CN114786244B - Soft access device control method, apparatus, device, storage medium and program product - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a soft access device control method, a device, equipment, a storage medium and a program product. The method comprises the following steps: setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point and a second logical access point in a soft access device, the first logical access point operating on a primary link and the second logical access point operating on a non-primary link; the first logic access point sends a broadcast message, wherein the broadcast message contains the identification of the link operated by the second logic access point and the power saving management mode of the second logic access point. The invention can flexibly configure the link for the access point by controlling the multilink operation state, thereby saving the power consumption of the terminal equipment and providing guarantee for the access point service with long endurance.
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for controlling a soft access device.
Background
The 802.11be system, also called an Extra High Throughput (EHT) system, enhances functionality through a series of system features and a variety of mechanisms to achieve extra High Throughput. As the use of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) continues to grow, it becomes increasingly important to provide wireless data services in many environments, such as homes, businesses, and hot spots. In particular, video traffic will continue to be the dominant type of traffic in many WLAN deployments. With the advent of 4k and 8k video (uncompressed rates of 20 Gbps), the throughput requirements for these applications are constantly evolving. New high throughput, low latency applications such as virtual reality or augmented reality, gaming, remote offices, and cloud computing will proliferate (e.g., latency for real-time gaming is less than 5 milliseconds).
In view of the high throughput and stringent real-time latency requirements of these applications, users expect higher throughput, higher reliability, less latency and jitter, and higher power efficiency when supporting their applications over a WLAN. Users desire improved integration with Time Sensitive Networks (TSNs) to support applications on heterogeneous ethernet and wireless LANs. 802.11be networks aim to ensure the competitiveness of WLANs by further increasing overall throughput and reducing latency, while ensuring backward compatibility and coexistence with legacy technology standards. 802.11 compatible devices operating in the 2.4 GHz,5 GHz and 6 GHz bands.
Disclosure of Invention
In a multi-link scenario, a terminal device is allowed to serve as a temporary access device, also referred to as a soft access device or a mobile access device, and an access point is established on multiple links to provide a connection service for other terminals. The terminal device as an access device can establish a plurality of access points, but only the access point established on one link can send the broadcast message, and the link is called a main link, while the access points established on other links cannot send the broadcast message, and the link is called a non-main link. In view of the fact that it takes much power to always enable multiple links, the present invention provides a method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for controlling a soft access device, so as to save power consumption of the soft access device.
In a first aspect, the present invention provides a soft access device control method, including:
setting power saving management modes of a first logic access point and a second logic access point in the soft access equipment, wherein the first logic access point operates on a first link, and the second logic access point operates on a second link, the first link is a main link, and the second link is a non-main link;
and the first logic access point sends a broadcast message, wherein the broadcast message comprises the identifier of the link operated by the second logic access point and the power saving management mode of the second logic access point and indicates whether the second logic access point can perform data transmission with the terminal equipment.
In a possible implementation manner, when the broadcast message indicates that the power saving management mode of the second logical access point is the power saving mode or the sleep mode, the method further includes:
and if the terminal equipment which is successfully connected with the soft access equipment needs to perform data transmission with the soft access equipment through the second link, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point as an active mode.
In one possible implementation manner, the setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point and a second logical access point in a soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a second logical access point to a power saving mode;
and if the first logic access point receives a first request sent by the terminal equipment which successfully establishes the connection with the soft access equipment and agrees to the request, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be an active mode, wherein the first request comprises the identifier of the second link and indicates that the request is for data transmission with the soft access equipment on the second link.
In one possible implementation manner, the setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point and a second logical access point in a soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a second logical access point to an active mode;
and if no terminal equipment is connected to the soft access equipment or no terminal equipment needs to perform data transmission with the soft access equipment through the second link within the first designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
In a possible implementation manner, after the setting the power saving management mode of the second logical access point to the active mode, the method further includes:
and if the soft access equipment receives a first instruction sent by the terminal equipment, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode, wherein the first instruction is used for indicating that the data transmission with the soft access equipment is stopped on the second link or indicating that the data transmission is finished.
