WO2016015343A1

WO2016015343A1 - Load balancing method and apparatus, routing device and user equipment

Info

Publication number: WO2016015343A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/083576
Authority: WO
Inventors: 姚新正; 桂永林; 赵阳
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2014-08-01
Filing date: 2014-08-01
Publication date: 2016-02-04

Abstract

A load balancing method and apparatus, a routing device and a user equipment, which solve the problems in the prior art that Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device are wasted and the stability and the visiting speed of the user equipment visiting a wireless network cannot be ensured. The method comprises: determining a first Wi-Fi access point of a routing device that a user equipment accesses or requests to access; when determining that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold, determining at least one second Wi-Fi access point, the load of which does not reach the corresponding load threshold; generating an indication message, the indication message being used for instructing the user equipment to switch to one of the second Wi-Fi access points; and sending the indication message to the user equipment.

Description

Load balancing method, device and routing device, user equipment

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a load balancing method, device, routing device, and user equipment. Background technique

With the development of fourth-generation mobile communication (4rd-generation, 4G) technology and wireless routing equipment, Mobile Wireless Fidelity (Mobile Wi-Fi) routing with wireless access function for convenience of access Equipment has begun to be widely used. At present, most Wi-Fi routing devices and user equipments only work in the 2.4G frequency band, making the 2.4G frequency band very crowded, and the performance of the rate is affected, especially in public places such as subways, shopping malls, railway stations, etc. . In order to solve the congestion problem, it can be solved by increasing the frequency band in which the Wi-Fi routing device operates, for example, the 5G frequency band.

In the prior art, some Wi-Fi routing devices can support two frequency bands, that is, the same Wi-Fi routing device includes Wi-Fi access points (APs) operating in two frequency bands respectively. For example: Existing dual-band Wi-Fi routing devices with Wi-Fi access points supporting 2.4G and 5G bands. After the Wi-Fi station (Wi-Fi Station) scans the 2.4G and/or 5G Wi-Fi AP of the Wi-Fi routing device, it manually selects to access the scanned Wi-Fi AP. , or automatically access a Wi-Fi AP that was saved when it was previously accessed. If the current selected Wi-Fi AP load is large, the user cannot know that the routing device can also provide other APs with the same available wireless network service, even if other Wi-Fi access points in the routing device have a margin. It cannot be fully utilized. As a result, the Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device are wasted, and the stability and access speed of the user equipment to access the wireless network cannot be guaranteed. Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a load balancing method, a device, a routing device, and a user equipment, so as to solve the waste of Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device existing in the prior art, and cannot guarantee the user equipment. Access to wireless network stability and access speed issues.

In a first aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a load balancing method, where the method includes: determining a first Wi-Fi access point of a routing device accessed by a user equipment or requesting access; when determining the first When the load of the Wi-Fi access point reaches the corresponding load threshold, determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold;

Generating an indication message, the indication message is used to instruct the user equipment to switch to one of the second Wi-Fi access points; and send the indication message to the user equipment.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, before determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load quantity does not reach the corresponding load threshold, determining that the user equipment is connected or After the first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device that requests the access, the method includes: acquiring a load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device;

When it is determined that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a load threshold, determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point that does not reach the corresponding load threshold includes:

Determining, according to the obtained load quantity of each of the Wi-Fi access points, whether the load quantity of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load threshold. If the load threshold is reached, it is determined that at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load amount does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

With reference to the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device is periodically acquired;

Determining, when the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a load threshold, determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point that does not reach the corresponding load threshold,

Determining whether the load of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load according to the load quantity of each of the Wi-Fi access points that is obtained last time. The threshold, if the load threshold is reached, determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

With reference to the first aspect, and any one of the first to the second possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the indication information is used to indicate the The user equipment switches to a Wi-Fi access point with the smallest load in the second Wi-Fi access point.

With reference to the first aspect, and any one of the first to the third possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the indication message is sent to the user equipment, The method further includes:

Receiving, by the user equipment, a request message that is sent back to a target Wi-Fi access point of the second Wi-Fi access point, where the request message carries the target Wi-Fi access point Information

And performing, according to the received request message, a handover pre-processing operation of the access target Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

With the fourth possible implementation of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the user equipment performs access target Wi-Fi access according to the received request message. Point switching pre-processing operations, including:

Sending, to the user equipment, password information required to access the target Wi-Fi access point according to the received request message; or

The WPS process is set up based on the request message to initiate the wireless protection of the routing device.

With reference to the first aspect and any one of the first to fifth possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the determined each of the Wi-Fi access points The load includes: data traffic of each Wi-Fi access point within a predetermined time period and/or number of access users of each Wi-Fi access point.

In a second aspect, the present invention also provides a load balancing method, the method comprising:

Accessing or requesting access to a first Wi-Fi access point in the routing device;

Receiving an indication message sent by the routing device;

Determining whether to switch to one of the second Wi-Fi access points according to the received indication message, the second Wi-Fi access point including the routing device determining the first Wi- When the load of the Fi access point reaches the corresponding load threshold, it is determined that at least one of the routing devices does not reach the corresponding load threshold Wi-Fi access point.

