WO2017190513A1 - 用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法与设备 - Google Patents

用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法与设备 Download PDF

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WO2017190513A1
WO2017190513A1 PCT/CN2016/112766 CN2016112766W WO2017190513A1 WO 2017190513 A1 WO2017190513 A1 WO 2017190513A1 CN 2016112766 W CN2016112766 W CN 2016112766W WO 2017190513 A1 WO2017190513 A1 WO 2017190513A1
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  • the present application relates to the field of computers, and in particular, to a technology for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment.
  • wireless access points With the rapid development of wireless access technologies, more and more users maintain network connections through wireless access points in their daily lives. Due to the limited coverage of wireless access points, mobile devices may move with the movement of user equipment. In order to interrupt the current network connection, in order for the user equipment to continue to maintain the wireless connection, it is often necessary to switch from the currently connected wireless access point to the next wireless access point to be accessed, and the prior art cannot accurately accurately move according to the user equipment. The information determines the next wireless access point to be accessed.
  • the purpose of the application is to provide a method and device for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment.
  • a method for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment includes:
  • a device for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment includes:
  • a first device configured to acquire current location information and mobility related information of the user equipment during the moving process
  • a second device configured to determine, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the present application obtains the current location information of the user equipment during the movement process. And determining, according to the current location information and the mobile related information, the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, which manner can be determined according to the specific mobility of the user equipment.
  • the wireless access point to be accessed so that the wireless access point to be accessed can be determined more accurately, and the determined wireless access point is more usable.
  • the application may further select, from the one or more candidate wireless access points, the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile according to the access point related information of the candidate wireless access point.
  • the access point related information includes, but is not limited to, name information of the candidate wireless access point, security level information of the candidate wireless access point, available bandwidth information of the candidate wireless access point, The current connected user number information of the candidate wireless access point, and the like. In this way, a more suitable wireless access point to be accessed can be optimized for the user equipment, so that the user experience can be better improved.
  • the application may further determine, according to the signal coverage area of the wireless access point, the current location information and the mobility related information, an access time of the user equipment to access the wireless access point, where According to the specific location information and the mobile situation of the user equipment, the access time of the user equipment to access the wireless access point can be determined more accurately.
  • FIG. 1 shows a flow chart of a method for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment according to an aspect of the present application
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment according to a preferred embodiment of the present application
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment according to another aspect of the present application
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a device for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment according to another preferred embodiment of the present application.
  • the terminal, the device of the service network, and the trusted party each include one or more processors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.
  • processors CPUs
  • input/output interfaces network interfaces
  • memory volatile and non-volatile memory
  • the memory may include non-persistent memory, random access memory (RAM), and/or non-volatile memory in a computer readable medium, such as read only memory (ROM) or flash memory.
  • RAM random access memory
  • ROM read only memory
  • Memory is an example of a computer readable medium.
  • Computer readable media includes both permanent and non-persistent, removable and non-removable media.
  • Information storage can be implemented by any method or technology.
  • the information can be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of programs, or other data.
  • Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), other types of random access memory (RAM), read only memory. (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disk (DVD) or other optical storage,
  • computer readable media does not include non-transitory computer readable media, such as modulated data signals and carrier waves.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a method for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment according to an aspect of the present application, where the method includes:
  • S1 acquires current location information and mobility related information of the user equipment during the mobile process
  • S2 determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the device 1 acquires current location information and mobility related information of the user equipment during the mobile process, where the device 1 includes but is not limited to a computer, a network host, a single network server, A cloud consisting of multiple network server sets or multiple servers; here, the cloud is powered by a large number of computers or network services based on cloud computing
  • the composition of the cloud computing is a kind of distributed computing, a virtual supercomputer composed of a group of loosely coupled computers.
  • the device 1 stores a large amount of information related to the wireless access point, where the mobile related information refers to related information of the user equipment during the movement, including but not limited to the moving direction of the user equipment. , moving distance, moving rate, etc.
  • the location information of the user equipment is constantly changing during the mobile device, and the current location information of the user equipment may be obtained by using the positioning device of the user equipment.
  • the device 1 may be configured by the user equipment. The current location information of the user equipment during the mobile process is obtained, and the mobile related information of the user equipment is obtained according to the current location information and the historical location information of the user equipment stored by the device 1.
