CN113891429A

CN113891429A - Equipment network access method, device, system and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN113891429A
Application number: CN202111136452.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 向文; 孙汉标
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-27
Filing date: 2021-09-27
Publication date: 2022-01-04

Abstract

The disclosure provides a device network access method, a device network access device, a system and a storage medium. Wherein, the method comprises the following steps: broadcasting a detection request message carrying network access information of the equipment to be accessed to the network, wherein the network access information is used for accessing a mesh network; receiving a detection response message sent by at least one network-accessed device, wherein the network-accessed device comprises any device which has accessed the mesh network; determining target equipment in at least one piece of network-accessed equipment based on the received detection response message; and completing the network access operation of accessing the mesh network through the target equipment. Any network access device in the disclosure can find the device to be accessed, thereby avoiding missing the device to be accessed, and especially avoiding missing the device to be accessed under the scene that the number of nodes to be accessed is large or the position of a new access node is special. In addition, the load of completing the network access operation of joining the mesh network through a single device is also reduced.

Description

Equipment network access method, device, system and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a device networking method, apparatus, system, and storage medium.

Background

The wireless Mesh networking is developed rapidly in recent years, and the wireless coverage and the user network experience are greatly optimized. However, when a new network access device is added, the new network access device basically depends on a Controller (control end), and needs to be operated on the Controller, and only a single device is supported to access the network at the same time, which increases the deployment difficulty of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present application discloses a device network access method, apparatus, system and storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a device network access method, which is applied to a device to be networked, and the method includes:

broadcasting a detection request message carrying network access information of the equipment to be accessed to the network, wherein the network access information is used for accessing a mesh network;

receiving a detection response message sent by at least one network-accessed device, wherein the network-accessed device comprises any device which has accessed the mesh network;

determining target equipment in at least one piece of network-accessed equipment based on the received detection response message;

and completing the network access operation of accessing the mesh network through the target equipment.

Optionally, the network access information of the device to be networked includes at least one of the following:

the device information of the device to be networked;

the equipment state information of the equipment to be networked;

target indication information used for indicating whether the device to be networked supports a mesh network mechanism; and the equipment type information of the equipment to be networked.

Optionally, the probe response packet at least carries link state information,

the determining, based on the received probe response packet, a target device in at least one of the networked devices includes:

and determining the network-accessed equipment corresponding to the link with the best link quality as the target equipment based on the link state information carried in the received detection response message.

Optionally, the probe response message further includes backhaul link configuration information,

the method further comprises the following steps:

and establishing a backhaul link connection with the target device based on the backhaul link configuration information carried in the received probe response message sent by the target device.

Optionally, the completing, by the target device, a network access operation to the mesh network includes:

after establishing a return link connection with the target equipment, receiving network access initial configuration synchronization information sent by the target equipment;

based on the network access initial configuration synchronization information, performing network access initial configuration synchronization for accessing the mesh network;

and after the synchronization of the initial network access configuration is finished, sending network access completion indication information to the target equipment.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a device network access method, which is applied to a network-accessed device, and includes:

responding to the device to be accessed, which is determined to be found, and sending a detection response message to the device to be accessed;

and the detection response message is used for completing the network access operation of accessing the mesh network through the target equipment after the equipment to be accessed to the network determines the target equipment in at least one piece of the equipment already accessed to the network.

Optionally, the determining to discover a device to be networked includes:

receiving a detection request message which is broadcasted by the equipment to be accessed and carries the access information of the equipment to be accessed, wherein the access information is used for accessing the mesh network;

and determining to discover the equipment to be accessed to the network based on the detection request message.

the device information of the device to be networked;

the equipment state information of the equipment to be networked;

indicating information for indicating whether the device to be networked supports a mesh network mechanism;

and the equipment type information of the equipment to be networked.

Optionally, the determining to discover the device to be networked based on the network access information of the device to be networked includes:

detecting at least one field corresponding to the network access information of the equipment to be accessed in the detection request message, and determining a detection result;

and determining to find the equipment to be accessed in response to the fact that the detection result is that the at least one field corresponding to the network access information of the equipment to be accessed meets the corresponding preset condition.

Optionally, the detecting at least one field corresponding to the network access information of the device to be networked in the probe request message, and determining a detection result, include at least one of:

determining that a first field where the device state information of the device to be accessed in the probe request message is located indicates that the device to be accessed does not access the mesh network, and determining that the detection result is that the first field meets a corresponding first preset condition;

determining that a second field where the target indication information is located in the probe request message indicates that the device to be networked supports the mesh network mechanism, and determining that the detection result is that the second field meets a corresponding second preset condition;

determining that the device type indicated by a third field where the device type information of the device to be networked is located in the probe request message matches the device type of the device already networked, and determining that the detection result is that the third field meets a corresponding third preset condition.

