CN114615700A

CN114615700A - Network processing method, network processing device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN114615700A
Application number: CN202210147475.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 田勇; 向文; 孙汉标
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-02-17
Filing date: 2022-02-17
Publication date: 2022-06-10

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a network processing method, a network processing apparatus, and a storage medium. The network processing method comprises the following steps: sending a beacon request, wherein the beacon request comprises channel measurement information of a plurality of channels; and receiving a beacon report sent by the wireless client based on the beacon request, and instructing the wireless client to execute a roaming process based on a channel measurement result included in the beacon report. The roaming efficiency of the wireless client can be improved through the method and the device.

Description

Network processing method, network processing device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a network processing method, a network processing apparatus, and a storage medium.

Background

In general, a wireless access point may provide one or more channels accessible to wireless clients, which may access the wireless access point by way of channel associations. Moreover, the situation that a wireless client accessing a wireless access point needs to roam often occurs.

In the related art, for a case where a wireless client needs to roam, a wireless access point may send a beacon request (beacon request) for measuring a downlink Received Channel Power (RCPI) of a Channel, and instruct the wireless client to roam with a Channel measurement result when the Channel measurement result of a Channel that can roam is obtained in a manner of receiving a beacon report (beacon report). However, in the related art, there is a problem that it takes a long time to wait for the measurement result.

Disclosure of Invention

To overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a network processing method, a network processing apparatus, and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network processing method applied to a wireless access point, including:

sending a beacon request, wherein the beacon request comprises channel measurement information of a plurality of channels; and receiving a beacon report sent by the wireless client based on the beacon request, and instructing the wireless client to execute a roaming process based on a channel measurement result included in the beacon report.

In one embodiment, before instructing the wireless client to perform a roaming procedure, the method further comprises: determining that reception of channel measurement results for all of the plurality of channels is completed; or determining that the reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels is not finished, wherein the waiting time length exceeds a preset time length, and the waiting time length is the time length of waiting for receiving the channel measurement results of the channels.

In one embodiment, the determining that the receiving of the channel measurement results for all of the plurality of channels is completed comprises: if the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a one-time receiving mode, determining to complete the receiving of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels under the condition that at least one channel in the plurality of channels is determined to have an identification bit for identifying that the measurement is completed; and if the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a successive receiving mode, determining that the receiving of the channel measurement results of all the plurality of channels is finished under the condition that all the channels in the plurality of channels are determined to have the identification bits for identifying that the measurement is finished.

In one embodiment, before determining that reception of the channel measurement results for all of the plurality of channels is complete, the method further comprises: determining the number of channels corresponding to channel measurement results included in a beacon report received for the first time; if the number of the channels is larger than the preset number, determining that the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels is a one-time receiving mode; and if the number of the channels is smaller than or equal to the preset number, determining that the receiving mode of the channel measuring results corresponding to the channels is a successive receiving mode.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises: setting an identification bit for identifying uncompleted measurement for each of the plurality of channels; and under the condition of acquiring the channel measurement result, setting an identification bit for identifying the measurement completion for the channel acquiring the channel measurement result.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network processing method applied to a wireless client, including:

receiving a beacon request, the beacon request being transmitted by a wireless access point, comprising channel measurement information for a plurality of channels; and sending a beacon report based on the beacon request, wherein the beacon report comprises a channel measurement result.

In one embodiment, the sending the beacon report includes: if the transmission mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a one-time transmission mode, transmitting a beacon report including the channel measurement results corresponding to all the channels in the plurality of channels; if the transmission mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a successive transmission mode, successively transmitting a beacon report including the channel measurement results; for successively transmitted beacon reports, each beacon report comprises a channel corresponding to a channel measurement result, and the channel corresponding to the channel measurement results in different beacon reports are different.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network processing apparatus, applied to a wireless access point, including:

a sending unit, configured to send a beacon request, where the beacon request includes channel measurement information of multiple channels; a receiving unit, configured to receive a beacon report sent by a wireless client based on the beacon request; a processing unit, configured to instruct the wireless client to perform a roaming procedure based on a channel measurement result included in the beacon report.

