WO2014075292A1

WO2014075292A1 - Method, base station, user equipment and wireless fidelity access point for managing wireless resources

Info

Publication number: WO2014075292A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/084741
Authority: WO
Inventors: 曹振臻; 张戬; 王瑜; 权威
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2012-11-16
Filing date: 2012-11-16
Publication date: 2014-05-22
Also published as: CN104782215A

Abstract

A method, base station, user equipment and wireless fidelity access point for managing wireless resources are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes: as a component part of a cellular network, a first network device receives a first message, wherein the first message is used for reflecting the wireless channel status of a first wireless fidelity (WiFi) access point (AP); on the basis of the first message, the first network device performs a wireless connection management judgment on a first user equipment (UE) and the first WiFi AP, and gets a result of the wireless connection management judgment; the first network device sends the result of the wireless connection management judgment to the first UE in manner of signaling. With the present invention, it is avoided that the UE accesses an overload WiFi network or a WiFi network with poor channel quality, so as to improve user experience.

Description

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method for wireless resource management, a base station, a user equipment, and a wireless fidelity access point. BACKGROUND Currently, mobile operators widely utilize Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) technology as a means of data splitting in cellular networks. In some hotspots, operators deploy a large number of access points (APs).

After the user device turns on the WiFi, the user device starts searching for the WiFi network, and accesses a searched WiFi network according to the user's selection or according to the history in the user device. The WiFi AP determines whether the user equipment is allowed to access according to the authentication information and the load of the user, thereby completing the access process of the user equipment to the WiFi network.

The inventor has found that, using the prior art access method, the user equipment is likely to try to access an over-loaded or poor-quality WiFi network, and the final connection fails or the quality of the service is poor after access, resulting in a decline in user experience. . Summary of the invention

In view of this, the embodiments of the present invention provide a method for wireless resource management, a base station, a user equipment, and a wireless fidelity access point, to solve the problem that the user equipment in the prior art may try to access an overload or quality. A poor WiFi network causes an access failure or a poor quality of service after access.

The first aspect provides a method for managing a radio resource, including: receiving, by a first network device that is a component of a cellular network, first information, where the first information is used to reflect a radio channel condition of the first WiFi AP; The network device performs a wireless connection management decision for the first UE and the first WiFi AP according to the first information, and obtains a result of the wireless connection management decision. The first network device sends the result of the wireless connection management decision to the signaling manner. First UE.

In a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a case that the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, the first network device that is a component of the cellular network receives the first information, where: the first network device Receiving the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receiving the first information reported by the first WiFi AP and the second information reported by the first UE, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first UE; The network device performs a wireless connection management decision for the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP according to the first information, and obtains a wireless connection management decision. The result includes: determining, by the first network device, whether the received information meets the access condition, and if yes, determining that the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a second possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: loading information of a channel reported by the first UE, determining, by the first network device, whether the received information meets an access condition, and if yes, determining that the result of the wireless connection management decision is:: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP Or the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and a number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes At least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE and a number of active nodes measured by the first UE, the first network device determining whether the received information satisfies an access condition, and if yes, determining a result of the wireless connection management decision The method is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP, including: determining, by the access network device, whether the received information is smaller than a The access threshold, if yes, determines the result of the wireless connection management decision as: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a third possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, in a case that the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, the first network device that is a component of the cellular network Receiving the first information includes: receiving, by the first network device, the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receiving the first information reported by the first WiFi AP and the second information reported by the first UE, where the second information is used for Reflecting the wireless channel status of the first UE; the first network device performs a wireless connection management decision for the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP according to the first information, and obtains a result of the wireless connection management decision, including: the first network device Determining whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if yes, determining a result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: loading information of a channel reported by the first UE and/or load information of the channel, the first network device determining whether the received information meets a predetermined condition, and if yes, determining that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and an active node measured by the first WiFi AP The number, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the second information includes at least one of: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE, a number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and a WiFi AP and the first UE Signal quality of communication; probability of transmission failure measured by the first WiFi AP, probability of channel busy measured by the first WiFi AP, and measurement of the first WiFi AP The number of active nodes, the UE measures a first channel is busy probability obtained, and a first measured living UE The predetermined condition of the number of hop nodes is greater than respective predetermined thresholds; the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, after determining that the wireless connection management decision is performed, disconnecting the connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP, the foregoing method The method further includes: the first network device determines to switch the first UE to the target network element, where the target network element comprises: the first network device or the second WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, in a case that the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, the first network device receives the third information, where the third information is used. The first network device determines to switch the first UE to the target network element, and the first network device determines, according to the third information, that the first UE is to be switched to the second WiFi AP. The first network device notifies the first UE to switch to the second WiFi AP by means of signaling.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, after determining that the wireless connection management decision is performed, after the first UE is connected to the first WiFi AP, the foregoing method further The first network device acquires the authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP; the first network device sends the authentication information of the first WiFi AP to the first UE and/or Or the system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, in a case that the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, the first network device determines to switch the first UE to the target After the network element, the method further includes: acquiring, by the first network device, authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP; and sending, by the first network device, the first UE The authentication information of the WiFi AP and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the second WiFi AP. In a second aspect, a method for wireless connection management is provided, including: detecting, by a first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, a wireless channel condition of a first WiFi AP; and using, by a first WiFi AP, a first network that is a component of a cellular network The device sends the first information, where the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP, so that the first network device performs wireless connection management for the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP according to the first information. The decision is made, and the result of the wireless connection management decision is sent to the first UE by means of signaling.

In a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a case that the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, if the first information meets the access condition, the first WiFi AP is configured as a cellular network. After the first network device sends the first information, the first WiFi AP receives the first message from the first UE, where the first message is used to build Establishing a connection between the first WiFi AP and the first UE.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a second possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel sent by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel; After the information meets the access condition, after the first WiFi AP sends the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, the first WiFi AP receives the first message from the first UE, where the first message is used to establish the first message. a connection between the WiFi AP and the first UE; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and a first WiFi AP measurement The number of active nodes; the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the access conditions of the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP are respectively smaller than the respective access thresholds. .

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect,

When the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the first information meets the predetermined condition, after the first WiFi AP sends the first information to the first network device, the first WiFi AP detects that the first UE is disconnected. The connection to the first WiFi AP.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel sent by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, if the first After the first WiFi AP sends the first information to the first network device, the first WiFi AP detects that the first UE has disconnected from the first WiFi AP, or the first information includes at least the following: One: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, a number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; The predetermined conditions of the transmission failure probability of the WiFi AP measurement, the channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds, and the WiFi AP communicates with the first UE. The predetermined condition of the signal quality is less than the first predetermined threshold.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the method further includes: sending, by the first WiFi AP, authentication information and/or a first WiFi AP to the first network device System information required for a UE to access the first WiFi AP. In a third aspect, a method for wireless connection management is provided, including: receiving, by a first user equipment UE, a result of a wireless connection management decision sent by a first network device that is a component of a cellular network, wherein a result of the wireless connection management decision is The first network device obtains, according to the first information, a wireless connection management decision of the first UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, where the first information is used to reflect a wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP; The UE manages the wireless connection of the first UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision.

In a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the first UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi according to the received first information from the first WiFi AP. The wireless connection management decision of the access point AP is obtained, or the first network device performs, according to the received second information from the first UE and the first information from the first WiFi AP, for the first UE and the first wireless protection. The wireless connection management decision of the true WiFi access point AP is obtained, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first UE.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a second possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, if the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, if the received information meets the access condition, The result of the wireless connection management decision is: the first UE is connected to the first WiFi AP; and the first UE manages the wireless connection of the first UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision, including: Enter the first WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a third possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: loading information of a channel reported by the first UE, if the received information satisfies an access condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes the following At least one of: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and a number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes at least one of the following: The measured channel busy probability and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE; the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, The access conditions of the channel busy probability measured by the first UE and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE are respectively Access to a respective threshold.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, if the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information meets the predetermined condition, The result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP; the first UE managing the wireless connection of the first UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision includes: disconnecting the first UE The connection to the first WiFi AP.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: load information of a channel reported by the first UE and/or load information of the channel, where the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, the wireless connection management determines The result is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and a first The number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP, And the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the second information includes at least one of: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE, a number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and a WiFi AP communicating with the first UE Signal quality; the probability of transmission failure measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first UE, and the first UE The predetermined condition of the measured number of active nodes is respectively greater than a respective predetermined threshold; the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a case of determining that the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP, The method further includes: the first UE receives an instruction from the first network device to indicate that the first UE switches to the target network element, where the target network element includes: the first network device or the second WiFi AP; and the first UE switches to the target network element .

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, in a case where determining that the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP, the foregoing method further The first UE receives the access information from the first network device, where the access information includes: authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required for the first UE to access the first WiFi AP; As a result of the wireless connection management decision, managing the wireless connection of the first UE and the first WiFi AP includes: the first UE accessing the first WiFi AP using the access information.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, in a case that the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, the first network device determines to switch the first UE to the target. After the network element, the method further includes: the first UE receives the handover information from the first network device, where the handover information includes the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the second UE needs to access the second WiFi AP. System information: managing, by the first UE, the wireless connection of the first UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision, the first UE switching from the first WiFi to the second WiFi AP using the handover information. In a fourth aspect, a network device is provided, where the network device is a component of a cellular network, and includes: a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a sending unit, where the receiving unit is configured to receive first information, where the first information is used The wireless channel status of the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP is reflected; the determining unit is connected to the receiving unit, configured to perform a wireless connection management decision for the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP according to the first information, to obtain a wireless The result of the connection management decision; the sending unit is connected to the determining unit, and configured to send the result of the wireless connection management decision to the first UE by means of signaling.

In a first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the receiving unit is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receive the first WiFi, if the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP. The first reported by the AP And the second information reported by the first UE, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first UE; the determining unit is configured to determine whether the received information meets the access condition, and if yes, determine the wireless connection management decision. The result is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a second possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: loading information of a channel reported by the first UE, the determining unit is configured to determine whether the received information meets an access condition, and if yes, determining that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP Or the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and a number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes At least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE and an active node number measured by the first UE, the determining unit is configured to determine whether the received information satisfies an access condition, and if yes, determine a result of the wireless connection management decision The method is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP, including: determining, by the access network device, whether the received information is smaller than a The access threshold, if yes, determines the result of the wireless connection management decision as: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a third possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the receiving unit is configured to receive the first WiFi AP report if the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP The first information, or the first information reported by the first WiFi AP and the second information reported by the first UE, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first UE; the determining unit is configured to determine the received Whether the information satisfies the predetermined condition, and if so, the result of determining the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: loading information of a channel reported by the first UE and/or load information of the channel, the determining unit is configured to determine whether the received information meets a predetermined condition, and if yes, determining that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and an active node measured by the first WiFi AP The number, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the second information includes at least one of: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE, a number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and a WiFi AP and the first UE Signal quality of communication; probability of transmission failure measured by the first WiFi AP, probability of channel busy measured by the first WiFi AP, and measurement of the first WiFi AP The predetermined conditions of the number of active nodes, the channel busy probability measured by the first UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds; the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE is Less than the first predetermined threshold. With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the determining, by the determining unit, the determining, by the determining, the wireless connection management, the disconnection of the first UE and the first WiFi AP After that, the first UE is determined to be switched to the target network element, where the target network element includes: a network device or a second WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the receiving unit is further configured to: when the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, receive the third information, the third information The determining unit is configured to: according to the third information, determine that the first UE is to be switched to the second WiFi AP; and the sending unit is configured to notify the first UE to switch to the signaling manner. On the second WiFi AP.

