corresponding access password. And then, the terminal sends an access request to access equipment providing a basic hotspot according to an access password input by a user, after the access equipment receives the access request of the terminal, the access password is encrypted according to a security mechanism of the basic hotspot to obtain a corresponding ciphertext password, the ciphertext password is compared with an encryption key in basic hotspot configuration information to judge whether the ciphertext password is consistent with the encryption key in the basic hotspot configuration information, if so, the identity of the terminal is considered to be legal, and the terminal is allowed to access the basic hotspot.

Therefore, after the set-top box provides the newly added hot spot, in order to reduce the access pressure of the basic hot spot, the user needs to manually select the newly added hot spot for the part of the terminals originally accessing the basic hot spot, input the password and then control the terminals to access to the newly added hot spot. If the number of terminals originally accessing the basic hotspot is large, a plurality of users are required to perform manual operation, or one user is required to perform manual operation for a plurality of times, which increases the operation burden of the user to a great extent and reduces the user experience of the user. Therefore, the user experience is considered while the access burden of the basic hotspot is reduced, in the embodiment, the newly added hotspot provided by the set top box and the basic hotspot have the same access mode: the same access mode means that the new hotspot has the same name as the basic hotspot and has the same access password, so that the user does not need to participate in the process of accessing the terminal to the new hotspot.

In this embodiment, after establishing a communication connection with the access device, the set top box may interact with the access device to obtain hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot from the access device. The hotspot configuration information comprises an SSID (service set identifier), a security mechanism and an encryption key of the basic hotspot, and the acquired hotspot configuration information can be used for the set top box to create a new hotspot with the same access mode as that of the basic hotspot. The SSID is used for distinguishing different networks, at most 32 characters can exist, the wireless network card can enter different networks after being provided with different SSIDs, the SSID is usually broadcast by the AP, and the SSID in the current area can be checked through a scanning function.

In some examples of this embodiment, the set top box and the access device may interact based on a P1905 protocol, where the P1905 protocol is an IEEE Standard (IEEE Standard for a Convergent Digital Home Network for Heterogeneous Technologies) of a converged Digital Home Network with Heterogeneous Technologies. The following explains a process of interactively acquiring hotspot configuration information by a set top box and an access device with reference to a flowchart shown in fig. 2:

s202: the set top box sends a hotspot configuration request to the access equipment.

In some examples of this embodiment, the set-top box sends an AP-auto configuration WSC (M1) message as the hotspot configuration request.

S204: and the access equipment sends a hotspot configuration response to the set top box according to the hotspot configuration request.

After receiving the hotspot configuration request, the access device may feed back a hotspot configuration response to the set-top box according to the hotspot configuration request, for example, an AP-auto configuration WSC (M1) message sent by the set-top box, and the access device may return an AP-auto configuration WSC (M2) message, where the AP-auto configuration WSC (M2) message carries an SSID, a security mechanism, and an encryption key of the basic hotspot.

In this embodiment, when the access device sends a hotspot configuration response to the set-top box, the access device may carry an SSID, a security mechanism, and an encryption key of a basic hotspot in an extension field TLV (type length value) field, where T denotes a packet type (e.g., M2), L denotes a length of a value, and V denotes a specific value, for example, in an example, specific information in V is "SSID: dhome, wpa: 2, wpa _ psk: jfla7aflfa ". The WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access, Wi-Fi network security Access) is a system for protecting the network security of the wireless computer.

S206: and the set top box extracts the TLV field from the hotspot configuration response and acquires the hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot according to the extracted TLV field.

After receiving the hotspot configuration response from the access device, the set top box may analyze the hotspot configuration response: and extracting TLV fields from the hotspot configuration response and determining hotspot configuration information.

S106: the set top box configures an SSID, a security mechanism and a newly added hotspot with an encryption key consistent with the basic hotspot but different occupied channels according to the hotspot configuration information.

After acquiring the hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot, the set-top box can automatically allocate a new hotspot with the SSID, the security mechanism and the encryption key consistent with the basic hotspot according to the hotspot configuration information. The SSID of the newly added hotspot is the same as that of the basic hotspot, so that the effect of the same name of the newly added hotspot and the basic hotspot can be realized; the security mechanism is the same as the encryption key, so that the terminal can be ensured to access the newly added hotspot by adopting the access password which is the same as the access basic hotspot.