  • the step S1 includes: S11 (not shown) acquiring current location information of the user equipment during the moving process; S12 (not shown) according to the current location information and historical movement information of the user equipment Determining movement related information of the user equipment during the movement process.
  • the device 1 acquires the current location information of the user equipment during the mobile process. Specifically, the device 1 can obtain the user equipment during the mobile process by receiving the location information that the user equipment locates by the positioning device of the device. The current location information of the user equipment can also be obtained by means of active acquisition. In the step S12, the device 1 determines, according to the current location information and the historical mobility information of the user equipment, the mobile-related information of the user equipment during the mobile process, where the historical mobility information includes but is not limited to the user.
  • the historical location information, the moving direction, the moving rate, the moving time, and the like of the device, and the mobile related information includes, but is not limited to, a moving direction, a moving rate, a moving time, and the like of the user equipment.
  • the device 1 may be according to the user equipment.
  • the current location information and the historical location information, the moving direction, the moving rate, the moving time, and the like are used to determine the mobile-related information of the user equipment.
  • the moving direction of the user equipment may be determined according to the historical location information of the user equipment and the current location information, and according to The distance between the historical location information and the current location information and the time of movement to determine the rate of movement of the user equipment, and the like.
  • the device 1 determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, due to wireless access
  • the coverage of the point is limited.
  • the device 1 determines, according to the current location information of the user equipment and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed during the mobile process of the user equipment. For example, the location information of the user equipment at the next moment may be predicted according to the current location information of the user equipment and the mobility related information, and the wireless access point to be accessed is determined according to the location information.
  • the step S2 includes: S21 (not shown), the device 1 determines one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment according to the current location information and the mobility related information; S22 ( Not shown) device 1 preferably selects a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the movement from the one or more candidate wireless access points.
  • the device 1 determines one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment according to the current location information and the mobility related information, and specifically, those skilled in the art can understand that There may be overlapping coverage between the wireless access points. If the user equipment moves to the intersection, there will be multiple candidate wireless access points.
  • the device 1 will according to the current location information and the The mobile related information determines one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment as the wireless access point to be accessed, and further, in the step S22, the device 1 is from the one or more candidate wireless
  • the access point is a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the user equipment may optimize according to a preset rule. One of the optimal wireless access points acts as a wireless access point to be accessed.
  • the step S21 comprises: S211 (not shown) determining a future active area of the user equipment according to the current location information and the mobility related information; S212 (not shown) according to the future The active area determines one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment, wherein the future active area overlaps with a signal coverage area of each candidate wireless access point.
  • the device 1 determines the future active area of the user equipment according to the current location information and the mobility related information.
  • the future active area includes an active area where the user equipment is located at the next moment in the mobile process; for example, the future active area may be determined by the current location of the user equipment, the moving rate, and the moving direction.
  • the future active area includes a connectable area of the user equipment at the next moment in the mobile process, that is, a range of wireless access points that the user equipment can connect at the next moment; for example, the device 1 is configured by the user equipment
  • the current position and the moving speed and the moving direction are used to determine the location information of the next time, and then the range of the wireless access point that the user equipment can connect at the next moment is determined according to the location information and the wireless signal propagation model.
  • the movement related information comprises a moving rate of the user equipment or a direction of movement
  • the direction of movement may be determined by a position of a position at a previous moment and a position of a current moment, the distance between the position of the current moment and the position of the previous moment and between the two positions
  • the time interval is determined.
  • the device 1 may determine a future active area of the user equipment according to the current location information of the user equipment and the moving rate or moving direction of the user equipment.
  • the future active area includes at least one of the following: an annular area determined based on the current location information and the moving rate; a sector determined based on the current location information, the moving rate, and the moving direction a strip region; a rectangular region determined based on the current position information and the moving direction.
  • the future active area of the user equipment determined by the device 1 according to the current location information and the mobility related information includes at least one of the following: (1) a ring determined based on the current location information and the moving rate.