In conjunction with the second aspect, in a first possible implementation of the second aspect, After the indication message determines to switch to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point, the method includes: feeding back a request message to the routing device, where the request message carries a target Wi-Fi access point The information is used to request the routing device to perform a handover pre-processing operation on the user equipment for the access target Wi-Fi access point.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the requesting the message to the routing device includes:

And feeding back, to the routing device, a request message for requesting acquisition of password information of the target Wi-Fi access point;

The method further includes:

And accessing the target Wi-Fi access point according to the password information of the target Wi-Fi access point delivered by the routing device.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, determining, according to the received indication message, switching to a target Wi- in the second Wi-Fi access point After the access point is fed back to the routing device, the method further includes:

Start the wireless protection setting of the user equipment WPS process;

The feeding back the request message to the routing device includes:

Sending, to the routing device, a request message for requesting to initiate a wireless protection setting WPS process corresponding to the target Wi-Fi access point;

After the request message is fed back to the routing device, the method further includes:

And accessing the target Wi-Fi access point according to the initiated WPS process of the user equipment and the WPS process corresponding to the target Wi-Fi access point initiated by the routing device.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a load balancing apparatus, where the apparatus includes: a determining module, configured to determine, by a user equipment, a first routing device that is accessed or requested to access

a Wi-Fi access point, when determining that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold, determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point that does not reach the corresponding load threshold;

a generating module, configured to generate an indication message, where the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to one of the second Wi-Fi access points; And a sending module, configured to send an indication message generated by the generating module to the user equipment. In conjunction with the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the acquiring module is further included:

Determining, at the determining module, that the at least one load amount does not reach the second of the corresponding load threshold

Before determining the first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device that is accessed by the user equipment or requested to access the Wi-Fi access point, the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device is obtained. ;

The determining module is configured to: determine, according to a load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point acquired by the acquiring module, a load quantity of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access Whether the corresponding load threshold is reached, and if the load threshold is reached, determining that at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

With reference to the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the method further includes: acquiring a module, configured to periodically acquire a load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point;

The determining module is further configured to: after determining, by the user equipment, the first Wi-Fi access point that is accessed or requested to access, according to the load of each Wi-Fi access point that is acquired by the acquiring module Determining whether the load of the Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load threshold. If the load threshold is reached, determining that at least one load quantity does not reach the corresponding load threshold. The second Wi-Fi access point.

With reference to the third aspect, and any one of the first to the second possible implementation manners of the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the indication message generated by the generating module is used for Instructing the user equipment to switch to a Wi-Fi access point with the least amount of load in the second Wi-Fi access point.

In a fourth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a load balancing device, where the device includes: a control module, configured to control a first wireless fidelity Wi-Fi connection that the user equipment accesses or requests to access to the routing device. Entry point

a receiving module, configured to receive an indication message sent by the routing device;

a determining module, configured to determine, according to the received indication message, whether to switch to one of the second Wi-Fi access points, where the second Wi-Fi access point includes the routing device Determine When the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches the corresponding load threshold, the determined one of the routing devices does not reach the corresponding load threshold Wi-Fi access point.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the device further includes: a sending module, configured to determine, by the determining module, to switch to the second Wi-Fi access according to the received indication message After the target Wi-Fi access point of the point, the request message is fed back to the routing device, where the request message carries the information of the target Wi-Fi access point determined by the determining module to request the route. The device performs a handover pre-processing operation on the user equipment to access the target Wi-Fi access point.

In a fifth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a routing device, where the routing device includes: at least two wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access points, each of the Wi-Fi access points having a corresponding load threshold ;

a processor, configured to determine a first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device that is accessed by the user equipment or requested to access, when determining that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold Determining, by the second Wi-Fi access point that the at least one load does not reach the corresponding load threshold, and generating an indication message, the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to the second Wi-Fi access point One of them;

And a transceiver, configured to send an indication message generated by the processor to the user equipment.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the processor is specifically configured to:

After determining the first wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point of the routing device accessed by the user equipment or requesting access, acquiring the load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, and according to each acquired The load of the Wi-Fi access point determines whether the load of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load threshold, and if the load threshold is reached And determining, at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load amount does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the processor is specifically configured to:

Periodically obtaining the load of each Wi-Fi access point, and determining, according to the latest acquired load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point, the first access or requesting access by the user equipment Whether the load of the Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold, and if the load threshold is reached, determining that at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

With reference to the fifth aspect, and any one of the first to the second possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, Instructing the user equipment to switch to information of a Wi-Fi access point with the smallest load in the second Wi-Fi access point.

In a sixth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a user equipment, where the user equipment includes: a processor, configured to control a first wireless fidelity Wi-Fi connection that the user equipment accesses or requests to access to the routing device. Entry point

a transceiver, configured to receive an indication message sent by the routing device;

The processor is further configured to: determine, according to the received indication message, whether to switch to one of the second Wi-Fi access points, where the second Wi-Fi access point includes the When the routing device determines that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches the corresponding load threshold, the determined at least one of the routing devices does not reach the corresponding load-decoding Wi-Fi access point.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the transceiver is further configured to:

After the processor determines to switch to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point according to the received indication message, feeding back a request message to the routing device, where the request message carries And the information about the target Wi-Fi access point is requested to request the routing device to perform a handover pre-processing operation on the access target Wi-Fi access point of the user equipment.

The load balancing method, the device, the routing device, and the user equipment provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment accesses or requests access to a Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, and the routing device determines that the user equipment is connected by detecting When the load of the incoming or requested Wi-Fi access point reaches its corresponding load threshold, an indication message is sent to the user equipment. The user equipment can know that the current access Wi-Fi access point is overloaded according to the received indication message. The user equipment can learn that the routing device can provide other APs that are equally available wireless network services according to the information of the Wi-Fi access point that is not in the received load threshold and that does not reach the predetermined load threshold. User equipment can be loaded from A Wi-Fi access point that reaches a predetermined load threshold selects a Wi-Fi access point to access, thereby avoiding waste of Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device, and the user can directly avoid the crowded Wi-Fi access. Points can also avoid conflicts with other user equipments, ensure the stability of user equipment access to wireless network resources, prevent the occurrence of dropped calls, thereby improving the speed at which user equipment accesses the wireless network, and making access to wireless network resources unimpeded. DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a routing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

2 is a schematic diagram of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a load balancing method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; FIG.