In one possible implementation manner, the setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point and a second logical access point in a soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point to an active mode;
and if the soft access equipment receives disconnection requests sent by all terminal equipment which successfully establishes connection with the soft access equipment, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point into a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
In one possible implementation manner, the setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point and a second logical access point in a soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point to an active mode;
if no terminal equipment is connected to the soft access equipment within the second designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode, periodically waking up the first logic access point to send a broadcast message, and waiting for a third designated time after sending the broadcast message;
if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are not successfully connected within the third designated time, the first logic access point enters a dormant state;
and if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are successfully connected within the third designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point as an active mode.
In one possible implementation manner, the setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point and a second logical access point in a soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point to a power saving mode or a sleep mode;
periodically waking up the first logic access point to send the broadcast message, and waiting for a third designated time after sending the broadcast message;
if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are not successfully connected within the third designated time, the first logic access point enters a dormant state;
and if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment successfully establish the connection within the third designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point to be an active mode.
In one possible implementation, the power saving management mode of the second logical access point is also set to a power saving mode or a sleep mode if no terminal device is connected to the soft access device within the second designated time.
In a possible implementation manner, after the setting the power saving management mode of the first logical access point to the active mode if the terminal device and the soft access device successfully establish the connection within the third specified time, the method further includes:
and if the soft access equipment receives disconnection requests sent by all terminal equipment which successfully establishes connection with the soft access equipment, if no terminal equipment is connected to the soft access equipment within a second designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides a soft access device control apparatus, including a power saving management module, where the power saving management module is configured to execute the following steps:
setting power saving management modes of a first logic access point and a second logic access point in the soft access equipment, wherein the first logic access point operates on a first link, and the second logic access point operates on a second link, the first link is a main link, and the second link is a non-main link;
and sending a broadcast message through the first logic access point, wherein the broadcast message comprises an identifier of a link operated by the second logic access point and a power saving management mode of the second logic access point, and indicates whether the second logic access point can perform data transmission with the terminal equipment.
In a third aspect, the present invention provides an electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory, the processor executing the computer program to implement the method of the first aspect.
In a fourth aspect, the invention provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the method of the first aspect.
In a fifth aspect, the invention provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the method of the first aspect.
It should be noted that the apparatus of the second aspect, the electronic device of the third aspect, the storage medium of the fourth aspect, and the computer program product of the fifth aspect are used to execute the method provided by the first aspect, so that the same beneficial effects as those of the method of the first aspect can be achieved, and the description of the present invention is omitted.
The invention can flexibly configure the link for the access point by controlling the multilink operation state, thereby saving the power consumption of the terminal equipment and providing guarantee for the long-endurance access point service.
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In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions in the present invention, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. While the present disclosure has been described in terms of one or more exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that each aspect of the disclosure can be implemented as a separate entity, or entity. The embodiments and features of the embodiments described below can be combined with each other without conflict.
In the embodiments of the present invention, "at least one" means one or more, "a plurality" means two or more. For the convenience of clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, in the embodiments of the present invention, the terms "first" and "second" are used to distinguish the same items or similar items with basically the same functions and actions, and those skilled in the art can understand that the terms "first" and "second" are not limited in number and execution order, are only used for illustrating and distinguishing description objects, and do not divide the order, and do not represent a specific limitation on the number of devices in the embodiments of the present invention, and cannot constitute any limitation on the embodiments of the present invention. The term "comprising" is used to indicate the presence of the features stated hereinafter, but does not exclude the addition of further features.
First, briefly explaining the multilink technology related to the present invention, in a multilink scenario, generally, one physical device may include multiple logical devices, where the physical device may refer to a device such as a mobile phone, a television, a projector, and the like, and the logical device may refer to a logical unit in the physical device, and belongs to a virtual function module. Each logical device can independently manage data transmission and reception, and each logical device independently operates on a link, and such a physical device is called a Multi-link device (MLD).
