EP3881456A1 - Procédé et dispositif d'aide au positionnement d'un équipement apte à se connecter à un réseau local wi-fi d'une passerelle domestique d'un utilisateur - Google Patents
Procédé et dispositif d'aide au positionnement d'un équipement apte à se connecter à un réseau local wi-fi d'une passerelle domestique d'un utilisateurInfo
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- the invention relates to the positioning in a domestic environment of equipment intended to communicate using Wi-Fi technology with a domestic gateway.
- a home repeater device also known as a Wi-Fi repeater (or Wi-Fi repeater in English) home of a user, for example his home.
- a Wi-Fi repeater provides a relay between the connected equipment placed in the user's home environment and the home gateway serving as an access point to the IP network (for Internet Protocol in English).
- Such a Wi-Fi repeater is used in particular when certain locations in the home are not covered by the local Wi-Fi network of the home gateway, for example because the home gateway is too far away or obstacles are placed in the environment domestic (walls too thick, equipment interfering with the Wi-Fi signal).
- a good positioning of the Wi-Fi repeater in the domestic environment is necessary in order to ensure a good quality of Wi-Fi service to the user.
- the current positioning assistance mechanisms are very basic. For example, information LEDs may be available on the Wi-Fi repeater equipment itself even allowing to indicate if the Wi-Fi repeater is correctly placed in relation to the home gateway, for example a certain number of LEDs lit indicates a certain quality of Wi-Fi signal. However, such LEDs do not indicate to the user if the Wi-Fi repeater is optimally placed relative to the home gateway.
- the Wi-Fi repeater can be placed in an area allowing it to connect to the home gateway, but the Wi-Fi repeater can be placed in an area considered too close to the home gateway because the coverage extension Corresponding Wi-Fi is not maximum, and another location of the Wi-Fi repeater further from the home gateway might be more suitable.
- the LED information is only provided to the user after the Wi-Fi repeater has been connected and started. If the Wi-Fi repeater has been placed too far from the home gateway, the user must turn off and unplug the device and repeat the installation at another location.
- the invention improves the state of the art.
- a mobile terminal placed in a home environment of the user and comprises the following steps:
- the zone of the domestic environment in which the mobile terminal is located is determined from a level of Wi-Fi signal emitted by the mobile terminal placed in this zone and received by the domestic gateway.
- the method according to the invention can for example be implemented by an application installed on the mobile terminal implementing the invention.
- the method according to the invention uses the level of Wi-Fi signal sent by the mobile terminal and received by the home gateway.
- the home equipment to be placed in the user's home environment can be a Wi-Fi repeater, or any equipment intended to connect to the local home Wi-Fi network of the home gateway such as a TV decoder, a connected speaker, a voice assistant, a radio, etc.
- an average of the signal level values received over a time window is used.
- the comparison step comprises the following substeps:
- the mobile terminal can determine the zone too close or too far or the optimal zone under the conditions in which the household equipment to be installed in the optimal zone will be used. Such a determination is made using a comparison of the strength of the signal transmitted by the mobile terminal and received by the domestic gateway with determined threshold values. When the signal strength is above the threshold, the mobile terminal is placed in an area closer to the home gateway than the position which would correspond to a signal having a power equal to the threshold value, and when the signal strength is lower at the threshold, the mobile terminal is placed in a zone further from the domestic gateway than the position which would correspond to a signal having a power equal to the value of the threshold.
- the first zone and the second zone respectively correspond to a zone known as too close to the domestic gateway and to a zone known as optimal compared to the domestic gateway, when the determined threshold corresponds to a first threshold, or the first zone and the second zone respectively correspond to a so-called optimal zone with respect to the domestic gateway and to a zone called too far from the domestic gateway, when the determined threshold corresponds to a second threshold.
- the value of the first threshold being greater than the value of the second threshold.
- two distinct thresholds are used to determine the zone of the domestic environment in which the mobile terminal is located, and thus inform the user if he is too close, too far or in the optimal area for placing household equipment.