S108: and the set top box starts a new hot spot.

After the set-top box configures the newly added hot spot, the newly added hot spot can be opened for each terminal to access.

It will be appreciated that if the new hotspot is completely consistent with the base hotspot, it means that not only the SSID, security mechanism, and encryption key are the same, but also the channel used by both is the same. However, considering that the new hotspot and the basic hotspot belong to the same owner (e.g., family) in most cases, they are not far apart from each other and are likely to be in the same space. In this case, if the channels used by the new hotspot and the basic hotspot are the same, the communications of the two hotspots may interfere with each other, and the transmission effect of the two hotspots may be affected. Therefore, in some examples of this embodiment, the set-top box may ensure that the configured new hotspot and the basic hotspot respectively occupy different channels:

in some examples of this embodiment, the hotspot configuration information acquired by the set-top box from the access device side further includes channel information of a channel occupied by the basic hotspot. When the set-top box configures the newly added hotspot according to the hotspot configuration information, an SSID, a security mechanism and the newly added hotspot with the encryption key consistent with the basic hotspot but different occupied channels can be configured. Optionally, the set top box may remove channels occupied by the basic hot spot according to channel information in the hot spot configuration information, then use the remaining channels as candidate channels of the newly added hot spot, and then select one channel from the candidate channels as a target channel corresponding to the newly added hot spot.

In some examples of this embodiment, the set-top box may randomly select one channel from the candidate channels as the target channel. However, in other examples of this embodiment, the set-top box may select the target channel based on how idle each channel is. For example, in one example, the set top box may select the most targeted channel from the candidate channels that is most idle. Of course, in some other examples of this embodiment, the set-top box may not necessarily select a candidate channel with the highest idle degree as the target channel, as long as the idle degree meets the requirement, for example, a channel with the second highest idle degree may also be possible.

Compared with a scheme of randomly selecting a target channel, in the scheme of selecting the target channel according to the idle degree, the set top box can select a relatively idle channel for the newly-added hot spot to communicate, so that the problems that the newly-added hot spot conflicts with other hot spot channels and the network transmission rate is poor are effectively avoided.

Of course, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that, although the set top box in the foregoing example screens out candidate channels according to the channel information in the hotspot configuration information, and then selects a target channel from the candidate channels, for example, when the target channel is selected according to the idle degree, the specific implementation process may refer to the flowchart shown in fig. 3:

s302: the set top box screens out candidate channels according to the channel information;

s304: and the set top box selects a target channel from the candidate channels according to the idle degree.

However, in some other examples, when the set-top box selects the target channel for the newly added hotspot, it may also select one channel from all channels randomly or according to the idle degree, and then determine whether the channel can be used as the target channel, otherwise, reselect. For example, when the channel with the highest idle degree is selected as the target channel, the specific implementation process may refer to the flowchart shown in fig. 4:

s402: the set top box selects the highest idle degree from the channels which are not subjected to selection according to the idle degree of the channels;

s404: the set top box judges whether the selected channel is occupied by the basic hotspot according to the channel information in the hotspot configuration information;

if the determination result is yes, the process proceeds to S402, otherwise, the process proceeds to S406.

S406: and taking the selected channel as a target channel of the newly added hot spot.

After the set-top box determines the SSID, the security mechanism, the encryption key of the basic hotspot and the target channel of the newly added hotspot, the newly added hotspot can be configured and started according to the SSID, the security mechanism, the encryption key and the target channel.

It should be understood that the newly added hotspot may be accessed not only by the terminal originally accessing the basic hotspot, but also by other terminals manually controlled by the user. For the terminal originally accessed to the basic hotspot, after the newly added hotspot is started, two wireless hotspots with the same name can be scanned, and the terminals can select to access one of the two wireless hotspots according to the signal intensity of the two detected wireless hotspots.

In some examples of this embodiment, after the set top box starts the new hotspot, it may also monitor the network state of the new hotspot, and perform channel switching in time when the network state of the new hotspot is not good, for example, the set top box may perform subsequent management on the new hotspot with reference to a flowchart shown in fig. 5:

s502: and detecting the congestion condition of the current target channel of the newly added hot spot.