In a seventh possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the network device further includes: an acquiring unit, where the acquiring unit is connected to the determining unit, where the determining unit determines the wireless connection The result of the management decision is: after the first UE is accessed to the first WiFi AP, obtaining the authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP; And a unit, configured to send, to the first UE, authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in the eighth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the foregoing network device further includes: an acquiring unit, where the acquiring unit is connected to the determining unit, where the target network element includes In the case of the second WiFi AP, after the determining unit determines to switch the first UE to the target network element, acquiring the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the system information required by the second UE to access the second WiFi AP; The unit is connected to the obtaining unit, and configured to send, to the first UE, authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or system information required for the first UE to access the second WiFi AP. In a fifth aspect, a wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP is provided, including: a detecting unit and a sending unit, where the detecting unit is configured to detect a wireless channel condition of the WiFi AP; and the sending unit is connected to the detecting unit, and is configured to The first network device that is part of the cellular network sends the first information, where the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the WiFi AP, so that the first network device performs the first user equipment UE and the WiFi AP according to the first information. The wireless connection management decision, and the result of the wireless connection management decision is sent to the first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect by means of signaling, the WiFi AP further includes: a receiving unit, configured to After the first UE is ready to access the WiFi AP, and the first information meets the access condition, after sending the first information to the first network device, receiving the first message from the first UE, where the first message is used to establish The connection of the WiFi AP to the first UE.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a second possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the receiving unit is configured to: when the first UE is ready to access the WiFi AP, and the first information meets the access condition, In the first network After receiving the first information, the network device receives the first message from the first UE, where the first information includes: quality information of a channel sent by the WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel; or, the first information includes at least the following One: the probability of transmission failure measured by WiFi AP, the probability of channel busy obtained by WiFi AP measurement, and the number of active nodes measured by WiFi AP; the probability of transmission failure measured by WiFi AP, the probability of channel busy obtained by WiFi AP measurement, and WiFi The access conditions of the number of active nodes measured by the AP are respectively smaller than the respective access thresholds.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a third possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the detecting unit is configured to: when the first UE has accessed the WiFi AP, and the first information meets the predetermined condition, After the sending unit sends the first information to the first network device, it is detected that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel sent by the WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, where the detecting unit is configured to If the first information meets the predetermined condition, after the sending unit sends the first information to the first network device, detecting that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: The transmission failure probability measured by the AP, the channel busy probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the transmission failure probability of the WiFi AP measurement, the WiFi AP measurement The obtained channel busy probability and the predetermined condition of the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds, and the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the sending unit is configured to send the authentication information of the WiFi AP to the first network device, and/or the first UE accesses the WiFi AP. System information required. According to a sixth aspect, a user equipment UE is provided, including: a receiving unit and a management unit, where the receiving unit is configured to receive a result of a wireless connection management decision sent by the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, where the wireless connection As a result of the management decision, the first network device obtains a wireless connection management decision for the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP according to the first information, where the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP; The management unit is connected to the receiving unit, and is configured to manage the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision.

In a first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access according to the received first information from the first WiFi AP. The AP is determined by the wireless connection management of the AP, or the first network device performs the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP according to the received second information from the UE and the first information from the first WiFi AP. Wireless connection tube The second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the UE.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, if the UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, if the received information meets the access condition, the wireless The result of the connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; and the management unit is configured to control the UE to access the first WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a third possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: loading information of a channel reported by the UE, if the received information meets the access condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: The transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes at least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the UE And the number of active nodes measured by the UE; the probability of transmission failure measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the UE, The access conditions of the number of active nodes measured by the UE are respectively smaller than the respective access thresholds.

In a fourth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, in a case that the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, the wireless connection is performed. The result of the management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; the management unit is configured to control the UE to disconnect from the first WiFi AP.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: load information of a channel reported by the UE and/or load information of the channel. If the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: The UE accesses the first WiFi AP. The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and an active measured by the first WiFi AP. The number of nodes, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP and the UE; the second information includes at least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the UE, a number of active nodes measured by the UE, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP and the UE communicating; The probability of transmission failure measured by the WiFi AP, the probability of channel busy obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and the active section measured by the first WiFi AP The predetermined conditions of the number of points, the channel busy probability measured by the UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the UE are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds; the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, The UE is configured to: when disconnecting the UE from the first WiFi AP, receive an instruction from the first network device to instruct the UE to switch to the target network element, where the target network element includes: a network device or a second WiFi AP; the management unit is configured to control the UE to switch to the target network element.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the receiving unit is configured to: when the UE determines that the wireless connection management decision is: Receiving access information from the first network device, where the access information includes: authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required for the UE to access the first WiFi AP; the management unit is configured to control the UE to use the access information Access to the first WiFi AP.

In conjunction with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the receiving unit is configured to determine, when the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, Receiving the handover information from the first network device, where the handover information includes the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP; The control UE switches from the first WiFi to the second WiFi AP using the handover information. In a seventh aspect, a network device is provided, where the network device is an integral part of a cellular network, and includes: a transceiver and a processor, where the transceiver is configured to receive the first information, where the first information is used to reflect the first wireless a wireless channel status of the Fidelity WiFi access point AP; the processor is configured to perform a wireless connection management decision for the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP according to the first information, to obtain a result of the wireless connection management decision; The result of the wireless connection management decision is sent to the first UE by means of signaling.

In a first possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, in a case that the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, the transceiver is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receive the first WiFi AP. The first information that is reported and the second information that is reported by the first UE, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first UE; the processor is configured to determine whether the received information meets the access condition, and if yes, determine the wireless The result of the connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a second possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: loading information of a channel reported by the first UE, the processor is configured to determine whether the received information meets an access condition, and if yes, determining that the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP; Or the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and a number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes the following: At least one of: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE and a number of active nodes measured by the first UE, the processor is configured to determine the receiving Whether the information is less than the respective access threshold, and if yes, determining the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi APo

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a third possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the transceiver is configured to receive the first WiFi AP report, where the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP. The first information, or the first information reported by the first WiFi AP and the second information reported by the first UE, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first UE, and the processor is configured to determine whether the received information is The predetermined condition is met, and if so, the result of determining the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: loading information of a channel reported by the first UE and/or load information of the channel, the processor is configured to determine whether the received information meets a predetermined condition, and if yes, determining that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from The first WiFi AP is connected to the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and an active node number measured by the first WiFi AP And the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the second information includes at least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE, a number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and a WiFi AP communicating with the first UE Signal quality; the probability of transmission failure measured by the first WiFi AP, the probability of channel busy obtained by the first WiFi AP, The predetermined conditions of the number of active nodes measured by a WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds; the signal that the WiFi AP communicates with the first UE The predetermined condition of the quality is less than the first predetermined threshold.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, the processor is configured to: after disconnecting the connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP, And determining to switch the first UE to the target network element, where the target network element includes: a network device or a second WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, the transceiver is configured to receive, when the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, the third information, where the third information is used. Reflecting the wireless channel status of the second WiFi AP; the processor is configured to: according to the third information, determine to switch the first UE to the second WiFi AP; the transceiver is configured to notify the first UE to switch to the second WiFi AP by means of signaling on.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, the processor is configured to: after the first UE is accessed to the first WiFi AP, Acquiring authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required for the first UE to access the first WiFi AP; the transceiver is configured to send, to the first UE, authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the first UE access System information required by a WiFi AP. In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the seventh aspect, the processor is configured to: when the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, determine, by the network device, to switch the first UE to After the target network element is configured, the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP are obtained; the transceiver is configured to send the authentication information of the second WiFi AP to the first UE, and/or The system information required by the first UE to access the second WiFi AP. In an eighth aspect, a wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP is provided, including: a transceiver and a processor, where the processor is configured to detect a wireless channel condition of the WiFi AP; and the transceiver is configured to be the first component that is a component of the cellular network The network device sends the first information, where the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the WiFi AP, so that the first network device performs a wireless connection management decision for the first user equipment UE and the WiFi AP according to the first information, and The result of the wireless connection management decision is sent to the first UE by means of signaling.

In a first possible implementation manner of the eighth aspect, the transceiver is configured to be the first component that is part of the cellular network, where the first UE is ready to access the WiFi AP, and the first information meets the access condition. After transmitting the first information, the network device receives the first message from the first UE, where the first message is used to establish a connection between the WiFi AP and the first UE.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a second possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel sent by the WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel; After the information satisfies the access condition, after transmitting the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, receiving the first message from the first UE, where the first message is used to establish the WiFi AP and the first UE. Or the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, and an active node number measured by the WiFi AP; a transmission failure probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement The access conditions of the channel busy probability measured by the WiFi AP and the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP are respectively smaller than the respective access thresholds.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a third possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the processor is configured to: when the first UE has accessed the WiFi AP, and the first information meets the predetermined condition, After transmitting the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, the transceiver detects that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP.

With reference to any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel that is sent by the WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, if the first information is met. a predetermined condition, the processor is configured to send the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network at the transceiver After detecting, the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, and a WiFi AP measurement. The number of active nodes, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the transmission failure probability of the WiFi AP measurement, the channel busy probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, and the predetermined condition of the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP are respectively greater than the respective The predetermined threshold, the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the transceiver is configured to send the authentication information of the WiFi AP to the first network device, and/or the first UE needs to access the WiFi AP. System information. A ninth aspect provides a user equipment UE, including: a transceiver and a processor, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a result of a wireless connection management decision sent by the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, where the wireless connection management As a result of the decision, the first network device obtains a wireless connection management decision for the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP according to the first information, where the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP; The router is configured to manage the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision.

In a first possible implementation manner of the ninth aspect, the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access according to the received first information from the first WiFi AP. The AP is determined by the wireless connection management of the AP, or the first network device performs the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP according to the received second information from the UE and the first information from the first WiFi AP. The wireless connection management decision is obtained, wherein the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the UE.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a second possible implementation manner of the ninth aspect, if the UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the access condition, the wireless The result of the connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; the processor is configured to manage the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision by: controlling the UE to access the first WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a third possible implementation manner of the ninth aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: loading information of a channel reported by the UE, if the received information meets the access condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: The transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes at least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the UE And UE measured Number of active nodes to be reached; probability of transmission failure measured by the first WiFi AP, channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, channel busy probability measured by the UE, and UE measurement The access conditions of the obtained number of active nodes are respectively smaller than the respective access thresholds.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the ninth aspect, in a case that the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, the wireless connection is The result of the management decision is: the UE is connected to the first WiFi AP; the controller is configured to manage the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision by: disconnecting the UE from the first WiFi AP Connection.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the ninth aspect, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or load information of the channel, the second information The method includes: load information of a channel reported by the UE and/or load information of the channel. If the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: The UE accesses the first WiFi AP. The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and an active measured by the first WiFi AP. The number of nodes, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP and the UE; the second information includes at least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the UE, a number of active nodes measured by the UE, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP and the UE communicating; The probability of transmission failure measured by the WiFi AP, the probability of channel busy obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and the active section measured by the first WiFi AP The predetermined conditions of the number of points, the channel busy probability measured by the UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the UE are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds; the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the ninth aspect, when the result of determining the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the UE from the first WiFi AP, the transceiver is used by Receiving an instruction from the first network device to instruct the UE to switch to the target network element, the target network element includes: a first network device or a second WiFi AP; and the processor is configured to control the UE to switch to the target network element.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the ninth aspect, the determining result of the wireless connection management decision is: when the UE is connected to the first WiFi AP, the transceiver is used by Receiving access information from the first network device, where the access information includes: authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required for the UE to access the first WiFi AP; the processor is configured to control the UE to use the access information to access Go to the first WiFi AP.