  • the area specifically, when the current location information and the mobile rate information of the user equipment are determined, the device 1 may determine, according to the current location information and the mobility rate information, a future active area of the user equipment in a next time interval, where the activity
  • the area is an annular area centered on the current position, and the distance of the annular area is determined by the moving rate of the user equipment and the time interval of the user equipment for a certain period of time.
  • the device 1 can determine the future active area of the user equipment according to the current location information, the moving rate, and the moving direction of the user equipment, where the area is the center of the user equipment and the coverage in the moving direction.
  • the current location information and the moving direction of the user equipment determine a future active area of the user equipment, wherein the area is a rectangular area within the coverage of the moving direction starting from the current position.
  • the step S212 includes: S2121 (not shown) performing a matching query in the wireless access point information base according to the current location information to obtain one or more location matching wireless access points; S2122 (not Determining, based on the future active area, determining one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment from one or more location matching wireless access points, wherein the future active area and each candidate wireless The signal coverage areas of the access points overlap.
  • the device 1 is in the wireless access point information according to the current location information. Performing a matching query in the library to obtain one or more location matching wireless access points, wherein the wireless access point information base stores information about a large number of wireless access points, where the related information includes location information, therefore,
  • the device 1 may search, in the wireless access point information database, one or more location matching wireless access points close to the current location of the user equipment according to the current location information of the user equipment; in the step S2122, the device 1 according to the location Determining, by the future active area, one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment from one or more location matching wireless access points, specifically, the device 1 determines a future active area of the user equipment and one or more After the location matches the wireless access point, the device 1 determines one or more location matching wireless access points in the future active area as one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment, that is, the future active area. Overlapping the signal coverage area of each candidate wireless access point to ensure availability of candidate wireless access points.
  • the method further includes: determining, according to the signal coverage area of the wireless access point, the current location information and the mobility related information, that the user equipment accesses the wireless access point Into the time.
  • the device 1 may determine the access time of the user equipment according to the distance of the current location information of the user equipment from the signal coverage area of the wireless access point to be accessed, and the current location of the user equipment, for example, the current location of the user equipment.
  • the distance of the information from the boundary of the signal coverage area of the wireless access point to be accessed is 20 meters, and the moving rate of the user equipment is 5 meters/second, and the corresponding access time is 4 seconds.
  • the device 1 can set a specific moment when the user equipment accesses the wireless access point according to the access time, so that the user equipment accesses the wireless access point.
  • the method further includes: S4 detecting whether a trigger condition of the preliminary switching wireless access point is satisfied; wherein the step S2 comprises: when the trigger condition is met, according to the current location information and the moving The related information determines a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the device 1 detects whether the trigger condition of the preliminary switching wireless access point is met, wherein the trigger condition is used to trigger the device 1 to determine the wireless access point to be switched, and more preferably, wherein the
  • the triggering condition includes at least one of the following: a signal strength of a current wireless access point to which the user equipment is connected is equal to or smaller than a predetermined signal strength threshold; a bandwidth of a current wireless access point connected by the user equipment is smaller than the user equipment a bandwidth threshold of the current active demand; the number of accesses of the current wireless access point connected by the user equipment is greater than a predetermined number of people; the security level of the current wireless access point connected to the user equipment is less than the current active requirement of the user equipment Security level.
  • the triggering condition for preparing to switch the wireless access point includes any one of the following: (1) The signal strength of the current wireless access point connected to the user equipment is equal to or less than a predetermined signal strength threshold. Specifically, when the signal strength of the wireless access point is less than a certain value, the user equipment may disconnect from the current wireless access point. Wireless connection between the two, so when the signal strength of the wireless access point is equal to or less than the predetermined intensity threshold, the current wireless access point is switched to enable the user equipment to continue to maintain the wireless connection; (2) the current wireless connection of the user equipment The bandwidth of the access point is smaller than the bandwidth threshold of the current active requirement of the user equipment.
  • the bandwidth of the current active requirement of the user equipment may change, for example, the bandwidth required when the user switches from the current web browsing to the video viewing. If the bandwidth of the current wireless access point is less than the bandwidth threshold of the current active requirement of the user equipment, the current wireless access point is switched to enable the user equipment to continue to maintain the wireless connection; (3) the user equipment is connected.
  • the number of access points of the current wireless access point is greater than a predetermined number of people thresholds, as will be understood by those skilled in the art.
