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JP2004166126A
JP2004166126A JP2002332117A JP2002332117A JP2004166126A JP 2004166126 A JP2004166126 A JP 2004166126A JP 2002332117 A JP2002332117 A JP 2002332117A JP 2002332117 A JP2002332117 A JP 2002332117A JP 2004166126 A JP2004166126 A JP 2004166126A
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Keisuke Noda
敬介 野田
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably establish connection with a radio base station after exchange, even if the base station of a connecting destination is exchanged. <P>SOLUTION: A POS terminal 1 presets an IP address of a radio base station 2 designated as a connection destination to be stored. When power is turned on, the IP address of the connecting destination radio base station 2IP is designated, and an ARP command is transmitted by radio with a broadcast address. From a response with respect to the ARP command, an MAC command of the connecting destination radio base station 2 is acquired. Then, the MAC address is designated, and the connection with the radio base station 2 of the concerned MAC address by radio is attained. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、無線基地局の物理通信アドレスを指定して当該無線基地局と無線により接続し、この無線基地局を介して上位機との間でデータ通信を行なう無線通信端末に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
複数台の通信端末と各通信端末の上位機との間のデータ通信を無線で行なうようにした無線式データ通信システムとして、例えば流通業界の無線式POS(Point Of Sales)システムが知られている。この無線式POSシステムは、通信端末の機能を有する各POS端末にそれぞれ無線機を接続して無線子局として動作させるとともに、上位機であるPOSサーバに有線LAN(Local Area Network)等の有線通信回線を介して少なくとも1台の無線基地局を接続し、各POS端末(無線子局)がそれぞれいずれかの無線基地局と無線通信接続することにより、各POS端末とPOSサーバとの間でデータ通信を行なえるようにようにしたものである。
【0003】
このような無線式データ通信システムにおいて、無線基地局と配下の無線子局との間の無線通信方式は、例えばIEEE802.11によって規格化されている。また、通信プロトコルとしては、一般にTCP/IP(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)が用いられている。このTCP/IPを採用した通信では、各ノード(無線子局,無線基地局,上位機)の識別に、ユーザによって任意に設定可能な論理通信アドレスであるIP(Internet Protocol)アドレスと、各ノードが有するハードウェア固有の物理通信アドレスであるMAC(Media Access Control)アドレスとが使われる。
【0004】
ところで一般に、POSシステムの場合には、各POS端末の設置場所がほぼ固定されているので、POS端末毎に最寄りの無線基地局が予めわかっている。また、各POS端末とPOSサーバとの間の情報量が多いので、1つの無線基地局に通信負荷が集中してしまわないようにロードバランスを考慮する必要がある。このような観点から、無線式POSシステムにおいては、POS端末毎に接続相手先の無線基地局を予め特定した方が良いと考えられていた。
【0005】
しかし、無線子局毎に接続相手先の無線基地局を特定する場合には、各無線子局にそれぞれ接続相手先の無線基地局を識別するための情報として、その無線基地局のMACアドレスを設定する必要があった。MACアドレスは、前述したように個々のハードウェア固有のものである。このため、無線基地局を故障等によって交換した場合には、その基地局を接続相手先とする全ての無線子局に設定されていた無線基地局のMACアドレスを全て設定しなおさなければならない面倒があった。
【0006】
なお、前記無線式データ通信システムにおいて、いずれか一つの無線基地局と接続が確立されている無線子局が、物理通信アドレスの解決プロトコルコマンドであるARP(Address Resolution Protocol)コマンドを用いて通信相手である上位機のMACアドレスを取得する技術は既に知られている(例えば、特許文献1参照)。
【0007】
【特許文献1】
特開2001−36564号公報
【0008】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
上述したように、無線子局として動作する無線通信端末が、上位機に有線通信回線で接続された無線基地局と無線により接続して、その無線基地局を介して無線通信端末と上位機との間でデータ通信を行なうようにした無線式データ通信システムにおいて、無線子局毎に接続相手先の無線基地局を予め特定するには、その特定する無線基地局の物理通信アドレスを各無線子局に設定する必要があり、無線基地局の交換が生じる度に、その基地局を接続相手先とする全ての無線子局に設定されていた無線基地局のMACアドレスを設定しなおさなければならず、メンテナンスが煩雑であるという問題があった。
【0009】
ARPコマンドを用いて通信相手のMACアドレスを取得することは技術的に可能ではあるが、そのためには、無線子局と無線基地局との接続が確立されていなければならず、無線子局の電源をオンしたときのように、無線子局と無線基地局との接続が確立されていない状態では、無線子局が通信相手のMACアドレスを取得することはできなかった。
【0010】