In combination with any of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the ninth aspect, in a case that the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, the first network device determines to switch the UE to the target network element. After receiving, the transceiver is configured to receive handover information from the first network device, where the handover information includes the authentication of the second WiFi AP Information and/or system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP; the processor is configured to control the UE to switch from the first WiFi to the second WiFi AP using the handover information.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the first network device can perform a wireless connection management decision on the first UE according to the first information that reflects the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP, for example, performing access control or load balancing control, thereby avoiding A UE accesses a WiFi network with an overload or poor channel quality to improve the user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for radio resource management according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of another method for radio resource management according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of still another method for radio resource management according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

4 is a schematic diagram of a method for radio resource management according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another method for radio resource management according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of still another method for radio resource management according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

7 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

9 is a structural block diagram of a WiFi AP according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of a WiFi AP according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 11 is a structural block diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 12 is a structural block diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of another WiFi AP according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 14 is a structural block diagram of another UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments are within the scope of the present application. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the following embodiments and the features thereof may be combined with each other.

It should be understood that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention can be applied to various communication systems, such as: Global System of Mobile communication (GSM) system, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). System, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (Wideband Code Division Multiple) Access, referred to as WCDMA) system, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) System, LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Interconnect (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, Wilhelm WiMAX), etc.

The user equipment can also be a mobile terminal (Mobile Terminal, MT for short), a mobile user equipment, etc., and can communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (for example, Radio Access Network, RAN for short), and the user equipment can It is a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) or a computer with a mobile terminal, for example, a portable, pocket, handheld, computer built-in or in-vehicle mobile device. In this application, the user equipment supports the WiFi function.

The first network device may be at least one of the following: an access network device, a mobile management entity (Mobile Management Entity, MME for short), a serving gateway (Serving Gateway, referred to as Serving-GW), and a packet data network gateway (Packet Data) The network gateway (referred to as P-GW), wherein the access network device may be a base station, a base station controller, or a radio network controller (Radio Network Controller, or RNC for short). The base station may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, or may be a base station (NodeB) in WCDMA, or may be an Evolved Node B (eNB) in LTE. This is not a limitation. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for managing a radio resource. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes: Step 101: A first network device that is a component of a cellular network receives first information, where the first information is used to reflect The wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP;

Step 102: The first network device performs, according to the first information, a wireless connection management decision for the first UE and the first WiFi AP, to obtain a result of the wireless connection management decision.

Step 103: The first network device sends the result of the wireless connection management decision to the first in the prior art, where there is almost no interaction between the WiFi network deployed by the operator and the device of the cellular network, and the UE is very An attempt may be made to access a WiFi network that is overloaded or has poor channel quality, resulting in a failure in access or poor quality of service after access, resulting in a decline in user experience. In this embodiment, the first network device can perform a wireless connection management decision on the first UE according to the first information that reflects the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP, for example, performing the connection. Incoming control or load balancing control, thereby preventing the first UE from accessing the WiFi network with overload or poor channel quality, thereby improving the user experience. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for managing a radio resource. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes: Step 201: A first WiFi AP detects a radio channel condition of a first WiFi AP.

Step 202: The first WiFi AP sends the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, where the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP, so as to facilitate the first network device. And performing, according to the first information, a radio connection management decision for the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP, and sending, by using the signaling, the first UE to the first UE .

In the prior art, there is almost no interaction between the WiFi network deployed by the operator and the device of the cellular network, and the UE is likely to try to access a WiFi network with poor overload or poor channel quality, resulting in access failure or access. After that, the quality of the service is not good, resulting in a decline in the user experience. In this embodiment, the first network device can perform a wireless connection management decision on the first UE according to the first information that reflects the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP, for example, performing access control or load balancing control, thereby avoiding the first A UE accesses a WiFi network with an overload or poor channel quality to improve the user experience. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for managing a radio resource. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes: Step 301: A first UE receives a result of a radio connection management decision sent by a first network device that is a component of a cellular network, The result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device obtains a wireless connection management decision for the first UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP according to the first information, where the first information is used to reflect the first WiFi. The wireless channel status of the AP;

Step 302: The first UE manages the wireless connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision.

In the prior art, there is almost no interaction between the WiFi network deployed by the operator and the device of the cellular network, and the UE is likely to try to access a WiFi network with poor overload or poor channel quality, resulting in access failure or access. After that, the quality of the service is not good, resulting in a decline in the user experience. In this embodiment, the first network device can perform a wireless connection management decision on the first UE according to the first information that reflects the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP, for example, performing access control or load balancing control, thereby avoiding the first A UE accesses a WiFi network with an overload or poor channel quality to improve the user experience. The embodiment of the invention provides a method for wireless resource management. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes: Step 401: The first network device that is a component of the cellular network receives the first information, where the first information is used to reflect a wireless channel condition of the first WiFi AP.

Step 402: The first network device performs, according to the first information, a wireless connection management decision for the first UE and the first WiFi AP, to obtain a result of the wireless connection management decision.

Step 403: The first network device sends the result of the wireless connection management decision to the first in the prior art, where there is almost no interaction between the WiFi network deployed by the operator and the device of the cellular network, and the UE is very An attempt may be made to access a WiFi network that is overloaded or has poor channel quality, resulting in a failure in access or poor quality of service after access, resulting in a decline in user experience. In this embodiment, the first network device can perform a wireless connection management decision on the first UE according to the first information that reflects the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP, for example, performing access control or load balancing control, thereby avoiding the first A UE accesses a WiFi network with an overload or poor channel quality to improve the user experience.

Preferably, step 402 can be implemented in one of the following ways:

In a first mode, the first network device receives the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receives the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, and reports the first UE, when the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP. Second information, wherein the second information is used for the wireless channel condition of the first UE; then, the first network device determines whether the received information satisfies an access condition, and if yes, determines that the result of the wireless connection management decision is The first UE is connected to the first WiFi AP, where, in this embodiment, the received information may be: the first information, or the first information and the second information. In this embodiment, when determining that the first information that reflects the status of the first WiFi AP wireless channel meets the access condition, the first network device determines to connect the first UE to the first WiFi AP, and avoids connecting the first UE. Enter a WiFi AP with poor channel conditions. In this embodiment, if the first UE is to access the first WiFi, the load information of the channel may be measured, and the load information of the channel is sent to the first network device, so that the first network device can obtain the current environment. Accurate information, and access to the first UE according to the obtained accurate information, thereby improving the probability of access and improving the user experience.

Preferably, the first information may be the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel, where the second information may be the load information of the channel reported by the first UE, and the first network device determines the received information. Whether the information satisfies the access condition, and if yes, the result of determining the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP. The quality information of the channel reported by the WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel is the quality information of the channel and/or the load information of the channel measured by the WiFi AP in the measurement range, and the load information of the channel reported by the first UE is The first UE measures the load information of the obtained channel within its measurement range. Preferably, the first information includes at least one of the following: a Transmission Failure Probability (TFP) measured by the first WiFi AP, and a Channel Busy Probability (CBP) measured by the first WiFi AP. And the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP (Active Stations Number, ASN); the second information includes at least one of the following: the channel busy probability measured by the first UE and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE, accessing The network device determines whether the received information is smaller than a respective access threshold, and if yes, determines that the wireless connection management decision results in: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP. The quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP includes: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the load information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP includes at least one of the following: the channel measured by the first WiFi AP is busy. The probability, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the load information of the channel reported by the first UE includes at least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE and an active node number measured by the first UE.

In this embodiment, the WiFi AP reports the measured number of active nodes to the first network device, and the first network device can learn the WiFi node around the WiFi AP, and control the access of the first UE according to the number of active nodes, thereby Improve the accuracy of access or load balancing. Optionally, if the quality information of the channel reported by the WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel includes the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP, the WiFi AP measures the number of active nodes belonging to the operator network and does not belong to the operator network. The number of active nodes, and the measured number of active nodes belonging to the operator network and the number of active nodes not belonging to the operator network are sent to the first network device. The active nodes that belong to the carrier network may include: a node configured by the operator, for example, a WiFi AP configured by the operator; and an active node not belonging to the carrier network may include: a node that is not configured by the operator.

In the prior art, if there are many WiFi nodes around the first UE, for example, there are multiple WiFi user equipments and/or multiple WiFi APs around the first UE, the first UE may be interfered by the nodes from the surrounding WiFi. At this time, the WiFi AP may not be able to detect the interference, but only allow the first UE to access according to its own load condition, so that the first UE performs poorly in the WiFi network. In this embodiment, the first UE reports the measured number of active nodes to the first network device, and the first network device can learn the WiFi node around the first UE, and control the access of the first UE according to the number of active nodes. , which can improve the accuracy of access or load balancing.

Optionally, the first network device determines whether one or more information of the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel meets the respective access conditions, and if yes, determines to allow the first UE. Access the first WiFi AP. For example, one or more of the quality information of the channel and/or the load information of the channel may be preset for the access determination as long as the load information of the quality information channel of the predetermined one or more information channels meets the respective The access conditions, for example, greater than or less than respective predetermined thresholds, may determine that the first UE is allowed to access the first WiFi AP. Preferably, when the quality information of all received channels and the load information of the channel meet the respective access conditions, it is determined that the first UE is allowed to access the first WiFi AP, for example, if the first network device only receives the first If the quality information of the channel reported by the WiFi AP is determined, the quality information of the channel is determined to meet the quality information threshold of the predetermined channel, and the first UE is allowed to access the first WiFi AP. Similarly, if the first network device Only the load information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP is received, and the first UE is allowed to access the first WiFi AP by determining that the load information of the channel meets the load information threshold of the respective predetermined channel. By setting a predetermined condition, the embodiment can conveniently determine whether the first UE is allowed to access the first WiFi AP.

Optionally, the first network device determines, according to the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP, and/or the load information of the channel, and the load information of the channel reported by the first UE, whether to allow the first UE to access the first WiFi AP. The first network device can determine whether the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel, and one or more information of the load information of the channel reported by the first UE meet the respective ones. The access condition, for example, is greater than or less than a respective predetermined threshold, and if yes, determining to allow the first UE to access the first WiFi. Optionally, the first network device determines that the first WiFi AP allows the first UE to access, The information of the first WiFi AP may be sent to the first UE, and then the first UE accesses the first WiFi AP. In this embodiment, the first network device instructs the first UE to access the first WiFi AP.

Preferably, the information of the first WiFi AP includes an identifier of the first WiFi AP.

Preferably, in the case that the identifier of the first WiFi AP is sent to the first UE, the first network device may further obtain the authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the first UE needs to access the first WiFi AP. The system information is sent to the first UE, and the first UE can conveniently and quickly access the first WiFi AP according to the information. In the prior art, the first UE accesses a certain WiFi network to undergo a scanning and authentication process, and the delay is long. In this embodiment, the first network device sends the authentication information of the WiFi network to the first UE, which reduces the first UE authentication time, so that the first UE can quickly access the network. In addition, the first network device may further send the authentication information of the WiFi AP and the system information required by the first UE to access the WiFi AP to the first UE, thereby speeding up the process of connecting the first UE to the WiFi network. Enhanced user experience.

Preferably, the first network device may obtain the authentication information of the WiFi AP or the first UE accessing the WiFi AP by receiving the authentication information of the WiFi AP reported by the WiFi AP and/or the system information required for the first UE to access the WiFi AP. Required system information.