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a soft access device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the soft access device Mobile AP MLD is configured with two logical access points AP-P and AP-N, wherein the AP-P operates on the primary Link Link1, the AP-P transmits a broadcast message (such as a Beacon message or a Probe Response message), the AP-N operates on the non-primary Link Link2, the AP-N does not transmit a broadcast message (such as a Beacon message or a Probe Response message), and both the AP-P and the AP-N can perform data transmission with the connected terminal device.
It should be understood that fig. 1 is only a schematic structural diagram of the soft access device, and the number of access points set in the soft access device is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, for example, the soft access device may include more than three logical access points. Further, those skilled in the art will understand that the term "access point" (AP) according to the present application may also be used to describe an access port or any other device capable of receiving and transmitting wireless signals within a network architecture in accordance with the principles and functions described herein, and thus, the use of an access point is merely exemplary.
Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a soft access device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, the soft access device control method includes the following steps:
201. the Mobile AP MLD sets a power-saving management mode of the AP-P and the AP-N, and the power-saving management mode is used for indicating whether the access point can perform data transmission with the terminal equipment or not. Illustratively, the power saving management modes include at least two of:
an Active mode: an activation mode, in which the access point is always in an awake state and can perform data transmission with the terminal device;
power saving mode: and the power saving mode is that the access point is in a dormant state and cannot perform data transmission with the terminal equipment, and when the terminal equipment requests to wake up, the access point enters a wake-up state and can perform data transmission with the terminal equipment.
Optionally, the power saving management mode may further include a Sleep mode: in this mode, the access point is always in a sleep state and cannot perform data transmission with the terminal device.
202. The AP-P sends a broadcast message, and the broadcast message contains the information of the AP-N. Illustratively, the information of the AP-N contained in the broadcast message includes an identification of a link on which the AP-N operates and a power saving management mode of the AP-N, indicating whether the AP-N can perform data transmission with the terminal device.
In step 201, the Mobile AP MLD may set the Power saving management mode of AP-P and AP-N to any one of Active mode, power saving mode, and Sleep mode.
In some embodiments, the Mobile AP MLD sets the Power saving management mode of the AP-P to Active mode, and the AP-P may remain in Active mode all the time, or may set a designated time, and if no terminal device is connected to the Mobile AP MLD within the designated time, the Power saving management mode of the AP-P is set to Power saving mode or Sleep mode.
Alternatively, if the Mobile AP MLD receives disconnection requests sent by all terminal devices with which connection is successfully established, the Power saving management mode of the AP-P may also be set to the Power saving mode or Sleep mode.
Further, after the Mobile AP MLD sets the Power saving management mode of the AP-P to Power saving mode or Sleep mode, the Power saving management mode of the AP-P may be set to Active mode again according to its own condition (for example, the Power of the Mobile AP MLD is higher than 20%), or the AP-P may be periodically woken up to send a broadcast message, and wait for a period of time after sending the broadcast message, if no terminal device establishes connection with the Mobile AP MLD within the period of time, the AP-P enters a Sleep state; and if the terminal equipment and the Mobile AP MLD successfully establish connection within the period of time, setting the power saving management mode of the AP-P to be Active mode.
In other embodiments, the Mobile AP MLD sets the Power saving management mode of the AP-P to Power saving mode or Sleep mode, periodically wakes up the AP-P to send a broadcast message, waits for T1 time after sending the broadcast message, and enters a Sleep state if no terminal device establishes a connection with the Mobile AP MLD within the T1 time; and if the terminal equipment is successfully connected with the Mobile AP MLD within the T1 time, setting the power saving management mode of the AP-P to be an Active mode.
