CN1929417A - Automatically switching system and method for extending range of wireless network station service - Google Patents
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This invention relates to automatic switch system and its method to expend wireless network station service range, wherein, the invention comprises one detect module to judge wireless network card; one software module to provide wireless network relay software; one switch module to detect judgment results as wireless network relay software or wireless network card software. This inventing switch method is as following: when monitor module detects information process platform provides application program, the switch module switches wireless network card software; if the detect module detects information process platform to provide network service application into wireless network card.
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Technical field
The present invention is a kind of switched system and method for extending range of wireless network station service, particularly about a kind of the wireless network card switched system and method for extending range of wireless network station service automatically utilized.
Background technology
WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network, be called for short WLAN), that is to say with the wireless network card (Wireless Card) of computer by regional space, combining wireless network base station (Access Point, also claim the radio access device, be called for short AP) carry out the area wireless network binding, to carry out the access of Internet resources.Therefore WLAN is on framework, need on the node of WLAN, set up a wireless network base stations (AP), client device such as computer then must have a slice wireless network card, reach the purpose of wireless Internet access by the wireless telecommunications of wireless network base stations and wireless network card.
Yet wireless network base stations now, the opereating specification that can offer client device only has hundreds of meters, wireless network base stations is in its service range 81 as shown in Figure 1, client device such as computer 71,72,73 all can pass through wireless network card (figure slightly) and be connected with wireless network base stations 70, and outside the service range 81 of wireless network base stations 70,75 of the computer 74 of client device and personal digital aid (PDA)s can't be connected with wireless network base stations 70 by wireless network card.Be subject to the influence of screen in addition, as wall or window, therefore the opereating specification that 70 of wireless network base stations can offer computer may be reduced into tens meters.
And at the service range of the wireless network base stations that how to increase, the existing practice can be passed through intensive erecting base platform or wireless network repeater (Repeater), as shown in Figure 2, in WLAN, set up wireless network repeater 76, wireless network repeater 76 service range 82 that the service range 81 of wireless network base stations 70 can be increased, and allow computer 74 and personal digital aid (PDA) 75 carry out wireless telecommunications with wireless network base stations 70.
Yet no matter reach the purpose of extending range of wireless network station service by intensive erecting base platform or wireless network repeater, the cost of its required purchase wireless network base stations, wireless network repeater and wiring will significantly increase, and required manpower maintenance load also becomes heavy.Therefore for as bigger WLAN of service range of He Jianshe, need not pay the cost and the minimizing manpower of costliness and safeguard it then is a problem to be solved.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention, be to provide a kind of automatic switchover system and method thereof of extending range of wireless network station service, utilize idle wireless network card that it is automatically switched on the feature operation of wireless network repeater, with extending range of wireless network station service.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, according to a kind of scheme of the present invention, a kind of automatic switchover system of extending range of wireless network station service is provided, operate on the information processing platform with wireless network card, comprise: a detecting module is used for detecting the information processing platform and whether carries out the application program of providing services on the Internet; One software module has a wireless network repeater software and a wireless network card software; All die change pieces can switch wireless network card and use wireless network repeater software or wireless network card according to the detecting result of detecting module.Therefore, when detecting module detects the information processing platform in the application program that execution is provided services on the Internet, handover module switches wireless network card and uses the wireless network card software, and detect the information processing platform when not carrying out the application program of providing services on the Internet when detecting module, handover module switches wireless network card and uses wireless network repeater software, and the function that makes this wireless network card be automatically converted to the wireless network repeater is being used.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, according to another kind of scheme of the present invention, a kind of automatic switching method of extending range of wireless network station service is provided, operate on the information processing platform with a wireless network card, this information processing platform also is positioned at the wireless network base stations service range, comprising: provide wireless network card software and wireless network repeater software to use to wireless network card; Whether the detecting information processing platform carries out the application program of providing services on the Internet; And when the detecting result when being, the software of wireless network card use is switched to the wireless network card software, make that wireless network card can be used to be connected with wireless network base stations; And when the detecting result for not the time, the software that wireless network card is used switches to wireless network repeater software, makes wireless network card can be used to expand the service range of wireless network base stations.