In one embodiment, the processing unit is further configured to: determining to complete reception of channel measurements for all of the plurality of channels prior to instructing the wireless client to perform a roaming procedure; or determining that the reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels is not finished, wherein the waiting time length exceeds a preset time length, and the waiting time length is the time length of waiting for receiving the channel measurement results of the channels.

In one embodiment, the processing unit determines that reception of the channel measurement results for all of the plurality of channels is completed by: if the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a one-time receiving mode, determining to complete the receiving of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels under the condition that at least one channel in the plurality of channels is determined to have an identification bit for identifying that the measurement is completed; and if the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a successive receiving mode, determining that the receiving of the channel measurement results of all the plurality of channels is finished under the condition that all the channels in the plurality of channels are determined to have the identification bits for identifying that the measurement is finished.

In one embodiment, the processing unit is further configured to: determining the number of channels corresponding to the channel measurement results included in the beacon report received for the first time before determining that the reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels is completed; if the number of the channels is larger than the preset number, determining that the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels is a one-time receiving mode; and if the number of the channels is determined to be less than or equal to the preset number, determining that the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels is a successive receiving mode.

In one embodiment, the processing unit is further configured to: setting an identification bit for identifying uncompleted measurement for each of the plurality of channels; and under the condition of acquiring the channel measurement result, setting an identification bit for identifying the measurement completion for the channel acquiring the channel measurement result.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network processing apparatus, including:

a receiving unit configured to receive a beacon request, the beacon request being transmitted by a wireless access point and including channel measurement information of a plurality of channels; a sending unit, configured to send a beacon report based on the beacon request, where the beacon report includes a channel measurement result.

In one embodiment, the transmitting unit transmits the beacon report as follows: if the transmission mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a one-time transmission mode, transmitting a beacon report including the channel measurement results corresponding to all the channels in the plurality of channels; if the transmission mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a successive transmission mode, successively transmitting a beacon report including the channel measurement results; for successively transmitted beacon reports, each beacon report includes a channel measurement result corresponding to one channel, and the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels included in different beacon reports are different.

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network processing apparatus, including:

a processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: the network processing method described in any of the embodiments of the first aspect or the first aspect is performed, or the network processing method described in any of the embodiments of the second aspect or the second aspect is performed.

According to a sixth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a storage medium having instructions stored therein, where the instructions when executed by a processor enable the processor to perform the network processing method according to the first aspect or any one of the embodiments of the first aspect, or perform the network processing method according to any one of the embodiments of the second aspect or the second aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: a beacon request including channel measurement information for a plurality of channels may be transmitted, and a beacon report including channel measurement results transmitted by a wireless client based on the beacon request may be received. Further, the wireless client may be instructed to perform the roaming procedure by the channel measurement result included in the beacon report. Compared with the conventional method in which multiple beacon requests are sent, and each beacon request only includes channel measurement information of one channel, the method for sending the beacon request including the channel measurement information of multiple channels according to the present disclosure can save time required for channel measurement, and thus can improve efficiency of providing roaming indication for the wireless client.

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 present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a scenario in which a wireless client accesses a wireless access point and triggers roaming.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a network processing method according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating another network processing method in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a receiving manner of channel measurement results corresponding to a plurality of channels according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a wireless access point providing roaming channels in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a network processing method according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart illustrating another network processing method in accordance with an example embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a network processing device according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating another network processing device according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for network processing in accordance with 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 implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure.

In the drawings, the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The described embodiments are only a subset of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all embodiments. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be illustrative of the present disclosure, and should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments disclosed herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The network processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can be applied to a roaming scene of a wireless client accessing a wireless access point. Here, the wireless access point may be understood as a device that can provide a service for accessing the wireless access point, such as a router, and the wireless client may be understood as a device that can access the wireless access point and use a network of the wireless access point, such as a mobile phone. Of course, the wireless access point or the wireless client may be other devices, and the type of the wireless access point or the wireless client is not particularly limited in the present disclosure.