本発明はこのような事情に基づいてなされたもので、その目的とするところは、接続相手先の無線基地局が交換されても、確実に交換後の無線基地局との接続を確立させることができ、アドレス設定変更のメンテナンス作業を不要にできる無線通信端末を提供しようとするものである。
【0011】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明は、上位機に有線通信回線で接続された無線基地局と無線により接続して、その無線基地局を介して上位機との間でデータ通信を行なう無線通信端末において、基地局アドレス記憶手段と、アドレス解決コマンド送信手段と、物理通信アドレス取得手段と、基地局接続手段とを設ける。基地局アドレス記憶手段は、接続相手先として指定する無線基地局の論理通信アドレス(例えば、IPアドレス)を予め設定記憶する。アドレス解決コマンド送信手段は、当該無線通信端末の電源がオンされると、基地局アドレス記憶手段により記憶された論理通信アドレスを指定して物理通信アドレス解決コマンド(例えば、ARPコマンド)をブロードキャストアドレスで無線送信する。物理通信アドレス取得手段は、アドレス解決コマンド送信手段により送信された物理通信アドレス解決コマンドに対するレスポンスから、接続相手先として指定する無線基地局の物理通信アドレス(例えば、MACアドレス)を取得する。基地局接続手段は、物理通信アドレス取得手段により取得した物理通信アドレスを指定して当該物理通信アドレスの無線基地局と無線により接続する。
【0012】
論理通信アドレスは、ユーザによって任意に設定可能である。そこで、無線基地局を故障等により交換した場合に、交換前の無線基地局に設定された論理通信アドレスを交換後の無線基地局にも設定することによって、接続相手先として指定する無線基地局の物理通信アドレスが無線通信端末に予め設定されていなくても、当該無線通信端末は、電源オンにより接続相手先として指定する無線基地局と確実に無線で接続される。
【0013】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、本発明の一実施の形態を図面を用いて説明する。
なお、この実施の形態は、図1に示す無線式POSシステムに本発明を適用した場合であり、通信プロトコルとしてTCP/IPを使用する。
【0014】
本実施の形態の無線式POSシステムは、6台のPOS端末1−1,1−2,1−3,1−4,1−5,1−6と、2台の無線基地局2−A,2−Bと、1台のPOSサーバ3とによって構成している。POSサーバ3と各無線基地局2−A,2−Bとは、有線通信回線である有線LAN4によってデータ通信可能に接続している。
【0015】
各POS端末1−1〜1−6は、それぞれ無線機5を搭載しており、無線基地局2−A,2−Bに対して無線子局として動作する。本実施の形態では、各無線基地局2−A,2−Bのロードバランスを考慮し、かつ、各POS端末1−1〜1−6の設置場所を考慮して、一方の無線基地局2−Aには3台のPOS端末1−1,1−2,1−4が接続され、他方の無線基地局2−Bには残り3台のPOS端末1−3,1−5,1−6が接続されるように設定している。
【0016】
図2は各POS端末1−1〜1−6と各無線基地局2−A,2−Bの要部構成を示すブロック図である。なお、各POS端末1−1〜1−6は同一構成であり、また、各無線基地局2−A,2−Bも同一構成であるので、図ではPOS端末1−1とその接続先である無線基地局2−Aのみを示し、他は省略する。
【0017】
各POS端末1−1〜1−6は、それぞれ電源スイッチSWのオン操作により各部に電源を供給する電源回路10と、主制御部として各部を制御するCPU(Central Processing Unit)11と、このCPU11を動作させるプログラム等の固定的データが予め格納されたROM(Read Only Memory)12と、CPU11によって各種データの書込みや読出しが行なわれるRAM(Random Access Memory)13と、補助記憶装置として動作するHDD(Hard Disk Drive)装置14と、前記無線機5が接続され、この無線機5に送信データを渡したり、無線機5で受信したデータを取り込んだりする無線機インタフェース15とを備えている。また、キーボード16、オペレータ用ディスプレイ17、客用ディスプレイ18、レシート印字用のプリンタ19等の各種入出力デバイスを、各POS端末1−1〜1−6は設けている。
【0018】
各無線基地局2−A,2−Bは、主制御部として各部を制御するCPU21、このCPU21を動作させるプログラム等の固定的データが予め格納されたROM22、CPU21によって各種データの書込みや読出しが行なわれるRAM23の他、ユーザが自由に情報を書込めるEEPROM(Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory)24、有線LAN4用の有線通信回路25、各POS端末1−1〜1−6に接続された無線機5用の無線通信回路26等を備えている。
【0019】
各POS端末1−1〜1−6のRAM13には、図3に示すように、接続相手先として指定する無線基地局2−A,2−BのIPアドレスとMACアドレスとが書き込まれる基地局アドレスエリア6が形成されている。また、各POS端末1−1〜1−6のHDD装置14には、それぞれそのPOS端末1−1〜1−6が接続相手先として指定する無線基地局2−A,2−BのIPアドレスが予め設定されており、電源オン時にこのIPアドレスが基地局アドレスエリア6に書き込まれるようになっている。
【0020】
各POS端末1−1〜1−6は、電源ON時の立上げ処理において、無線機I/F15に対し接続する無線基地局MACアドレスを送ることにより無線基地局2−A,2−Bを指定する。MACアドレスを指定していない場合、電源立上げ後、無線接続時にもっとも受信電界強度の強い無線基地局2−A,2−Bに接続する。
【0021】
一方、各無線基地局2−A,2−Bには図4の7−A、7−Bの上段に示すIPアドレスが設定されている。7−A、7−Bの下段には無線基地局2−A,2−BのEEPROM24に保持されたMACアドレスが記憶されている。
【0022】
本実施の形態では、前述したように、POS端末1−1,1−2,1−4の接続相手先を無線基地局2−Aと指定し、POS端末1−3,1−5,1−6の接続相手先を無線基地局2−Bと指定するので、POS端末1−1,1−2,1−4のHDD装置14には無線基地局2−AのIPアドレス(10,1,1,1)が予め設定されており、POS端末1−3,1−5,1−6のHDD装置14には無線基地局2−BのIPアドレス(10,1,1,2)が予め設定されている。
【0023】
しかして、各POS端末1−1〜1−6は、電源スイッチSWのオン操作により電源回路10から電源が供給されて立ち上がると、CPU11が図5の流れ図に示す基地局接続処理を実行するものとなっている。
【0024】