- a first threshold makes it possible to determine a border between the area too close to the domestic gateway and the optimal placement area
- a second threshold makes it possible to determine a border between the optimal placement area and the area too far from the domestic gateway. It is clear that the first threshold is greater than the second threshold since when the user moves away from the home gateway, the Wi-Fi signal level decreases.
- the user can then move with the mobile terminal in the domestic environment and identify the optimal placement zone for the domestic equipment to be installed.
- the value of the determined threshold is assigned a second predetermined value greater than the first value.
- the value of the determined threshold is assigned the first predetermined value.
- a hysteresis mechanism for managing thresholds is used in order to control the oscillations between the zones when the mobile terminal is located at the border between the first zone and the second zone.
- the signal level used by the method according to the invention is information which is constantly subject to variations, since it is influenced for example by the way in which the user holds his mobile terminal or by the position of the user by compared to his mobile terminal and the home gateway. When the user is close to the border between the first zone and the second zone; these variations can generate oscillations between the zones presented to the user.
- the application could indicate to him sometimes that he is in the first zone, sometimes that he is in the second zone, the indication changing every 2 to 3 seconds. This could be confusing for the user.
- the hysteresis mechanism used in the particular embodiment described above makes it possible to improve the situation.
- the second value of the first threshold when it is determined that the mobile terminal is located in the second zone and that the second zone corresponds to the so-called optimal zone with respect to the domestic gateway, the second value of the first threshold is increased by a third predetermined value, and when it is determined that the mobile terminal is located in the first zone and that the first zone corresponds to the so-called optimal zone with respect to the domestic gateway, the first value of the second threshold is decreased by a fourth predetermined value.
- the boundaries of the optimal area for placing household equipment are extended relative to the theoretical boundaries defined from the thresholds determined experimentally. Indeed, the number of signal level samples used to calculate the average must remain limited in order to avoid introducing inertia in the evaluation of the positioning of household equipment. Consequently, when the user holding the mobile terminal is at the edge of the optimal zone, a slight "parasitic" oscillation of the signal level can cause it to pass into the zone too close or too far. The hysteresis mechanism would then force it to move to return to the optimal zone while the user is still in the optimal zone.
- the optimal zone considered by the mobile terminal is extended in both directions (towards the zone too close and towards the zone too far) relative to the theoretical optimal zone defined by the thresholds obtained experimentally.
- the fourth value is greater than the third value.
- the extension of the optimal zone is not symmetrical.
- the amplitude of extension at the border with the "too far” area is greater than the amplitude of extension at the border with the "too close” area. Indeed, at the border with the "too far” area, if the user is told that he is too far when in reality his position is still good, this limits the amplitude of the extension of Wi-Li coverage, in the case where the household equipment is a Wi-Li repeater.
- the method further comprises obtaining by the mobile terminal at least one value of said threshold from a database.
- the values of the thresholds are stored in a database, for example in a server of the IP network. Thus, they can easily be updated and downloaded by the mobile terminal during the execution of the application for assisting the positioning of domestic equipment.
- the at least one value is stored in association with at least one characteristic of the mobile terminal.
- the values of the thresholds stored in the database are a function of the characteristics of the mobile terminal. Indeed, the signal levels may differ depending on the characteristics of the mobile terminal used to execute the application for assisting the positioning of domestic equipment. Since the optimal zone must be almost similar regardless of the mobile terminal used, the particular embodiment of the invention described here makes it possible to adapt the values of the thresholds used as a function of the mobile terminal used to execute the application for assistance with positioning of domestic equipment.
- the at least one value is stored in association with at least one characteristic of said equipment to be positioned.
- the values of the thresholds stored in the database are a function of characteristics of the equipment to be positioned. Indeed, the Wi-Fi signal levels required for the proper functioning of the equipment to be placed in the user's home environment and which is intended to connect to the home gateway may be different depending on the type of equipment. or the type of applications to be implemented on this equipment and requiring a Wi-Fi connection.
- an optimal placement of the equipment can be different depending on whether the equipment is a connected enclosure intended to receive only audio data or a connected television intended to receive video data.
- the invention also relates to a device for positioning aid of equipment able to connect to a local Wi-Fi network of a user's home gateway, the positioning aid device being intended to be moved in the user's home environment.