Optionally, the determining to discover a device to be networked includes:

receiving first synchronous indication information which is sent by at least one other device which has already accessed to the network and carries device information of a device to be accessed to the network, wherein the other device which has already accessed to the network is other device which has already accessed to the mesh network;

and determining to discover the equipment to be accessed to the network based on the first synchronization indication information.

Optionally, after determining that the device to be networked is found, the method further includes:

and outputting prompt information for finding the equipment to be networked.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

in response to receiving network access confirmation indication information corresponding to the equipment to be accessed, storing the network access information of the equipment to be accessed into an equipment identification list; and

and sending second synchronous indication information carrying the network access information of the equipment to be accessed to other accessed equipment, wherein the second synchronous indication information is used for indicating the other accessed equipment to store the network access information of the equipment to be accessed to the equipment identification list of the other accessed equipment.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

receiving second synchronous indication information which is sent by other network-accessed devices and carries the network access information of the device to be accessed, wherein the other network-accessed devices are other devices which have accessed the mesh network;

and storing the network access information of the equipment to be accessed into a device identification list based on the second synchronous indication information.

Optionally, after the network access information of the device to be networked is stored in the device identification list, the method further includes:

in response to receiving a detection request message carrying network access information of the equipment to be accessed, matching the received network access information of the equipment to be accessed in the equipment identification list, and determining a matching result;

and responding to the matching result which is determined to be successful, and executing the step of sending the detection response message to the equipment to be accessed to the network.

Optionally, the network access information of the device to be networked includes device information of the device to be networked, and the matching the received network access information of the device to be networked in the device identification list to determine a matching result includes:

and matching the equipment information of the equipment to be networked with the equipment information included in the equipment identification list, and determining the matching result.

Optionally, the probe response packet at least carries link state information.

Optionally, the probe response message further carries backhaul link configuration information.

Optionally, after the sending the probe response packet to the device to be networked, the method further includes:

after establishing a return link connection with the equipment to be accessed, sending network access initial configuration synchronization information to the equipment to be accessed;

and receiving network access completion indication information sent by the equipment to be accessed to the network after completing the synchronization of the initial network access configuration.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for device networking, where the apparatus is applied to a device to be networked, and the apparatus includes:

the broadcast module is used for broadcasting a detection request message carrying network access information of the equipment to be accessed to the network, and the network access information is used for accessing a mesh network;

a third receiving module, configured to receive a probe response packet sent by at least one device that has already accessed the mesh network, where the device that has already accessed the mesh network includes any device;

a determining module, configured to determine, based on the received probe response packet, a target device in at least one of the networked devices;

and the network access module is used for completing the network access operation of accessing the mesh network through the target equipment.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for device networking, the apparatus being applied to a networked device, the apparatus including:

the sending module is used for responding to the determination of finding the equipment to be accessed to the network and sending a detection response message to the equipment to be accessed to the network;

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus networking system, including:

the network access method comprises the steps that a device to be accessed into a network is accessed into a mesh network based on the method of any one of the sides of the device to be accessed into the network;

the network-accessed device interacts with the device to be accessed based on the method of any one of the network-accessed device sides, so that the device to be accessed is accessed to the mesh network.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the device networking method described in any one of the above-mentioned devices to be networked.

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the device networking method described in any one of the above-mentioned networked device sides.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for device networking, including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

the processor is configured to execute the executable instruction to implement the steps of the device networking method of any one of the above-mentioned devices to be networked.

According to a ninth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for device networking, including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the steps of the device networking method of any one of the above-mentioned networked device sides.

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

in the disclosure, the device to be networked may broadcast a probe request packet carrying network access information of the device to be networked, where the network access information is used to access the mesh network. Further, the device to be networked may receive a probe response message sent by at least one device already networked, where the device already networked may refer to any device already accessed to the mesh network, determine a target device from the at least one device already networked based on the received probe response message, and complete a network access operation to the mesh network through the target device. According to the method and the device, the optimal superior node can be determined in at least one piece of networking equipment, so that the networking operation of accessing the mesh network is completed, any networking equipment in the method and the device can find the equipment to be networked, and therefore the equipment to be networked is avoided being omitted, and particularly the omission of the equipment to be networked is avoided under the scene that the number of the nodes to be networked is large or the position of a new access node is special. In addition, the load of completing the network access operation of joining the mesh network through a single device is also reduced.

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

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a device networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating another device networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another device networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another device networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another device networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another device networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a device networking scenario according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating another device networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for device networking in accordance with an example embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating another apparatus networking device in accordance with an illustrative embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a device networking system in accordance with an illustrative embodiment;

fig. 12 is a block diagram illustrating another apparatus networking device according to an example embodiment;

fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating another apparatus networking device according to an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

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

The present disclosure provides the following device networking scheme. The device network access method provided by the present disclosure is received from the device side to be networked.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a device networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application, where the method may be applied to a device to be networked, where the device to be networked is a device waiting to access a mesh network. As shown in fig. 1, the device discovery method may include the steps of:

in step 101, a detection request message carrying the network access information of the device to be networked is broadcast.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the network access information may be used for accessing the device to be networked to the mesh network.