すなわちCPU11は、先ず、ST(ステップ)1としてRAM13の基地局アドレスエリア6に接続相手先無線基地局2−x(x=AまたはB)のMACアドレスが格納されているか否かを判断する。ここで、例えば当該POS端末1−i(1≦i≦6)が初期導入時であり、MACアドレスが格納されていない場合には、CPU11は、ST2として同基地局アドレスエリア6に接続相手先無線基地局2−xのIPアドレスが格納されているか否かを判断する。通常は、HDD装置14に接続相手先無線基地局2−xのIPアドレスが予め設定されており、電源オンに応じてそのIPアドレスが基地局アドレスエリア6に書き込まれるので、CPU11は、IPアドレス有りを確認すると、ST3としてそのIPアドレスが設定されている接続相手先無線基地局2−xに対して接続性を確認するために、PING処理を実行する。なお、ST2においてIPアドレス無しを確認した場合には、エラーとする。このエラーは、HDD装置14に接続相手先無線基地局2−xのIPアドレスが設定されていない設定ミス等が考えられる。
【0025】
ST3において、PING処理を実行すると、図6に示すように、先ず、POS端末側から無線基地局側に対してARPコマンドを送信する(アドレス解決コマンド送信手段)。ARPコマンドの宛先MACアドレスは、図7のD1に示すように、送信先アドレスとしてブロードキャストアドレス(全てFFh)をセットし、送信元アドレスとして当該POS端末1−iのMACアドレス(POSiMAC)をセットし、データ部に接続相手先無線基地局2−xのIPアドレス(APxIP)をセットしたものである。したがって、ARPコマンドは、全ての無線基地局2−A,2−Bで受信可能である。ただし、データ部に接続相手先無線基地局2−xのIPアドレス(APxIP)が指定されているので、当該IPアドレス(APxIP)が設定された無線基地局2−AがARPコマンドに対するレスポンスを返す。
【0026】
この場合において、ARPレスポンスは、受信電界強度が最も高い無線基地局2−j(j=A,B)からコマンド送信元のPOS端末1−iに対して送信される。したがって、当該POS端末1−iと最初に接続される無線基地局2−jは、接続相手先無線基地局2−xの場合もあるし、そうでない場合もある。
【0027】
ARPレスポンスは、図7のD2に示すように、送信先アドレスとしてARPコマンド送信元POS端末1−iのMACアドレス(POSiMAC)をセットし、送信元アドレスとして受信電界強度が最も高い無線基地局2−jのMACアドレス(APjMAC)をセットし、データ部に接続相手先無線基地局2−xのIPアドレス(APxIP)と、それに対応してARPテーブル7−xにて設定されているMACアドレス(APxMAC)とをセットしたものである。したがって、ARPレスポンスは当該POS端末1−iで受信される。図6に示すように、当該POS端末1−iは、ARPレスポンスを受信すると、PINGコマンドを無線基地局2−jに対して送信し、無線基地局2−jからPINGレスポンスを受信すると、PING処理を終了する。
【0028】
CPU11は、ST4としてPING処理を正常に終了したか否かを判断する。そして、PING処理を正常に終了したと判断した場合には、ST5としてこのPING処理によって受信したARPレスポンスのデータ部から接続相手先無線基地局2−xのMACアドレス(APxMAC)を取得する。そして、このMACアドレス(APxMAC)を基地局アドレスエリア6に格納する(物理通信アドレス取得手段)。
【0029】
次に、CPU11は、ST6として基地局アドレスエリア6に格納された接続相手先無線基地局2−xのMACアドレス(APxMAC)を指定して当該無線基地局2−xと無線により接続を図る(基地局接続手段)。
【0030】
次に、CPU11は、ST7として当該無線基地局2−xと接続できたか否かを判断する。ここで、当該無線基地局2−xと接続できたことを確認した場合には、CPU11は、ST8としてその無線基地局2−xとの受信電界強度を測定する(電界強度測定手段)。そして、ST9としてこの受信電界強度が予め設定された所定のしきい値レベル以上が否かを判断する(接続判定手段)。ここで、受信電界強度がしきい値レベル以上の場合には、ST10として当該無線基地局2−xとの接続を有効として、この基地局接続処理を終了する。
【0031】
これに対し、ST9の判断処理において受信電界強度がしきい値レベル未満の場合には、当該無線基地局2−xとの接続を無効とし、接続エラーとして、この基地局接続処理を終了する。このエラーは、接続相手先に指定した無線基地局2−xとの距離が離れていたり障害物があったりして、通信品質が悪い場合が考えられる。
【0032】
また、ST7の判断処理において当該無線基地局2−xと接続できなかったことを確認した場合、及びST4の判断処理においてPING処理を正常に実行できなかった場合も接続エラーとして、この基地局接続処理を終了する。このエラーは、基地局アドレスエリア6に格納されたIPアドレスの設定ミス、あるいは当該IPアドレスが設定された接続相手先無線基地局2−xの故障等が考えられる。
【0033】
一方、ST1の判断処理において基地局アドレスエリア6にMACアドレスが格納されている場合には、CPU11は、ST11としてその接続相手先無線基地局2−xのMACアドレスを指定して当該無線基地局2−xと無線により接続を図る。そして、ST12として当該無線基地局2−xと接続できたことを確認した場合には、ST13として当該無線基地局2−xとの接続を有効として、この基地局接続処理を終了する。
【0034】
これに対し、ST12の判断処理において、当該無線基地局2−xと接続できなかったことを確認した場合には、ST2の処理に進む。そして、同基地局アドレスエリア6に接続相手先無線基地局2−xのIPアドレスが格納されているか否かを判断し、格納されていることを確認した場合には、前述したST3〜ST10の処理を実行する。
【0035】
例えば今、図1において、接続相手先無線基地局を基地局2−Aに指定し、そのIPアドレス(10,1,1,1)をHDD装置14に予め設定したPOS端末1−4を新たにシステムに導入するものとする。この場合において、POS端末1−4との無線通信において受信電界強度が最高の無線基地局が基地局2−Bであったとすると、POS端末1−4の電源投入に応じて、当該POS端末1−4は無線基地局2−Bと無線接続され、無線基地局2−B経由で無線基地局2−Aと無線基地局2−Bとの間でPING処理が実行される。このPING処理の中で、接続相手先無線基地局2−Aから無線基地局2−Bを介してPOS端末1−4宛にARPコマンドのレスポンスが返される。このレスポンスから、POS端末1−4では接続相手先無線基地局2−AのMACアドレス(001122334455)を入手することができる。そこで、POS端末1−4は、接続相手先無線基地局2−AのMACアドレス(001122334455)を入手後、このMACアドレス(001122334455)を指定して接続相手先無線基地局2−Aとの接続を図る。したがって、システムに新たに導入されるPOS端末1−4に接続相手先無線基地局2−AのMACアドレス(001122334455)が設定されていなくても、当該POS端末1−4は確実に接続相手先無線基地局2−Aと無線で接続することができる。
【0036】