In the related art, a wireless access point may provide one or more channels for wireless clients to access, and the wireless clients may access the wireless access point by way of channel association. In the related art, a wireless client accessing a wireless access point usually needs to roam. For example, as shown in fig. 1, the wireless access point can monitor whether the wireless client needs to roam by monitoring the Received Signal Strength (RSSI) of the wireless client accessing the wireless access point. For a wireless client accessing to the wireless access point a, if the wireless client moves along the moving direction shown in fig. 1, the wireless access point a may monitor that the uplink RSSI of the wireless client is weakened. If the wireless access point A monitors that the uplink RSSI of the wireless client is weakened to be smaller than a preset signal strength threshold value, the fact that the wireless client needs to roam can be determined. In this case, the wireless access point can transmit a beacon request (beacon request) for measuring downlink Received Channel Power (RCPI) of the wireless access point for each of the plurality of roamable channels, and instruct the wireless client to roam with the Channel measurement result when the Channel measurement result for the plurality of roamable channels is obtained by receiving the beacon report (beacon report).

In the related art, the method for the wireless access point to send the beacon request for each of the multiple roamable channels has a problem of long time consumption. For example, for a wireless access point including channel 1, channel 2, and channel 3, if a wireless client currently accesses the wireless access point through channel 1 and the wireless access point determines that the wireless client needs to roam, the wireless access point needs to measure downlink RCPIs corresponding to channel 2 and channel 3 through the wireless client, respectively. Specifically, the wireless access point first sends a beacon request for requesting a downlink RCPI corresponding to the measurement channel 2 to the wireless client, and sends a beacon request for requesting a downlink RCPI corresponding to the measurement channel 3 to the wireless client again when receiving a corresponding beacon report. Further, the wireless access point may obtain channel measurements for channel 2 and channel 3 in case of subsequent reception of beacon reports for channel 3, thereby providing a roaming channel for the wireless client. Since in the related art, multiple beacon requests need to be sent for multiple roamable channels, the wireless access point is set by default to send a subsequent beacon request when receiving a beacon report corresponding to a previous beacon request. Therefore, the overall measurement period of the method is long, and the actual requirement of the wireless client for executing the roaming process cannot be met.

In view of the above, the present disclosure provides a network processing method, which may transmit a beacon request including channel measurement information of a plurality of channels, and instruct a wireless client to perform a roaming procedure based on a channel measurement result included in a beacon report in a case where the beacon report transmitted by the wireless client based on the beacon request is received. The method can shorten the measurement period and realize the efficient and rapid roaming indication for the wireless client.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a network processing method according to an exemplary embodiment, where the network processing method is used in a wireless access point, as shown in fig. 2, and includes the following steps.

In step S11, a beacon request is transmitted.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the channel measurement information of the multiple channels may be encapsulated in the beacon request, and the beacon request may be sent after the encapsulation. Wherein the transmitted beacon request includes channel measurement information of a plurality of channels.

In step S12, a beacon report transmitted by the wireless client based on the beacon request is received, and the wireless client is instructed to perform a roaming procedure based on the channel measurement result included in the beacon report.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the channel measurement information may instruct the wireless client to measure the downlink signal strength of the wireless access point on different channels, and feed back the channel measurement result by sending the beacon report. The fed back channel measurement result may be, for example, a downlink RCPI of the wireless access point in different channels. Further, the wireless access point may determine, according to the channel measurement result included in the beacon report, a channel whose current signal strength can satisfy the roaming requirement of the wireless client, and then instruct the wireless client to execute the roaming process by providing the wireless client with a channel that can perform roaming.

The network processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can realize one-time transmission of the channel measurement information for a plurality of channels by transmitting the beacon request including the channel measurement information for the plurality of channels, and the method can enable the wireless client to quickly acquire all channels required to be subjected to channel measurement, thereby reducing the measurement period for the channels to be measured, and further improving the roaming efficiency of the wireless client.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, whether the wireless client needs to roam can be monitored by monitoring the uplink RSSI of the wireless client accessing the wireless access point. For example, as shown in fig. 1, for a wireless client accessing a wireless access point a, if the wireless client moves along the moving direction shown in fig. 1, the wireless access point a may monitor that the uplink RSSI of the wireless client decreases. If the wireless access point A monitors that the uplink RSSI of the wireless client is weakened to be smaller than a preset signal strength threshold value, the fact that the wireless client needs to roam can be determined. Further, the beacon request may be transmitted upon determining that the wireless client needs to roam.