- the positioning aid device comprises at least one processor configured to:
- such a device is included in a terminal, such as a mobile terminal.
- the invention also relates to a computer program comprising instructions for the implementation of the above method according to any one of the particular embodiments described above, when said program is executed by a processor.
- the method can be implemented in various ways, in particular in wired form or in software form.
- This program can use any programming language, and be in the form of source code, object code, or intermediate code between source code and object code, such as in a partially compiled form, or in any other desirable form.
- the invention also relates to a recording medium or information medium readable by a computer, and comprising instructions of a computer program as mentioned above.
- the recording media mentioned above can be any entity or device capable of storing the program.
- the support may include a storage means, such as a ROM, for example a CD ROM or a microelectronic circuit ROM, or else a magnetic recording means, for example a floppy disk or a disc. hard.
- the recording media can correspond to a transmissible medium such as an electrical or optical signal, which can be routed via an electrical or optical cable, by radio or by other means.
- the programs according to the invention can in particular be downloaded from a network of the Internet type.
- the recording media can correspond to an integrated circuit in which the program is incorporated, the circuit being adapted to execute or to be used in the execution of the process in question. 4. List of figures
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of an environment for implementing the invention according to a particular embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 illustrates steps of the positioning aid method according to a particular embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 3A schematically illustrates zones of the domestic environment, when the positioning assistance method is implemented according to a particular embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 3B schematically illustrates zones of the domestic environment, when the positioning assistance method is implemented according to another particular embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3C schematically illustrates zones of the domestic environment, when the positioning assistance method is implemented according to another particular embodiment of the invention.
- FIG 4A Figure 4A schematically illustrates the domestic environment of a user and the determination of a placement area at a given instant, during the execution of the positioning aid method according to a particular embodiment of the 'invention,
- FIG 4B Figure 4B schematically illustrates the domestic environment of a user and the determination of a placement area at another given time, during the execution of the positioning aid method according to a particular embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 4C schematically illustrates the domestic environment of a user and the determination of a placement area at another given time, during the execution of the positioning aid method according to a particular embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 5 illustrates a device configured to implement the positioning assistance method according to a particular embodiment of the invention, 5. Description of an embodiment of the invention
- the positioning assistance method described here allows a user to find an optimal positioning for domestic equipment requiring a Wi-Fi connection with the domestic gateway, such as for example a Wi-Fi repeater.
- a Wi-Fi repeater such as for example a Wi-Fi repeater.
- the positioning assistance process is based on a dedicated application executed by the user's mobile terminal, for example a smartphone (for a smart phone in English).
- This application constantly communicates via Wi-Fi with the user's home gateway.
- the application Through the use of the Wi-Fi signal level of the smartphone received by the home gateway (RSSI), the application indicates in real time to the user the relevance of the location, where he can connect his repeater. In other words, the application tells him if he is at an optimal distance from the home gateway.
- two zones are determined: a so-called optimal zone corresponding to the locations located at an optimal distance from the domestic gateway and a so-called non-optimal zone corresponding to all the locations located at a non-optimal distance from the domestic gateway.
- Such a non-optimal area may correspond to an area too far from the home gateway, not allowing an adequate quality of Wi-Fi service or to an area too close to the home gateway not allowing an extension of the Wi-Fi coverage sufficiently large.
- three zones can be determined, for example:
- the application is based on RSSI thresholds, which have been calculated on the basis of measurements made in the laboratory.
- the RSSI used for positioning aid is, by its nature, information which is constantly subject to variations, since it is influenced for example by the way the user holds his smartphone, or by the position of the user by compared to his smartphone and his home gateway.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of an environment for implementing the invention according to a particular embodiment of the invention.
- Such an implementation environment includes a home environment ED of a user illustrated in FIG. 1 in the form of a plan of the user's home.
- the domestic environment includes, for example, 3 bedrooms CH1, CH2, CH3, a SEJ living room with a BALCONY balcony, a CUIS kitchen and a LOGG loggia, a bathroom and a hall HL.
- the implementation environment includes a home gateway PAS connected to an Internet communication network IP (for Internet Protocol in English).