また、図1において、無線基地局2−Aが故障し、その代りに別の基地局2−Cが導入されたとする。このとき、無線基地局2−CのMACアドレスは、ハードウェア固有のものなので無線基地局2−Aと異なるものの、IPアドレスはユーザが任意に設定できるので、無線基地局2−Aと同じアドレス(10,1,1,1)とする。
【0037】
こうすることにより、無線基地局2−Aを接続相手先としていたPOS端末1−1,1−2,1−4においては、基地局接続処理のST12にて接続エラーとなるものの、接続相手先無線基地局2−AのIPアドレス(10,1,1,1)を指定したPING処理の実行により、交換された無線基地局2−CのMACアドレスを自動的に入手して、この無線基地局2−Cを接続相手先の基地局として設定することができる。したがって、無線基地局2−A,2−Bを交換しても、その基地局を接続相手先とするPOS端末1−1〜1−6の接続相手先MACアドレスを設定しなおす必要がないので、メンテナンスを簡略化できる。
【0038】
ところで、本実施の形態においては、予め設定された接続相手先無線基地局のIPアドレスを指定するPING処理の実行により当該無線基地局のMACアドレスを入手した後、当該無線基地局と無線により接続を図るが、この際、当該無線基地局との受信電界強度を測定し、所定のしきい値レベル以上であればその基地局との接続を有効にし、しきい値レベル未満であれば接続を無効にしている。したがって、接続相手先に指定した無線基地局2−A,2−Bとの通信品質が良好な場合に限りその基地局との接続が確立されるので、より確実に無線基地局との接続を図ることができる効果を奏する。
【0039】
なお、本発明は前記一実施の形態に限定されるものではない。
例えば、前記一実施の形態では、接続相手先無線基地局のMACアドレスを入手するためにPING処理を実行したが、物理通信アドレス解決コマンドをブロードキャストアドレスで送信するプロトコル、例えばFTP(File Transfer Protocol)やHTTP(Hypertext Transfer Protocol)等を実行しても接続相手先無線基地局のMACアドレスを入手することができる。また、無線基地局がSNMP(Simple Network Management Protocol)に対応している場合にはSNMP機能を使用することにより接続相手先無線基地局のMACアドレスを入手することができる。
【0040】
また、前記一実施の形態では、POS端末1−1〜1−6のHDD装置14に接続相手先無線基地局のIPアドレスを予め設定し、電源オン時にRAM13の基地局アドレスエリア6にそのIPアドレスを書き込むものとして説明したが、EEPROM等のように書換え可能な不揮発性メモリを設け、このメモリに接続相手先無線基地局のIPアドレスを予め設定してもよい。こうすることにより、電源オン時に基地局アドレスエリア6にそのIPアドレスを書き込む処理を不要にできる。
【0041】
また、本発明において無線基地局の台数やPOS端末の台数は、前記一実施の形態のものに限定されないのは言うまでもないことである。また、本発明は、無線式POSシステムの無線通信端末であるPOS端末に限定されるものではなく、各種無線式データ通信システムにおいて無線通信端末として機能するディスクトップパソコン,固定情報端末等に適用できるものである。
【0042】
【発明の効果】
以上詳述したように本発明によれば、接続相手先の無線基地局が交換されても、確実に交換後の無線基地局との接続を確立させることができ、アドレス設定変更のメンテナンス作業を不要にできる無線通信端末を提供できる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の一実施の形態であるPOSシステムの全体構成図。
【図2】同POSシステムのPOS端末と無線基地局の要部を示すブロック構成図。
【図3】同POSシステムにおけるPOS端末のRAMに形成される基地局アドレスエリアの模式図。
【図4】同POSシステムにおける無線基地局のEEPROMに形成されるARPテーブルの模式図。
【図5】同POSシステムにおけるPOS端末のCPUが実行する基地局接続処理の要部を示す流れ図。
【図6】PING処理実行時のプロトコルを示す模式図。
【図7】ARPコマンドとARPレスポンスのデータ構造を示す模式図。
【符号の説明】
1−1〜1−6…POS端末
2−A,2−B…無線基地局
3…POSサーバ
4…有線LAN
5…無線機
6…基地局アドレスエリア
7−A,7−B…ARPテーブル
[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal that specifies a physical communication address of a wireless base station, wirelessly connects to the wireless base station, and performs data communication with a host device via the wireless base station.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a wireless data communication system that wirelessly performs data communication between a plurality of communication terminals and a host device of each communication terminal, for example, a wireless POS (Point Of Sales) system in the distribution industry is known. . In this wireless POS system, a wireless device is connected to each POS terminal having the function of a communication terminal to operate as a wireless slave station, and wired communication such as a wired LAN (Local Area Network) is performed to a POS server as a host device. At least one wireless base station is connected via a line, and each POS terminal (wireless slave station) wirelessly connects to any one of the wireless base stations, so that data can be transmitted between each POS terminal and the POS server. This is to enable communication.