Of course, the need for roaming by the wireless client may also be determined in other ways. For example, it may be determined that the wireless client needs to roam when the wireless access point receives request information for requesting roaming sent by the wireless client. The present disclosure does not specifically limit the monitoring mode of the wireless access point for the wireless client.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1, multiple channels may be determined in the associable channels of the wireless access point a, and of course, for a wireless Mesh (Mesh) network composed of the wireless access point a and the wireless access point B, multiple channels may also be determined in the associable channels of the wireless access point a and the wireless access point B. It can be understood that the plurality of channels corresponding to the channel measurement information may be all channels currently accessible to the wireless client, or all other channels except for a channel currently used by the wireless client for accessing the wireless access point, among all channels. In other words, when the beacon request is sent, the multiple channels corresponding to the channel measurement information may be set by user according to actual requirements, which is not specifically limited in this disclosure.

Further, the wireless client may be instructed to perform the roaming procedure by a channel measurement result included in the beacon report in case of receiving the beacon report transmitted by the wireless client. For example, as shown in fig. 1, if it is determined that the best roaming channel accessible to the wireless client accessing the wireless access point a is the channel in which the wireless access point a operates, the wireless client may be instructed to perform frequency band roaming between the channels in which the wireless access point a operates. Therein, it can be understood that the determined optimal roaming channel in this case is different from the channel currently used by the wireless client to access the wireless access point a. In addition, if it is determined that the best roaming channel accessible to the wireless client is the channel on which the wireless access point B operates, the wireless client may be instructed to switch from accessing the wireless access point a to accessing the wireless access point B, so as to implement the wireless access point roaming (also referred to as AP roaming).

Generally, in the absence of signal interference, after a wireless access point transmits a beacon request including channel measurement information of a plurality of channels, a wireless client may feed back a channel measurement result corresponding to each channel in the channels by transmitting a beacon report one or more times. But typically, the wireless access point may not receive beacon reports for all of the multiple channels due to signal interference.

In one example, a received beacon report may be detected to determine whether all receivable beacon reports have been received before instructing the wireless client to perform a roaming procedure via the beacon report. For example, it may be determined that all beacon reports that can be received have been received in a case where it is determined that reception of channel measurement results of all of the plurality of channels is completed or in a case where it is determined that reception of channel measurement results of all of the plurality of channels is not completed and a waiting time period exceeds a preset time period. On this basis, the wireless client may be instructed to perform a roaming procedure by channel measurements included in the currently received beacon report.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another network processing method according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 3, the implementation process of step S21 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is similar to that of step S11 in fig. 2, and is not described herein again.

In step S22, a beacon report transmitted by the wireless client based on the beacon request is received, and in a case where it is determined that reception of the channel measurement results of all of the plurality of channels is completed, or in a case where it is determined that reception of the channel measurement results of all of the plurality of channels is not completed and the waiting time period exceeds a preset time period, the wireless client is instructed to perform the roaming procedure based on the channel measurement results included in the beacon report.

The waiting time is the time for waiting for receiving the channel measurement result of the channel, and the setting of the preset time can ensure that the whole process can be smoothly carried out under the condition that partial channel measurement results are lost, so that the problem of process suspension caused by the loss of the partial channel measurement results can be solved.

The network processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can enable the wireless access point to provide a roaming channel for the wireless client under the condition of acquiring all or part of the channel measurement results. Based on this, for the situation that the obtained partial channel measurement result and the waiting time length exceeds the preset time length, the roaming service of the wireless access point can be ensured to be executed smoothly. And for the situation of acquiring all the channel measurement results, the most suitable channel can be provided for the wireless client side so as to allow the wireless client side to roam.