4 is a schematic diagram of a load balancing method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a load balancing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram of a load balancing apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another routing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another user equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a load balancing method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a load balancing method according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. detailed description

The embodiment of the invention provides a load balancing method, a device, a routing device, and a user equipment, which solves the waste of Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device existing in the prior art, and cannot ensure the stability and access of the user equipment to the wireless network. Speed problem.

The embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a routing device. As shown in FIG. 1 , the routing device includes: at least two wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access points (FIG. 1 only includes two Wi-Fi access points by the routing device) For example, Wi-Fi access points 100a and 100b), each Wi-Fi access point can support the load of the load has a corresponding load threshold; The processor 101 is configured to determine a first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device that is accessed by the user equipment or requested to access, when determining that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold. And determining, by the second Wi-Fi access point that the at least one load does not reach the corresponding load value; and generating an indication message, the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to one of the second Wi-Fi access points.

The first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device accessed by the user equipment indicates that: the user equipment has accessed the first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, that is, the user equipment has been connected to the first Wi-Fi. The access point is connected. The first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device that the user equipment requests to access indicates that the user equipment requests access to the first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, but the routing device has not passed the authentication, and the user equipment has not yet Connected to the first Wi-Fi access point.

Preferably, one Wi-Fi access point of the routing device can correspond to one frequency band. Of course, it can also be a frequency band corresponding to multiple Wi-Fi access points.

The transceiver 102 is configured to send an indication message generated by the processor 101 to the user equipment.

Each of the foregoing access points for the routing device may be configured with different load thresholds, or only one common load threshold may be set for all access points. If multiple Wi-Fi access points are included for one frequency band, the access points corresponding to the frequency band may set a common load threshold. The embodiment of the present invention is not specifically limited.

The indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to one of the second Wi-Fi access points, and the information of the Wi-Fi access point that does not reach the corresponding load threshold may be carried. In the indication message, the information of the Wi-Fi access point that the at least one load quantity does not reach the corresponding load threshold may be, but is not limited to, the name and load quantity of the Wi-Fi access point including the load quantity not reaching the corresponding load threshold. And so on. The above load threshold may be, but is not limited to, a maximum load that the Wi-Fi access point can carry or a predetermined load threshold that is less than the maximum load.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a routing device. When the user equipment accesses or requests access to a Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, the routing device determines, by detecting, the Wi that the user equipment accesses or requests to access. When the load of the Fi access point reaches the corresponding load threshold, determining that at least one load does not reach the corresponding load threshold Wi-Fi access, and then generating an indication message, and sending an indication message to the user equipment, the user equipment may Know the current access according to the indication message received by the user equipment. Or the Wi-Fi access point requesting access is overloaded. The user equipment can learn, according to the received indication message, the APs of other equally available wireless network services that the routing device can provide. The user equipment can select a Wi-Fi access point from at least one Wi-Fi access point whose load quantity does not reach a predetermined load threshold, thereby avoiding waste of Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device, and the user can Directly avoiding crowded Wi-Fi access points, it can also avoid conflicts with other user equipments, ensure the stability of user equipment access to wireless network resources, prevent the occurrence of dropped calls, and improve the access of user equipment to wireless networks. Speed, making access to wireless network resources unimpeded.

Optionally, the load quantity of the Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access and the load quantity of the Wi-Fi access point that does not reach the corresponding load threshold may be processed by the processor in the routing device. An implementation manner: after determining that the user equipment accesses or requests access to the first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold Previously, the amount of Wi-Fi access point load of the routing device was obtained.

Specifically, after the processor 101 determines that the user equipment accesses or requests access to the Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device is obtained, and according to each acquired Wi The load of the Fi access point determines whether the load of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load threshold. If the load threshold is reached, at least one load is determined. The second Wi-Fi access point whose amount does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

Specifically, the data traffic of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device in a predetermined time period and/or the number of access users of each Wi-Fi access point may be obtained by using each Wi-Fi of the routing device respectively. The data traffic of the access point and/or the number of access users determine the corresponding load.

For example: The routing device is set up with two Wi-Fi access points. The routing device obtains the data traffic of the two Wi-Fi access points for a predetermined period of time and/or the number of access users of the current time of the two Wi-Fi access points. For each Wi-Fi access point, the amount of load of the Wi-Fi access point is determined according to the acquired data traffic of the Wi-Fi access point and/or the number of access users.

The second implementation manner: periodically acquires the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device. Specifically, the processor 101 periodically acquires the load of each Wi-Fi access point, and determines After the first Wi-Fi access point that is accessed by the user equipment or requested to be accessed, the user equipment is determined to access or request access according to the latest acquired capacity of each Wi-Fi access point. Whether the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold, and if the load threshold is reached, determining that at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

For example, the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device is obtained every 5 minutes in a 5-minute cycle. The data traffic of the Wi-Fi access point of the routing device in the 5 minutes or the number of access users of each Wi-Fi access point at the current time is counted every 5 minutes, thereby determining each Wi-Fi connection. The amount of load at the moment.

Based on any of the foregoing routing device embodiments, preferably, the indication message generated by the processor is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to a Wi-Fi access point with the smallest load in the second Wi-Fi access point.