Optionally, the first network device determines that multiple WiFi APs allow the first UE to access, and may send the information of the multiple WiFi APs to the first UE, and then, the first UE is from the multiple WiFi APs. Select one to access. Manner 2: The first network device receives the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receives the first information reported by the first WiFi AP and the first UE, where the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP. The second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first UE. Then, the first network device determines whether the received information meets a predetermined condition, and if yes, determines that the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE The connection with the first WiFi AP, where the received information may be the first information, or may be the first information and the second information. With this embodiment, the first network device can control the first UE to disconnect from the poor quality WiFi network, thereby reducing the load of the network. Moreover, in an implementation manner of the embodiment, the first network device can effectively control and balance the load in the WiFi network by using the information reported by the first WiFi AP and the first UE, so that the first UE is obtained in the WiFi network. Higher throughput and lower latency.

Preferably, in a case where the determination of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP, the first information includes: quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load of the channel The second information includes: load information of the channel reported by the first UE and/or load information of the channel, and the first network device determines whether the received information meets a predetermined condition, and if yes, determines that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: The connection of the first UE to the first WiFi AP is disconnected. The quality information of the channel reported by the WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel is the quality information of the channel and/or the load information of the channel measured by the WiFi AP in the measurement range, and the quality information of the channel reported by the first UE and The load information of the channel is the quality information of the channel and/or the load information of the channel measured by the first UE within its measurement range.

Preferably, in a case where the determination of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP, the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by a WiFi AP, a number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the second information includes at least one of the following: the channel measured by the first UE is busy Probability, the number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the probability of transmission failure measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the first WiFi AP The predetermined conditions of the measured number of active nodes, the channel busy probability measured by the first UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds; the predetermined signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE The condition is less than the first predetermined threshold. The quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE, and a load of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP. The information includes at least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and a number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP. The load information of the channel reported by the first UE includes at least one of the following: Channel busy probability and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE, The quality information of the channel reported by the UE includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first UE, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE.

Optionally, the first network device determines whether the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or the one or more information of the load information of the channel meet respective predetermined conditions, for example, greater than or less than a respective predetermined threshold, if Yes, it is determined that the first UE is disconnected from the first WiFi AP currently serving the first UE. It should be noted that which information can be preset for use as the information for determining the disconnection, and when the predetermined information satisfies the predetermined condition, it can be determined that the first UE is to be disconnected from the first WiFi AP. Preferably, when the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and the load information of the channel satisfy the predetermined condition, it is determined that the first UE is to be disconnected from the first WiFi AP. By setting a predetermined condition, the embodiment can conveniently determine whether to switch the first UE from the WiFi AP currently serving the first UE to the target network element.

In a preferred implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, in a case that the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, the first network device receives the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or the load of the channel. Information, and receiving the quality information of the channel reported by the first UE and/or the load information of the channel; then, the first network device may be based on the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel, and the first The quality information of the channel reported by the UE and/or the load information of the channel are subjected to load balancing control on the first UE.

In the prior art, after the first UE successfully accesses a certain WiFi network, the WiFi network may be affected by subsequent interference, resulting in a decrease in network performance. At this time, the first UE experiences in the WiFi network. difference. In this embodiment, the first network device determines, according to the WiFi AP and the information reported by the user, whether to perform load balancing control on the first UE, for example, to switch to the target network element, so that the WiFi currently serving the first UE is used. When the quality of the AP network is poor, the first network device can switch the first UE to another network element, thereby improving the user experience.

Optionally, the first network device determines, according to the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel, and the quality information of the channel reported by the first UE and/or the load information of the channel, whether the first network device is to be the first The UE switching to the target network element includes: determining, by the first network device, whether the quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel, and one or more information of the load information of the channel reported by the first UE are satisfied. The respective predetermined conditions, for example, are greater than or less than respective predetermined thresholds, and if so, it is determined to switch the first UE to the target network element. It should be noted that the first network device may determine that the first UE is allowed to switch to the target network as long as it is determined that the quality information of the channel it receives and the predetermined one or more information in the load information of the channel satisfy respective predetermined conditions. yuan. By setting a predetermined condition, the embodiment can conveniently determine whether the first UE is allowed to switch to the target network element.

Optionally, after determining that the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP, the first network device determines to switch the first UE to the target network element. Above, the target network element package The first network device or the second WiFi AP sends the information of the target network element to the first UE, and then the first UE switches from the first WiFi AP currently serving the first UE to the target network element. For example, a second WiFi AP. For example, if the quality of the network where the first WiFi AP currently serving the first UE is located is not good, the first network device may switch the first UE according to the quality information of the channel reported by the other WiFi AP and/or the load information of the channel. Go to a second WiFi AP of better quality. The first network device may also switch the first UE to the first network device to directly serve the first UE through the cellular network. With the embodiment, the first network device can control the first UE to switch from the first quality WiFi to the target network element with better quality, thereby improving the user experience.

Preferably, in a case that the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, the first network device receives the third information, where the third information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the second WiFi AP; the first network device determines, according to the third information, The method for determining that the first UE is to be connected to the first WiFi AP is determined by using the first method, and then the first network device notifying the first UE by using signaling manner. Switch to the second WiFi AP.

Optionally, if the first network device determines that the network element that the first UE can switch to is multiple target network elements, the information of the multiple target network elements may be sent to the first UE, and then, the first UE One or more of the plurality of target network elements are selected for access. In this embodiment, the first network device selects multiple target network elements for the first UE, and the first UE determines which target network element to switch to, which enhances the flexibility of handover.

Preferably, the information of the target network element includes an identifier of the target network element.

Optionally, the information of the target network element may further include the authentication information of the target network element and/or the required information that the first UE needs to access the target network element, where the information of the target network element includes the identifier of the target network element. System information, the first network device may send the authentication information of the target network element and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the target network element to the first UE, and the first UE may conveniently and quickly switch according to the information. Go to the target network element, which improves the speed of switching and enhances the user experience.

In the above manner, the first network device determines, according to the first information reported by the first WiFi AP that reflects the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP, whether to allow the first UE to access the first WiFi AP or allow the first UE to be disconnected and the first The connection between the WiFi APs and the corresponding information is sent to the first UE for accessing or disconnecting, and the first UE is controlled by the first network device according to the quality information of the channel of the current network element. / or channel load information, switching or load balancing, thereby improving the user experience.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the channel busy probability may be a ratio of the channel busy time detected by the WiFi AP or the first UE to the total detection time; the number of active nodes may be a WiFi AP or a data frame received by the first UE. Number, the site includes WiFi AP and user equipment; transmission failure probability can be WiFi AP or first The ratio of the number of failed data frames of the Media Access Control (MAC) layer to the total number of transmissions. In an embodiment, an access control method is provided. The method may be used for a user equipment to access a WiFi AP. The user equipment in the method may be a first UE, and the WiFi AP may be a first WiFi AP. As shown in FIG. 5, the method includes:

Step 501: The WiFi AP measures at least one of the following information in the area II for a period of time T1: the channel busy probability CBP, the number of active nodes ASN, and the transmission failure probability TFP, and the area II is the detection range of the WiFi AP.

The user equipment measures the channel busy probability CBP, and/or the number of active nodes ASN in the area 12 for a period of time after the WiFi module is activated, and the area 12 is the detection range of the user equipment.

When measuring the number of active nodes, the WiFi AP can separately measure the number of nodes belonging to the carrier network and the number of nodes not belonging to the carrier network.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the channel busy probability is a ratio of the channel busy time detected by the WiFi AP or the user equipment in the respective detection ranges to the total detection time; the number of active nodes is the WiFi AP or the user equipment is within the respective detection range. The number of stations that send data is detected within a period of time. The station includes the WiFi AP and the user equipment. The transmission failure probability is the ratio of the number of failures of the WiFi AP or the user equipment to transmit the MAC layer data frame to the total number of transmissions.

Step 502: The WiFi AP reports the measured information to the first network device by using the period T3, and the SP reports at least one of the following information: a channel busy probability CBP, an active node number ASN, and a transmission failure probability TFP. Among them, T1 and T3 may be the same or different.

The user equipment reports the measured channel busy probability CBP, and/or the number of active nodes ASN to the first network device in a period T4. Among them, T2 and T4 may be the same or different.

When reporting the number of active nodes, the WiFi AP can separately report the number of nodes belonging to the carrier network and the number of nodes not belonging to the carrier network.

Step 503: The first network device performs an access control decision according to the information reported by the WiFi AP and the user equipment in step 502, and sends an access control decision to the user equipment by using the first network device signaling, where the signaling is The method may include: an identifier of a WiFi AP that allows the user equipment to access. The signaling may also include information of the WiFi AP that allows the user equipment to access, and one or more WiFi networks that allow the user equipment to access. The signaling may further include: one or more information of a WiFi network that allows the user equipment to access, and whether the user equipment is allowed to access the WiFi network, on the basis of the identifier of the WiFi AP that allows the user equipment to access. symbols of. Preferably, the determining, by the first network device, the access control according to the reporting of the WiFi AP and the user equipment may be implemented by: determining, by the first network device, a predetermined one of the information reported by the WiFi AP and the user equipment in step 502 or Whether the multiple information satisfies the respective access conditions, for example, a threshold greater or smaller than the type of each information, and if so, allows the user equipment to access. For example, the access condition is set to include at least one of the following: the CBP reported by the WiFi API is less than the threshold L1, the ASN reported by the WiFi API is less than the threshold L2, the TFP reported by the WiFi API is less than the threshold L3, and the CBP reported by the user equipment A is less than the threshold L4. The ASN reported by the user equipment A is smaller than the threshold L5. If the access condition is met, the first network device allows the user equipment A to access the WiFi AP1. Preferably, the access conditions include: \\^1 eight? 1 reported. 8? Less than the threshold! ^1, \\^1 eight? 1 reported that the singular value is less than the threshold value! ^2, the TFP reported by the WiFi API is less than the threshold value L3, the CBP reported by the user equipment A is less than the threshold value L4, and the ASN reported by the user equipment A is less than the threshold value L5.

The information of one or more WiFi networks that allow the user equipment to access may include: an identifier of the WiFi AP that allows the user equipment to access.

Preferably, the information of the one or more WiFi networks that allow the user equipment to access includes: the information of the one or more WiFi networks that allow the user equipment to access, based on the information of the WiFi network that allows the user equipment to access. The method includes: system information required for the user equipment to access the WiFi AP and/or authentication information of the WiFi AP.

The system information required for the user equipment to access the WiFi AP may be at least one of the following:

Protocol information supported by the WiFi AP, such as 802.11a/b/g/n/ac;

The channel number of the WiFi network, such as 1-13;

802.1 la/b/g/n/ac Beacon The information in the frame, such as BSS ID/AP MAC Address (Basic Service Set Identifier/AP MAC Address), high throughput HT Control, Timestamp, Beacon Interval, Capability info, Service Set Identifier (SS ID), Frequency Hopping Parameter Set ( Frequency-hopping Parameter Set, FH Parameter Set), Direct-Sequence Parameter Set (DS Parameter Set), Data Waiting Information (TIM), etc.

Preferably, the above signaling of the user access control sent by the first network device includes all the information of the WiFi network listed above.

Preferably, in order to reduce the delay of the user equipment accessing the WiFi network, the first network device may send the system information required by the user equipment to the WiFi AP and/or the authentication information of the WiFi AP to the user equipment in advance by signaling.