In general, a wireless client may perform downlink RCPI measurement on a plurality of channels included in a beacon request when receiving the beacon request sent by a wireless access point. And, the wireless client may transmit the channel measurement result of the channel to the wireless access point in the form of a beacon report according to the transmission manner set by default. The transmission method of the wireless client includes a one-time transmission method of transmitting a beacon report including channel measurement results of all channels in the channels at a time, and a successive transmission method of transmitting a beacon report including channel measurement results of each channel in the channels at successive times.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the receiving modes of the wireless access point for the channel measurement result, corresponding to the wireless client, include a one-time receiving mode and a successive receiving mode. For example, whether or not to complete the reception of the channel measurement result of all the channels in the plurality of channels may be determined by a determination method matching the reception method of the channel measurement result by the wireless access point. For example, if the reception method of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is the one-time reception method, it may be determined that reception of the channel measurement results of all the plurality of channels is completed when it is determined that at least one of the plurality of channels has the identification bit identifying that measurement is completed. For example, if the reception method of the channel measurement results for the plurality of channels is a sequential reception method, it is possible to determine that reception of the channel measurement results for all of the plurality of channels is completed when it is determined that all of the plurality of channels have the identification bit for identifying that measurement is completed.

For example, before determining that the reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels is completed, the reception manner of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels may be determined as follows. Further, whether to complete the reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels may be determined by a determination method matched with the reception method.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a receiving manner of channel measurement results corresponding to a plurality of channels according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 4, the method includes the following steps.

In step S31, the number of channels corresponding to the channel measurement result included in the beacon report received for the first time is determined.

In step S32a, if it is determined that the number of channels is greater than the preset number, the receiving method of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is determined to be a one-time receiving method.

As an example, the preset number may be 1. If the number of channels is determined to be greater than the preset number (for example, it may be understood that the number of channels is greater than 1), it indicates that the current beacon report includes channel measurement results of multiple channels, and may further indicate that the transmission mode of the wireless client is a one-time transmission mode. Since the reception method of the wireless access point matches the transmission method of the wireless client, the reception method of the wireless access point in this case is a one-time reception method.

In step S32b, if it is determined that the number of channels is less than or equal to the preset number, the reception method of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is determined to be a successive reception method.

The network processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure may determine, according to the number of channels corresponding to the channel measurement result included in the beacon report received for the first time, a reception manner of the wireless access point for the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels. Based on this, it is possible to determine whether or not reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels is completed, according to the reception mode of the wireless access point.

The flag used for determining the reception mode of the channel measurement result corresponding to the plurality of channels may be set as follows. For example, an identification bit for identifying incomplete measurement may be set for each of the plurality of channels. Further, in the case of obtaining the channel measurement result, an identification bit for identifying that the measurement is completed is set for the channel for which the channel measurement result is obtained.

Specifically, in the case of determining multiple channels, for an idle bit corresponding to an arbitrary address in the wireless access point, an idle bit matching the number of the multiple channels may be determined, and whether a channel measurement result of the channel is received may be characterized by adjusting a value of the idle bit. For example, a bit may be set to "0" and defined as a channel measurement result that has not been received. For another example, a bit may be set to "1" and defined as the channel measurement result having been received. In addition, the mode of setting the identification bit by the bit is only an exemplary embodiment for characterizing whether the channel measurement result is received, and whether the channel measurement result is received may also be set and characterized by other modes, which is not specifically limited by the present disclosure.

For example, as shown in fig. 5, for a wireless client accessing a wireless access point, the wireless access point monitors uplink RSSI of the wireless client in real time, and determines a plurality of channels and sets an identification bit for identifying incomplete measurement if the uplink RSSI is determined to be less than a signal strength threshold. Based on this, the wireless access point encapsulates the channel measurement information including a plurality of channels into the beacon request, and transmits the beacon request, so that the wireless client can receive the beacon request and determine the channel required to be measured. Further, the wireless client measures downlink RCPI for each of the plurality of channels to obtain a channel measurement result, and then sends the channel measurement result to the wireless access point in a beacon report according to a default sending mode. For example, the wireless client transmits a beacon report including channel measurement results corresponding to all of the plurality of channels to the wireless access point in a one-time transmission manner. For another example, the wireless client sets a beacon report for each channel measurement result corresponding to each of the plurality of channels, and transmits the beacon report corresponding to each of the plurality of channels to the wireless access point in a sequential transmission manner. Based on this, the wireless access point may obtain channel measurements that instruct the wireless client to perform a roaming procedure.