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Specifically, the processor 101 in the routing device may select to sort the acquired load of each Wi-Fi access point in the routing device; thereby obtaining information of the Wi-Fi access point with the smallest load. The information of the Wi-Fi access point with the smallest load may be carried in the indication message, where the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to the Wi-Fi access point with the smallest load in the second Wi-Fi access point. .

Preferably, the transceiver 102 in the routing device is further configured to: after receiving the indication message to the user equipment, receive the user equipment to switch to one of the second Wi-Fi access points. -A request message fed back after the access point, the request message carrying information of the target Wi-Fi access point; the processor 101 accessing the target device Wi-Fi according to the request message received by the transceiver 102 Switching pre-processing operation of the access point.

The handover pre-processing operation of the access target wi-Fi access point to the user equipment is a preparation for performing a true access to the target wi-Fi access point. For example, get password information or start WPS process and so on.

Specifically, the processor 101 is configured to:

According to the received request message, the password information required to access the target Wi-Fi access point is sent to the user equipment. or, The WPS process of setting the wireless protection of the routing device according to the request message is started.

The password information may be, but is not limited to, a username and password including the target Wi-Fi access point. The embodiment of the present invention further provides a user equipment. As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus includes: a processor 201, configured to control a first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access to the routing device. ;

The transceiver 202 is configured to receive an indication message sent by the routing device.

The processor 201 is further configured to: determine, according to the indication message received by the transceiver 202, whether to switch to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point, where the second Wi-Fi access point includes a route When the device determines that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches the corresponding load threshold, the determined at least one of the routing devices does not reach the Wi-Fi access point of the corresponding load threshold.

The user equipment provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when accessing or requesting access to a Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, receives an indication message sent by the routing device, and according to the indication message, determines that Wi-Fi needs to be performed. When the access point is switched, the user equipment may determine, according to the received indication message, that the Wi-Fi access point whose other load quantity does not reach its corresponding load threshold is accessed. That is, the user can know that the current access Wi-Fi access point is overloaded according to the indication message received by the user equipment. The user equipment can learn from the received indication message that the routing device can provide other APs that are equally available wireless network services. The user equipment can select a Wi-Fi access point to access from a Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach a predetermined load threshold, thereby avoiding waste of Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device, and the user can directly avoid Congested Wi-Fi access points can also avoid conflicts with other user equipments, ensure the stability of user equipment access to the wireless network, prevent the occurrence of dropped calls, and improve the speed of user equipment access to the wireless network, enabling access. Wireless network resources are unimpeded.

Optionally, the transceiver 202 feeds back a request message to the routing device, where the request message carries information of the target Wi-Fi access point, to request the routing device to perform handover pre-processing on the access target Wi-Fi access point of the user equipment. operating.

Optionally, the transceiver 202 is specifically configured to feed back, to the routing device, a request message for requesting to obtain the password information of the target Wi-Fi access point; and the transceiver 202 responds to the target according to the routing device after receiving the request message. The password information of the Wi-Fi access point, the processor 201 is based on the transceiver 202. The received password information of the target Wi-Fi access point controls the user equipment to access the target Wi-Fi access point.

Optionally, the transceiver 202 is specifically configured to send, to the routing device, a request message for requesting to initiate a WPS process corresponding to the target Wi-Fi access point; and the processor 201 determines to switch to the second Wi-Fi according to the received indication message. After a target Wi-Fi access point in the access point, the WPS process of the user equipment is started; and the user is controlled according to the WPS process of the activated user equipment and the WPS process corresponding to the target Wi-Fi access point initiated by the routing device. The device is connected to the target Wi-Fi access point.

The functions of the transceiver 201 and the processor 202 may also be implemented by an application (Application, APP) software installed on the user equipment.

Based on the same inventive concept as the routing device shown in FIG. 1, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a load balancing method. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes:

Step 301: Determine a first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device accessed by the user equipment or requested to access.

Step 302: When it is determined that the load quantity of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold, determine that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load quantity does not reach the corresponding load threshold is determined;

Among them, each access point for the routing device can set different load thresholds. It is also possible to set only one common load threshold for all access points. If multiple Wi-Fi access points are included for one frequency band, the access points corresponding to the frequency band may have a common load threshold. The embodiment of the present invention is not specifically limited.

The indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to the second Wi-Fi access point. The information of the Wi-Fi access point that the at least one load quantity does not reach the corresponding load threshold may be carried in the indication message, where the at least one load quantity does not reach the corresponding load threshold of the Wi-Fi access point. The information may include, but is not limited to, information such as the name of the Wi-Fi access point whose load amount does not reach the corresponding load threshold, the amount of load, and the like. The above load threshold may be, but is not limited to, a maximum load that the Wi-Fi access point can carry or a predetermined load threshold that is less than the maximum load.

Step 303: Generate an indication message, where the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to one of the second Wi-Fi access points.

Step 304: Send the generated indication message to the user equipment.

The load balancing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be performed by a routing device.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method, when the user equipment accesses a Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, the routing device determines, by detecting, the Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access. When the load reaches its corresponding load threshold, it determines that at least one Wi-Fi access whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold, and then generates an indication message and sends it to the user equipment. The user can know that the currently accessed or requested Wi-Fi access point is overloaded according to the indication message received by the user equipment. The user equipment can learn, according to the received indication message, that the routing device can provide other APs with the same available wireless network service. The user equipment can select a Wi-Fi access point to access from at least one Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach a predetermined load threshold, thereby avoiding waste of Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device, and the user can directly Avoiding crowded Wi-Fi access points can also avoid conflicts with other user equipments, ensure the stability of wireless network resources, prevent the occurrence of dropped calls, and improve the speed of user equipment access to enhance the wireless network, enabling access. Wireless network resources are unimpeded.