In step 102, a probe response message sent by at least one network-connected device is received.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, after the device to be networked broadcasts the probe request packet, a probe response packet sent by at least one device that has already been networked may be received. The networked device may comprise any device that has access to the mesh network.

In one possible implementation manner, the networked device includes, but is not limited to, a device that has access to the mesh network and serves as a controller, and/or a device that has access to the mesh network and serves as an agent.

In step 103, a target device is determined in at least one of the networked devices based on the received probe response packet.

In step 104, the network access operation of accessing the mesh network is completed through the target device.

In the above embodiment, the device to be networked may determine an optimal upper node in at least one device already networked, thereby completing the network access operation to access the mesh network. In addition, the load of completing the network access operation through a single device is also reduced.

In some optional embodiments, the network access information of the device to be networked includes at least one of the following: the device information of the device to be networked; the equipment state information of the equipment to be networked; target indication information used for indicating whether the device to be networked supports a mesh network mechanism; and the equipment type information of the equipment to be networked.

The device information includes, but is not limited to, IP address information of the device to be networked, MAC address information for identifying the device to be networked, and the like. The device state information may be used to indicate that the device to be networked has not accessed the mesh network. The target indication information is used for indicating whether the mesh network mechanism is supported by the device to be networked. The device type information may be used to indicate a device type of the device to be networked, where the device type of the device to be networked includes, but is not limited to, a router, a relay device, and the like.

In some optional embodiments, the probe response message carries at least link state information, which is used to indicate a link state between the corresponding network-accessed device and the network-to-be-accessed device.

For the step 103, specifically, the device to be networked may select, based on the link state information, a device to be networked that corresponds to the link with the best link quality, and determine the device to be networked as the target device. And subsequently completing the network access operation through the target equipment.

In the disclosed embodiment, the link state information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of: quality information indicating the link quality between the accessed device and the device to be accessed, routing information indicating the accessed device and other accessed devices, and the like.

In a possible implementation manner, the device to be networked may determine, based on quality information included in the link state information, a device to be networked that corresponds to a link with the best link quality as a target device.

In another possible implementation manner, the device to be networked may determine, based on the routing information, the number of devices that have already accessed the mesh network through different devices already accessed to the mesh network, and determine, based on the quality information, a device already accessed to the mesh network corresponding to a link with the best link quality as the target device in the devices already accessed to the mesh network whose number of devices is less than the preset number. For example, the device to be networked receives link state information sent by three devices already networked, determines, based on the link state information, that the number of devices that have respectively accessed the mesh network through the device #1 already networked, the device #2 already networked, and the device #3 already networked is 3, 4, and 9, and if the preset number is 5, the device to be networked may determine, in the device #1 already networked and the device #2 already networked, a device already networked corresponding to a link with the best link quality as a target device based on quality information included in the link state information.

In the foregoing embodiment, the device to be networked may select, based on the received probe response packet, a link with the best link quality from the at least one device already networked as an optimal upper node, and then complete the network access operation through the device already networked.

In some optional embodiments, the probe response message returned by the network-connected device also carries backhaul configuration information.

The device to be networked may establish a backhaul link connection with the determined target device based on the backhaul link configuration information.

In the above embodiment, the network-connected device may carry the backhaul link configuration information in the probe response message returned to the network-to-be-connected device, so that after the network-to-be-connected device determines the network-to-be-connected device as the target device, the backhaul link may be directly established with the network-connected device based on the backhaul link configuration information, which is simple and convenient to implement and has high availability.

In some optional embodiments, referring to fig. 2, where fig. 2 is another device networking method provided based on the embodiment shown in fig. 1, step 104 may include:

in step 201, after establishing a backhaul link connection with the target device, receiving network access initial configuration synchronization information sent by the target device.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the device to be networked may further receive, after establishing a backhaul link connection with the target device, network access initial configuration synchronization information sent by the target device, where the network access initial configuration synchronization information is used to configure the device to be networked when the device to be networked initially accesses the mesh network, and includes but is not limited to configuring a temporary network identifier of the device to be networked and the like, for example, configuring the temporary network identifier of the device to be networked as agent # 3.

In step 202, based on the synchronization information of the network entry initial configuration, synchronization of the network entry initial configuration accessing the mesh network is performed.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the device to be networked may complete synchronization of network access initial configuration of accessing itself to the mesh network based on the received synchronization information of network access initial configuration.

In step 203, after completing the synchronization of the initial network access configuration, sending network access completion indication information to the target device.