In some examples of the embodiment, the set-top box may periodically detect a congestion condition of the target channel. In some other examples of the embodiment, the set-top box may detect the congestion condition of the current target channel at regular time. The period of the set-top box detection or the time when the set-top box performs the detection can be set by a set-top box manufacturer or configured by a user.

S504: and judging whether the congestion condition of the target channel meets the switching condition.

If the determination result is yes, S506 is executed, otherwise S502 is continuously executed.

For the handover condition, the present embodiment is not specifically limited, for example, in some examples of the present embodiment, the handover condition is that the number of current wireless hot points on the target channel reaches a preset handover threshold; in other examples, the switching condition is that the failure rate of information transmission in the newly added hotspot reaches a preset failure rate; or, the switching condition may be that the time delay of the newly added hotspot information transmission reaches a preset time delay, and the like.

The switching condition can also be set by the set-top box manufacturer or configured by the user.

S506: and selecting the target channel for the newly added hot spot again based on the idle degree of the channel.

After the set-top box determines that the congestion condition of the current target channel meets the switching condition, the set-top box can select a target channel for the newly added hot spot again. It can be understood that the set-top box may continue to use the principle of selecting the target channel for the first time when reselecting the target channel, for example, in an example of the embodiment, the set-top box may select one with the best idle degree from the channels except the original target channel and the channel occupied by the basic hotspot as a new target channel.

S508: the configuration of the new hot spot is modified according to the reselected target channel.

After the target channel is determined again, the set top box can modify the configuration of the new hot spot according to the reselected target channel so as to enable the new hot spot to have a better communication environment, thereby providing a more excellent network service for the user.

According to the hotspot management scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, through the mutual cooperation of the set top box and the access equipment, the set top box can automatically create a new hotspot which is the same as the basic hotspot SSID, the security mechanism and the encryption key of the access equipment side, so that a terminal which is originally accessed to the basic hotspot can be automatically accessed to the new hotspot without manual control of a user, the access pressure of the basic hotspot is shunted, the manual operation of the user is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

Furthermore, the set top box can ensure that the provided new hot spot is different from the basic hot spot channel, thereby avoiding the conflict between the new hot spot and the basic hot spot channel. And when the newly added hot spot is configured, the set top box can select to configure the newly added hot spot on a relatively idle channel, so that the network quality of the newly added hot spot can be further ensured.

Example two:

in order to make the advantages and details of the hotspot management scheme provided in the foregoing embodiments clearer for those skilled in the art, the present embodiment will further describe the scheme with reference to an example, where it is assumed that the access device in the present embodiment is a gateway device, and please refer to fig. 6:

s602: and the set top box broadcasts and sends an AP-auto configuration Search message after being powered on.

After the set-top box is started, the multi-AP module can detect the state of the wired network port, and if the wired network port is plugged with a network cable, the set-top box broadcasts and sends an AP-auto configuration Search message to inform equipment in the environment that the set-top box is on line.

S604: the gateway device sends an AP-auto configuration Response message to the set-top box.

After receiving the AP-auto configuration Search message sent by the set-top box, the gateway device may reply to the AP-auto configuration Response message as a Response, so that a channel between the set-top box and the gateway device is already established.

S606: the set-top box sends an AP-auto configuration WSC (M1) message to the gateway equipment.

After the channel between the set-top box and the gateway equipment is established, the set-top box sends an AP-auto configuration WSC (M1) message to the gateway equipment to request the exchange of wireless configuration information with the gateway equipment, so as to acquire hotspot configuration information of a basic hotspot of the gateway equipment.

S608: the gateway device replies an AP-auto configuration WSC (M2) message to the set-top box.

The SSID, the security mechanism, the encryption key, the channel information and the like of the basic hotspot provided by the gateway device are carried in an AP-auto configuration WSC (M2) message replied by the gateway device. The gateway device interacts with the set-top box based on a P1905 protocol, and can carry the hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot in the TLV field extended in the AP-auto configuration WSC (M2) message.

S610: and the set top box extracts the TLV field to analyze and acquire the hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot.