Adopt the automatic switchover system and the method thereof of extending range of wireless network station service of the present invention, the scope that can the extended wireless network base station can serve, so just do not need to set up a large amount of wireless network base stations or wireless network repeater, and can reduce the cost of framework WLAN.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the service range of known wireless network base stations;
Fig. 2 is the known schematic diagram that expands the service range of wireless network base stations with the wireless network repeater;
Fig. 3 is the system architecture diagram of one of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the flow chart of one of preferred embodiment of the present invention; And
Fig. 5 expands the schematic diagram of the service range of wireless network base stations for using the present invention.
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10 information processing platforms
11 detecting modules
13 handover modules
15 software modules
151 wireless network repeater softwares
153 wireless network card softwares
17 wireless network cards
19 operating systems
20 spider lines base stations
21,22,23,24 computers
25 personal digital aid (PDA)s
31,32 service ranges
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70 wireless network base stations
71,72,73,74 computers
75 personal digital aid (PDA)s
76 wireless network repeaters
81,82 service ranges
Embodiment
The present invention proposes a kind of automatic switchover system and method thereof of extending range of wireless network station service, because wireless network base stations, wireless network card, the wireless network repeater mainly all is by media access controller (MAC) aspect hardware structure, fundamental frequency controller (Baseband), rf control unit (RF Module) is formed, yet the service meeting difference that is provided, mainly be the difference of the software that uses, that is to say by carrying out different software, wireless network base stations can use as wireless network card, or wireless network card also can use as the wireless network repeater.And the present invention promptly utilizes this characteristics, wireless network card is passed through to use different software, and make wireless network card in the function of wireless network repeater and wireless network card, to automatically switch, therefore when wireless network is positioned in the signal service range of wireless network base stations, when the function that switches to the wireless network repeater when this wireless network card is used, i.e. the signal service range of scalable radio network base station.
See also Fig. 3, it is the system architecture diagram of one of preferred embodiment of the present invention.The information processing platform 10 in the present embodiment has a wireless network card 17, and this information processing platform 10 can be connected with wireless network base stations 20 by wireless network card 17, and the information processing platform 10 can be the information equipment of computer, personal digital aid (PDA) or equivalence.In the information processing platform 10, then utilize the mode of software upgrading to come to provide a kind of automatic switchover system, allow wireless network card 17 visual practical operation situations automatically switch on the feature operation of wireless network repeater or wireless network card wireless network card 17.
The automatic switchover system of present embodiment includes: a detecting module 11, all die change pieces 13 and a software module 15, wherein: the effect of detecting module 11 is to have or not in the operating system 19 of judging the information processing platform 10 inside to carry out the application program of providing services on the Internet, this application program can be that Internet-browser software, E-mail receiver/send software or other need use the software of wireless network card, and it is idle that the judged result of detecting module 11 can learn that wireless network card 17 has or not.13 of handover modules are according to the judged result of detecting module 11 wireless network card 17 employed softwares to be switched.And wireless network card 17 employed softwares are provided by software module 15, can be wireless network repeater software 151 or wireless network card software 153, when wireless network card 17 uses wireless network repeater software 151, wireless network card 17 is carried out the function of wireless network repeater, and when wireless network card 17 uses wireless network card software 153,17 functions of carrying out wireless network card of wireless network card.
And present embodiment mainly is when utilizing wireless network card 17 to leave unused, be that the user does not need to get online without being tethered to a cable when operation by wireless network card 17, the software of wireless network card 17 uses is switched to the function use of wireless network repeater, to enlarge the service range of wireless network base stations 20, and when the user need get online without being tethered to a cable operation by wireless network card 17, then the software rejuvenation that again wireless network card 17 is used used to the function of wireless network card.Therefore when detecting module 11 was judged the present information processing platform 10 and carried out the application program of providing services on the Internet, handover module 13 can switch to wireless network card 17 use wireless network card software 153.There is no when carrying out the application program provide services on the Internet and judge the present information processing platform 10 when detecting module 11, handover module 13 can switch to wireless network card 17 and use wireless network repeater software 151.In sum, present embodiment can allow the employed softwares of wireless network card 17 automatically switch, and need not be by artificial manual operation, with reach allow wireless network card 17 can be in two kinds of functions of wireless network card and wireless network repeater automatically switching operation.