  • the number of access points of the line access point is limited. When the number of access points is too large, the user equipment may disconnect the wireless connection with the current wireless access point. Therefore, the current number of access points of the wireless access point is greater than the predetermined number.
  • the current wireless access point is switched to prevent the user equipment from disconnecting the wireless connection; (4) the security level of the current wireless access point connected by the user equipment is less than the security level of the current active requirement of the user equipment, Specifically, when the user equipment performs different activities, the security level of the required wireless access point is different. For example, when performing general online activities, the security level of the wireless access point is not high, but When performing online payment and other activities, the security level of the wireless access point is required to be high. Therefore, when the current wireless access point of the user equipment cannot meet the security level requirement of the user equipment, the current wireless access point is switched.
  • the device 1 can detect whether the trigger condition of the preliminary switching wireless access point is met by comparing with a preset trigger condition, wherein, in the step S2, when the trigger condition is met, the device 1 according to the The current location information and the mobility related information determine a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, for example, the triggering condition is a predetermined time threshold, wherein the user equipment moves out the signal coverage of the current hotspot. The required time is lower than the predetermined time threshold. When the moving time of the user equipment reaches the time threshold, the device 1 determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, that the user equipment is to be accessed during the mobile process. Wireless access point.
  • step S1' in FIG. 2 is the same as or substantially the same as step S1 in the embodiment of FIG. 1, and therefore is not described herein again, and is only included by reference. herein.
  • the step S22' includes: the device 1 according to the candidate wireless Access point related information of the access point from the one or more candidate wireless access points, preferably the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the access point related information is all information related to the access point stored in the database.
  • the device 1 may use the one or more candidates according to preset preference conditions and related information of the access point.
  • the wireless access point is a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, where the access point related information includes at least one of the following: the candidate wireless access point Name information; security level information of the candidate wireless access point; available bandwidth information of the candidate wireless access point; current connected user number information of the candidate wireless access point.
  • the device 1 can optimize the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process according to the information about the access point.
  • the user equipment is preferably A wireless access point to be accessed during the mobile process may be understood by those skilled in the art that different wireless access points may have the same or similar name information. Therefore, the user equipment may be based on the name information during the mobile process.
  • the wireless access point to be accessed is provided, so that the user can have a better experience
  • the step S22' includes: preferably, the user equipment is moving from the one or more candidate wireless access points a wireless access point to be accessed in the process, wherein the name information of the wireless access point matches the current wireless hotspot to which the user equipment is connected.
  • the matching information includes that the wireless access point name information is the same or similar.
  • the device 1 may search for the same name information from one or more candidate wireless access points according to the current name information of the wireless access point. Or a similar wireless access point as the wireless access point to be accessed.
  • the wireless access point with a higher security level may be selected from the candidate wireless access points according to the security level of the wireless hotspot. Access to the wireless access point. For example, when the user equipment is using an application with high security requirements such as online banking or Alipay, the security level of the wireless access point is required to be high.
  • the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process is preferably selected.
  • the user equipment may select a wireless access point with a higher bandwidth from the candidate wireless access point as the wireless access point to be accessed according to the bandwidth information of the wireless access point. For example, when a user device is using a video-based application, it requires a higher bandwidth than just performing web browsing.
  • a wireless access point can be understood by those skilled in the art. When the number of connected users is large, the use of the wireless access point may be better, which is advantageous for establishing a wireless connection. Therefore, when the user equipment needs a wireless access point that is easy to establish a connection, the number of currently connected users may be preferred.
  • the wireless access point acts as a wireless access point to be accessed.
  • the step S2' includes: determining, according to the current location information and the mobile related information, and the current application communication requirement information of the user equipment, that the user equipment is to be accessed during the mobile process Wireless access point.
  • the user equipment may also be combined with the current application communication. Determining the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, for example, when the user equipment performs the online payment activity, the wireless access point with higher security may be selected as the wireless access to be accessed. In addition, for example, when the user equipment requires a higher bandwidth, a wireless access point with a larger bandwidth may be selected as the wireless access point to be accessed, and the like.