Step 504: The user equipment receives the signaling of the access control decision from the first network device, and saves the received information of one or more WiFi networks that are allowed to access by the user equipment, and prepares to access the WiFi network. In the embodiment of the present invention, the WiFi AP periodically measures and reports CBP, and/or ASN, and/or TFP information to the first network device. The user equipment measures and reports the CBP, and/or ASN to the first network device before accessing the WiFi network. The first network device performs an access control decision according to the information reported by the WiFi AP and the user equipment, so that the user equipment can be prevented from accessing the WiFi network with excessive load or poor channel quality, thereby improving the user experience. In another embodiment, a method for load balancing control is also provided. The method may be used in the case that the user equipment is connected to the WiFi network. In this method, the user equipment may be the first UE, the first UE. The accessed WiFi AP may be the first WiFi AP. As shown in FIG. 6, the method includes:

Step 601: The WiFi AP measures at least one of the following information in a period of time T1: a channel busy probability CBP in the area II, an active node number ASN in the area II, a transmission failure probability TFP in the area II, and a WiFi AP and The signal quality of the user equipment communication.

After accessing a WiFi network, the user equipment measures at least one of the following information in a period of time T2: a channel busy probability CBP in the area 12, an active node number ASN in the area 12, and a transmission failure probability TFP in the area 12 And the signal quality of the user equipment communicating with the WiFi AP.

When measuring the number of active nodes, the WiFi AP can separately measure the number of nodes belonging to the operator network and the number of nodes not belonging to the carrier network.

Step 602: The WiFi AP reports the measured information to the first network device by using the period T3. The reported information may include at least one of the following: a channel busy probability CBP, an active node number ASN, and a transmission failure probability TFP. Among them, T1 and T3 may be the same or different.

The user equipment reports the measured channel busy probability CBP, and/or the number of active nodes ASN, and/or the transmission failure probability TFP to the first network device in a period T4. Among them, T2 and T4 may be the same or different.

Step 603: The first network device performs a load balancing decision according to the information reported by the WiFi AP and the user equipment in step 602, and sends a load balancing decision to the user equipment by using the signaling sent by the first network device, where the signaling is The information may include: one or more WiFi networks that allow the user equipment to re-access. The signaling may also include: one or more information of a WiFi network that allows the user equipment to re-access, and a flag to control whether the user equipment disconnects the current WiFi network.

Preferably, the determining, by the first network device, the load balancing according to the information reported by the WiFi AP and the user equipment in step 602 can be implemented in the following manner: the first network device determines that the WiFi AP and the user equipment are in step 602. Whether the predetermined one or more information in the reported information satisfies a predetermined condition, for example, a threshold greater or smaller than the type of each information, and if so, load balancing the user equipment, for example, switching the user equipment to the target network The target network element may be the first network device or another AP. For example, the user device is currently connected to the WiFi API, and the disconnect condition is set to include at least one of: \\^1 eight? 1 reported. 8? is greater than the threshold! ^1, the ASN reported by the WiFi API is greater than the threshold L2, the TFP reported by the WiFi API is greater than the threshold L3, the CBP reported by the user equipment A is greater than the threshold L4, the ASN reported by the user equipment A is greater than the threshold L5, and the user equipment A reports The TFP is greater than the threshold L6, the signal quality of the communication with the user equipment reported by the WiFi API is less than the threshold L12, and the signal quality of the communication with the WiFi API reported by the user equipment is less than the threshold L13. If the disconnection condition is met, the first network device Control the user equipment to disconnect the current WiFi network. Preferably, the access condition of the AP2 is set to include at least one of the following: the CBP reported by the AP2 is less than the threshold L7, the ASN reported by the AP2 is less than the threshold L8, the TFP reported by the AP2 is less than the threshold L9, and the CBP reported by the user equipment A is less than the threshold. L10. The ASN reported by the user equipment A is smaller than the threshold L11. If the access condition of the AP2 is met, the first network device allows the user equipment A to access the AP2.

The information of the one or more WiFi networks that allow the user equipment to re-access includes the identifier of the WiFi AP that the user equipment is allowed to access.

Preferably, the information of the one or more WiFi networks that allow the user equipment to access includes: the information of the one or more WiFi networks that allow the user equipment to access, based on the information of the WiFi network that allows the user equipment to access. The method includes: system information required for the user equipment to access the WiFi AP and/or authentication information of the WiFi AP that allows the user equipment to re-access.

The system information required for the user equipment to access the WiFi AP includes at least one of the following:

Protocol information supported by the WiFi AP, such as 802.11a/b/g/n/ac;

The channel number of the WiFi network, such as 1-13;

802.1 la/b/g/n/ac Beacon frame information, such as BSS ID/AP MAC Address HT ControK Timestamp, Beacon interval, Capability info, SS ID, FH parameter Set DS parameter Set, TIM, etc.

Preferably, the above signaling sent by the first network device includes all the information of the WiFi network listed above. Preferably, in order to reduce the delay of the user equipment handover, the first network device may send the system information required for the user equipment to access the WiFi AP in advance by signaling, and/or the authentication information of the WiFi AP that allows the user equipment to re-access. User equipment.

Step 604: The user equipment receives the signaling of the load balancing decision from the first network device, and if the first network device controls to disconnect the current WiFi network, the current WiFi network is disconnected; if the user is allowed to reconnect The incoming WiFi network information stores the information of the WiFi network that is allowed to access, and is ready to access the WiFi network. The load balancing decision in this embodiment includes the disconnection from the first WiFi AP in the wireless connection management decision in the foregoing embodiment, and may include: disconnecting from the first WiFi AP in the wireless connection management decision in the foregoing embodiment. The connection, and the wireless connection management decision in the above embodiment are switched to the second WiFi AP.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the WiFi AP periodically measures and reports CBP, and/or ASN, and/or TFP information to the first network device, and the user equipment periodically measures and transmits to the first network device after accessing the WiFi network. Report CBP, and/or ASN, and/or TFP. The first network device performs load balancing decision according to the information reported by the WiFi AP and the user equipment, thereby preventing the user equipment from accessing the WiFi network with overload or poor channel quality, and improving the user experience. The embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, which may be used as the first network device in the foregoing method embodiment, that is, the feature of the first network device in the foregoing method embodiment may be applied to the embodiment. .

FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the network device includes: a receiving unit 72, a determining unit 74, and a sending unit 76, where the receiving unit 72 is configured to receive the first The first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP. The determining unit 74 is connected to the receiving unit 72, and configured to perform, according to the first information, the UE and the first user equipment. The wireless connection management decision of the WiFi AP is obtained as a result of the wireless connection management decision. The sending unit 76 is connected to the determining unit 74, and is configured to send the result of the wireless connection management decision to the first UE by means of signaling.

Preferably, the receiving unit 72 is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the first UE, if the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP. The second information is reported, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first UE; the determining unit 74 is configured to determine whether the received information meets the access condition, and if yes, determine that the wireless connection management decision result is: Connecting the first UE to the first WiFi APo

In the case that the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, the received information and the manner of the decision may include: the first information includes: quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, and second The information includes: load information of the channel reported by the first UE, the determining unit 74 is configured to determine whether the received information meets the access condition, and if yes, determine that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and a number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; At least one of: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE and a number of active nodes measured by the first UE, the determining unit 74 is configured to determine whether the received information satisfies an access condition, and if yes, determine a wireless connection management decision. The result is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP, the method includes: determining, by the access network device, whether the received information is smaller than a respective access threshold, and if yes, determining that the wireless connection management decision is: Preferably, the receiving unit 72 is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receive the first WiFi AP report, if the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP. The first information and the second information reported by the first UE, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first UE; the determining unit 74 is configured to determine whether the received information meets a predetermined condition, and if yes, determine the wireless connection. The result of the management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP.

In the case that the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, the received information and the manner of the decision may include: the first information includes: quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, and second The information includes: load information of the channel reported by the first UE and/or load information of the channel, and the determining unit 74 is configured to determine whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if yes, determine that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: a UE connection to the first WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, a number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, and a WiFi AP communicating with the first UE. The second information includes at least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE, a number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; The obtained transmission failure probability, the channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first UE, and the predetermined number of active nodes measured by the first UE The conditions are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds; the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

Optionally, the determining unit 74 is configured to: after disconnecting the connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP, determine that the first UE is switched to the target network element, where the target network element includes: Network device or second WiFi AP.

Preferably, the receiving unit 72 is further configured to: when the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, receive third information, where the third information is used to reflect a wireless channel condition of the second WiFi AP; and the determining unit 74 is configured to use the third The information is determined to switch the first UE to the second WiFi AP. The sending unit 76 is configured to notify the first UE to switch to the second WiFi AP by means of signaling. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the network device further includes: an obtaining unit 78, where the obtaining unit 78 is connected to the determining unit 74, for The determining unit 74 determines that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: after the first UE is accessed to the first WiFi AP, acquiring the authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP The sending unit 76 is connected to the obtaining unit, and is configured to send the authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP to the first UE.

Optionally, the obtaining unit 78 is configured to obtain the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or after the determining unit 74 determines to switch the first UE to the target network element, where the target network element includes the second WiFi AP. The system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP; the sending unit 76 is connected to the acquiring unit, configured to send the authentication information of the second WiFi AP to the first UE, and/or the first UE accesses the second WiFi AP System information required. The embodiment of the present invention further provides a WiFi AP, and the WiFi AP can be used as the first WiFi AP in the foregoing method embodiment, and the feature of the first WiFi AP in the foregoing method embodiment can be applied to the embodiment. .

FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a WiFi AP according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the WiFi AP includes: a detecting unit 92 and a sending unit 94, where the detecting unit 92 is configured to detect a wireless channel status of the WiFi AP. The sending unit 94 is connected to the detecting unit 92, and configured to send the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, where the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the WiFi AP, so that the first network device is configured according to the first network device. The first information is used to perform a wireless connection management decision for the first user equipment UE and the WiFi AP, and the result of the wireless connection management decision is sent to the first UE by means of signaling.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of a WiFi AP according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, the WiFi is shown in FIG.

The AP further includes: a receiving unit 96, configured to: after the first UE prepares to access the WiFi AP, and the first information meets the access condition, after the sending unit 94 sends the first information to the first network device, the receiving The first message of the first UE, where the first message is used to establish a connection between the WiFi AP and the first UE.

Preferably, the receiving unit 96 is configured to: after the first UE prepares to access the WiFi AP, and the first information meets the access condition, after receiving the first information to the first network device, receive the first UE a message, the first message is used to establish a connection between the WiFi AP and the first UE, where the first information includes: quality information of a channel sent by the WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, and an active node number measured by the WiFi AP; The rate, the channel busy probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, and the access conditions of the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP are respectively smaller than the respective access thresholds.

Optionally, the detecting unit 92 is configured to: after the first UE has accessed the WiFi AP, and the first information meets the predetermined condition, after the sending unit 94 sends the first information to the first network device, detecting the first The UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP.

In the case that the first UE has accessed the WiFi AP, the content of the received information includes:

The first information includes: quality information of a channel sent by the WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, where the detecting unit is configured to: after the first information meets the predetermined condition, after the sending unit 76 sends the first information to the first network device , detecting that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, a channel busy probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, an active node number obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; The predetermined conditions of the measured transmission failure probability, the channel busy probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, and the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds, and the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE is Less than the first predetermined threshold.

Preferably, the sending unit 94 is configured to send the authentication information of the WiFi AP and/or the first UE access to the first network device.

System information required by the WiFi AP. The embodiment of the present invention further provides a UE, which may be used as the first UE in the foregoing method embodiment, that is, the feature of the first UE in the foregoing method embodiment may be applied to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a structural block diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the UE includes: a receiving unit 1102 and a management unit 1104, where the receiving unit 1102 is configured to receive a first component that is a component of a cellular network. a result of the wireless connection management decision sent by the network device, where the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device obtains a wireless connection management decision for the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP according to the first information, The first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP; the management unit 1104 is connected to the receiving unit 1102, and is configured to manage the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision.