Because the Mobile AP MLD may set the Power saving management mode of the AP-N to any one of an Active mode, a Power saving mode, and a Sleep mode in step 201, the Mobile AP MLD may also actively or passively adjust the Power saving management mode of the AP-N according to actual requirements, the Power saving management mode of the AP-N included in the broadcast message may be any one of an Active mode, a Power saving mode, and a Sleep mode, and when the Power saving management mode of the AP-N is indicated as a Power saving mode or a Sleep mode in the broadcast message that is received last by the terminal device that successfully establishes a connection with the Mobile AP MLD, if the terminal device needs to perform data transmission with the Mobile AP MLD through Link2, the Power saving management mode of the AP-N may be set to an Active mode. Illustratively, the broadcast message indicates that the Power saving management mode of the AP-N is Power saving mode, and the Mobile AP MLD may actively set the Power saving management mode of the AP-N to Active mode as needed, or may set the Power saving management mode of the AP-N to Active mode according to a request sent by the terminal device. If the power saving management mode of the AP-N is indicated to be Sleep mode in the broadcast message, the Mobile AP MLD can only set the power saving management mode of the AP-N to be Active mode actively according to the requirement.
When the terminal device does not need to perform data transmission with the Mobile AP MLD through Link2, the Mobile AP MLD may set the Power saving management mode of the AP-N to Power saving mode or Sleep mode. For example, if the Mobile AP MLD receives a packet sent by the terminal device indicating that data transmission is completed or receives a request sent by the terminal device for indicating termination of data transmission with the Mobile AP MLD on Link2, the Power saving management mode of the AP-N is set to Power saving mode or Sleep mode.
The present invention is further illustrated by the following specific examples.
2101. The Mobile AP MLD sets the Power saving management mode of the AP-P to be Active mode, sets the Power saving management mode of the AP-N to be Power saving mode, starts a Timer-P, and sets the Timer value to be a preset value.
2102. The AP-P sends a broadcast message, wherein the broadcast message contains neighbor access point information neighbor AP info, and the neighbor AP info contains the information of the AP-N. Illustratively, the neighbor AP info contains the following parameters:
MLD ID: the multilink device identifier indicates whether the access point currently sending the broadcast message belongs to the same multilink device, and the setting of the embodiment is 0, which indicates that the access point currently sending the broadcast message belongs to the same multilink device.
Link ID: the Link identifier, which is set as the identifier of the Link operated by the AP-N in this embodiment, i.e., link2.
Power management mode: in the Power saving management mode, the present embodiment is set to Power saving mode.
2103. If terminal equipment is connected to the Mobile AP MLD before the Timer-p is up, stopping running the Timer and resetting the Timer value to be a preset value; if no terminal device is connected to the Mobile AP MLD when the Timer-P expires, the AP-P enters Power saving mode or Sleep mode and periodically wakes up the AP-P to transmit a broadcast message, and the AP-N may remain in Power saving mode or enter Sleep mode.
Illustratively, when the Timer-P expires, no terminal device is connected to the Mobile AP MLD, the AP-P enters a sleep state after sending the latest broadcast message, enters an awake state when the broadcast message needs to be sent, sends the broadcast message, waits for the time T1, and enters the sleep state again if no terminal device is successfully connected to the Mobile AP MLD within the time T1; if the terminal equipment and the Mobile AP MLD successfully establish connection within the T1 time, the AP-P enters an Active mode after the connection is successfully established.
2104. If the terminal device that successfully establishes a connection with the Mobile AP MLD is a single-link device, the AP-N remains in Power saving mode or Sleep mode.
2105. If the terminal equipment successfully establishing connection with the Mobile AP MLD is multi-link equipment and connection is established with the AP-P and the AP-N of the Mobile AP MLD, the terminal equipment can acquire the state of the AP-N through a broadcast message, if the AP-N is acquired to be in a Power saving mode, the AP-N can be awakened by the terminal equipment to perform data transmission, and if the AP-N is acquired to be in a Sleep mode, the AP-N cannot be awakened by the terminal equipment.