For example, the wireless access point may update the identification bits according to the obtained beacon report, and determine a transmission mode of the wireless client (that is, a receiving mode of the wireless access point for channel measurement results corresponding to multiple channels). For example, when it is determined that the number of channels corresponding to the channel measurement result included in the beacon report received for the first time is greater than 1, the reception mode may be determined to be the one-time reception mode. For another example, when it is determined that the number of channels corresponding to the channel measurement result included in the beacon report received first is 1 or less, the reception method may be determined to be the successive reception method.

Based on this, it is possible to determine whether or not reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels among the plurality of channels is completed, according to the conditions for determining completion of measurement set for different reception modes. For example, for the one-time reception mode, it may be determined that reception of channel measurement results of all of the plurality of channels is completed when it is determined that at least one of the plurality of channels has an identification bit identifying that measurement is completed. For another example, in the successive approximation reception method, when it is determined that all of the plurality of channels have the identification bits for identifying that measurement has been completed, it may be determined that reception of the channel measurement results of all of the plurality of channels has been completed.

Further, the wireless client may be instructed to perform the roaming procedure in a case where it is determined that reception of the channel measurement results of all of the plurality of channels is completed, or in a case where it is determined that reception of the channel measurement results of all of the plurality of channels is not completed and the waiting time length exceeds a preset time length.

Based on the same concept, the present disclosure provides a network processing method applied to a wireless client.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a network processing method, as shown in fig. 6, for use in a wireless client, according to an example embodiment, including the following steps.

In step S41, a beacon request is received.

In the implementation of the present disclosure, the beacon request may be sent by a wireless access point to which the wireless client currently accesses, and the beacon request may include channel measurement information of multiple channels.

In step S42, a beacon report is transmitted based on the beacon request.

Wherein the transmitted beacon report includes channel measurement results corresponding to a plurality of channels.

The network processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can enable the wireless client to send the beacon report including the channel measurement result based on the beacon request under the condition of receiving the beacon request including the channel measurement information of a plurality of channels, so that the wireless access point can instruct the wireless client to execute the roaming process under the condition of receiving the beacon report.

For example, upon receiving a beacon request, the wireless client may send a beacon report in the following manner.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another network processing method according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 7, the implementation process of step S51 in this disclosure embodiment is similar to that of step S41 in fig. 6, and is not described herein again.

In the disclosed embodiment, the wireless client is configured with default transmission modes, including a one-time transmission mode and a successive transmission mode. For example, the transmission modes of the channel measurement results corresponding to the multiple channels may be determined by directly reading the transmission mode of the default configuration.

In step S52a, if the transmission method of the multiple channel-associated channel measurement results is the one-time transmission method, a beacon report including the channel measurement results corresponding to all of the multiple channels is transmitted based on the beacon request.

In step S52b, if the transmission method of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is the sequential transmission method, the beacon report including the channel measurement results is sequentially transmitted based on the beacon request.

For successively transmitted beacon reports, each beacon report includes a channel measurement result corresponding to one channel, and the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels included in different beacon reports are different.

By the network processing method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the wireless client can send the channel measurement result corresponding to the channel to the wireless access point in a one-time sending mode or a successive sending mode, so that the wireless access point can obtain the channel measurement result corresponding to the channel and provide a roaming channel for the wireless client.

Based on the same conception, the embodiment of the disclosure also provides a network processing device applied to the wireless access point.

It is understood that, in order to implement the above functions, the network processing apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes a hardware structure and/or a software module for performing each function. The disclosed embodiments can be implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software, in combination with the exemplary elements and algorithm steps disclosed in the disclosed embodiments. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a network processing device according to an example embodiment. Referring to fig. 8, the apparatus 100 includes a transmitting unit 101, a receiving unit 102, and a processing unit 103.

A sending unit 101, configured to send a beacon request, where the beacon request includes channel measurement information of multiple channels; a receiving unit 102, configured to receive a beacon report sent by a wireless client based on a beacon request; a processing unit 103, configured to instruct the wireless client to perform a roaming procedure based on the channel measurement result included in the beacon report.