Preferably, the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the wireless connection management decision for the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP according to the received first information from the first WiFi AP, or The first network device obtains, according to the received second information from the UE and the first information from the first WiFi AP, a wireless connection management decision for the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, where The second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the UE. Preferably, if the UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the access condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; The UE is controlled to access the first WiFi AP.

Optionally, the first information includes: quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, where the second information includes: load information of the channel reported by the UE, if the received information meets the access condition, The result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and a busy channel measured by the first WiFi AP Probability, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes at least one of: a channel busy probability measured by the UE and a number of active nodes measured by the UE; a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, The channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the UE are respectively smaller than the respective access thresholds. .

Preferably, in a case that the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; the management unit 1104 is configured to: The UE is controlled to disconnect from the first WiFi AP.

Preferably, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, where the second information includes: load information of the channel reported by the UE and/or load information of the channel, which is received by the UE. In the case of entering the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by a WiFi AP, a channel busy probability obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, an active node number obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP and the UE communication; the second information includes at least one of the following : the channel busy probability measured by the UE, the number of active nodes measured by the UE, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP and the UE; the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the first The number of active nodes measured by a WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the UE The predetermined conditions are greater than the respective predetermined threshold value; predetermined signal quality condition WiFi AP communicating with the UE is smaller than a first predetermined threshold value.

Preferably, the receiving unit 1102 is configured to: when the result of determining the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the UE from the first WiFi AP, receiving an instruction from the first network device to instruct the UE to switch to the target network element, the target The network element includes: a first network device or a second WiFi AP; and the management unit 1104 is configured to control the UE to switch to the target network element.

Optionally, the receiving unit 1102 is configured to: determine that the wireless connection management decision is: In the case of the WiFi AP, the access information is received from the first network device, and the access information includes: authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required for the UE to access the first WiFi AP; The UE is controlled to access the first WiFi AP by using the access information.

Optionally, the receiving unit 1102 is configured to receive, after the first network device determines to switch the UE to the target network element, the handover information from the first network device, where the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, where The switching information includes the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP. The management unit 1104 is configured to control the UE to switch from the first WiFi to the second WiFi AP by using the handover information.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, which may be used as the first network device in the foregoing method embodiment, that is, the feature of the first network device in the foregoing method embodiment may be applied to the embodiment. .

FIG. 12 is a structural block diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the network device includes: a transceiver 1202 and a processor 1204, where the transceiver 1202 is configured to receive first information, where The first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP. The processor 1204 is configured to perform, according to the first information, a wireless connection management decision for the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP. Obtaining a result of the wireless connection management decision; the transceiver 1202 is configured to send the result of the wireless connection management decision to the first preferred manner by means of signaling, and send and receive when the first UE prepares to access the first WiFi AP. The device 1202 is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP and the second information reported by the first UE, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel of the first UE. The processor 1204 is configured to perform, according to the first information, a wireless connection management decision for the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP, where The result of the wireless connection management decision is: determining whether the received information satisfies the access condition, and if so, determining the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

Optionally, the first information includes: quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, where the second information includes: load information of the channel reported by the first UE, where the processor 1204 is configured to determine the received information. Whether the information meets the access condition, and if yes, the result of determining the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: the first WiFi AP measured The probability of transmission failure, the probability of channel busy obtained by the first WiFi AP measurement, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes at least one of the following: the channel busy probability measured by the first UE and the first UE measurement The obtained number of active nodes is used by the processor 1204 to determine whether the received information satisfies the access condition. If yes, the result of determining the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP: Determine whether the received information is Less than the respective access threshold, if yes, the result of determining the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi APo

Preferably, in a case that the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, the transceiver 1202 is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receive the first information and the first information reported by the first WiFi AP. The second information reported by the UE, where the second information is used to reflect the radio channel status of the first UE. The processor 1204 is configured to perform, according to the first information, the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP according to the following manner. The wireless connection management decision is obtained as a result of the wireless connection management decision: determining whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if yes, determining the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP.

Optionally, the first information includes: quality information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, where the second information includes: load information of the channel reported by the first UE and/or load information of the channel, and processing The device 1204 is configured to determine whether the received information meets a predetermined condition, and if yes, determine that the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: The probability of transmission failure measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the second information includes the following At least one of: a channel busy probability measured by the first UE, a number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and a signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; a transmission failure probability of the first WiFi AP measurement, the first WiFi The channel busy probability measured by the AP, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, and the busy channel measured by the first UE The probability, and the predetermined condition of the number of active nodes measured by the first UE are respectively greater than respective predetermined thresholds; the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

Preferably, the processor 1204 is further configured to: after disconnecting the connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP, determine to switch the first UE to the target network element, where the target network element includes: Network device or second WiFi APo

Preferably, in a case where the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, the transceiver 1202 is configured to receive the third information, where the third information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the second WiFi AP; and the processor 1204 is configured to use the third information according to the third information. And determining that the first UE is to be switched to the second WiFi AP; the transceiver 1202 is configured to notify the first UE to switch to the second WiFi AP by means of signaling.

Preferably, the processor 1204 is configured to: after determining that the wireless connection management decision is: after the first UE is accessed to the first WiFi AP, obtain the authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the first UE accesses the first The system information required by the WiFi AP is used by the transceiver 1202 to send the authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP to the first UE. Optionally, the processor 1204 is configured to: after the network device determines to switch the first UE to the target network element, if the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, obtain the authentication information of the second WiFi AP, and/or The second UE accesses the system information required by the second WiFi AP. The transceiver 1202 is configured to send the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the second WiFi AP to the first UE. The embodiment of the present invention further provides a WiFi AP, and the WiFi AP can be used as the first WiFi AP in the foregoing method embodiment, and the feature of the first WiFi AP in the foregoing method embodiment can be applied to the embodiment. .

FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of another WiFi AP according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 13, the WiFi AP includes: a transceiver 1302 and a processor 1304, where the processor 1304 is configured to detect a wireless channel of the WiFi AP. The transceiver 1302 is configured to send the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, where the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the WiFi AP, so that the first network device performs the first information according to the first information. The wireless connection management decision of the first user equipment UE and the WiFi AP is performed, and the result of the wireless connection management decision is sent to the first UE by means of signaling.

Preferably, in a case that the first UE is ready to access the WiFi AP, and the first information satisfies the access condition, the transceiver 1302 is configured to receive after transmitting the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network. The first message from the first UE, the first message is used to establish a connection of the WiFi AP with the first UE.

Preferably, the first information includes: quality information of a channel sent by the WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel; if the first information satisfies an access condition, the transceiver 1302 is configured to be in a first network that is a component of the cellular network. After receiving the first information, the device receives the first message from the first UE, where the first message is used to establish a connection between the WiFi AP and the first UE; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: the transmission failure of the WiFi AP measurement Probability, channel busy probability obtained by WiFi AP measurement, and number of active nodes measured by WiFi AP; transmission failure probability measured by WiFi AP, channel busy probability obtained by WiFi AP measurement, and number of active nodes measured by WiFi AP The entry conditions are respectively less than the respective access thresholds.

Preferably, the processor 1304 is configured to: after the first UE has accessed the WiFi AP, and the first information meets the predetermined condition, after the transceiver 1302 sends the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, And detecting that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP.

Preferably, the first information includes: quality information of a channel sent by the WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, and if the first information satisfies a predetermined condition, the processor 1304 is configured to control the transceiver 1302 to be a component of the cellular network. After the first network device sends the first information, it is detected that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, and a channel obtained by the WiFi AP measurement. Busy probability, the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP, and the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE; the probability of transmission failure measured by the WiFi AP, the channel busy probability obtained by the WiFi AP measurement, and the active node measured by the WiFi AP The predetermined condition of the number is greater than the respective predetermined thresholds, and the predetermined condition of the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the first UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

Preferably, the transceiver 1302 is configured to send the authentication information of the WiFi AP and/or the first UE access to the first network device.

FIG. 14 is a structural block diagram of another UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, the UE includes: a transceiver 1402 and a processor 1404, where: the transceiver 1402 is configured to receive a component that is a component of a cellular network. a result of the wireless connection management decision sent by the network device, wherein the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the wireless connection management decision for the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP according to the first information. The first information is used to reflect the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP; the processor 1404 is configured to manage the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision.

Preferably, the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the wireless connection management decision for the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP according to the received first information from the first WiFi AP, or The first network device obtains, according to the received second information from the UE and the first information from the first WiFi AP, a wireless connection management decision for the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, where The second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the UE.

Preferably, if the UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the access condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP;

The processor 1404 is configured to manage the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision by: controlling the UE to access the first WiFi AP.

Preferably, the first information includes: quality information of a channel reported by the first WiFi AP and/or load information of the channel, where the second information includes: load information of the channel reported by the UE, if the received information satisfies the access condition, The result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; or, the first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and a channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP And the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes at least one of the following: a channel busy probability measured by the UE and a number of active nodes measured by the UE; a transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, One The access conditions of the channel AP, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the UE are respectively smaller than the respective access thresholds.

Preferably, in a case that the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the UE to the first WiFi AP; the controller is configured to pass the following The method implements managing the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision: disconnecting the UE from the first WiFi AP.

Preferably, in a case where the result of determining the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the UE from the first WiFi AP, the transceiver 1402 is configured to receive an instruction from the first network device to instruct the UE to switch to the target network element, the target The network element includes: a first network device or a second WiFi AP; and the processor 1404 is configured to control the UE to switch to the target network element.

Preferably, in the case of determining that the wireless connection management decision is: the UE is connected to the first WiFi AP, the transceiver 1402 is configured to receive the access information from the first network device, where the access information includes: The authentication information of the AP and/or the system information required for the UE to access the first WiFi AP. The processor 1404 is configured to control the UE to access the first WiFi AP by using the access information.

Preferably, in a case that the target network element includes the second WiFi AP, after the first network device determines to switch the UE to the target network element, the transceiver 1402 is configured to receive handover information from the first network device, where The information includes the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP. The processor 1404 is configured to control the UE to switch from the first WiFi to the second WiFi AP by using the handover information. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods for implementing the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention.

A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the system, the device and the unit described above may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided herein, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, i.e., may be located in one place, or may be distributed over multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

The functions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, or a part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium, including The instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like, which can store program codes. .

The above is only the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any change or replacement that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention is All The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed as the scope of protection of the present invention.