Exemplarily, assuming that the terminal device obtains that the AP-N is in the Power saving mode in the broadcast message received last time, when the terminal device needs to send data to the Mobile AP MLD through multiple links, the terminal device first sends a request including a Link identifier Link2 to the AP-P on Link1, and indicates that the request is to perform data transmission with the Mobile AP MLD on Link2, for example, a data packet sent to the AP-P includes the following parameters:
type: the request message type, set to wake up AP in this embodiment, indicates to wake up the access point on the other link.
Link ID: the Link identifier is set to Link2 in this embodiment.
The above parameter setting indicates that the terminal device requests to wake up the AP-N operating on Link2. Then, when the received data packet contains the parameters and the settings, the Mobile AP MLD sets the power saving management mode of the AP-N to Active mode, and can also send a trigger message to the terminal device on Link1 through the AP-P or Link2 through the AP-N, indicating that the terminal device can send data on Link 2; or a response message can be sent to the terminal equipment through the AP-P on the Link1 to indicate the acceptance or rejection of the request.
In some embodiments, in the data packet sent by the terminal device to the Mobile AP MLD, the value of the parameter more data is set to 1 to indicate that the data is not sent completely, and in the last data packet, the value of the parameter more data is set to 0 in the data packet to indicate that the data is the last data packet. After receiving a data packet, if the data value of the parameter more is 0, the Mobile AP MLD starts a Timer-N, the value of the Timer-N is set to be a preset value, in the running process of the Timer-N, if the AP-N receives data sent by terminal equipment, the Timer is stopped, the value of the Timer is recovered to be the preset value, and when the Timer-N runs to the time, the AP-N Power saving management mode is set to be a Power saving mode or a Sleep mode.
Optionally, the terminal device may also send a request indicating that data transmission with the Mobile AP MLD on Link2 is terminated to the Mobile AP MLD, and after receiving the request, the Mobile AP MLD sets the AP-N Power saving management mode to the Power saving mode or Sleep mode.
It should be noted that, when receiving the above instruction and the terminal device that does not wake up the AP-N needs to perform data transmission with the AP-N, the Mobile AP MLD may set the AP-N Power saving management mode to the Power saving mode or the Sleep mode, or start the Timer-N after receiving the above instruction, where the value of the Timer-N is set to a preset value, and in the running of the Timer-N Timer, if the AP-N receives data sent by the terminal device, the Timer is stopped, the value of the Timer is restored to the preset value, and when the Timer-N Timer runs to the end, the AP-N Power saving management mode is set to the Power saving mode or the Sleep mode.
2106. After the terminal device disconnects the Mobile AP MLD, the Timer-P is started, and the operations of steps 2103-2105 are executed again.
In some embodiments, in step 2101, the Mobile AP MLD may also set the Power saving management mode of the AP-N to Active mode, at which time a Timer-N may be started, the Timer value is a preset value, if no terminal device is connected to the Mobile AP MLD or no terminal device needs to perform data transmission with the Mobile AP MLD through Link2 when the Timer-N expires, the Power saving management mode of the AP-N is set to Power saving mode or Sleep mode, as before step 2103, if no terminal device is connected to the Mobile AP MLD and performs data transmission with the Mobile AP MLD when the Timer-N expires, the Power saving management mode of the AP-N is set to Power saving mode or Sleep mode. Optionally, if a terminal device is connected to the Mobile AP MLD or a terminal device needs to perform data transmission with the Mobile AP MLD through Link2 before the Timer-N expires, the Timer-N is stopped from running, and the value thereof is recovered to the preset value.
In some embodiments, the control may not be performed by the timer, and the soft access device control method includes the following steps:
2201. the Mobile AP MLD sets the Power saving management mode of the AP-P to Active mode and sets the Power saving management mode of the AP-N to Power saving mode or Sleep mode.
2202. If the terminal device that successfully establishes a connection with the Mobile AP MLD is a single-link device, the AP-N remains in Power saving mode or Sleep mode.