See also Fig. 4, it is the flow chart of one of preferred embodiment of the present invention.When the information processing platform 10 starts, the information processing platform 10 is by wireless network card 17 scanning surrounding environment, to seek wireless network base stations 20 (step S401), the wireless network card 17 default wireless network card softwares 153 that are to use; Judge afterwards whether wireless network card 17 can be connected to wireless network base stations 20 (step S403); When judged result for not the time, then get back to step (S401); If judged result is to be then to represent 17 of wireless network cards in the service range of wireless network base stations 20, and further whether inspection message processing platform 10 has application program to carry out (S405); And judged wireless network card 17 whether idle (S407) according to the check result of step (S405), this step can be judged the application program that the information processing platform 10 has or not execution to provide services on the Internet by detecting module 11, and the idle meanings of wireless network card 17 are meant not the on-line operation of getting online without being tethered to a cable with wireless network base stations 20, that is to say that the information processing platform 10 do not carry out the application program of providing services on the Internet.
And when step (S407) is judged as not, then gets back to step (S405) and continue to carry out.And be judged as when being when step (S407), (Reset) wireless network card 17 of then resetting, and use (S409) for wireless network card 17 with mode heavy duty (Reload) the wireless network repeater software 151 that automaticallyes switch by handover module 13, and the wireless network card 17 of this moment has changed the function of wireless network repeater into and is using.And continue after this to check whether the user opens new application program (S411); And judged according to the check result of step (S411) whether application program needs network service (S413), this step can be judged that the information processing platforms 10 have or not by detecting module 11 equally and carry out the application program of providing services on the Internet; If judged result is then got back to step (S411) and is continued to carry out for not; And if judged result is for being, (Reset) wireless network card 17 of then resetting, and use (S415) for wireless network card 17 with mode heavy duty (Reload) the wireless network card software 153 that automaticallyes switch by handover module 13, and the wireless network card 17 of this moment has reverted to the function of wireless network card in use, and gets back to step (S405) and continue to carry out.
In the flow chart that in Fig. 4, is disclosed, present embodiment mainly is when wireless network card 17 leaves unused, can automatically the software that wireless network card 17 uses originally be automatically switched to wireless network repeater software 151 from wireless network card software 153 by handover module 13, and make the function that wireless network card 17 changes the wireless network repeater into use, to reach the effect that expands wireless network base stations 20 service ranges.And when wireless network card 17 changes the function use of wireless network repeater into, as long as opening, the information processing platform 10 carries out the application program of providing services on the Internet, the wireless network repeater software 151 that handover module 13 equally can use wireless network card 17 automatically at present automatically switches to wireless network card software 153, and the function that makes wireless network card 17 revert to wireless network card is used.
In addition when wireless network card 17 uses wireless network card software 153, for fear of wireless network card 17 is temporary transient leaving unused, and the function that just is switched to the wireless network repeater is used, can be by judging wireless network card 17 is overcome when whether leaving unused above a scheduled time, if wireless network card 17 leaves unused when surpassing a scheduled time really, whether then had by the detecting module 11 detecting information processing platforms again and carry out the application program of providing services on the Internet, the function that whether wireless network card 17 will be switched to the wireless network repeater with decision is used.
See also Fig. 5, it expands the schematic diagram of the service range of wireless network base stations for using the present invention.Computer 21,22,23 in 20 service ranges that can provide 31 of wireless network base stations, 25 positions of computer 24 and personal digital aid (PDA) are outside 20 service ranges that can provide 31 of wireless network base stations, and computer 21,22,23 all are equipped with the automatic switchover system that present embodiment can be used to extending range of wireless network station service, and computer 21 employed wireless network cards (figure slightly) are to be in the function of leaving unused and being automatically switched to the wireless network repeater in Fig. 5, therefore can expand the service range 31 of wireless network base stations 20 to service range 32, and make computer 24 and personal digital aid (PDA) 25 all can obtain online service with wireless network base stations 20.