In this embodiment of the disclosure, after completing synchronization of initial network access configuration, the device to be networked may send network access completion indication information to the target device, and notify the target device that the device to be networked has completed network access operation of accessing the mesh network. And subsequently, the target device informs other devices which have already accessed the network that the device to be accessed has completed the network access operation.

In the above embodiment, the device to be networked completes the network access operation to the mesh network through the optimal upper node, that is, the target device, determined in the at least one device to be networked, and when communication is subsequently performed in the mesh network, the target device can be directly used as the upper node, thereby preventing all devices to be networked from being networked through a single node, and reducing the load of the single node.

The device networking method provided by the present disclosure is described from the side of the networked device.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a device networking method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application, where the method may be applied to a networked device, and the networked device is any device that has accessed a mesh network. The device to be networked may include a device that has accessed the mesh network and serves as a controller, and/or a device that has accessed the mesh network and serves as an agent, as shown in fig. 3, and the device to be networked may include the following steps:

in step 301, in response to determining that the device to be networked is found, sending a probe response message to the device to be networked.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the device to be networked sends the probe response message to the discovered device to be networked, so that the device to be networked determines the target device in at least one device to be networked based on the received probe response message, and then completes the network access operation of accessing the mesh network through the target device.

In the above embodiment, after discovering at least one device to be networked, any device already networked may send a probe response message to the device to be networked. And the equipment to be networked determines the optimal superior node based on the received detection response message. Any network access device in the disclosure can find the device to be accessed, thereby avoiding missing the device to be accessed, and especially avoiding missing the device to be accessed under the scene that the number of nodes to be accessed is large or the position of a new access node is special. And the network access through a single node is avoided, and the usability is high.

In some optional embodiments, the device already connected to the network may determine to discover the device to be connected to the network in any one of the following manners. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, one device to be networked is taken as an example for description, and the number of the devices to be networked in practical applications may be one or more, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

In the first mode, the device to be networked is discovered based on a received detection request message sent by the device to be networked.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of another device networking method shown in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, where the process of determining to discover a device to be networked in step 301 may include the following steps:

in step 401, a detection request message carrying network access information of a device to be networked, which is broadcast by the device to be networked, is received.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the network access information is used to access the mesh network. Each device to be networked can periodically broadcast a detection request message carrying network access information thereof in a full channel, and the device already networked can receive the detection request message sent by the device to be networked.

In step 402, it is determined to discover the device to be networked based on the probe request packet.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the network-connected device may detect at least one field corresponding to the network access information of the device to be networked in the probe request message, and determine to find the device to be networked if the at least one field corresponding to the network access information of the device to be networked meets a corresponding preset condition.

In the above embodiment, any network access device may discover the network access device through a detection request message carrying network access information of the network access device, where the detection request message is sent by the network access device, and especially in a scenario where the number of the network access devices is large or where the network access device is located in a special location, for example, a location where a controller device cannot discover, the network access device is prevented from being missed.

In some optional embodiments, the network access information of the device to be networked includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: the device information of the device to be networked; the equipment state information of the equipment to be networked; target indication information used for indicating whether the device to be networked supports a mesh network mechanism; and the equipment type information of the equipment to be networked.

Accordingly, step 402 may include at least one of:

the accessed device may indicate that the device to be accessed does not access the mesh network when determining that a first field in which the device state information of the device to be accessed is located in the probe request message, and determine that the detection result is that the first field meets a corresponding first preset condition;

the network-connected device may determine that the second field where the target indication information is located in the probe request message indicates that the device to be networked supports the mesh network mechanism, and determine that the detection result is that the second field meets a corresponding second preset condition;

the network-connected device may determine that the detection result is that the third field satisfies a corresponding third preset condition when determining that the device type indicated by the third field of the device type information of the device to be networked in the probe request message matches the device type of the network-connected device, for example, both belong to a router or a relay device.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the device to be networked may be determined to find the device to be networked when it is determined that at least one field corresponding to the network access information satisfies the corresponding preset condition.

In the foregoing embodiment, the network-connected device may determine that the network-to-be-connected device is found when determining that the corresponding preset condition is met by detecting the specific field in the received probe request message. The purpose of finding the equipment to be networked on any one networked equipment is achieved, and the availability is high.

In the second mode, the device to be accessed to the network is found based on the first synchronization indication information sent by other devices already accessed to the network.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of another device networking method shown in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, where the process of determining to discover a device to be networked in step 301 may include the following steps:

in step 501, first synchronization indication information carrying device information of a device to be networked, which is sent by at least one other device already networked, is received.

The other devices already connected to the mesh network are other devices already connected to the mesh network, and the first synchronization indication information may carry device information of one or more devices to be connected to the mesh network.

In step 502, it is determined to discover the device to be networked based on the first synchronization indication information.