In the TLV field, T represents the packet type, L represents the content length, and V represents specific information, for example: in one example, the information contained in V is "ssid: dhome, channel: 1, wpa: 2, wpa _ psk: jfla6aflfa ", which means that the SSID of the base hotspot is" dhome "; the channel used is channel 1; the security mechanism used is WPA 2; the corresponding encryption key is "jfla 6 aflfa".

It should be understood that the security mechanism may be any one of WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol), AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), and the like, in addition to WPA2 or WPA 2.

S612: and the set top box selects a target channel for the newly-added hot spot based on the idle degree of each channel according to the acquired channel information.

In this embodiment, the set-top box may have a built-in wireless signal detection module, and the wireless signal detection module detects the congestion condition of the WiFi channel in the environment at regular time after the set-top box is turned on. In this embodiment, if more than 5 devices interact on the same channel, it is considered to be congested, and the set-top box may preferentially select a channel occupied by fewer devices as a target channel.

S614: and the set top box configures the newly added hot spots according to the SSID, the security mechanism, the encryption key and the target channel in the hot spot configuration information.

At the moment of configuring the newly added hotspot, the set top box may write the SSID, the security mechanism, the encryption key, and the channel information of the target channel in the hotspot configuration information into the WiFi configuration file softapd.

S616: and the set top box starts a new hot spot.

In this embodiment, the newly added hotspot name is "dhome", so the set-top box starts the hotspot service with the name of "dhome", and the start command is: hostapd-e/data/misc/wifi/entry. bin/data/softapd. conf &. After the newly added hotspot name is started to be "dhome", the newly added hotspot can receive an access request of the terminal and authenticate the access request so as to determine whether the terminal is allowed to access. If the terminal is allowed to access, the set top box can provide network service for the terminal, and the terminal user can experience internet access service.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of communication among the gateway device, the set-top box, and the terminal in the present case: the set-top box 71 is wired to the gateway device 72 via an ethernet interface, and the first portion of the terminals 73 may choose to access the basic hot spot provided by the gateway device 72, while the second portion of the terminals 74 may choose to access the newly added hot spot provided by the set-top box 71.

According to the hotspot management scheme provided by the embodiment, the set top box can create the newly added hotspot to share the access pressure under the basic hotspot, and the created newly added hotspot and the basic hotspot have the same SSID, security mechanism and encryption key, so that a terminal originally accessed to the basic hotspot can be accessed to the newly added hotspot without manual control of a user, the operation burden of the user is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

In addition, the channel used by the newly added hotspot is different from the channel used by the basic hotspot, and the idle degree is higher, so that high-quality network service can be provided for the accessed terminal.

Example three:

in this embodiment, the storage medium may store at least one of a hotspot management program and a hotspot configuration interaction program, where the hotspot management program may be used by the one or more processors to execute a set-top box process for implementing any one of the media stream acquisition methods described in the foregoing embodiments. The hotspot configuration interactive program may be used by one or more processors to execute a process of implementing any one of the media stream acquisition methods described in the foregoing embodiments to the anchor access device side.

The present embodiment further provides a set-top box, as shown in fig. 8: the set-top box 80 includes a first processor 81, a first memory 82, and a first communication bus 83 for connecting the first processor 81 and the first memory 82, where the first memory 82 may be the storage medium storing the hotspot management program, and the first processor 81 may read the hotspot management program, compile and execute the hotspot management method described in the foregoing embodiment, that is, the process of the hotspot management scheme on the set-top box side:

after the set-top box 80 establishes a communication connection with the access device, the first processor 81 interacts with the access device to obtain hotspot configuration information of a basic hotspot provided by the access device. The acquired hotspot configuration information includes an SSID, a security mechanism, and an encryption key of the basic hotspot, and then the first processor 81 configures an SSID, a security mechanism, and a newly added hotspot whose encryption key is consistent with the basic hotspot according to the hotspot configuration information, and opens the newly added hotspot.

In some examples of this embodiment, the hotspot configuration information further includes channel information of the base hotspot. When the first processor 81 configures an SSID, a security mechanism, and a newly added hotspot whose encryption key is consistent with the basic hotspot according to the hotspot configuration information, it may configure an SSID, a security mechanism, and a newly added hotspot whose encryption key is consistent with the basic hotspot but whose occupied channel is different according to the hotspot configuration information.