Preferably, the manner of determining the load of the Wi-Fi access point of the routing device may be specifically, but not limited to, implemented in the following manner:

The first implementation manner: Before determining at least one second Wi-Fi access point that the load quantity does not reach the corresponding load threshold, step 301 determines the first of the routing devices that the user equipment accesses or requests to access. After the wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point, the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device is obtained. Then, when it is determined that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches the load threshold, determining that the at least one load does not reach the second Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the load threshold, specifically:

Determining, according to the obtained load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point, whether the load of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load value, if the load threshold is reached. And determining, at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load amount does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

Specifically, the data traffic of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device in a predetermined time period and/or the number of access users of each Wi-Fi access point may be obtained by using each Wi-Fi of the routing device respectively. The data traffic of the access point and/or the number of access users determine the corresponding amount of load.

The second implementation manner: periodically acquires the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device. Then, when it is determined that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches the load threshold, determining that the at least one load does not reach the second Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the load threshold, specifically:

Determining, according to the load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point that is acquired recently, whether the load of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load threshold, if the load is reached. The threshold determines at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

Specifically, the data traffic of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device in a predetermined period of time and/or the number of access users of each Wi-Fi access point are obtained every other cycle; according to each Wi- of the routing device The data traffic of the Fi access point and/or the number of access users determine the amount of load of its corresponding Wi-Fi access point.

For example, the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device is obtained every 5 minutes in a 5-minute cycle. Then, every 5 minutes, the data traffic of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device in the 5 minutes or the number of access users of each Wi-Fi access point at the current time is counted, thereby determining each Wi-Fi access point. The amount of load at this moment.

Based on the foregoing any routing device embodiment, preferably, the foregoing indication message is used to indicate a user setting. The switch is switched to the information of the Wi-Fi access point with the smallest load in the second Wi-Fi access point.

Specifically, the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the obtained routing device is sorted, so that the information of the Wi-Fi access point with the smallest load is obtained. The information of the Wi-Fi access point with the smallest load is carried in the indication message, where the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to the second

The Wi-Fi access point with the least amount of load in the Wi-Fi access point.

Optionally, after sending the indication message to the user equipment, the method further includes:

Receiving, by the user equipment, a request message that is sent back to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point, where the request message carries information of the target Wi-Fi access point;

And performing, according to the foregoing request message, a handover pre-processing operation of the access target Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

Optionally, the foregoing, according to the foregoing request message, performing a handover pre-processing operation on the access target Wi-Fi access point of the user equipment, specifically:

Sending, according to the received request message, the password information required to access the target Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment; or

The password information may be, but is not limited to, a username and password including the target Wi-Fi access point. Based on the same inventive concept as the user equipment shown in FIG. 2, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a load balancing method. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes:

Step 401: Accessing or requesting access to the first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device.

Step 402: Receive an indication message sent by the routing device.

Step 403: Determine, according to the received indication message, whether to switch to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point, where the second Wi-Fi access point includes the foregoing routing device in determining the first Wi When the load of the Fi access point reaches the corresponding load threshold, it is determined that at least one of the routing devices does not reach the corresponding load threshold of the Wi-Fi access point.

The load balancing method provided by the embodiment of the present invention receives an indication message sent when accessing or requesting access to a Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, and determines that Wi-Fi needs to be performed according to the indication message. When the access point is switched, the user equipment can determine the access according to the received indication message. Other Wi-Fi access points whose load does not reach their corresponding load threshold. That is, the user can know that the current access Wi-Fi access point is overloaded according to the indication message received by the user equipment. Based on the received indication message, the user learns that the routing device can provide other APs that are equally available wireless network services. The user equipment can select a target Wi-Fi access point to access from a Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach a predetermined load threshold, thereby avoiding waste of Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device, and the user can directly avoid By opening a crowded Wi-Fi access point, it can also avoid conflicts with other user equipments, ensure the stability of wireless network resources, and prevent the occurrence of dropped calls, thereby improving the speed at which user equipment accesses wireless network resources and enabling wireless access. Network resources are unimpeded.

Before determining, according to the received indication message, whether to switch to a target Wi-Fi access point of the second Wi-Fi access point, determining to switch to the second Wi-Fi access point according to the received indication message After a target Wi-Fi access point, the method further includes:

The request message is fed back to the routing device, where the request message carries information of the target Wi-Fi access point, to request the routing device to perform a handover pre-processing operation on the access target Wi-Fi access point of the user equipment.

Specifically, the request message is fed back to the routing device, including:

The method further includes: accessing or requesting access to the target Wi-Fi access point according to the password information of the target Wi-Fi access point delivered by the routing device;

Preferably, after determining to switch to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point according to the received indication message, before the request message is fed back to the routing device, the method further includes:

Start the WPS process of the user equipment;

And the requesting message is sent to the routing device, where the method includes: sending, to the routing device, a request message for requesting to initiate a WPS process corresponding to the target Wi-Fi access point;

According to the WPS process of the activated user equipment and the WPS process corresponding to the target Wi-Fi access point initiated by the routing device, access to the target Wi-Fi access point.

Based on the same inventive concept as the routing device shown in FIG. 1, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a A load balancing device, wherein the device can be implemented by a routing device, as shown in FIG. 5, the device includes:

a determining module 501, configured to determine a first Wi-Fi access point that is accessed by the user equipment or requested to access; when determining that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold, determining at least A second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

The generating module 502 is configured to generate an indication message, where the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to one of the second Wi-Fi access points.