[0003]
In such a wireless data communication system, a wireless communication system between a wireless base station and a subordinate wireless station is standardized by, for example, IEEE 802.11. As a communication protocol, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is generally used. In the communication adopting the TCP / IP, each node (wireless slave station, wireless base station, host machine) is identified by an IP (Internet Protocol) address which is a logical communication address arbitrarily settable by a user, And a MAC (Media Access Control) address, which is a physical communication address unique to the hardware of the PC.
[0004]
In general, in the case of a POS system, the location of each POS terminal is almost fixed, so that the nearest wireless base station is known in advance for each POS terminal. Further, since the amount of information between each POS terminal and the POS server is large, it is necessary to consider a load balance so that a communication load does not concentrate on one wireless base station. From such a viewpoint, it has been considered that in the wireless POS system, it is better to specify the wireless base station of the connection partner for each POS terminal in advance.
[0005]
However, when specifying the wireless base station to be connected to for each wireless slave station, the MAC address of the wireless base station is used as information for identifying the wireless base station to be connected to each wireless slave station. Had to be set. The MAC address is unique to each piece of hardware as described above. For this reason, when the wireless base station is replaced due to a failure or the like, it is necessary to reset all the MAC addresses of the wireless base stations set in all the wireless slave stations to which the base station is connected. was there.
[0006]
Note that, in the wireless data communication system, a wireless slave station that has established a connection with any one of the wireless base stations communicates with a communication partner using an ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) command that is a physical communication address resolution protocol command. Is already known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2001-36564
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, a wireless communication terminal operating as a wireless slave station wirelessly connects to a wireless base station connected to a higher-level device via a wired communication line, and communicates with the higher-level device via the wireless base station. In the wireless data communication system in which data communication is performed between the wireless base stations, in order to specify in advance the wireless base station to be connected to for each wireless slave station, the physical communication address of the wireless base station to be specified is set to each wireless slave station. It is necessary to set the MAC address of the wireless base station set in all the wireless slave stations to which the base station is connected every time the wireless base station is exchanged. However, there is a problem that maintenance is complicated.
[0009]
Although it is technically possible to obtain the MAC address of the communication partner using the ARP command, a connection between the wireless slave station and the wireless base station must be established for that purpose. When the connection between the wireless slave station and the wireless base station is not established, such as when the power is turned on, the wireless slave station cannot acquire the MAC address of the communication partner.
[0010]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to reliably establish a connection with a replaced wireless base station even if a wireless base station to be connected is replaced. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication terminal capable of eliminating the maintenance work of changing the address setting.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention is directed to a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly connects to a wireless base station connected to a higher-level device via a wired communication line and performs data communication with the higher-level device via the wireless base station. Means, an address resolution command transmitting means, a physical communication address obtaining means, and a base station connecting means. The base station address storage means sets and stores in advance a logical communication address (for example, an IP address) of a wireless base station designated as a connection partner. When the power of the wireless communication terminal is turned on, the address resolution command transmission means specifies the logical communication address stored by the base station address storage means and transmits a physical communication address resolution command (for example, an ARP command) as a broadcast address. Transmit wirelessly. The physical communication address obtaining means obtains a physical communication address (for example, a MAC address) of a wireless base station specified as a connection partner from a response to the physical communication address resolution command transmitted by the address resolution command transmitting means. The base station connecting means specifies the physical communication address obtained by the physical communication address obtaining means and wirelessly connects to the wireless base station of the physical communication address.
[0012]
The logical communication address can be arbitrarily set by the user. Therefore, when the wireless base station is replaced due to a failure or the like, the logical communication address set in the wireless base station before replacement is also set in the wireless base station after replacement, so that the wireless base station designated as the connection partner is set. Even if the physical communication address of the wireless communication terminal is not preset in the wireless communication terminal, the wireless communication terminal is reliably wirelessly connected to the wireless base station designated as the connection partner by turning on the power.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
This embodiment is a case where the present invention is applied to the wireless POS system shown in FIG. 1, and uses TCP / IP as a communication protocol.