2203. If the terminal equipment which successfully establishes connection with the Mobile AP MLD is multi-link equipment and establishes connection with the AP-P and the AP-N of the Mobile AP MLD, the terminal equipment can acquire the state of the AP-N through a broadcast message, if the acquired AP-N is in a Power saving mode, the AP-N can be awakened by the terminal equipment to carry out data transmission, and if the acquired AP-N is in a Sleep mode, the AP-N can not be awakened by the terminal equipment.
Illustratively, assuming that the terminal device obtains that the AP-N is in the Power saving mode in the broadcast message received last time, when the terminal device needs to send data to the Mobile AP MLD through multiple links, the terminal device first sends data to the AP-P on Link1, and instructs to wake up the AP-N operating on Link2, for example, the data packet sent to the AP-P contains the following parameters:
type: the request message type, set to wake up AP in this embodiment, indicates to wake up the access point on the other link.
Link ID: the Link identifier is set to Link2 in this embodiment.
The above parameter setting indicates that the terminal device requests to wake up the AP-N operating on Link2. Then, the Mobile AP MLD sets the power saving management mode of the AP-N to Active mode when the received packet includes the above parameters and the above settings.
The terminal equipment sends a data packet to the Mobile AP MLD after waiting for a specified delay time, wherein the specified delay can be obtained from the Mobile AP MLD in the connection process or in a read broadcast message by the terminal equipment, the value of the parameter more data in the data packet is set to be 1 in the non-last data packet to indicate that the data is not sent completely, and the value of the parameter more data in the data packet is set to be 0 when the last data packet is sent to indicate that the data is the last data packet.
After receiving the data packet, if the parameter more data value is 0 and no other terminal equipment for waking up the AP-N has data to send to the AP-N, the Mobile AP MLD sets the Power saving management mode of the AP-N to be Power saving mode or Sleep mode, or starts a Timer-N after receiving the last data packet, the value of the Timer-N is set to be a preset value, in the running process of the Timer-N Timer, if the AP-N receives the data sent by the terminal equipment, the Timer is stopped, the value of the Timer is restored to the preset value, and when the Timer-N Timer runs to the right time, the AP-N Power saving management mode is set to be Power saving mode or Sleep mode.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a soft access device control device, which comprises a power saving management module, wherein the power saving management module is used for executing the following steps:
setting power saving management modes of a first logic access point and a second logic access point in the soft access equipment, wherein the first logic access point operates on a first link, and the second logic access point operates on a second link, the first link is a main link, and the second link is a non-main link;
and sending a broadcast message through the first logic access point, wherein the broadcast message comprises an identifier of a link operated by the second logic access point and a power saving management mode of the second logic access point, and indicates whether the second logic access point can perform data transmission with the terminal equipment.
Optionally, when the broadcast message indicates that the power saving management mode of the second logical access point is the power saving mode or the sleep mode, the power saving management module is further configured to perform the following steps:
and if the terminal equipment which is successfully connected with the soft access equipment needs to perform data transmission with the soft access equipment through the second link, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point as an active mode.
Optionally, the setting the power saving management mode of the first logical access point and the second logical access point in the soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a second logical access point to a power saving mode;
and if the first logic access point receives a first request sent by the terminal equipment which successfully establishes the connection with the soft access equipment, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be an activation mode, wherein the first request comprises an identifier of a second link and indicates that the request is to perform data transmission with the soft access equipment on the second link.
Optionally, the setting the power saving management mode of the first logical access point and the second logical access point in the soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a second logical access point to an active mode;
and if no terminal equipment is connected to the soft access equipment or no terminal equipment needs to perform data transmission with the soft access equipment through the second link within the first designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
Optionally, after the setting the power saving management mode of the second logical access point to the active mode, the power saving management module is further configured to:
and if the soft access equipment receives a first instruction sent by the terminal equipment, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode, wherein the first instruction is used for indicating that the data transmission with the soft access equipment is stopped on the second link or indicating that the data transmission is finished.