  • the step S2' includes: S23' (not shown) the device 1 determines whether the user equipment is in a moving state according to the movement related information; S24' (not shown) if the user equipment In the mobile state, the device 1 determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the device 1 may determine, according to the moving rate of the user equipment, whether the user equipment is in a moving state, for example, when the moving rate of the user equipment is greater than zero, the user equipment is in a moving state. .
  • the device 1 determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process. Specifically, the device 1 determines the location information of the next moment according to the current location information of the user equipment, the moving rate, the moving direction, and the like, and determines, according to the location information, the wireless access point connectable at the location as the to-be-accessed Wireless access point.
  • the step S2 ′ further includes: determining, according to the current location information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, if the user equipment is not in a mobile state.
  • the device 1 may determine, according to the moving rate of the user equipment, whether the user equipment is in a mobile state, for example, when the moving rate of the user equipment is zero, determining that the user equipment is in the In the mobile state, the device 1 determines the wireless access point to be accessed according to the current location information. Specifically, the device 1 searches for the wireless access point that matches the location information according to the current location information of the user equipment as the wireless to be accessed. Access Point.
  • the determining, according to the current location information, the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process comprises: according to the current location information and current application communication requirement information of the user equipment Determining, by the user equipment, a wireless access point to be accessed during the mobile process.
  • the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment may be determined according to the current location information of the user equipment and the current application communication requirement information of the user equipment. For example, when the user equipment performs the online payment activity, the wireless access point with higher security can be selected as the wireless access point to be accessed; for example, when the user equipment needs higher bandwidth, the bandwidth can be selected to be larger.
  • the wireless access point acts as a wireless access point to be accessed and the like.
  • the present application obtains the current location information and the mobility related information of the user equipment during the mobile process, and then determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, that the user equipment is to be connected during the mobile process.
  • the incoming wireless access point can determine the wireless access point to be accessed according to the specific mobile situation of the user equipment, so that the wireless access point to be accessed can be determined more accurately, and the determined wireless access is determined. Point availability is higher.
  • the application may further select, from the one or more candidate wireless access points, the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile according to the access point related information of the candidate wireless access point.
  • the access point related information includes, but is not limited to, name information of the candidate wireless access point, security level information of the candidate wireless access point, available bandwidth information of the candidate wireless access point, The current connected user number information of the candidate wireless access point, and the like. In this way, a more suitable wireless access point to be accessed can be optimized for the user equipment, so that the user experience can be better improved.
  • the application may further determine, according to the signal coverage area of the wireless access point, the current location information and the mobility related information, an access time of the user equipment to access the wireless access point, where According to the specific location information and the mobile situation of the user equipment, the access time of the user equipment to access the wireless access point can be determined more accurately.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an apparatus for determining a wireless access point to be accessed by a user equipment, where the apparatus includes:
  • a first device acquiring current location information and movement related information of the user equipment during the moving process
  • the second device determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the first device of the device 1 acquires current location information and mobility related information of the user equipment during the mobile process, where the device 1 includes but is not limited to a computer, a network host, a single network server, and multiple A cloud server set or a cloud composed of multiple servers; here, the cloud is composed of a large number of computers or network servers based on cloud computing, wherein cloud computing is a kind of distributed computing, a group consisting of a group of loosely coupled computers. Virtual supercomputer.
  • the device 1 stores a large amount of information related to the wireless access point, where the mobile related information refers to related information of the user equipment during the movement, including but not limited to the moving direction of the user equipment. , moving distance, moving rate, etc.
  • the location information of the user equipment is constantly changing during the mobile device, and the current location information of the user equipment may be obtained by using the positioning device of the user equipment.
  • the device 1 may be configured by the user equipment. The current location information of the user equipment during the mobile process is obtained, and the mobile related information of the user equipment is obtained according to the current location information and the historical location information of the user equipment stored by the device 1.
  • the first device is configured to: acquire current location information of the user equipment during the moving process; and determine, according to the current location information and the historical mobility information of the user equipment, that the user equipment is in the process of moving Move related information.
  • the first device of the device 1 acquires current location information of the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the device 1 may obtain the user equipment by moving the location information that is obtained by the user equipment by using the location device of the device.
  • the current location information in the process can also obtain the current location information of the user equipment by means of active acquisition.