The sending module 503 is configured to send the indication message generated by the generating module 502 to the user equipment. Preferably, the device further includes an obtaining module, where the determining the load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point is implemented by acquiring in the device, and specifically, but not limited to, including:

The first way to achieve:

Determining, after the determining module 501 determines that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load amount does not reach the corresponding load threshold, determining the first wireless fidelity Wi-Fi connection of the routing device accessed by the user equipment or requesting access After the ingress, the obtaining module obtains the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device;

The determining module 501 is specifically configured to determine, according to the load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point acquired by the acquiring module, whether the load quantity of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches the corresponding The load threshold, if the load threshold is reached, determining that at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

The second way to achieve:

The obtaining module periodically acquires the load of each Wi-Fi access point;

After determining the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access, the determining module determines, according to the latest acquired load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point, the user equipment accesses or requests Whether the load of the accessed first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold. If the load threshold is reached, determining that at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold is determined.

Preferably, the indication message generated by the generating module 502 is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to the Wi-Fi with the smallest load in the second Wi-Fi access point. Access Point.

Based on any of the foregoing device embodiments, preferably, the foregoing apparatus further includes a receiving module and a switching pre-processing module:

a receiving module, configured to: after the sending module 503 sends an indication message to the user equipment, receive, by the user equipment, a request message that is switched to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point, and the request message carries Information of the target Wi-Fi access point;

The switching pre-processing module is configured to perform a handover pre-processing operation on the access target Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the request message received by the receiving module.

Preferably, the foregoing switching pre-processing module is specifically configured to:

According to the request message received by the receiving module, the sending module 503 instructs the user equipment to send the password information required to access the target Wi-Fi access point;

Or,

Based on any of the foregoing device embodiments, preferably, the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device acquired by the obtaining module 501 includes: data traffic and/or each of the Wi-Fi access points in a predetermined time period. The number of access users of the Wi-Fi access point.

Based on the same inventive concept as the user equipment shown in FIG. 2, the embodiment of the present invention further provides another load balancing apparatus, wherein the function of the apparatus may be implemented by a user equipment, or by an APP installed on the user equipment. Software to implement, as shown in Figure 6, the device includes:

a control module 601, configured to control a user equipment to access or request access to a first Wi-Fi access point in the routing device;

The receiving module 602 is configured to receive an indication message sent by the routing device.

The determining module 603 is configured to determine, according to the received indication message, whether to switch to one of the second Wi-Fi access points, where the second Wi-Fi access point includes the routing device When the load of a Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold, at least one of the determined routing devices does not reach the Wi-Fi access point of the corresponding load threshold.

Preferably, the apparatus further includes a transmitting module: the determining module 603 cancels according to the received indication When the information is determined to be switched to one of the second Wi-Fi access points, the sending module is configured to feed back a request message to the routing device, where the request message carries the information of the target Wi-Fi access point. The switching pre-processing operation of the access target Wi-Fi access point is performed on the user equipment by the request routing device.

Preferably, the sending module is specifically configured to feed back, to the routing device, a request message for requesting to acquire password information of the target Wi-Fi access point;

The receiving module 602 is further configured to receive, by the routing device, password information of the target Wi-Fi access point that is fed back after receiving the request message;

The control module 601 is further configured to control, according to the password information of the target Wi-Fi access point received by the receiving module 602, the user equipment to access the target Wi-Fi access point.

Preferably, the sending module is specifically configured to send, to the routing device, a request message for requesting to start a wireless protection setting WPS process corresponding to the target Wi-Fi access point;

The control module 601 is further configured to: after determining, by the determining module, that the switch to the target Wi-Fi access point of the second Wi-Fi access point is performed according to the received indication message, start the WPS process of the user equipment; The WPS process of the user equipment, and the WPS process corresponding to the target Wi-Fi access point initiated by the routing device, controls the user equipment to access the target Wi-Fi access point.

The embodiments of the present invention are specifically described below in conjunction with specific application scenarios.

Application one:

The scheme provided by the embodiment of the present invention is specifically described below with reference to FIG. 7, FIG. 8, and FIG.

First, the load balancing system includes: a user equipment (STA) and a routing device. The user equipment and routing equipment support Wi-Fi working capacity in 2.4G and 5G bands. The routing device includes two APs as an example. As shown in Figure 7, the two APs are the Wi-Fi AP corresponding to the 2.4G band and the Wi-Fi AP corresponding to the 5G band. The Wi-Fi management module included in the routing device can implement the functions implemented by the processor and transceiver (or the load balancing device shown in FIG. 5) provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. The user equipment may include a Wi-Fi management module for implementing the functions implemented by the transceiver and the processor (or the load balancing device shown in FIG. 6) in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, as shown in FIG. It includes 2.4G band Wi-Fi access module and 5G band Wi-Fi access module for Wi-Fi supporting 2.4G and 5G bands. The Wi-Fi management module of the user equipment can also be composed of one It is implemented in software, such as Huawei's Mobile Control software.

Step 901: The routing device determines that the Wi-Fi AP of the routing device accessed by the user equipment is a corresponding Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G frequency band. Go to step 902.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a Wi-Fi AP in which the user equipment accesses the routing device is a Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G frequency band is taken as an example for description. The Wi-Fi AP of the routing device requested by the user equipment may be the corresponding Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G frequency band.

It is assumed here that the user equipment accesses the Wi-Fi AP of the routing device through the 2.4G band. The routing device obtains the load of the Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G and 5G bands according to the statistics of the data traffic or the number of access users of the Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G and 5G bands respectively.

Step 902: The routing device determines whether the Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G frequency band that the user equipment is connected to meets the load threshold of the Wi-Fi AP. If yes, go to step 903. If no, go to step 904.