[0014]
The wireless POS system according to the present embodiment includes six POS terminals 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6 and two wireless base stations 2-A. , 2-B and one POS server 3. The POS server 3 and each of the wireless base stations 2-A and 2-B are communicably connected by a wired LAN 4 which is a wired communication line.
[0015]
Each of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 is equipped with a wireless device 5, and operates as a wireless slave station for the wireless base stations 2-A and 2-B. In the present embodiment, one radio base station 2 is considered in consideration of the load balance of each of the radio base stations 2-A and 2-B and the installation location of each of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6. -A, three POS terminals 1-1, 1-2, 1-4 are connected, and the other wireless base station 2-B has the remaining three POS terminals 1-3, 1-3, 1-, 1- 6 is connected.
[0016]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of each of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 and each of the wireless base stations 2-A and 2-B. The POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 have the same configuration, and the wireless base stations 2-A and 2-B also have the same configuration. Only a certain wireless base station 2-A is shown, and others are omitted.
[0017]
Each of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 includes a power supply circuit 10 that supplies power to each unit by turning on a power switch SW, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 that controls each unit as a main control unit, and the CPU 11 (Read Only Memory) 12 in which fixed data such as a program for operating the CPU is stored in advance, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13 in which various data are written and read by the CPU 11, and an HDD which operates as an auxiliary storage device (Hard Disk Drive) device 14 and a wireless device interface 15 to which the wireless device 5 is connected and which transmits transmission data to the wireless device 5 and takes in data received by the wireless device 5. The POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 are provided with various input / output devices such as a keyboard 16, an operator display 17, a customer display 18, and a printer 19 for printing receipts.
[0018]
Each of the radio base stations 2-A and 2-B has a CPU 21 that controls each unit as a main control unit, a ROM 22 in which fixed data such as a program for operating the CPU 21 is stored in advance, and various data can be written and read by the CPU 21. In addition to the RAM 23 to be performed, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) 24 into which the user can freely write information, a wired communication circuit 25 for the wired LAN 4, and a wireless device connected to each of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 5 and the like.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 3, the base stations to which the IP addresses and the MAC addresses of the wireless base stations 2-A and 2-B specified as the connection destination are written in the RAM 13 of each of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6. An address area 6 is formed. Also, in the HDD device 14 of each of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6, the IP addresses of the wireless base stations 2-A and 2-B designated by the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 as connection destinations, respectively. Is set in advance, and this IP address is written in the base station address area 6 when the power is turned on.
[0020]
Each of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 transmits the wireless base station MAC address to be connected to the wireless device I / F 15 in the startup process when the power is turned on, thereby connecting the wireless base stations 2-A and 2-B. specify. If the MAC address is not specified, after the power is turned on, the mobile station connects to the wireless base stations 2-A and 2-B having the strongest reception electric field strength at the time of wireless connection.
[0021]
On the other hand, the IP addresses shown in the upper part of 7-A and 7-B in FIG. 4 are set to the respective radio base stations 2-A and 2-B. MAC addresses stored in the EEPROMs 24 of the radio base stations 2-A and 2-B are stored below 7-A and 7-B.
[0022]
In the present embodiment, as described above, the connection destination of the POS terminals 1-1, 1-2, 1-4 is designated as the wireless base station 2-A, and the POS terminals 1-3, 1-5, 1 -6 is designated as the wireless base station 2-B, so that the HDD device 14 of the POS terminals 1-1, 1-2 and 1-4 has the IP address (10, 1) of the wireless base station 2-A. , 1, 1) are set in advance, and the IP address (10, 1, 1, 2) of the wireless base station 2-B is stored in the HDD device 14 of the POS terminals 1-3, 1-5, 1-6. It is set in advance.
[0023]
When each of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 is supplied with power from the power supply circuit 10 and turned on by turning on the power switch SW, the CPU 11 executes the base station connection processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. It has become.
[0024]
That is, the CPU 11 first determines whether or not the MAC address of the connection destination wireless base station 2-x (x = A or B) is stored in the base station address area 6 of the RAM 13 as ST (step) 1. Here, for example, when the POS terminal 1-i (1 ≦ i ≦ 6) is initially installed and no MAC address is stored, the CPU 11 stores the connection destination in the base station address area 6 as ST2. It is determined whether the IP address of the wireless base station 2-x is stored. Normally, the IP address of the connection destination wireless base station 2-x is set in the HDD device 14 in advance, and the IP address is written in the base station address area 6 when the power is turned on. When the presence is confirmed, a PING process is executed as ST3 in order to confirm the connectivity to the connection destination wireless base station 2-x in which the IP address is set. If it is confirmed in ST2 that there is no IP address, it is determined that an error has occurred. This error may be a setting error or the like in which the IP address of the connection destination wireless base station 2-x is not set in the HDD device 14.
[0025]
When the PING process is performed in ST3, as shown in FIG. 6, first, the POS terminal transmits an ARP command to the wireless base station (address resolution command transmitting means). As the destination MAC address of the ARP command, as shown in D1 of FIG. 7, a broadcast address (all FFh) is set as a transmission destination address, and a MAC address (POSiMAC) of the POS terminal 1-i is set as a transmission source address. , The IP address (APxIP) of the connection destination wireless base station 2-x is set in the data section. Therefore, the ARP command can be received by all the radio base stations 2-A and 2-B. However, since the IP address (APxIP) of the connection destination wireless base station 2-x is specified in the data portion, the wireless base station 2-A set with the IP address (APxIP) returns a response to the ARP command. .