In one embodiment, the processing unit 103 is further configured to: determining that reception of channel measurement results for all of the plurality of channels is complete before instructing the wireless client to perform the roaming procedure; or determining that the reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels is not finished, wherein the waiting time length exceeds a preset time length, and the waiting time length is the time length of waiting for receiving the channel measurement results of the channels.

In one embodiment, the processing unit 103 determines that the reception of the channel measurement result of all of the plurality of channels is completed by: if the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a one-time receiving mode, determining that the receiving of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels is finished under the condition that at least one channel in the plurality of channels is determined to have an identification bit for identifying that the measurement is finished; if the reception method of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a successive reception method, it is determined that reception of the channel measurement results of all the plurality of channels is completed when it is determined that all the plurality of channels have the identification bits identifying that measurement has been completed.

In one embodiment, the processing unit 103 is further configured to: determining the number of channels corresponding to the channel measurement results included in the beacon report received for the first time before determining that the reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels is completed; if the number of the channels is larger than the preset number, determining that the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels is a one-time receiving mode; and if the number of the channels is less than or equal to the preset number, determining that the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels is a successive receiving mode.

In one embodiment, the processing unit 103 is further configured to: setting an identification bit for identifying incomplete measurement for each of a plurality of channels; and under the condition of acquiring the channel measurement result, setting an identification bit for identifying the measurement completion for the channel acquiring the channel measurement result.

Based on the same conception, the embodiment of the disclosure also provides a network processing device applied to the wireless client.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating another network processing device according to an example embodiment. Referring to fig. 9, the apparatus 200 includes a receiving unit 201 and a transmitting unit 202.

A receiving unit 201, configured to receive a beacon request, which is transmitted by a wireless access point and includes channel measurement information of a plurality of channels; a sending unit 202, configured to send a beacon report based on the beacon request, where the beacon report includes a channel measurement result.

In one embodiment, the transmitting unit 202 transmits the beacon report as follows: if the transmission mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a one-time transmission mode, transmitting a beacon report comprising the channel measurement results corresponding to all the channels in the plurality of channels; if the transmission mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a successive transmission mode, successively transmitting a beacon report including the channel measurement results; for successively transmitted beacon reports, each beacon report includes a channel measurement result corresponding to one channel, and the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels included in different beacon reports are different.

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 300 for network processing in accordance with an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 300 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast wireless client, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 10, the apparatus 300 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 302, a memory 304, a power component 306, a multimedia component 308, an audio component 310, an input/output (I/O) interface 312, a sensor component 314, and a communication component 316.

The processing component 302 generally controls overall operation of the device 300, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing components 302 may include one or more processors 320 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 302 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 302 and other components. For example, the processing component 302 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 308 and the processing component 302.

The memory 304 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 300. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 300, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 304 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power components 306 provide power to the various components of device 300. The power components 306 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the apparatus 300.

The multimedia component 308 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 300 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 308 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 300 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 310 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 310 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when apparatus 300 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 304 or transmitted via the communication component 316. In some embodiments, audio component 310 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 312 provides an interface between the processing component 302 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor assembly 314 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the device 300. For example, sensor assembly 314 may detect an open/closed state of device 300, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of device 300, the change in position of device 300 or a component of device 300, the presence or absence of user contact with device 300, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of device 300, and the change in temperature of device 300. Sensor assembly 314 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 314 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 314 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 316 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 300 and other devices. The device 300 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 4G or 5G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 316 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 316 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 300 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 304 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 320 of the apparatus 300 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

It is understood that "a plurality" in this disclosure means two or more, and other words are analogous. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. The singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It will be further understood that the terms "" "," the "and the like are used to describe various information, but that such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another and do not denote a particular order or importance. Indeed, the expressions "and" the like are fully interchangeable. For example, information may also be referred to as information, and similarly, information may also be referred to as information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

It will be further understood that, unless otherwise specified, "connected" includes direct connections between the two without the presence of other elements, as well as indirect connections between the two with the presence of other elements.