Step 903: The routing device determines the Wi-Fi AP in the 5G frequency band, generates an indication message, and sends an indication message to the user equipment. The indication message carries the information of the Wi-Fi access point of the 5G frequency band, and is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to the Wi-Fi AP of the 5G frequency band. And the indication message indicates that the Wi-Fi AP of the 2.4G band accessed by the user equipment is overloaded. Go to step 905.

Step 904: The user equipment remains connected unchanged.

Step 905: After receiving the indication message, the user equipment parses the message, and prompts the parsed information to the user. Go to step 906.

Step 906: The user equipment receives an indication of whether the user switches to the Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G frequency band. If the handover is performed, go to step 907. If not, go to step 904.

Step 907: The user equipment sends a request message to the routing device to obtain a user name and password required for switching to the Wi-Fi access point of the 5G frequency band. Go to step 908.

Step 908: The routing device sends, to the user equipment, the user name and password required for switching to the Wi-Fi access point of the 5G frequency band according to the received request message. Go to step 909.

Step 909: After receiving the username and password, the user equipment actively disconnects the Wi-Fi access point of the currently connected frequency band, and initiates a connection request for accessing the Wi-Fi access point of the 5G frequency band, according to the obtained username and password. Connect to a Wi-Fi access point in the 5G band. Application 2:

First, the load balancing system includes: a user equipment (STA) and a routing device. Both the user equipment and the routing equipment support Wi-Fi working capacity in the 2.4G and 5G bands. The routing device includes two APs as an example. As shown in Figure 7, the two APs are the Wi-Fi AP corresponding to the 2.4G band and the Wi-Fi AP corresponding to the 5G band. The routing device includes a Wi-Fi management module for implementing the functions implemented by the processor and the transceiver provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 above. The user equipment may include a Wi-Fi management module for implementing the functions implemented by the transceiver and processor in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2. As shown in Figure 8, the user equipment also includes a 2.4G band Wi-Fi access module and a 5G band Wi-Fi access module for supporting Wi-Fi in the 2.4G and 5G bands. The Wi-Fi management module of the user equipment can also be implemented by an APP software, such as Huawei's Mobile Control software.

Step 1001: The routing device determines that the Wi-Fi AP of the routing device accessed by the user equipment is a corresponding Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G frequency band. Go to step 1002.

Step 1002: The routing device determines whether the Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G band that is connected to the user equipment meets the load threshold corresponding to the Wi-Fi AP. If yes, go to step 1003. If no, go to step 1004.

Step 1003: The routing device determines a Wi-Fi AP in the 5G frequency band, generates an indication message, and sends an indication message to the user equipment. The indication message carries information of a Wi-Fi access point in the 5G band. And the indication message indicates that the Wi-Fi AP of the 2.4G band accessed by the user equipment is overloaded. Go to step 1005.

Step 1004: The user equipment remains connected.

Step 1005: After receiving the indication message, the user equipment parses the message, and solves the problem. The information after the analysis is presented to the user. Go to step 1006.

Step 1006: The user equipment receives the indication of whether the user switches to the Wi-Fi AP in the 2.4G frequency band. If the handover is performed, go to step 1007. If not, go to step 1004.

Step 1007: The user equipment controls to start the WPS process, and sends a request message to the routing device. Go to step 1008.

Step 1008: The routing device starts the WPS process corresponding to the Wi-Fi AP in the 5G frequency band according to the received request message.

Step 1009: The user equipment completes access by using the WPS process corresponding to the Wi-Fi AP in the 5G frequency band initiated by the routing device by the enabled WPS.

The load balancing method, the device, the routing device, and the user equipment provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment accesses or requests access to a Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, and the routing device determines that the user equipment is connected by detecting When the load of the incoming or requested Wi-Fi access point reaches its corresponding load threshold, determining that at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold; and generating an indication message , sending an indication message to the user equipment. The user equipment can know that the current access Wi-Fi access point is overloaded according to the received indication message. The user equipment can learn that the routing device can provide other APs with the same available wireless network service according to the information of the Wi-Fi access point that does not reach the predetermined load threshold in the received indication message. The user equipment can select a Wi-Fi access point to access from a Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach a predetermined load threshold, thereby avoiding waste of Wi-Fi AP resources on the routing device, and the user can directly avoid Congested Wi-Fi access points can also avoid conflicts with other user equipments, ensure the stability of user equipment access to wireless network resources, prevent the occurrence of dropped calls, and improve the speed at which user equipment accesses wireless networks. Access to wireless network resources is unimpeded.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the invention can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) including computer usable program code. The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (system), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or FIG. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device. The apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

Although the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the < Therefore, the appended claims are intended to be interpreted as including the preferred embodiments and the modifications and modifications

It is apparent that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and changes to the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and modifications of the embodiments of the invention.

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A load balancing method, comprising:

Determining a first wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point of the routing device accessed by the user equipment or requesting access;

When it is determined that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a load threshold corresponding to the first Wi-Fi access point, determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi connection that does not reach the corresponding load threshold Entry point

Generating an indication message, the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to one of the second Wi-Fi access points;

Sending the indication message to the user equipment.

2. The load balancing method according to claim 1, wherein before determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load amount does not reach the corresponding load threshold, determining that the user equipment is accessed or requested to connect After the first Wi-Fi access point of the incoming routing device, the method includes: acquiring a load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device;

3. The load balancing method according to claim 1, comprising:

Periodically acquiring the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device;

Determining, according to the last acquired load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point, whether the load of the first Wi-Fi access point accessed by the user equipment or requested to access reaches a corresponding negative And carrying a threshold, if the load threshold is reached, determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

The load balancing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the indication information is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to the second Wi-Fi access point with a minimum load amount. Wi-Fi access point.