[0026]
In this case, the ARP response is transmitted from the radio base station 2-j (j = A, B) having the highest received electric field strength to the POS terminal 1-i as the command transmission source. Therefore, the wireless base station 2-j first connected to the POS terminal 1-i may or may not be the connection destination wireless base station 2-x.
[0027]
As shown in D2 of FIG. 7, the ARP response sets the MAC address (POSiMAC) of the ARP command transmission source POS terminal 1-i as the transmission destination address, and sets the radio base station 2 having the highest reception electric field strength as the transmission source address. -J MAC address (APjMAC) is set, the IP address (APxIP) of the connection destination radio base station 2-x is set in the data part, and the corresponding MAC address (APxIP) set in the ARP table 7-x is set. APxMAC). Therefore, the ARP response is received by the POS terminal 1-i. As shown in FIG. 6, upon receiving the ARP response, the POS terminal 1-i transmits a PING command to the wireless base station 2-j, and upon receiving a PING response from the wireless base station 2-j, the POS terminal 1-i receives the PING command. The process ends.
[0028]
The CPU 11 determines whether or not the PING process has been completed normally in ST4. If it is determined that the PING processing has been completed normally, the MAC address (APxMAC) of the connection destination wireless base station 2-x is obtained from the data part of the ARP response received by this PING processing in ST5. Then, the MAC address (APxMAC) is stored in the base station address area 6 (physical communication address acquisition means).
[0029]
Next, the CPU 11 specifies the MAC address (APxMAC) of the connection destination wireless base station 2-x stored in the base station address area 6 as ST6 and establishes a wireless connection with the wireless base station 2-x (step ST6). Base station connection means).
[0030]
Next, as ST7, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the connection with the radio base station 2-x has been established. Here, when it is confirmed that the connection with the radio base station 2-x has been established, the CPU 11 measures the received electric field strength with the radio base station 2-x in ST8 (field strength measuring means). Then, in ST9, it is determined whether or not the received electric field strength is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold level (connection determining means). Here, if the received electric field strength is equal to or higher than the threshold level, the connection with the radio base station 2-x is validated in ST10, and the base station connection processing ends.
[0031]
On the other hand, if the received electric field strength is less than the threshold level in the determination processing in ST9, the connection with the radio base station 2-x is invalidated, and the base station connection processing is terminated as a connection error. This error may be caused by a case where the communication quality is poor due to the distance from the wireless base station 2-x designated as the connection partner or an obstacle.
[0032]
Also, when it is confirmed in the determination processing of ST7 that the connection with the radio base station 2-x cannot be established, and when the PING processing cannot be normally executed in the determination processing of ST4, a connection error is determined as a connection error. The process ends. This error may be caused by an erroneous setting of the IP address stored in the base station address area 6 or a failure of the connection destination wireless base station 2-x to which the IP address is set.
[0033]
On the other hand, when the MAC address is stored in the base station address area 6 in the determination processing of ST1, the CPU 11 designates the MAC address of the connection destination wireless base station 2-x as ST11, and 2-x and wireless connection. Then, when it is confirmed in ST12 that the connection with the radio base station 2-x has been established, the connection with the radio base station 2-x is validated in ST13, and the base station connection processing ends.
[0034]
On the other hand, if it is confirmed in the determination processing of ST12 that the connection with the radio base station 2-x has not been established, the process proceeds to ST2. Then, it is determined whether or not the IP address of the connection destination radio base station 2-x is stored in the base station address area 6, and when it is confirmed that the IP address is stored, the above-described ST3 to ST10 are performed. Execute the process.
[0035]
For example, in FIG. 1, the POS terminal 1-4 in which the connection destination wireless base station is designated as the base station 2-A and its IP address (10, 1, 1, 1) is preset in the HDD device 14 is newly added. Will be introduced into the system. In this case, assuming that the wireless base station having the highest received electric field strength in the wireless communication with the POS terminal 1-4 is the base station 2-B, the POS terminal 1-4 is turned on when the power of the POS terminal 1-4 is turned on. -4 is wirelessly connected to the wireless base station 2-B, and a PING process is performed between the wireless base station 2-A and the wireless base station 2-B via the wireless base station 2-B. During this PING processing, an ARP command response is returned from the connection destination wireless base station 2-A to the POS terminal 1-4 via the wireless base station 2-B. From this response, the POS terminal 1-4 can obtain the MAC address (0011223334455) of the connection destination wireless base station 2-A. Therefore, the POS terminal 1-4 obtains the MAC address (0011223334455) of the connection destination wireless base station 2-A, specifies the MAC address (0011223334455), and establishes a connection with the connection destination wireless base station 2-A. Plan. Therefore, even if the MAC address (0011223334455) of the connection destination radio base station 2-A is not set in the POS terminal 1-4 newly introduced into the system, the POS terminal 1-4 can be connected without fail. It can be wirelessly connected to the wireless base station 2-A.
[0036]
In FIG. 1, it is assumed that the radio base station 2-A has failed and another base station 2-C has been introduced instead. At this time, since the MAC address of the wireless base station 2-C is unique to the hardware and is different from that of the wireless base station 2-A, the IP address can be arbitrarily set by the user. (10, 1, 1, 1).