Optionally, the setting the power saving management mode of the first logical access point and the second logical access point in the soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point to an active mode;
and if the soft access equipment receives disconnection requests sent by all terminal equipment which successfully establishes connection with the soft access equipment, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point into a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
Optionally, the setting the power saving management mode of the first logical access point and the second logical access point in the soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point to an active mode;
if no terminal equipment is connected to the soft access equipment within the second designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode, periodically waking up the first logic access point to send a broadcast message, and waiting for a third designated time after sending the broadcast message;
if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are not successfully connected within the third designated time, enabling the first logic access point to enter a dormant state;
and if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are successfully connected within the third designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point as an active mode.
Optionally, the setting the power saving management mode of the first logical access point and the second logical access point in the soft access device includes:
setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point to a power saving mode or a sleep mode;
periodically waking up the first logic access point to send the broadcast message, and waiting for a third designated time after sending the broadcast message;
if the connection between the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment is not successfully established within the third appointed time, enabling the first logic access point to enter a dormant state;
and if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are successfully connected within the third designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point as an active mode.
Optionally, if no terminal device is connected to the soft access device within the second designated time, the power saving management module is further configured to set the power saving management mode of the second logical access point to a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
Optionally, after the setting the power saving management mode of the first logical access point to the active mode if the terminal device and the soft access device successfully establish a connection within the third specified time, the power saving management module is further configured to perform the following steps:
and if the soft access equipment receives disconnection requests sent by all terminal equipment which successfully establishes connection with the soft access equipment, if no terminal equipment is connected to the soft access equipment within a second designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
It should be understood that the means herein are embodied in the form of functional modules. The term module herein may refer to an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (e.g., a shared, dedicated, or group processor) and memory that execute one or more software or firmware programs, a combinational logic circuit, and/or other suitable components that support the described functionality. The device has the functions of realizing the corresponding steps in the method; the above functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above. In an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus may also be a chip or a system of chips, for example: system on chip (SoC). The invention is not limited thereto.
The embodiment of the invention also provides electronic equipment, and fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 3, the device 300 comprises a processor 301, a memory 302 and a communication interface 303, wherein the processor 301, the memory 302 and the communication interface 303 communicate with each other via a bus 304, and the memory 302 stores instructions executable by the processor 301, and the instructions are loaded and executed by the processor 301 to control the communication interface 303 to send and/or receive signals.
It should be understood that the apparatus 300 may be embodied as the Mobile AP MLD in the above embodiment, or the functions of the Mobile AP MLD in the above embodiment may be integrated into the apparatus 300, and the apparatus 300 may be configured to perform the respective steps and/or processes corresponding to the Mobile AP MLD in the above embodiment. The memory 302 may optionally include both read-only memory and random access memory, and provides instructions and data to the processor 301. A portion of the memory 302 may also include non-volatile random access memory. For example, the memory 302 may also store device type information. The processor 301 may be configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory 301, and when the processor 301 executes the instructions, the processor 301 may perform the corresponding steps and/or processes in the above-described method embodiments.
It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present invention, the processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), and the processor may also be other general purpose processors, digital Signal Processors (DSPs), application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or by instructions in the form of software. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and a processor executes instructions in the memory and combines hardware thereof to perform the steps of the above-described method. To avoid repetition, it is not described in detail here.
The above-described embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, the above-described embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions or computer programs. The procedures or functions according to the embodiments of the present invention are wholly or partially generated when the computer instructions or the computer program are loaded or executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by wire (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains one or more collections of available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium. The semiconductor medium may be a solid state disk.
It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present invention, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention. The modules described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, that is, may be located in one place, or may also be distributed on a plurality of network modules, and some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiments of the present invention.
In the several embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus, device and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules is only one logical functional division, and there may be another division in actual implementation, for example, one module or component may be divided into multiple modules or components, or multiple modules or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or modules, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative modules and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. 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 invention.