In sum, the automatic switchover system of extending range of wireless network station service provided by the present invention and method thereof have following characteristics:
1, can under the situation that does not increase wireless network base stations or wireless network repeater, utilize idle wireless network card to enlarge the service range of wireless network base stations, use the cost that reduces the framework WLAN, and alleviate the burden that manpower is safeguarded.
2, wireless network card can be in two kinds of functions of wireless network card and wireless network repeater automatically switching operation, and need be by dependent manual operation.
The above-mentioned accompanying drawing that discloses, explanation only are embodiments of the invention, allly are skillful in this skill person when can doing other all improvement according to above-mentioned explanation, and these change in the claim that still belongs to invention spirit of the present invention and defined.
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1. the automatic switchover system of an extending range of wireless network station service operates on the information processing platform with a wireless network card, it is characterized in that, comprising:
One detecting module is detected this information processing platform and whether is being carried out an application program of providing services on the Internet;
One software module has a wireless network repeater software and a wireless network card software; And
All die change pieces according to the detecting result of this detecting module, switch one of this wireless network repeater software and this wireless network card software and use for this wireless network card;
Wherein when this detecting module detects this information processing platform in this application program that execution is provided services on the Internet, this handover module switches to this wireless network card software with this software module and uses for this wireless network card, and detecting this information processing platform when not carrying out this application program of providing services on the Internet when this detecting module, this handover module switches to this wireless network repeater software with this software module and uses for this wireless network card.
2. the automatic switchover system of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein this information processing platform is computer or personal digital aid (PDA).
3. the automatic switchover system of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, wherein this handover module is when switching one of this wireless network repeater software and this wireless network card software and use for this wireless network card, earlier this wireless network card of replacement.
4. the automatic switching method of an extending range of wireless network station service operates in and has on one of the wireless network card information processing platform, and this information processing platform is positioned at this wireless network base stations service range, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Provide a wireless network card software and a wireless network repeater software to use to this wireless network card;
Detect this information processing platform and whether carrying out an application program of providing services on the Internet;
When the detecting result when being, the software of this wireless network card use switches to this wireless network card software, and is used for being connected with this wireless network base stations; And
When the detecting result for not the time, the software that this wireless network card uses switches to this wireless network repeater software, and is used for expanding the service range of this wireless network base stations.
5. the automatic switching method of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, wherein this information processing platform is computer or personal digital aid (PDA).
6. the automatic switching method of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, wherein switches this wireless network card and uses before this wireless network card software, this wireless network card of resetting earlier.
7. the automatic switching method of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, wherein switches this wireless network card and uses before this wireless network repeater software, this wireless network card of resetting earlier.
8. the automatic switching method of an extending range of wireless network station service operates on the information processing platform with a wireless network card, and this information processing platform is positioned at this wireless network base stations service range, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Provide a wireless network card software and a wireless network repeater software to use to this wireless network card;
This wireless network card uses this wireless network card software to be connected with this wireless network base stations;
Detect this information processing platform and whether carrying out an application program of providing services on the Internet;
When the detecting result when being, this wireless network card continues this wireless network card software of use; And
When the detecting result for not the time, the software that this wireless network card uses switches to this wireless network repeater software, and is used for expanding the service range of this wireless network base stations.
9. the automatic switching method of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, wherein this information processing platform is computer or personal digital aid (PDA).
10. the automatic switching method of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, wherein being implemented as when this wireless network card leaves unused above a scheduled time of this detecting step just carried out.
11. the automatic switching method of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, the wherein idle on-line operation for not getting online without being tethered to a cable with this wireless network base stations of this wireless network card.
12. the automatic switching method of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, wherein switches this wireless network card and uses before this wireless network repeater software, this wireless network card of resetting earlier.
13. the automatic switching method of extending range of wireless network station service as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, further comprises:
When the software of this wireless network card use was this wireless network repeater software, if this information processing platform is opened when carrying out this application program of providing services on the Internet, the software that this wireless network card uses switched to this wireless network card software.
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