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1. A method of wireless connection management, characterized by including:

The first network device as a component of the cellular network receives the first information, wherein the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP;

The first network device performs a wireless connection management decision on the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP based on the first information, and obtains the result of the wireless connection management decision;

The first network device sends the result of the wireless connection management decision to the first UE through signaling.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP,

Receiving the first information by the first network device as a component of the cellular network includes: the first network device receiving the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receiving the third information reported by the first WiFi AP. One information and second information reported by the first UE, wherein the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first UE;

The first network device performs a wireless connection management decision on the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP based on the first information, and obtains the result of the wireless connection management decision, including: the first network The device determines whether the received information satisfies the access condition, and if so, determines that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information reported by the first UE, the first The network device determines whether the received information satisfies the access condition, and if so, determines the result of the wireless connection management decision to: access the first UE to the first WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP ; The second information includes at least one of the following: the channel busy probability measured by the first UE and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and the first network device determines whether the received information satisfies Access condition, if yes, determine the result of the wireless connection management decision to: access the first UE to the third A WiFi AP, including: the access network device determines whether the received information is less than their respective access thresholds, and if so, determines that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the first UE to The first WiFi AP.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP,

The first network device as a component of the cellular network receiving the first information includes: the first network device receiving the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or, receiving the first information reported by the first WiFi AP and The second information reported by the first UE, wherein the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first UE; and the first network device performs targeted operations on the first user equipment based on the first information. The wireless connection management decision between the UE and the first WiFi AP to obtain the result of the wireless connection management decision includes: the first network device determines whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if so, determines the The result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnect the first UE from the first WiFi AP.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information and/or channel load information reported by the first UE. load information, the first network device determines whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if so, determines that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnect the first UE from the first WiFi AP Connect; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, and the signal quality of the communication between the WiFi AP and the first UE; the second information includes at least one of the following: the channel busy probability measured by the first UE, the number of active nodes measured by the first UE , and the signal quality of the communication between the WiFi AP and the first UE; the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the first WiFi AP measurement The predetermined conditions for the obtained number of active nodes, the channel busy probability measured by the first UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE are respectively greater than their respective predetermined thresholds; the WiFi AP and the first The predetermined condition for signal quality of UE communication is less than the first predetermined threshold.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that, after determining that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP, the method Also includes:

The first network device determines to switch the first UE to a target network element, where the target network element includes: The first network device or the second WiFi AP.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, when the target network element includes a second WiFi AP,

The first network device receives third information, and the third information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the second WiFi AP;

The first network device determines to switch the first UE to the target network element including: the first network device determines to switch the first UE to the second WiFi AP based on the third information. superior;

The first network device notifies the first UE to switch to the second WiFi AP through signaling.

8. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, after determining that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the first WiFi AP, the method further include:

The first network device obtains authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP;

The first network device sends the authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the first

System information required for the UE to access the first WiFi AP.

9. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that, when the target network element includes a second WiFi AP, when the first network device determines to switch the first UE to the target network After that, the method also includes:

The first network device obtains authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP;

The first network device sends the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the system information required for the first UE to access the second WiFi AP to the first UE.

10. A method of wireless connection management, characterized by including:

The first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP detects the wireless channel condition of the first WiFi AP;

The first WiFi AP sends first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, where the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first WiFi AP, so that the first network device can The first information is used to make a wireless connection management decision between the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP, and The result of the wireless connection management decision is sent to the first UE through signaling.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein when the first UE is preparing to access the first WiFi AP, if the first information satisfies the access condition, then in the After the first WiFi AP sends the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, the first WiFi AP receives the first message from the first UE, and the first message is used to establish the first network device. A WiFi AP is connected to the first UE.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information sent by the first WiFi AP; if the first information satisfies access conditions, then the first WiFi AP transmits information to the cellular network as After the first network device of the component sends the first information, the first WiFi AP receives the first message from the first UE, and the first message is used to establish the connection between the first WiFi AP and the first UE. UE connection; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP ; The access conditions for the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP are less than the respective access conditions. Enter the threshold.

13. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, when the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the first information satisfies a predetermined condition, then in the first After a WiFi AP sends the first information to the first network device, the first WiFi AP detects that the first UE has disconnected from the first WiFi AP.

14. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information sent by the first WiFi AP. If the first information satisfies a predetermined condition, then the first WiFi AP transmits the information to the first After the network device sends the first information, the first WiFi AP detects that the first UE has disconnected from the first WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, and the signal quality of the communication between the WiFi AP and the first UE; the transmission failure measured by the first WiFi AP The probability, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the predetermined condition of the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP are respectively greater than their respective predetermined thresholds, and the WiFi AP communicates with the first UE The predetermined condition of the signal quality is less than the first predetermined threshold.

15. The method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the method further includes:

The first WiFi AP sends authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP to the first network device.

16. A method of wireless connection management, characterized by including:

The first user equipment UE receives the result of the wireless connection management decision sent by the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, wherein the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the operation of the wireless connection management decision based on the first information. Obtained from the wireless connection management decision between the first UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first WiFi AP;

The first UE manages the first UE and the first WiFi according to the result of the wireless connection management decision.

AP wireless connection.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that, the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the first information based on the received first information from the first WiFi AP. Obtained from the wireless connection management decision between a UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, or the first network device based on the second information received from the first UE and the information from the first WiFi The first information of the AP is obtained by making a wireless connection management decision between the first UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first UE. .

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that,

When the first UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the access condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: connect the first UE to Access the first WiFi AP; The first UE manages the wireless connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision including: The first UE accesses the The First WiFi APo

19. The method according to claim 18, characterized in that, The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information reported by the first UE, if the reception If the received information meets the access conditions, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the first UE to the first WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP ; The second information includes at least one of the following: the channel busy probability measured by the first UE and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE; the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the The channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE The access conditions are respectively less than their respective access thresholds.

20. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that,

In the case that the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the first UE to the first WiFi AP;

According to the result of the wireless connection management decision, the first UE manages the wireless connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP including: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP.

21. The method according to claim 20, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information and/or channel load information reported by the first UE. Load information, when the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: add the first The UE accesses the first WiFi AP; or the first information includes at least one of the following: the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the The number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, and the signal quality of the communication between the WiFi AP and the first UE; the second information includes at least one of the following: The channel busy probability measured by the first UE , the number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and the signal quality of the communication between the WiFi AP and the first UE; the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP The predetermined conditions of the channel busy probability, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE are respectively greater than their respective Predetermined threshold; The predetermined condition for signal quality of communication between the WiFi AP and the first UE is is less than the first predetermined threshold.

22. The method according to claim 20 or 21, characterized in that, when it is determined that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the first UE from the first WiFi AP, The method further includes: the first UE receiving an instruction from the first network device instructing the first UE to switch to a target network element, where the target network element includes: the first network device or the second WiFi AP;

The first UE switches to the target network element.

23. The method according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that, when it is determined that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: connecting the UE to the first WiFi AP, the method further include:

The first UE receives access information from the first network device. The access information includes: authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the first UE accesses the first WiFi AP. Required system information;

The first UE manages the wireless connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision, including: the first UE uses the access information to access the first WiFi AP. One WiFi AP.

24. The method according to claim 22, wherein when the target network element includes a second WiFi AP, the first network device determines to switch the first UE to the target network element. Afterwards, the method further includes:

The first UE receives switching information from the first network device, where the switching information includes authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the requirements for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP. Required system information; The first UE manages the wireless connection between the first UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision including: The first UE uses the switching information to switch from the The first WiFi is switched to the second WiFi AP.

25. A network device, which is a component of a cellular network and is characterized by including: a receiving unit, a decision unit and a sending unit, wherein,

The receiving unit is configured to receive first information, wherein the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP;

The decision unit is connected to the receiving unit, and is configured to make a wireless connection management decision regarding the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP based on the first information, and obtain the result of the wireless connection management decision; The sending unit is connected to the judgment unit, and is configured to send the result of the wireless connection management judgment to the first UE in a signaling manner.

26. The network device according to claim 25, characterized in that,

The receiving unit is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP when the first UE is preparing to access the first WiFi AP. The first information and the second information reported by the first UE, wherein the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first UE; the decision unit is used to judge the received information Whether the access condition is met, and if so, it is determined that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

27. The network device according to claim 26, characterized in that,

The first information includes: the quality information of the channel and/or the load information of the channel reported by the first WiFi AP, the second information includes: the load information of the channel reported by the first UE, the decision unit Used to determine whether the received information satisfies the access condition, and if so, determine the result of the wireless connection management decision to: access the first UE to the first WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP ; The second information includes at least one of the following: the channel busy probability measured by the first UE and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and the decision unit is used to determine whether the received information satisfies The access condition, if yes, determines that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: accessing the first UE to the -th WiFi AP, including: the access network device determines whether the received information is less than the respective access threshold, if so, it is determined that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

28. The network device according to claim 25, characterized in that,

The receiving unit is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP when the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, or receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP. The first information and the second information reported by the first UE, wherein the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first UE;

The decision unit is configured to determine whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if so, determine the result of the wireless connection management decision to: disconnect the first UE from the first WiFi AP.

29. The network device according to claim 28, characterized in that, The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information and/or channel load information reported by the first UE. Load information, the judgment unit is used to judge whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if so, determine the result of the wireless connection management judgment to be: disconnect the first UE and the first WiFi AP Connect; or

30. The network device according to claim 28 or 29, characterized in that, the decision unit is configured to determine that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnect the first UE from the first WiFi AP After the connection, it is determined to switch the first UE to a target network element. The target network element includes: the network device or the second WiFi AP.

31. The network device according to claim 30, characterized in that,

The receiving unit is also configured to receive third information when the target network element includes a second WiFi AP, where the third information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the second WiFi AP;

The decision unit is configured to determine to switch the first UE to the second WiFi AP according to the third information;

The sending unit is configured to notify the first UE to switch to the second WiFi AP through signaling.

32. The network device according to claim 26 or 27, characterized in that the network device further includes: an acquisition unit, wherein,

The obtaining unit is connected to the decision unit, and is used to obtain the third UE after the decision unit determines that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: after the first UE is connected to the first WiFi AP. Authentication information of a WiFi AP and/or system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP;

The sending unit is connected to the obtaining unit, and is used to send the confirmation of the first WiFi AP to the first UE. The authentication information and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the first WiFi AP.

33. The network device according to claim 30 or 31, characterized in that the network device further includes: an acquisition unit, wherein,

The obtaining unit is connected to the decision unit, and is configured to obtain the first UE after the decision unit determines to switch the first UE to the target network element when the target network element includes a second WiFi AP. Authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or system information required by the second UE to access the second WiFi AP;

The sending unit is connected to the obtaining unit and configured to send the authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or the system information required by the first UE to access the second WiFi AP to the first UE. .

34. A wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, characterized by including: a detection unit and a sending unit, wherein,

The detection unit is used to detect the wireless channel condition of the WiFi AP;

The sending unit is connected to the detection unit and is used to send first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, wherein the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the WiFi AP, so as to facilitate the The first network device makes a wireless connection management decision regarding the first user equipment UE and the WiFi AP based on the first information, and sends the result of the wireless connection management decision to the third user equipment UE through signaling. 1UE.

35. The WiFi AP according to claim 34, characterized in that, the WiFi AP further includes: a receiving unit, configured to prepare the first UE to access the WiFi AP, and the first information satisfies In the case of access conditions, after sending the first information to the first network device, receiving a first message from the first UE, the first message is used to establish the connection between the WiFi AP and the first UE. UE connection.

36. The WiFi AP according to claim 35, characterized in that,

The receiving unit is configured to receive the first information after sending the first information to the first network device when the first UE is ready to access the WiFi AP and the first information satisfies the access condition. The first message from the first UE, wherein the first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information sent by the WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP; the WiFi AP The access conditions for the measured transmission failure probability, the channel busy probability measured by the WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP are respectively less than their respective access thresholds.

37. The WiFi AP according to claim 34, wherein the detection unit is configured to: when the first UE has accessed the WiFi AP and the first information satisfies a predetermined condition, After the sending unit sends the first information to the first network device, it is detected that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP.

38. The WiFi AP according to claim 37, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information sent by the WiFi AP, and the detection unit is configured to send the signal to the channel when the first information satisfies a predetermined condition. After the first network device sends the first information, it is detected that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the WiFi AP, a number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP, and a relationship between the WiFi AP and The signal quality of the first UE communication; the predetermined conditions for the transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP are greater than each a predetermined threshold, and the predetermined condition for signal quality of communication between the WiFi AP and the first UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

39. The WiFi AP according to claim 35 or 36, characterized in that the sending unit is configured to send the authentication information of the WiFi AP and/or the first UE access location to the first network device. Describe the system information required by WiFi AP.