The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and shall cover the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.
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1. A soft access device control method, comprising:
setting a power saving management mode of a second logical access point in the soft access device to a power saving mode, the second logical access point operating on a second link, the second link being a non-primary link;
a first logic access point in soft access equipment sends a broadcast message, wherein the broadcast message comprises an identifier of a link operated by a second logic access point and a power saving management mode of the second logic access point, and indicates whether the second logic access point can perform data transmission with terminal equipment, the first logic access point is operated on a first link, and the first link is a main link;
and if the first logic access point receives a first request sent by the terminal equipment which successfully establishes the connection with the soft access equipment and agrees to the request, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be an active mode, wherein the first request comprises the identifier of the second link and indicates that the request is for data transmission with the soft access equipment on the second link.
2. The soft access device control method of claim 1, further comprising:
and if no terminal equipment is connected to the soft access equipment or no terminal equipment needs to perform data transmission with the soft access equipment through the second link within the first designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
3. A soft access device control method according to any of claims 1-2, further comprising, after the setting the power saving management mode of the second logical access point to the active mode:
and if the soft access equipment receives a first instruction sent by the terminal equipment, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be a power saving mode or a sleep mode, wherein the first instruction is used for indicating that the data transmission with the soft access equipment is stopped on the second link or indicating that the data transmission is finished.
4. The soft access device control method of claim 1, further comprising:
setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point to an active mode;
and if the soft access equipment receives disconnection requests sent by all terminal equipment which successfully establishes connection with the soft access equipment, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point into a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
5. The soft access device control method of claim 1, further comprising:
setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point to an active mode;
if no terminal equipment is connected to the soft access equipment within the second designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point into a power saving mode or a sleep mode, periodically waking up the first logic access point to send a broadcast message, and waiting for a third designated time after sending the broadcast message;
if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are not successfully connected within the third designated time, the first logic access point enters a dormant state;
and if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are successfully connected within the third designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point as an active mode.
6. The soft access device control method of claim 1, further comprising:
setting a power saving management mode of a first logical access point to a power saving mode or a sleep mode;
periodically waking up the first logic access point to send the broadcast message, and waiting for a third designated time after sending the broadcast message;
if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are not successfully connected within the third designated time, the first logic access point enters a dormant state;
and if the terminal equipment and the soft access equipment are successfully connected within the third designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point as an active mode.
7. The soft access device control method of claim 5, wherein if no terminal device is connected to the soft access device for a second designated time, the power saving management mode of the second logical access point is further set to a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
8. The soft access device control method according to any of claims 5-7, wherein after the setting the power saving management mode of the first logical access point to the active mode if the terminal device and the soft access device successfully establish the connection within the third specified time, further comprising:
and if the soft access equipment receives disconnection requests sent by all terminal equipment which successfully establishes connection with the soft access equipment, if no terminal equipment is connected to the soft access equipment within a second designated time, setting the power saving management mode of the first logic access point into a power saving mode or a sleep mode.
9. A soft access device control apparatus, comprising a power saving management module, wherein the power saving management module is configured to perform the following steps:
setting a power saving management mode of a second logical access point in the soft access device to a power saving mode, wherein the second logical access point operates on a second link, and the second link is a non-primary link;
sending a broadcast message through a first logic access point in soft access equipment, wherein the broadcast message comprises an identifier of a link operated by a second logic access point and a power saving management mode of the second logic access point, and indicates whether the second logic access point can perform data transmission with terminal equipment, the first logic access point operates on a first link, and the first link is a main link;
and if the first logic access point receives a first request sent by the terminal equipment which successfully establishes the connection with the soft access equipment and agrees to the request, setting the power saving management mode of the second logic access point to be an activation mode, wherein the first request comprises the identifier of the second link and indicates that the request is for data transmission with the soft access equipment on the second link.
10. An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory, characterized in that the processor executes the computer program to implement the method of any of claims 1-8.
11. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the method of any one of claims 1-8.
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