- IP for Internet Protocol in English
- the domestic PAS gateway is placed in hall HL.
- the PAS home gateway is configured on the one hand to exchange data with servers or terminals via the communication network Res, and on the other hand to establish a wireless local area network by Wi-Fi in the domestic environment ED.
- Wi-Fi wireless local area network
- household equipment of the user placed in the domestic environment ED can communicate to / from the communication network Res via the local Wi-Fi network of the domestic gateway PAS.
- a zone ZNC not covered by the local Wi-Fi network of the home gateway is illustrated.
- a Wi-Fi repeater can be installed in an optimal location in the user's home environment so as to extend the Wi-Fi coverage of the home PAS gateway.
- optimal location we mean here a location in the domestic environment which allows an extension of optimal Wi-Fi coverage, making it possible to ensure Wi-Fi connections to household equipment with an assured and undisturbed quality of service, while offering the widest possible Wi-Fi coverage. In other words, it is a location that is neither too close, nor too far from the domestic gateway.
- the positioning aid method is implemented by a mobile terminal T1, for example a smartphone (smart phone in English), on which an application for positioning the repeater has been downloaded and installed.
- Fe terminal Tl is configured to communicate with the domestic gateway PAS, for example via the local Wi-Fi network of the domestic gateway PAS.
- the user moves in the domestic environment ED and the terminal Tl restores to him in real time information indicating to him whether the location at which he is located is an optimal location for placing a Wi-Fi repeater.
- the implementation environment also includes a BDD database configured to store thresholds of Wi-Fi signal levels used by the method of assistance with positioning.
- a database BDD is for example connected to the communication network Res in order to communicate with the terminal T1.
- the positioning aid method can also be used to place different household equipment in the user's home environment.
- such domestic equipment can be a connected television, or a TV decoder requiring a Wi-Fi connection with the domestic gateway to receive data streams.
- Wi-Fi equipment will also be referred to as a Wi-Fi repeater installed in the domestic environment or such domestic equipment requiring a Wi-Fi connection with the domestic PAS gateway.
- FIG. 2 illustrates steps of the positioning aid method according to a particular embodiment of the invention.
- the user launches the execution of the application for assisting in positioning Wi-Fi equipment, which he has previously installed on his terminal T1.
- the terminal Tl receives, from the domestic gateway PAS, and at successive time intervals, information representative of a level of a Wi-Fi signal transmitted by the terminal Tl and received by the domestic PAS gateway, also known as RSSI for Received Signal Strength Indication in English.
- information representative of a level of a Wi-Fi signal transmitted by the terminal Tl and received by the domestic PAS gateway also known as RSSI for Received Signal Strength Indication in English.
- the application executed by the terminal Tl calls a Web API of the domestic gateway PAS to obtain the level of signal RSSI that it received from the terminal Tl, and the gateway domestic PAS transmits such a signal level to it.
- the terminal T1 calculates an average value of the RSSI levels received during a sliding time window and of a determined duration.
- such a duration can be 2 seconds. Other values are possible. The longer the duration, the more the latency of the process will be impacted.
- the terminal T1 compares the average value of the RSSI levels with a value of a determined threshold.
- the area in which the mobile terminal is located is determined from a first area ZI and a second area Z2.
- the value mean is greater than the value of the determined threshold, it is determined that the mobile terminal Tl is placed in the first zone ZI of the domestic environment.
- the average value is less than or equal to the value of the determined threshold, it is determined that the mobile terminal T1 is placed in the second zone Z2 of the domestic environment.
- the user wishes to install a TV decoder receiving audio / video data streams via Wi-Fi from the home gateway.
- a zone ZI called optimal zone in which the level of Wi-Fi signal will be sufficient to receive audio / video streams with good quality of service
- a zone Z2 called too far in which the level of Wi-Fi signal will not be sufficient to ensure good quality of service for the TV decoder over Wi-Fi.
- the mobile terminal Tl restores to the user information representative of the zone ZI or Z2 of the domestic environment in which the mobile terminal Tl is located with respect to the domestic gateway PAS. For example, it displays a message indicating zone too far or optimal zone.
- the method then iterates steps El i to E18 as long as the user does not end the execution of the positioning aid application.