  • the second device of the device 1 determines, according to the current location information and the historical mobility information of the user equipment, the mobility related information of the user equipment during the mobile process, where the historical mobility information includes but not Limited to the historical location information, the moving direction, the moving rate, the moving time, and the like of the user equipment, where the mobile related information includes, but is not limited to, the moving direction, the moving speed, the moving time, and the like of the user equipment.
  • the device 1 may be based on the user.
  • the current location information and the historical location information of the device, the moving direction, the moving rate, the moving time, and the like are used to determine the mobile-related information of the user equipment.
  • the moving direction of the user equipment may be determined according to the historical location information of the user equipment and the current location information. And according to The distance between the historical location information and the current location information and the time of movement to determine the rate of movement of the user equipment, and the like.
  • the second device of the device 1 determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, because the wireless access point The coverage of the user equipment is limited. It is only possible to connect to the wireless access point within the coverage of the wireless access point during the mobile device. Therefore, according to the current location information of the user equipment and the mobile related The information determines the wireless access point to be accessed while the user equipment is in motion. For example, the location information of the user equipment at the next moment may be predicted according to the current location information of the user equipment and the mobility related information, and the wireless access point to be accessed is determined according to the location information.
  • the second device includes: a first unit (not shown), configured to determine, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, one or more candidate wireless accesses corresponding to the user equipment a second unit (not shown) for preferably selecting, from the one or more candidate wireless access points, the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • a first unit configured to determine, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, one or more candidate wireless accesses corresponding to the user equipment
  • a second unit for preferably selecting, from the one or more candidate wireless access points, the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the first unit of the device 1 determines the user equipment according to the current location information and the mobility related information.
  • the second unit of the device 1 preferably selects the user equipment from the one or more candidate wireless access points
  • the wireless access point to be accessed during the mobile process, specifically, after the user equipment determines the corresponding one or more candidate wireless access points, one of the optimal wireless access points may be optimized according to a preset rule. As a wireless access point to be accessed.
  • the first unit comprises: a first subunit (not shown), determining a future active area of the user equipment according to the current location information and the mobility related information; and a second subunit ( Not determining) determining one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment according to the future active area, wherein the future active area overlaps with a signal coverage area of each candidate wireless access point.
  • the first subunit of the device 1 determines a future active area of the user equipment according to the current location information and the mobility related information, where the future active area includes the user equipment during the moving process.
  • the active area at a moment; for example, the future active area may be determined by the current location of the user equipment and the moving rate and direction of movement.
  • the future active area includes a connectable area of the user equipment at the next moment in the mobile process, that is, a range of the wireless access point that the user equipment can connect at the next moment.
  • the device 1 determines the location information of the user equipment at the next moment by the current location and the moving rate and the moving direction of the user equipment, and determines, according to the location information and the wireless signal propagation model, the user equipment can be connected at the next moment.
  • the range of wireless access points is a connectable area of the user equipment at the next moment in the mobile process, that is, a range of the wireless access point that the user equipment can connect at the next moment.
  • the movement related information includes a moving rate or a moving direction of the user equipment, wherein the moving direction is determined by a position of a position of a previous moment and a position of a current moment, the moving speed is determined by a current moment The distance between the position and the position at the previous moment and the time interval between the two positions are determined.
  • the device 1 may determine a future active area of the user equipment according to the current location information of the user equipment and the moving rate or moving direction of the user equipment.
  • the future active area includes at least one of the following: an annular area determined based on the current location information and the moving rate; a sector determined based on the current location information, the moving rate, and the moving direction a strip region; a rectangular region determined based on the current position information and the moving direction.
  • the future active area of the user equipment determined by the device 1 according to the current location information and the mobility related information includes at least one of the following: (1) a ring determined based on the current location information and the moving rate.
  • the area specifically, when the current location information and the mobile rate information of the user equipment are determined, the device 1 may determine, according to the current location information and the mobility rate information, a future active area of the user equipment in a next time interval, where the activity
  • the area is an annular area centered on the current position, and the distance of the annular area is determined by the moving rate of the user equipment and the time interval of the user equipment for a certain period of time.
  • the device 1 can determine the future active area of the user equipment according to the current location information, the moving rate, and the moving direction of the user equipment, where the area is the center of the user equipment and the coverage in the moving direction.