In the above embodiment, any one of the networked devices may send the device information of the device to be networked, which is discovered by itself, to the other networked devices through the first synchronization indication information, so that the multiple networked devices in the mesh network may discover all the devices to be networked synchronously, and the availability is high.

In some optional embodiments, after determining that one or more devices to be networked are found, the device that has already been networked may output a prompt message for finding the devices to be networked.

In one possible implementation manner, the networked device may output the prompt message by at least one of flashing a light, outputting a prompt sound and outputting a text prompt message.

In some optional embodiments, the user may select any one of the networked devices in the mesh network to confirm the network access operation of the device to be networked, including but not limited to inputting network access confirmation indication information corresponding to the device to be networked by pressing a physical key of the networked device, clicking a confirmation button on a World Wide Web (global Wide area network) interface of the networked device, and the like.

Assuming that a plurality of devices to be networked are discovered at the same time, a user may confirm a network access operation on one or more devices to be networked from the discovered devices to be networked on any one device to be networked, for example, n devices to be networked are discovered at the same time, and the user may confirm to select a corresponding device to be networked to perform the network access operation by pressing different physical keys or pressing the same key for a specified number of times on any one device to be networked. Or, the user may confirm to perform the network access operation after selecting 1 or more devices to be accessed on the web interface of the network-accessed device.

If the network access equipment receives the network access confirmation indication information corresponding to one or more devices to be accessed, the network access information of the devices to be accessed can be stored in a local equipment identification list.

In addition, the network access device may send the network access information of the device to be network accessed to other network access devices through the second synchronization indication information, and the other network access devices may store the network access information of the device to be network accessed to a local device identification list based on the second synchronization indication information. That is, other network-accessed devices may determine that the device to be networked has been identified by the device based on the second synchronization indication information, and determine that the device belongs to the device that needs to perform the network access operation.

In the above embodiment, if the device to be networked receives the network access confirmation indication information corresponding to the device to be networked, the network access information of the device to be networked may be stored in the device identification list, and the second synchronization indication information is sent to the other devices to be networked, so that the other devices to be networked also store the network access information of the device to be networked in the local device identification lists of the other devices to be networked, thereby achieving the purpose of confirming that the device to be networked performs the network access operation by using any device to be networked.

In some optional embodiments, if the user inputs the network access confirmation indication information corresponding to the device to be networked on the other network-accessed device, the current network-accessed device may receive second synchronization indication information which is sent by the other network-accessed device and carries the network access information of the device to be networked, and further store the network access information of the device to be networked in the device identification list based on the second synchronization indication information.

In the above embodiment, the purpose of confirming the network access operation of the device to be accessed through any network-accessed device is also achieved.

In some optional embodiments, after the network access device stores the network access information of the device to be networked into the device identification list, if a probe request message carrying the network access information of the device to be networked is received, where the receiving may be a first time of receiving the probe request message sent by the device to be networked, or may be a second time of receiving the probe request message sent by the device to be networked, the network access device may match the network access information of the device to be networked with the network access information in the device identification list, and if the matching result is successful, that is, the device identification list includes the network access information of the device to be networked, the network access device may perform the step of sending the probe response message to the device to be networked in step 301.

In a possible implementation manner, the above process has already detected a specific field in the probe request message, where when matching network access information of the device to be networked with network access information included in the device identification list, the matching process may be simplified, and the device information of the device to be networked, including but not limited to a MAC address, is matched with device information, such as a MAC address, included in the device identification list, and the matching result is determined.

In the above embodiment, after the network access information of the device to be networked is added to the device identification list on the device to be networked, if the probe request message carrying the network access information sent by the device to be networked is received, the device to be networked may perform simple matching, and if the matching result is successful, the probe request message is sent to the device to be networked. The process of matching the received network access information of the equipment to be accessed in the equipment identification list is simplified, and the usability is high.

In some optional embodiments, the probe response message sent by the network access device to the device to be networked may carry at least link state information. So that the device to be networked determines the optimal superior node.

Further, the probe response message may also carry backhaul link configuration information, so that the device to be networked establishes a backhaul link with the device already networked based on the backhaul link configuration information.

In some optional embodiments, referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is another device discovery method provided based on the embodiment shown in fig. 3, where the device networking method may further include the following steps:

in step 302, after establishing a backhaul link connection with the device to be networked, sending network access initial configuration synchronization information to the device to be networked.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the synchronization information of the network entry initial configuration is used to configure the device to be networked when the device to be networked initially accesses the mesh network, including but not limited to configuring a temporary network identifier of the device to be networked, for example, configuring the temporary network identifier of the device to be networked as agent # 3.

In step 303, network access completion indication information sent after the network access initial configuration synchronization of the device to be networked is completed is received.

In a possible implementation manner, after the network access device receives the network access completion indication information sent by the device to be network accessed, it may be determined that the device to be network accessed has completed the network access operation.