- a hysteresis mechanism is used to avoid oscillation between the zones ZI and Z2 presented to the user when the user is close to the border of these zones.
- a step El 5 illustrated in FIG. 2 is implemented following the step E14.
- step El 5 if the threshold value used in the comparison step El 3 is equal to a first predetermined value S2 and it has been determined that the mobile terminal Tl is located in the second zone Z2 (too far in the example described here), the threshold value is then assigned a second predetermined value S2 'greater than the first value S2. Thus, at the next iteration, it is this second value S2 ′ which will be used in step E13.
- step E15 if the threshold value used in the comparison step E13 is equal to the second predetermined value S2 'and it has been determined that the mobile terminal T1 is located in the first zone ZI ( optimal zone in the example described here), the threshold value is then assigned the first value S2.
- the first value S2 of the threshold is reduced so as to extend the first zone Z1.
- the first threshold value S2 is a theoretical threshold value obtained by laboratory experiments. The modification of the first value S2 of the threshold is however only carried out once during the execution of the method.
- FIG. 3A schematically illustrates zones of the domestic environment, when the positioning assistance method is implemented according to another particular embodiment of the invention.
- the user wishes to install a Wi-Li repeater in the domestic environment.
- step E13 the average value of RSSI is compared with the two thresholds S1 and S2.
- step E14 it is determined in which of the three zones is the mobile terminal.
- the three zones are illustrated schematically in FIG. 3A as:
- a ZOPT zone located at an optimal distance from the domestic gateway, defined by the locations of the domestic environment for which the average RSSI is between the thresholds SI and S2, ie the average RSS is greater than the threshold S2 and less or equal to the threshold SI,
- a hysteresis mechanism is used to avoid oscillation between the zones presented to the user when the user is close to the zone boundaries, such a mechanism is illustrated in the figure. 3B.
- a second threshold value SI ', S2' is defined respectively for each of the thresholds SI and S2.
- the thresholds S1 and S2 are the RSSI thresholds used during the first iteration of the method or when it has been determined in step E14 that the user is placed in the optimal zone ZOPT.
- the RSSI threshold SL is used when it has been determined in step E14 that the user is placed in the "too close” zone and the RSSI threshold S2 'is used when it has been determined in step E14 that the user is placed in the "too far” area.
- step E15 if it has been determined that the mobile terminal T1 is located in the zone ZOPT, and that the threshold at the border between the zone ZOPT and the zone ZTP is equal to SI, the threshold value between the ZOPT area and the ZTP area becomes ST. Thus, at the next iteration of the method, the threshold value ST will be used for the border between ZOPT and ZTP.
- the threshold value SI will be used for the border between ZOPT and ZTP.
- the same hysteresis mechanism is used for the value of the threshold between the zone ZTL and ZOPT with the thresholds S2 'and S2. If it has been determined that the mobile terminal Tl is located in the zone ZTL, and that the threshold at the border between the zone ZTL and the zone ZOPT is equal to S2 ′, the value of the threshold between the zone ZTL and the zone ZOPT becomes S2. Thus, at the next iteration of the method, the threshold value S2 will be used for the border between ZTL and ZOPT.
- the threshold is equal to S2 and it has been determined that the mobile terminal Tl is located in the zone ZOPT, the value of the threshold between the zone ZOPT and the zone ZTL becomes S2 ′.
- the threshold value S2 ′ will be used for the border between ZTL and ZOPT.
- the RSSI may still oscillate. Indeed, the number of RSSI samples used to calculate the average must absolutely remain limited, because otherwise this would introduce inertia in the evaluation of positioning. Consequently, when the user is at the edge of the “optimal” zone, a slight “parasitic” oscillation of the RSSI could cause him to pass into the “too close” or “too far” zone, and the hysteresis mechanism described here. -above would then force him to move to return to the optimal zone while the user is however well in the optimal zone.
- the "optimal" area considered by the application is slightly extended in both directions compared to the theoretical “optimal” area, as illustrated in FIG. 3C.
- the threshold SI between the zones ZOPT and ZTP is increased by a value dl so as to move the border between the two zones towards the zone ZTP.