  • the current location information and the moving direction of the user equipment determine a future active area of the user equipment, wherein the area is a rectangular area within the coverage of the moving direction starting from the current position.
  • the second subunit is configured to: perform a matching query in the wireless access point information base according to the current location information to obtain one or more location matching wireless access points; Determining, by the future active area, one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment from one or more location matching wireless access points, wherein the future active area and each candidate wireless access point signal The coverage areas overlap.
  • the second subunit of the device 1 performs a matching query in the wireless access point information base according to the current location information to obtain one or more location matching wireless access points, where the wireless access point information base stores A related information of a plurality of wireless access points, where the related information includes location information. Therefore, the device 1 can search for the current location of the user equipment in the wireless access point information base according to the current location information of the user equipment.
  • the second subunit of the device 1 determines one or more corresponding to the user equipment from the one or more location matching wireless access points according to the future active area a candidate wireless access point, in particular, device 1 determines a future active area of the user equipment and one or more location matching wireless access points, and device 1 will match the wireless access point at one or more locations within the future active area Determining one or more candidate wireless access points corresponding to the user equipment, that is, the signal of the future active area and each candidate wireless access point Overlap region, to ensure the availability of a wireless access point candidate.
  • the device further includes: a third device (not shown), determining, according to the signal coverage area of the wireless access point, the current location information and the mobility related information, that the user equipment is connected Access time to the wireless access point.
  • the device 1 may determine the access time of the user equipment according to the distance of the current location information of the user equipment from the signal coverage area of the wireless access point to be accessed, and the current location of the user equipment, for example, the current location of the user equipment.
  • the distance of the information from the boundary of the signal coverage area of the wireless access point to be accessed is 20 meters, and the moving rate of the user equipment is 5 meters/second, and the corresponding access time is 4 seconds.
  • the device 1 can set a specific moment when the user equipment accesses the wireless access point according to the access time, so that the user equipment accesses the wireless access point.
  • the device further includes: a fourth device (not shown), detecting whether a trigger condition of the preliminary switching wireless access point is met; wherein the second device is configured to: when the trigger condition is met, Determining, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • a fourth device not shown
  • the second device is configured to: when the trigger condition is met, Determining, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the fourth device of the device 1 detects whether the triggering condition of the preliminary switching wireless access point is met, wherein the triggering condition is used to trigger the device 1 to determine the wireless access point to be switched, and more preferably,
  • the triggering condition includes at least one of the following
  • the signal strength of the current wireless access point to which the user equipment is connected is equal to or smaller than a predetermined signal strength threshold; the bandwidth of the current wireless access point connected by the user equipment is smaller than the bandwidth threshold of the current active demand of the user equipment;
  • the number of accesses of the current wireless access point connected to the user equipment is greater than a predetermined number of people; the security level of the current wireless access point connected to the user equipment is less than the security level of the current active requirement of the user equipment.
  • the triggering condition for preparing to switch the wireless access point includes any one of the following: (1) the signal strength of the current wireless access point connected by the user equipment is equal to or smaller than a predetermined signal strength threshold, specifically, when the wireless connection When the signal strength of the ingress point is less than a certain value, the user equipment may disconnect the wireless connection with the current wireless access point, so when the signal strength of the wireless access point is equal to or less than a predetermined intensity threshold, the current wireless connection is switched.
  • the inbound point is such that the user equipment continues to maintain the wireless connection; (2) the bandwidth of the current wireless access point connected to the user equipment is smaller than the bandwidth threshold of the current active requirement of the user equipment, and specifically, the bandwidth of the current active demand of the user equipment may be Changes may occur.
  • the bandwidth of the current wireless access point becomes larger. Therefore, when the bandwidth of the current wireless access point is smaller than the bandwidth threshold of the current active demand of the user equipment, the current switching is performed.
  • a wireless access point to enable the user equipment to continue to maintain a wireless connection; (3) a current wireless access point to which the user equipment is connected The number of accesses is greater than a predetermined number of people, and those skilled in the art can understand that the number of access points of the wireless access point is limited. When the number of accessors is too large, the user equipment may be disconnected from the current wireless access point.