Optionally, after receiving the network access completion indication information sent by the device to be networked, the device to be networked may forward the network access completion indication information to other devices to be networked, so that the other devices to be networked determine that the device to be networked has completed the network access operation.

In the above embodiment, the device to be networked may send the synchronization information of initial network access configuration to the device to be networked after establishing the backhaul link connection with the device to be networked, and determine that the device to be networked completes the network access operation of accessing the mesh network after receiving the indication information of network access completion sent by the device to be networked, thereby determining an optimal upper node in at least one device to be networked, completing the network access operation, and reducing a load of completing the network access operation by a single device.

The above device networking scheme is further illustrated as follows.

Similarly, referring to fig. 7, the network-accessed device includes a controller, agent #1, and agent #2, the network-to-be-accessed device includes agent # n1 and agent # n2, after agent # n1 is powered on, the probe request message carrying the network access information of the network-accessed device is periodically broadcast in a full channel, and after agent # n2 is powered on, the probe request message carrying the network access information of the network-accessed device is also periodically broadcast.

Suppose that agent #1 receives the probe request message sent by agent # n1 to determine that agent # n1 is found, and at the same time, agent #2 receives the probe request message sent by agent # n2 to determine that agent # n2 is found. agent #1 stores the device information of agent # n1 in a local to-be-networked device list, and sends first synchronization indication information carrying the device information of agent # n1 to other already-networked devices, namely, controller and agent #2, agent #2 stores the device information of agent # n2 in the local to-be-networked device list, and sends first synchronization indication information carrying the device information of agent # n2 to other already-networked devices, namely, controller and agent #1, and finally, the to-be-networked device lists on the controller, agent #1 and agent #2 respectively include agent # n1 and agent # n 2.

The controller, agent #1 and agent #2 may flash, output a warning tone and/or output a text warning message, etc. at the same time, to notify the user that two devices to be networked, agent # n1 and agent # n2, are found.

After completing the device discovery, the controller, agent #1, and agent #2 may flash, output a prompt tone, and/or output a text prompt message, etc. at the same time, prompting the user to discover two devices to be networked, agent # n1 and agent # n 2.

It is assumed that the user can input the network access confirmation instruction information corresponding to agent # n1 and agent # n2 by key addition, web addition, or the like on agent #2 as required. after receiving the network entry confirmation instruction information, agent #2 may store the device information of agent # n1 and agent # n2 in a local device identification list, and may transmit second synchronization instruction information to controller and agent #1, and the controller and agent #1 may store the device information of agent # n1 and agent # n2 in the local device identification list based on the second synchronization instruction information.

When the control, agent #1 and agent #2 receive the probe request messages respectively sent by agent # n1 and agent # n2 again, send probe response messages to agent # n1 and agent # n2, wherein agent # n1 selects agent #2 as the target device according to the received 3 probe response messages, and agent # n2 selects the control as the target device according to the received 3 probe response messages. agent # n1 establishes backhaul link connection with agent #2, synchronizes with the initial configuration of network access, and agent # n1 sends network access completion indication information to agent #2 to confirm completion of network access operation. Similarly, agent # n2 establishes backhaul link connection with the controller, and synchronizes with the initial configuration of network access, and agent # n2 sends network access completion indication information to the controller to confirm that the network access operation is completed.

In some optional embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, fig. 8 is a flowchart of a device networking method shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a networked device includes a controller, an agent #1, and an agent #2, and the device networking method may include the following steps:

in step 601, the device to be networked broadcasts a probe request message carrying the network access information of the device to be networked.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the device to be networked may periodically broadcast the detection request message carrying the network access information of the device to be networked in all channels, and the network access information may be used for the device to be networked to access the mesh network.

In step 602, the network device agent #1 detects at least one field corresponding to the network access information of the device to be networked in the received probe request message, and determines a detection result.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, assuming that agent #1 of the network access device receives the probe request message, agent #1 detects at least one field corresponding to the network access information of the to-be-networked device in the probe request message, and determines a detection result.

In step 603, the network-accessed device agent #1 determines to discover the device to be accessed in response to determining that the detection result is that at least one field corresponding to the network access information of the device to be accessed meets a corresponding preset condition.

In step 604, the network-connected device agent #1 stores the device information of the device to be networked in the list of devices to be networked.

In step 605, the network-accessed device agent #1 sends the first synchronization indication information carrying the device information of the device to be network-accessed to the network-accessed device agent #2 and the controller.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the first synchronization indication information is used for the other network-connected devices, that is, the network-connected device agent #2 and the controller, to discover the device to be networked.

In step 606, the network-accessed device agent #1, the network-accessed device agent #2, and the controller output prompt information for finding the device to be network-accessed.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the network-accessed device agent #1, the network-accessed device agent #2, and the controller may output the prompt information for finding the device to be networked by at least one of flashing light operation, outputting a prompt tone, or outputting a text prompt information.