- the ZOPT area is enlarged.
- the threshold S2 between the zones ZOPT and ZTL is reduced by a value d2 so as to shift the border between the two zones towards the zone ZTL.
- the ZOPT area is enlarged.
- Such a shift is made for example once during step E15 or else at the initialization of the method.
- the extent of the extension may be greater at the border with the ZTL zone "too far” compared to that carried out at the border with the ZTP zone "too close". Indeed, at the border with the ZTL zone "too far", it is essential not to indicate to the user that he is too far when in reality his position is still good, as this would limit the amplitude of Wi-Fi coverage extension.
- the threshold or thresholds used by the mobile terminal for the implementation of the positioning assistance method are obtained by the mobile terminal from a BDD database (on the figure 1).
- the mobile terminal Tl can interrogate the database BDD via the home gateway PAS and the communication network Res to obtain the threshold values at use.
- the threshold values are stored in the database BDD in association with at least one characteristic of the mobile terminal Tl.
- the mobile terminal Tl when the mobile terminal Tl interrogates the database BDD, it provides information indicative of this characteristic so that the BDD database sends it the corresponding threshold values.
- the threshold values can be adapted as a function of the characteristics of the mobile terminal implementing the positioning assistance method.
- a characteristic of the mobile terminal can be a type of operating system of the terminal, a type of Wi-Fi connection, etc.
- the threshold values are stored in the database BDD in association with a characteristic relating to the household equipment to be installed or to a service to be provided by this equipment.
- a characteristic relating to the household equipment to be installed or to a service to be provided by this equipment can be the power of a Wi-Fi repeater, a level of bit rate to be ensured by the Wi-Fi link, a type of data to be exchanged on the link, etc.
- FIG. 4A schematically illustrates the domestic environment of a user and the determination of a placement area at a given instant, during the execution of the positioning aid method according to a particular embodiment of the invention.
- the user equipped with the mobile terminal Tl is located near the domestic gateway PAS, at the end of at least one iteration of steps El i to E18 of the process described in connection with FIG. 2, the mobile terminal Tl displays a message ml to the user indicating to him that he is in the zone too close to the domestic gateway NOT.
- the app can tell the user to go to the area with poor Wi-Fi coverage.
- FIG. 4B schematically illustrates the domestic environment of a user and the determination of a placement area at another given time, during the execution of the positioning assistance method according to a particular embodiment of the invention.
- the user has moved to the poorly covered area ZNC.
- the mobile terminal Tl always displays the message ml to the user indicating that it is still in the zone too close to the domestic gateway NOT.
- FIG. 4C schematically illustrates the domestic environment of a user and the determination of a placement area at another given time, during the execution of the positioning assistance method according to a particular embodiment of the invention.
- the user has again moved towards the poorly covered area ZNC.
- steps El i to E18 of the method described in relation to FIG. 2 as soon as the user enters the “optimal” zone, the application indicates to him this passage in the “optimal” zone, without oscillation between the "too close” zone and the “optimal” zone, by the message "ok”.
- the user can then connect his Wi-Fi repeater around his current position, or find another optimal position if it does not suit him.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a DISP device configured to implement the positioning assistance method according to a particular embodiment of the invention.
- the DISP device has the conventional architecture of a mobile phone, of the smartphone type, and in particular comprises a memory MEM, a processing unit UT, equipped for example with a processor PROC , and controlled by the PG computer program stored in MEM memory.
- the computer program PG includes instructions for implementing the steps of the method for assisting in the positioning of household equipment as described above, when the program is executed by the processor PROC.
- the code instructions of the computer program PG are for example loaded into a memory before being executed by the processor PROC.
- the processor PROC of the processing unit UT implements in particular the steps of the method of assisting in the positioning of domestic equipment according to any one of particular embodiments described in relation with FIGS. 2 and 3A-3C, according to the instructions of the PG computer program.
- the DISP device includes a COM1 communication module configured to establish communications with an IP network, and / or a PAS home gateway using Wi-Li technology.
- the DISP device comprises a COM2 communication module configured to establish communications via a 3G / 4G or 5G mobile communication network.
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