The load balancing method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein after the sending the indication message to the user equipment, the method further includes:

The load balancing method according to claim 5, wherein the performing a handover pre-processing operation on the access target Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the received request message includes:

The load balancing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the determined load amount of each Wi-Fi access point includes: data of each Wi-Fi access point within a predetermined time period. Traffic and/or number of access users for each Wi-Fi access point.

8. A load balancing method, comprising:

Receiving or requesting access to the first wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point in the routing device; receiving an indication message sent by the routing device, the indication message instructing the user equipment to switch to the second Wi-Fi One of the access points;

Switching to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point according to the received indication message, the second Wi-Fi access point including the routing device determining the first Wi-Fi connection Incoming load When the amount reaches the corresponding load threshold, it is determined that at least one of the routing devices does not reach the corresponding load threshold of the Wi-Fi access point.

The load balancing method according to claim 8, wherein after switching to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point according to the received indication message, the method includes:

And transmitting, to the routing device, a request message, where the request message carries information of a target Wi-Fi access point, to request the routing device to perform handover pre-processing on the access target Wi-Fi access point of the user equipment. operating.

The load balancing method according to claim 9, wherein the feeding back the request message to the routing device includes:

The method further includes:

The load balancing method according to claim 9, wherein after switching to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point according to the received indication message, the routing device is Before the request message is fed back, the method further includes:

Start the wireless protection setting of the user equipment WPS process;

The feeding back the request message to the routing device includes:

12. A load balancing device, comprising:

a determining module, configured to determine a first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device accessed by the user equipment or requested to access; when determining that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold , Determining at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load amount does not reach a corresponding load threshold;

a generating module, configured to generate an indication message, where the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to one of the second Wi-Fi access points;

And a sending module, configured to send an indication message generated by the generating module to the user equipment.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising: an obtaining module, configured to: determine, before the determining module determines that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load amount does not reach a corresponding load threshold After the first wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point of the routing device that is accessed by the user equipment or requested to be accessed, the load of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device is obtained; And determining, according to the load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point acquired by the acquiring module, whether the load of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load. The threshold, if the load threshold is reached, determining that the at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

The device according to claim 12, further comprising an obtaining module, configured to periodically acquire the load of each Wi-Fi access point;

The determining module is further configured to: after determining, by the user equipment, the first Wi-Fi access point that is accessed or requested to access, according to the load of each Wi-Fi access point acquired by the acquiring module Determining whether the load of the Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load threshold. If the load threshold is reached, determining that at least one load quantity does not reach the corresponding load threshold. The second Wi-Fi access point.

The device according to any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein the indication message generated by the generating module is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to the load in the second Wi-Fi access point. The smallest Wi-Fi access point.

16. A load balancing device, comprising:

a control module, configured to control a first wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access to the routing device;

a determining module, configured to determine, according to the received indication message, whether to switch to the second Wi-Fi access point a target Wi-Fi access point, the second Wi-Fi access point including the determining, when the routing device determines that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold At least one of the routing devices does not reach the corresponding load threshold Wi-Fi access point.

17. The device of claim 16, further comprising:

a sending module, configured to: after the determining module determines to switch to a target Wi-Fi access point in the second Wi-Fi access point according to the received indication message, feed back a request message to the routing device, where The request message carries the information of the target Wi-Fi access point determined by the determining module, to request the routing device to perform a handover pre-processing operation on the access target Wi-Fi access point of the user equipment.

18. A routing device, comprising:

At least two wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access points, each of the Wi-Fi access points having a corresponding load threshold;

a processor, configured to determine a first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device that is accessed by the user equipment or requested to access, when determining that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold Determining, by the second Wi-Fi access point, that the at least one load does not reach the corresponding load resolution; and generating an indication message, the indication message is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to the second Wi-Fi access One of the points;

The routing device according to claim 18, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

After determining the first Wi-Fi access point of the routing device that the user equipment accesses or requests to access, acquiring the load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point of the routing device, and according to each obtained Wi-Fi connection The load of the ingress, determining whether the load of the first Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access reaches a corresponding load threshold, and if the load threshold is reached, determining at least A second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

Periodically obtain the load of each Wi-Fi access point to determine whether the user equipment is connected or requested. After the first Wi-Fi access point of the accessed routing device, determining, according to the last acquired load quantity of each Wi-Fi access point, the first accessed by the user equipment or requested to access Whether the load of the Wi-Fi access point reaches a corresponding load threshold, and if the load threshold is reached, determining that at least one second Wi-Fi access point whose load does not reach the corresponding load threshold.

The routing device according to any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein the indication message generated by the processor is used to indicate that the user equipment switches to a load in the second Wi-Fi access point. The smallest amount of Wi-Fi access point information.

22. A user equipment, comprising:

a processor, configured to control a first wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point that the user equipment accesses or requests to access to the routing device;

The processor is further configured to: determine, according to the received indication message, whether to switch to one of the second Wi-Fi access points, where the second Wi-Fi access point includes the When the routing device determines that the load of the first Wi-Fi access point reaches the corresponding load threshold, the determined at least one of the routing devices does not reach the Wi-Fi access point of the corresponding load threshold.

The user equipment according to claim 22, wherein the transceiver is further configured to: determine, according to the received indication message, that the processor switches to one of the second Wi-Fi access points After the target Wi-Fi access point, the request message is fed back to the routing device, where the request message carries the information of the target Wi-Fi access point, to request the routing device to access the user equipment. Switching pre-processing operation of the target Wi-Fi access point.