It is further to be understood that while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this is not to be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in serial order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain environments, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

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 to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A network processing method applied to a wireless access point, the network processing method comprising:

sending a beacon request, wherein the beacon request comprises channel measurement information of a plurality of channels;

and receiving a beacon report sent by the wireless client based on the beacon request, and instructing the wireless client to execute a roaming process based on a channel measurement result included in the beacon report.

2. The network processing method of claim 1, wherein prior to instructing the wireless client to perform a roaming procedure, the method further comprises:

determining that reception of channel measurement results for all of the plurality of channels is completed; or

And determining that the receiving of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels is not finished, wherein the waiting time length exceeds a preset time length, and the waiting time length is the time length of waiting for receiving the channel measurement results of the channels.

3. The network processing method of claim 2, wherein the determining that the receiving of the channel measurement results for all of the plurality of channels is completed comprises:

if the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a one-time receiving mode, determining to complete the receiving of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels under the condition that at least one channel in the plurality of channels is determined to have an identification bit for identifying that the measurement is completed;

and if the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a successive receiving mode, determining that the receiving of the channel measurement results of all the plurality of channels is finished under the condition that all the channels in the plurality of channels are determined to have the identification bits for identifying that the measurement is finished.

4. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein prior to determining that reception of channel measurements for all of the plurality of channels is complete, the method further comprises:

determining the number of channels corresponding to channel measurement results included in a beacon report received for the first time;

if the number of the channels is larger than the preset number, determining that the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels is a one-time receiving mode;

and if the number of the channels is smaller than or equal to the preset number, determining that the receiving mode of the channel measuring results corresponding to the channels is a successive receiving mode.

5. The network processing method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

setting an identification bit for identifying uncompleted measurement for each of the plurality of channels;

and under the condition of acquiring the channel measurement result, setting an identification bit for identifying the measurement completion for the channel acquiring the channel measurement result.

6. A network processing method applied to a wireless client, the network processing method comprising:

receiving a beacon request, the beacon request being transmitted by a wireless access point, comprising channel measurement information for a plurality of channels;

and sending a beacon report based on the beacon request, wherein the beacon report comprises a channel measurement result.

7. The network processing method of claim 6, wherein the sending the beacon report comprises:

if the transmission mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a one-time transmission mode, transmitting a beacon report including the channel measurement results corresponding to all the channels in the plurality of channels;

if the transmission mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the plurality of channels is a successive transmission mode, successively transmitting a beacon report including the channel measurement results; for successively transmitted beacon reports, each beacon report comprises a channel corresponding to a channel measurement result, and the channel corresponding to the channel measurement results in different beacon reports are different.

8. A network processing apparatus, applied to a wireless access point, the network processing apparatus comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send a beacon request, where the beacon request includes channel measurement information of multiple channels;

a receiving unit, configured to receive a beacon report sent by a wireless client based on the beacon request;

a processing unit, configured to instruct the wireless client to perform a roaming procedure based on a channel measurement result included in the beacon report.

9. The network processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

determining that reception of channel measurements for all of the plurality of channels is complete before instructing the wireless client to perform a roaming procedure; or

10. The network processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processing unit determines to complete reception of the channel measurements for all of the plurality of channels by:

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

determining the number of channels corresponding to the channel measurement results included in the beacon report received for the first time before determining that the reception of the channel measurement results of all the channels in the plurality of channels is completed;

and if the number of the channels is determined to be less than or equal to the preset number, determining that the receiving mode of the channel measurement results corresponding to the channels is a successive receiving mode.

12. The network processing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

13. A network processing apparatus, applied to a wireless client, the network processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a beacon request, the beacon request being transmitted by a wireless access point and including channel measurement information of a plurality of channels;

a sending unit, configured to send a beacon report based on the beacon request, where the beacon report includes a channel measurement result.

14. The network processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the beacon report in such a manner that:

15. A network processing apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: performing the network processing method of any of claims 1 to 5, or performing the network processing method of any of claims 6 to 7.

16. A storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable the processor to perform the network processing method of any one of claims 1 to 5 or the network processing method of any one of claims 6 to 7.