[0037]
By doing so, in the POS terminals 1-1, 1-2, and 1-4 having the wireless base station 2-A as the connection partner, a connection error occurs in ST12 of the base station connection processing, but the connection partner. By executing the PING process specifying the IP address (10, 1, 1, 1) of the wireless base station 2-A, the MAC address of the exchanged wireless base station 2-C is automatically obtained, and this wireless base station 2-C is acquired. The station 2-C can be set as a connection destination base station. Therefore, even if the wireless base stations 2-A and 2-B are exchanged, it is not necessary to reset the connection destination MAC addresses of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6 having the base stations as connection destinations. , Maintenance can be simplified.
[0038]
By the way, in the present embodiment, after the MAC address of the wireless base station is obtained by executing a PING process for designating the IP address of the wireless base station to be connected in advance, the wireless connection with the wireless base station is established. At this time, the reception electric field strength with the radio base station is measured, and if the reception electric field strength is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold level, the connection with the base station is enabled. Disabled. Therefore, the connection with the base station is established only when the communication quality with the base stations 2-A and 2-B specified as the connection partner is good, so that the connection with the base station can be established more reliably. It has an effect that can be achieved.
[0039]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
For example, in the above embodiment, the PING process is executed to obtain the MAC address of the connection destination wireless base station. However, a protocol for transmitting a physical communication address resolution command by a broadcast address, for example, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Also, the MAC address of the connection destination wireless base station can be obtained by executing HTTP or Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). When the wireless base station supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), the MAC address of the connection destination wireless base station can be obtained by using the SNMP function.
[0040]
In the embodiment, the IP address of the wireless base station to be connected is set in advance in the HDD device 14 of the POS terminals 1-1 to 1-6, and the IP address is stored in the base station address area 6 of the RAM 13 when the power is turned on. Although the description has been made on the assumption that the address is written, a rewritable nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM may be provided, and the IP address of the connection destination wireless base station may be set in this memory in advance. This makes it unnecessary to write the IP address in the base station address area 6 when the power is turned on.
[0041]
In the present invention, it goes without saying that the number of wireless base stations and the number of POS terminals are not limited to those of the above-described embodiment. Further, the present invention is not limited to a POS terminal which is a wireless communication terminal of a wireless POS system, but can be applied to a desktop personal computer, a fixed information terminal, etc. functioning as a wireless communication terminal in various wireless data communication systems. Things.
[0042]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, according to the present invention, even when the wireless base station of the connection partner is exchanged, it is possible to reliably establish a connection with the wireless base station after the exchange, and perform maintenance work for address setting change. An unnecessary wireless communication terminal can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a POS system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing essential parts of a POS terminal and a wireless base station of the POS system.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a base station address area formed in a RAM of a POS terminal in the POS system.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an ARP table formed in an EEPROM of a wireless base station in the POS system.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a main part of a base station connection process executed by the CPU of the POS terminal in the POS system.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a protocol when executing a PING process.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of an ARP command and an ARP response.
[Explanation of symbols]
1-1 to 1-6 POS terminals 2-A, 2-B ... Wireless base station 3 ... POS server 4 ... Wired LAN
5 radio 6 base station address area 7-A, 7-B ARP table

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上位機に有線通信回線で接続された無線基地局と無線により接続して、その無線基地局を介して上位機との間でデータ通信を行なう無線通信端末において、
前記無線基地局の論理通信アドレスを予め設定記憶する基地局アドレス記憶手段と、
電源オン時、前記基地局アドレス記憶手段により記憶された論理通信アドレスを指定して物理通信アドレス解決コマンドをブロードキャストアドレスで無線送信するアドレス解決コマンド送信手段と、
このアドレス解決コマンド送信手段により送信した前記物理通信アドレス解決コマンドに対するレスポンスから前記基地局アドレス記憶手段が記憶した論理通信アドレスが設定された無線基地局の物理通信アドレスを取得する物理通信アドレス取得手段と、
この物理通信アドレス取得手段により取得した物理通信アドレスを指定して当該物理通信アドレスの無線基地局と無線により接続する基地局接続手段とを具備したことを特徴とする無線通信端末。
In a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly connects to a higher-level device via a wireless communication with a wireless base station connected to the higher-level device through the wireless base station and performs data communication with the higher-level device via the wireless base station,
Base station address storage means for setting and storing a logical communication address of the wireless base station in advance;
At power-on, address resolution command transmission means for wirelessly transmitting a physical communication address resolution command at a broadcast address by specifying a logical communication address stored by the base station address storage means,
Physical communication address obtaining means for obtaining a physical communication address of a wireless base station set with a logical communication address stored in the base station address storage means from a response to the physical communication address resolution command transmitted by the address resolution command transmitting means; ,
A wireless communication terminal comprising: a base station connecting unit that specifies a physical communication address acquired by the physical communication address acquiring unit and wirelessly connects to a wireless base station of the physical communication address.
前記基地局接続手段により接続された無線基地局との電界強度を測定する電界強度測定手段と、
この電界強度測定手段により測定された電界強度が所定のしきい値レベル以上のとき当該無線基地局との接続を有効にする接続判定手段とをさらに具備したことを特徴とする請求項1記載の無線通信端末。
Electric field strength measuring means for measuring the electric field strength with the radio base station connected by the base station connecting means,
2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: a connection determining unit that enables connection with the radio base station when the electric field intensity measured by the electric field intensity measuring unit is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold level. Wireless communication terminal.
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