In step 607, the controller stores the network access information of the to-be-networked device in the device identification list in response to receiving the network access confirmation indication information corresponding to the to-be-networked device.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is assumed that the user inputs the network entry confirmation prompt message through the controller. The controller stores the network access information of the device to be networked into a local device identification list.

In step 608, the controller sends second synchronization indication information carrying the network access information of the device to be networked to the network-accessed device agent #1 and the network-accessed device agent # 2.

The network-accessed device agent #1 and the network-accessed device agent #2 store the network access information of the devices to be networked into respective local device identification lists based on the second synchronization indication information,

in step 609, the network-accessed device agent #1, the network-accessed device agent #2, and the controller all receive the probe request message carrying the network access information of the network-accessed device, which is sent by the network-accessed device.

In step 610, the network-accessed device agent #1, the network-accessed device agent #2, and the controller respectively match the received network access information of the device to be network-accessed in the device identification list, and determine a matching result.

In step 611, the network-accessed device agent #1, the network-accessed device agent #2, and the controller send a probe response message to the device to be networked in response to determining that the matching result is successful.

In step 612, the device to be networked determines the agent #1 of the device to be networked as the target device according to the link state information carried in the received probe response message.

In step 613, the device to be networked establishes a backhaul link connection with the agent #1 of the device to be networked according to the backhaul link configuration information carried in the received probe response message.

In step 614, the device to be networked receives the synchronization information of the initial network configuration sent by the device agent # 1.

In step 615, after the network access device completes the synchronization of the initial network access configuration, it sends network access completion indication information to the network access device agent # 1.

The network-accessed device agent #1 may notify the other network-accessed devices that the network-to-be-accessed device has completed the network-accessing operation.

In the above embodiment, discovery of the device to be networked is performed through any one of the networked devices, so that omission of the device to be networked is avoided. And the equipment to be networked can determine the optimal superior node in at least one piece of equipment already networked, thereby completing the network access operation and reducing the load of completing the network access operation through a single piece of equipment.

Corresponding to the embodiment of the application function implementation method, the disclosure further provides an embodiment of an application function implementation device.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for device networking according to an exemplary embodiment, where the apparatus is applied to a device to be networked, and the apparatus includes:

a broadcasting module 901, configured to broadcast a detection request packet carrying network access information of the device to be networked, where the network access information is used to access a mesh network;

a receiving module 902, configured to receive a probe response packet sent by at least one network-connected device, where the network-connected device includes any device that has accessed the mesh network;

a determining module 903, configured to determine, based on the received probe response packet, a target device in the at least one network-accessed device;

and a network access module 904, configured to complete a network access operation to the mesh network through the target device.

the device information of the device to be networked;

the equipment state information of the equipment to be networked;

Optionally, the probe response packet at least carries link state information,

the determination module is further to:

the device further comprises:

and the return link establishing module is used for establishing return link connection with the target equipment based on the received return link configuration information carried in the detection response message sent by the target equipment.

Optionally, the network entry module is further configured to:

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for network entry of a device, where the apparatus is applied to a networked device, and the apparatus includes:

a sending module 1001, configured to send a probe response message to a device to be networked in response to determining that the device to be networked is found;

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the message receiving module is used for receiving a detection request message which is broadcasted by the equipment to be accessed and carries the network access information of the equipment to be accessed, and the network access information is used for accessing the mesh network;

and the determining module is used for determining to discover the equipment to be networked based on the detection request message.

the device information of the device to be networked;

the equipment state information of the equipment to be networked;

and the equipment type information of the equipment to be networked.

Optionally, the determining module is further configured to:

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the output module is used for outputting the prompt information for finding the equipment to be networked.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the storage module is used for responding to the received network access confirmation indication information corresponding to the equipment to be accessed, and storing the network access information of the equipment to be accessed into an equipment identification list; and

the sending module is further configured to send second synchronization indication information carrying the network access information of the device to be networked to other networked devices, where the second synchronization indication information is used to indicate the other networked devices to store the network access information of the device to be networked to the device identification lists on the other networked devices.

Optionally, the receiving module is further configured to:

the storage module is further configured to store the network access information of the device to be networked into a device identification list based on the second synchronization indication information.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the matching module is used for responding to a detection request message carrying the network access information of the equipment to be accessed, matching the received network access information of the equipment to be accessed in the equipment identification list and determining a matching result;

and the control module is used for controlling the sending module to send a detection response message to the equipment to be accessed to the network in response to the matching result being determined to be successful.

Optionally, the network access information of the device to be networked includes device information of the device to be networked, and the matching module is further configured to:

Optionally, the probe response packet at least carries link state information.

Optionally, the sending module is further configured to send network access initial configuration synchronization information to the device to be networked after establishing a backhaul link connection with the device to be networked;

the receiving module is further configured to receive network access completion indication information sent after the synchronization of the initial network access configuration of the device to be networked is completed.