In some examples of the embodiment, the first processor 81 selects a target channel for the new hotspot from channels other than the channel of the basic hotspot according to the idleness of the channel, and then configures the new hotspot according to the SSID, the security mechanism, the encryption key and the target channel.

Alternatively, when selecting a target channel for the newly added hotspot from channels other than the channel of the basic hotspot according to the vacancy degree of the channels, the first processor 81 may select one with the highest vacancy degree from the channels other than the occupied channel of the basic hotspot according to the vacancy degree of each channel as the target channel.

In some examples of this embodiment, when the first processor 81 interacts with the access device to obtain hotspot configuration information of a basic hotspot provided by the access device, a hotspot configuration request may be sent to the access device, where the hotspot configuration request is used to request hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot provided by the access device. Then, the first processor 81 receives a hotspot configuration response sent by the access device according to the hotspot configuration request, extracts a type length value TLV field from the hotspot configuration response, and acquires hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot according to the extracted TLV field.

Optionally, the first processor 81 may interact with the access device based on a P1805 protocol to acquire hotspot configuration information of a basic hotspot provided by the access device.

In some examples, after the newly added hotspot is turned on, the first processor 81 may further detect a congestion condition of a target channel currently used by the newly added hotspot. After the congestion condition of the target channel meets the switching condition, the first processor 81 reselects the target channel for the newly added hot spot based on the idle degree of the channel, and then modifies the configuration of the newly added hot spot according to the reselected target channel.

For details of implementing the hot spot management method by executing the hot spot management program by the first processor 81, please refer to the description of the foregoing embodiments, which will not be described herein again.

The present embodiment further provides an access device, as shown in fig. 9: implementations of access device 90 in this embodiment include, but are not limited to, a gateway device and a router. The access device 90 includes a second processor 91, a second memory 92, and a second communication bus 93 for connecting the second processor 91 and the second memory 92, where the second memory 92 may be a storage medium storing the hotspot configuration interaction program, and the second processor 91 may read the hotspot configuration interaction program, compile and execute the hotspot configuration interaction method described in the foregoing embodiment, that is, a flow of the hotspot management scheme on the access device side:

the second processor 91 sends hotspot configuration information to the set-top box after the access device 90 establishes a communication connection with the set-top box, where the hotspot configuration information includes an SSID of a basic hotspot provided by the access device, a security mechanism, and an encryption key, and is used for the set-top box to configure and open a new hotspot whose SSID, security mechanism, and encryption key are consistent with the basic hotspot.

In some examples of this embodiment, the hotspot configuration information sent by the second processor 91 to the set-top box further includes channel information of the basic hotspot; the set-top box can configure and open a new hotspot with the same SSID, a security mechanism and an encryption key as the basic hotspot but different occupied channels based on the hotspot configuration information.

For details of implementing the hotspot configuration interaction method by executing the hotspot management program by the second processor 91, please refer to the description of the foregoing embodiments, which is not described herein again.

The set top box and the access device provided by this embodiment may configure and open a new hotspot in which an SSID, a security mechanism, and an encryption key are consistent with a basic hotspot on the access device side through interaction. The access pressure of the basic hot spot can be shared to a great extent by the newly added hot spot provided by the set top box. More importantly, as the SSIDs of the newly added hotspot and the basic hotspot, the security mechanism and the encryption key are the same, the terminal equipment which needs to be accessed can be automatically accessed without the user needing to reselect the hotspot and input a password. Meanwhile, the newly-added hot spot is automatically created and provided by the set top box after the preferential communication connection with the access equipment is established, so that the hot spot configuration on the set top box by a user is not needed manually, the burden of the user is reduced, the intelligent level of the set top box is improved, and the enhancement of the user experience is facilitated.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that all or some of the steps of the methods, systems, functional modules/units in the devices disclosed above may be implemented as software (which may be implemented in program code executable by a computing device), firmware, hardware, and suitable combinations thereof. In a hardware implementation, the division between functional modules/units mentioned in the above description does not necessarily correspond to the division of physical components; for example, one physical component may have multiple functions, or one function or step may be performed by several physical components in cooperation. Some or all of the physical components may be implemented as software executed by a processor, such as a central processing unit, digital signal processor, or microprocessor, or as hardware, or as an integrated circuit, such as an application specific integrated circuit. Such software may be distributed over computer-readable media, which may include computer storage media (or non-transitory media) and communication media (or transitory media), executed by a computing device, and in some cases may perform the steps shown or described in a different order than here. The term computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data, as is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, Digital Versatile Disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can be accessed by a computer. In addition, communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media as known to those skilled in the art. Thus, the present invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The foregoing is a more detailed description of embodiments of the present invention, and the present invention is not to be considered limited to such descriptions. For those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, several simple deductions or substitutions can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all shall be considered as belonging to the protection scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A hotspot management method, comprising:

and opening the newly added hot spot.

2. The hotspot management method of claim 1, wherein the hotspot configuration information further comprises channel information of the base hotspot; the configuring an SSID, a security mechanism and a newly added hotspot with an encryption key consistent with the basic hotspot according to the hotspot configuration information comprises:

and configuring an SSID, a security mechanism and a newly added hotspot with an encryption key consistent with the basic hotspot but different occupied channels according to the hotspot configuration information.

3. The hotspot management method of claim 2, wherein configuring an SSID, a security mechanism, and an additional hotspot whose encryption key is consistent with the basic hotspot but whose occupied channel is different according to the hotspot configuration information comprises:

selecting a target channel for the newly added hot spot from channels except the channel of the basic hot spot according to the idle degree of the channels;

and configuring a newly added hotspot according to the SSID, the security mechanism, the encryption key and the target channel.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said selecting a target channel for the new hot spot from the channels other than the channel of the basic hot spot according to the idle degree of the channel comprises:

and selecting one with the highest idle degree from the channels except the occupied channel of the basic hotspot as the target channel according to the idle degree of each channel.

5. The hotspot management method of claim 1, wherein the interacting with the access device to obtain hotspot configuration information of a basic hotspot provided by the access device comprises:

sending a hotspot configuration request to the access equipment, wherein the hotspot configuration request is used for requesting hotspot configuration information of a basic hotspot provided by the access equipment;

receiving a hotspot configuration response sent by the access equipment according to the hotspot configuration request;

extracting a type length value, TLV, field from the hotspot configuration response;

and acquiring hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot according to the extracted TLV field.

6. The hotspot management method of claim 1, wherein the interacting with the access device to obtain hotspot configuration information of a basic hotspot provided by the access device comprises:

and interacting with the access equipment based on a P1905 protocol to acquire hotspot configuration information of the basic hotspot provided by the access equipment.

7. The hotspot management method of any one of claims 1-6, wherein after the opening of the newly added hotspot, further comprising:

detecting the congestion condition of a target channel currently used by the newly added hot spot;

after the congestion condition of the target channel meets the switching condition, selecting the target channel for the newly added hot spot again based on the idle degree of the channel;

modifying the configuration of the new hot spot according to the reselected target channel.

8. A hotspot configuration interaction method comprises the following steps:

establishing communication connection with a set top box;

9. The hotspot configuration interaction method of claim 8, wherein the hotspot configuration information further comprises channel information of the basic hotspot; the hotspot configuration information is used for the set top box to configure and start a new hotspot with the same SSID, a security mechanism and an encryption key as the basic hotspot but with different occupied channels.

10. A set-top box comprises a first processor, a first memory and a first communication bus;

the first processor is configured to execute one or more programs stored in the first memory to implement the steps of the hotspot management method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

11. An access device comprising a second processor, a second memory, and a second communication bus;

the second processor is configured to execute one or more programs stored in the second memory to implement the steps of the hotspot configuration interaction method of claim 8 or 9.

12. A storage medium storing a hotspot management program and a hotspot configuration interaction program, wherein the hotspot management program is executable by one or more processors to implement the steps of the hotspot management method according to any one of claims 1 to 7; the hotspot configuration interaction program is executable by one or more processors to implement the steps of the hotspot configuration interaction method according to claim 8 or 9.