40. A user equipment UE, characterized in that it includes: a receiving unit and a management unit, wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive the result of the wireless connection management decision sent by the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, wherein, The result of the wireless connection management decision is obtained by the first network device making a wireless connection management decision for the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP based on the first information, and the first information is used for Reflect the wireless channel status of the first WiFi AP;

The management unit is connected to the receiving unit and is configured to manage the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision.

41. The UE according to claim 40, characterized in that, the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the operation for the UE based on the first information received from the first WiFi AP. It is obtained by the wireless connection management decision with the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, or the first network device receives the second information from the UE and the first information from the first WiFi AP. The information is obtained by making a wireless connection management decision between the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the UE.

42. The UE according to claim 41, characterized in that,

When the UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the access condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the UE to the The first WiFi AP;

The management unit is used to control the UE to access the first WiFi AP.

43. The UE according to claim 42, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information reported by the UE, if the received If the information satisfies the access condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the UE to the first WiFi AP; or the first information includes at least one of the following: Measurement by the first WiFi AP The obtained transmission failure probability, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes at least one of the following: The channel busy probability and the number of active nodes measured by the UE; the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the activeness measured by the first WiFi AP The access conditions for the number of nodes, the channel busy probability measured by the UE, and the number of active nodes measured by the UE are respectively less than their respective access thresholds.

44. The UE according to claim 41, characterized in that,

In the case that the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the UE to the first WiFi AP. One WiFi AP;

The management unit is used to control the UE to disconnect from the first WiFi AP.

45. The UE according to claim 44, characterized in that, The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information and/or channel load information reported by the UE , in the case that the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the UE to the First WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, and the signal quality of the communication between the WiFi AP and the UE; the second information includes at least one of the following: the channel busy probability measured by the UE, the number of active nodes measured by the UE, and the WiFi AP The signal quality of communication with the UE; the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP, the The predetermined conditions for the channel busy probability measured by the UE and the number of active nodes measured by the UE are respectively greater than their respective predetermined thresholds; the predetermined condition for the signal quality of the WiFi AP communicating with the UE is less than the first predetermined threshold .

46. The UE according to claim 44 or 45, characterized in that,

The receiving unit is configured to receive an instruction from the first network device instructing the UE to switch when it is determined that the result of the wireless connection management decision is to disconnect the UE from the first WiFi AP. Instructions to a target network element, where the target network element includes: the first network device or the second WiFi AP;

The management unit is used to control the UE to switch to the target network element.

47. The UE according to claim 42 or 43, characterized in that,

The receiving unit is configured to receive access information from the first network device when it is determined that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the UE to the first WiFi AP, The access information includes: authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required for the UE to access the first WiFi AP;

The management unit is used to control the UE to use the access information to access the first WiFi AP.

48. The UE according to claim 46, characterized in that,

The receiving unit is configured to receive a signal from the first network device after the first network device determines to switch the UE to the target network element when the target network element includes a second WiFi AP. Handover information, wherein the handover information includes authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP;

The management unit is used to control the UE to switch from the first WiFi to the second WiFi using the switching information.

49. A network device, which is a component of a cellular network and is characterized by including: a transceiver and a processor, wherein

The transceiver is used to receive first information, wherein the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP;

The processor is configured to make a wireless connection management decision between the first user equipment UE and the first WiFi AP according to the first information, and obtain a result of the wireless connection management decision;

The transceiver is configured to send the result of the wireless connection management decision to the first

50. The network device according to claim 49, wherein when the first UE prepares to access the first WiFi AP,

The transceiver is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or receive the first WiFi

The first information reported by the AP and the second information reported by the first UE, wherein the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first UE;

The processor is configured to determine whether the received information satisfies the access condition, and if so, determine the result of the wireless connection management decision to: access the first UE to the first WiFi AP.

51. The network device according to claim 50, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information reported by the first UE, and the processor uses To determine whether the received information satisfies the access condition, and if so, determine the result of the wireless connection management decision to: access the first UE to the first WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP ; The second information includes at least one of the following: the channel busy probability measured by the first UE and the number of active nodes measured by the first UE, and the processor is used to determine whether the received information is less than the respective The access threshold of

52. The network device according to claim 49, wherein when the first UE has accessed the first WiFi AP,

The transceiver is configured to receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP, or, receive the first information reported by the first WiFi AP and the second information reported by the first UE, wherein, the second The information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first UE;

The processor is configured to determine whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if so, determine the result of the wireless connection management decision to: disconnect the first UE from the first WiFi AP.

53. The network device according to claim 52, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information and/or channel load information reported by the first UE. Load information, the processor is used to determine whether the received information satisfies a predetermined condition, and if so, determine the result of the wireless connection management decision to be: disconnect the first UE from the first WiFi AP ; or

54. The network device according to claim 52 or 53, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnect the first UE from the first WiFi AP. After the connection, it is determined to switch the first UE to a target network element. The target network element includes: the network device or the second WiFi AP.

55. The network device according to claim 54, characterized in that,

The transceiver is configured to receive third information when the target network element includes a second WiFi AP, and the third information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the second WiFi AP; The processor is configured to determine to switch the first UE to the second WiFi AP according to the third information;

The transceiver is configured to notify the first UE to switch to the second WiFi AP through signaling.

56. The network device according to claim 50 or 51, characterized in that,

The processor is configured to obtain authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the third WiFi AP after determining that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: after connecting the first UE to the first WiFi AP. System information required for a UE to access the first WiFi AP;

The transceiver is configured to send authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or system information required for the first UE to access the first WiFi AP to the first UE.

57. The network device according to claim 54 or 55, characterized in that,

The processor is configured to obtain authentication information of the second WiFi AP after the network device determines to switch the first UE to the target network element when the target network element includes a second WiFi AP. and/or the system information required by the second UE to access the second WiFi AP;

The transceiver is configured to send authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or system information required for the first UE to access the second WiFi AP to the first UE.

58. A wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, characterized by including: a transceiver and a processor, wherein the processor is used to detect the wireless channel condition of the WiFi AP;

The transceiver is used to send first information to a first network device that is a component of a cellular network, wherein the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the WiFi AP, so that the first network device can perform the operation according to the first a piece of information, making a wireless connection management decision regarding the first user equipment UE and the WiFi AP, and sending the result of the wireless connection management decision to the first UE through signaling.

59. The WiFi AP according to claim 58, wherein the transceiver is configured to: when the first UE is ready to access the WiFi AP and the first information satisfies access conditions, After sending the first information to the first network device that is part of the cellular network, receiving a first message from the first UE, the first message being used to establish a connection between the WiFi AP and the first UE. .

60. The WiFi AP according to claim 59, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information sent by the WiFi AP; the transceiver is used to transmit data to a cellular network component when the first information satisfies access conditions. After some of the first network devices send the first information, receive a first message from the first UE, where the first message is used to establish a connection between the WiFi AP and the first UE; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: the transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP; the WiFi AP measures The access conditions for the obtained transmission failure probability, the channel busy probability measured by the WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP are respectively less than their respective access thresholds.

61. The WiFi AP according to claim 58, wherein the processor is configured to: when the first UE has accessed the WiFi AP and the first information meets a predetermined condition, After the transceiver sends the first information to the first network device that is a component of the cellular network, it is detected that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP.

62. The WiFi AP according to claim 61, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information sent by the WiFi AP. If the first information satisfies a predetermined condition, the processor is configured to send the signal from the transceiver to the cellular network as the cellular network. After the first network device of the component sends the first information, it is detected that the first UE has disconnected from the WiFi AP; or

The first information includes at least one of the following: a transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, a channel busy probability measured by the WiFi AP, a number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP, and a relationship between the WiFi AP and The signal quality of the first UE communication; the predetermined conditions for the transmission failure probability measured by the WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the WiFi AP are respectively greater than their respective a predetermined threshold, and the predetermined condition for signal quality of communication between the WiFi AP and the first UE is less than the first predetermined threshold.

63. The WiFi AP according to claim 59 or 60, characterized in that the transceiver is configured to send authentication information of the WiFi AP to the first network device and/or the first UE accesses the System information required by WiFi AP.

64. A user equipment UE, characterized in that it includes: a transceiver and a processor, wherein,

The transceiver is configured to receive a result of a wireless connection management decision sent by a first network device that is a component of a cellular network, wherein the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs a wireless connection based on the first information. Obtained from the wireless connection management decision between the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, the first information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the first WiFi AP;

The processor is configured to manage the UE and the first WiFi according to the result of the wireless connection management decision.

AP wireless connection.

65. The UE according to claim 64, characterized in that, the result of the wireless connection management decision is that the first network device performs the operation for the UE based on the first information received from the first WiFi AP. It is obtained by the wireless connection management decision with the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, or the first network device receives the second information from the UE and the first information from the first WiFi AP. The information is obtained by making a wireless connection management decision between the UE and the first wireless fidelity WiFi access point AP, where the second information is used to reflect the wireless channel condition of the UE.

66. The UE according to claim 65, characterized in that,

When the UE is ready to access the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the access condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the UE to the first WiFi AP. The first WiFi AP;

The processor is configured to implement the result of the wireless connection management decision in the following manner: manage the

Wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP: Control the UE to access the first WiFi AP.

67. The UE according to claim 66, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information reported by the UE, if the received If the information meets the access conditions, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the UE to the first WiFi AP; or the first information includes at least one of the following: Measurement by the first WiFi AP The obtained transmission failure probability, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, and the number of active nodes measured by the first WiFi AP; the second information includes at least one of the following: The channel busy probability and the number of active nodes measured by the UE; the transmission failure probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the channel busy probability measured by the first WiFi AP, the activeness measured by the first WiFi AP The number of nodes, measured by the UE The access conditions for the channel busy probability and the number of active nodes measured by the UE are respectively less than their respective access thresholds.

68. The UE according to claim 65, characterized in that,

The controller is configured to manage the wireless connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP according to the result of the wireless connection management decision in the following manner: disconnect the connection between the UE and the first WiFi AP.

69. The UE according to claim 68, characterized in that,

The first information includes: channel quality information and/or channel load information reported by the first WiFi AP, and the second information includes: channel load information and/or channel load information reported by the UE , in the case that the UE has accessed the first WiFi AP, if the received information satisfies the predetermined condition, the result of the wireless connection management decision is: access the UE to the First WiFi AP; or

70. The UE according to claim 68 or 69, characterized in that,

When it is determined that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: disconnecting the UE from the first WiFi AP, the transceiver is configured to receive an instruction from the first network device indicating that the UE switches to Instructions for a target network element. The target network element includes: the first network device or the second WiFi AP;

The processor is used to control the UE to switch to the target network element.

71. The UE according to claim 66 or 67, characterized in that,

When it is determined that the result of the wireless connection management decision is: connecting the UE to the first WiFi AP Next, the transceiver is configured to receive access information from the first network device, where the access information includes: authentication information of the first WiFi AP and/or the UE accessing the first WiFi AP Required system information;

The processor is configured to control the UE to access the first WiFi AP using the access information.

72. The UE according to claim 70, characterized in that,

In the case where the target network element includes a second WiFi AP, after the first network device determines to switch the UE to the target network element, the transceiver is configured to receive a handover from the first network device. Information, wherein the switching information includes authentication information of the second WiFi AP and/or system information required for the second UE to access the second WiFi AP;

The processor is used to control the UE to switch from the first WiFi to the second WiFi AP using the switching information.