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

Referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a device networking system according to an exemplary embodiment, where the system includes:

the network access method comprises the following steps that a device to be accessed to a network 1101, wherein the device to be accessed to the network is added into a mesh network based on any one of the methods;

a device to be networked 1102, where the device to be networked interacts with the device to be networked based on any of the methods described above, so that the device to be networked joins the mesh network.

The network-accessed device comprises a device which is accessed to the mesh network as a control end and/or a device which is accessed to the mesh network as an agent end. The number of the devices to be networked may be one or more, and the number of the devices already networked may also be one or more, which is not limited in this disclosure.

Correspondingly, the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, where the computer program is used to implement the steps of the device networking method described in any one of the above-mentioned devices to be networked when executed by a processor.

Accordingly, the present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, which when executed by a processor is configured to implement the steps of the device networking method described in any of the above-mentioned networked device sides.

Correspondingly, the present disclosure also provides an apparatus for accessing a network, including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

As shown in fig. 12, fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus networking device 1200 according to an exemplary embodiment. The apparatus 1200 may be provided as a device to be networked. Referring to fig. 12, apparatus 1200 includes a processing component 1222, a wireless transmit/receive component 1224, an antenna component 1226, and wireless interface specific signal processing components, and processing component 1222 may further include at least one processor.

One of the processors in the processing component 1222 may be configured to execute the device networking method described in any of the above-mentioned devices to be networked.

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

As shown in fig. 13, fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus network entry device 1300 according to an exemplary embodiment. Apparatus 1300 may be provided as a networked device. Referring to fig. 13, apparatus 1300 comprises processing components 1322, wireless transmit/receive components 1324, antenna components 1326, and signal processing portions specific to the wireless interface, processing components 1322 may further comprise at least one processor.

One of the processors in processing component 1322 may be configured to perform the device networking method described above on any of the networked device sides.

It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. The terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

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

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

Claims

1. A device network access method is applied to a device to be networked, and comprises the following steps:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network access information of the device to be networked includes at least one of:

the device information of the device to be networked;

the equipment state information of the equipment to be networked;

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the probe response packet at least carries link state information,

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the probe response message further includes backhaul link configuration information,

the method further comprises the following steps:

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the completing, by the target device, the network entry operation for accessing the mesh network includes:

6. A device networking method is applied to a networked device, and comprises the following steps:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining to discover the device to be networked comprises:

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the network access information of the device to be networked comprises at least one of the following:

the device information of the device to be networked;

the equipment state information of the equipment to be networked;

and the equipment type information of the equipment to be networked.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the determining to discover the device to be networked based on the network access information of the device to be networked comprises:

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the detecting at least one field corresponding to the network access information of the device to be networked in the probe request message and determining a detection result includes at least one of:

determining that a second field where the target indication information is located in the probe request message indicates that the device to be networked supports a mesh network mechanism, and determining that the detection result is that the second field meets a corresponding second preset condition;

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining to discover the device to be networked comprises:

12. The method according to claim 6, wherein after determining that the device to be networked is found, the method further comprises:

and outputting prompt information for finding the equipment to be networked.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

and sending second synchronous indication information carrying the network access information of the equipment to be accessed to other network-accessed equipment, wherein the other network-accessed equipment is other equipment which has accessed to the mesh network, and the second synchronous indication information is used for indicating the other network-accessed equipment to store the network access information of the equipment to be accessed to the equipment identification list of the other network-accessed equipment.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

15. The method according to claim 13 or 14, wherein after saving the network access information of the device to be networked into the device identification list, the method further comprises:

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the network access information of the device to be networked includes device information of the device to be networked, and the matching the received network access information of the device to be networked in the device identification list to determine a matching result includes:

17. The method according to claim 6, wherein the probe response packet carries at least link state information.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the probe response message further carries backhaul link configuration information.

19. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the sending of the probe response packet to the device to be networked, the method further comprises:

20. The device for network access of equipment is characterized in that the device is applied to the equipment to be networked, and the device comprises:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a probe response packet sent by at least one device that has already accessed the mesh network, where the device that has already accessed the mesh network includes any device;

21. An apparatus for networking a device, the apparatus being applied to a networked device, the apparatus comprising:

22. A device networking system, comprising:

a device to be networked, which accesses to a mesh network based on the method of any one of claims 1 to 5;

a device to be networked, interacting with the device to be networked based on the method of any one of claims 6 to 18, so that the device to be networked accesses the mesh network.

23. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method for networking of a device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

24. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method for networking of a device according to any one of claims 6 to 19.

25. An apparatus for accessing a network, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the steps of the device networking method of any one of claims 1-5.

26. An apparatus for accessing a network, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the steps of the device networking method of any one of claims 6-19.