  • Wireless connection therefore, when the current access point of the wireless access point is greater than a predetermined number of people, the current wireless access point is switched to prevent the user equipment from disconnecting the wireless connection; (4) the current wireless connection of the user equipment connection
  • the security level of the ingress point is less than the security level of the current activity requirement of the user equipment.
  • the security level of the required wireless access point is different, for example, in the general Internet access.
  • the security level of the wireless access point is not high, and when the online payment and other activities are performed, the security level of the wireless access point is required to be high. Therefore, when the current wireless access point of the user equipment cannot satisfy the user. Switch the current wireless access point when the device requires security level.
  • the device 1 can detect whether the trigger condition of the preliminary switching wireless access point is met by comparing with a preset trigger condition, wherein when the trigger condition is met, the second device of the device 1 is according to the current location.
  • the information and the mobile related information determine a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, for example, the triggering condition is a predetermined time threshold, where The time required for the mobile device to move out of the signal coverage of the current hotspot is lower than the predetermined time threshold.
  • the device 1 determines the information according to the current location information and the mobility related information. A wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the second unit is configured to: according to the access point related information of the candidate wireless access point, from the one or more candidate wireless access points, preferably the user equipment is in a mobile process Access wireless access point.
  • the access point related information is all information related to the access point stored in the database.
  • the device 1 may use the one or more candidates according to preset preference conditions and related information of the access point.
  • the wireless access point is a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, where the access point related information includes at least one of the following: the candidate wireless access point Name information; security level information of the candidate wireless access point; available bandwidth information of the candidate wireless access point; current connected user number information of the candidate wireless access point.
  • the device 1 can optimize the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process according to the information about the access point.
  • the user equipment is preferably A wireless access point to be accessed during the mobile process may be understood by those skilled in the art that different wireless access points may have the same or similar name information. Therefore, the user equipment may be based on the name information during the mobile process.
  • the wireless access point to be accessed is provided, so that the user can have a better experience
  • the second unit is configured to: preferably, the user equipment is from the one or more candidate wireless access points a wireless access point to be accessed during the mobile process, wherein the name information of the wireless access point matches the current wireless hotspot to which the user equipment is connected.
  • the matching information includes that the wireless access point name information is the same or similar.
  • the device 1 may search for the same name information from one or more candidate wireless access points according to the current name information of the wireless access point. Or a similar wireless access point as the wireless access point to be accessed.
  • the wireless access point with a higher security level may be selected from the candidate wireless access points according to the security level of the wireless hotspot. Access to the wireless access point. For example, when the user equipment is using Internet Banking, Alipay, etc. When a higher application is sought, the security level of the wireless access point is required to be higher.
  • the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process is preferably selected.
  • the user equipment may select a wireless access point with a higher bandwidth from the candidate wireless access point as the wireless access point to be accessed according to the bandwidth information of the wireless access point. For example, when a user device is using a video-based application, it requires a higher bandwidth than just performing web browsing.
  • a wireless access point can be understood by those skilled in the art. When the number of connected users is large, the use of the wireless access point may be better, which is advantageous for establishing a wireless connection. Therefore, when the user equipment needs a wireless access point that is easy to establish a connection, the number of currently connected users may be preferred.
  • the wireless access point acts as a wireless access point to be accessed.
  • the second device includes: a third unit, configured to determine, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, and current application communication requirement information of the user equipment, that the user equipment is moving The wireless access point to be accessed during the process.
  • a third unit configured to determine, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, and current application communication requirement information of the user equipment, that the user equipment is moving The wireless access point to be accessed during the process.
  • the user equipment may also be combined with the current application communication. Determining the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, for example, when the user equipment performs the online payment activity, the wireless access point with higher security may be selected as the wireless access to be accessed. In addition, for example, when the user equipment requires a higher bandwidth, a wireless access point with a larger bandwidth may be selected as the wireless access point to be accessed, and the like.
  • the second device comprises: a fourth unit (not shown) for determining whether the user equipment is in a moving state according to the movement related information; a fifth unit (not shown), And if the user equipment is in a mobile state, determining, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the fourth unit of the device 1 may determine, according to the moving rate of the user equipment, whether the user equipment is in a moving state, for example, when the moving rate of the user equipment is greater than zero, the user equipment is in a moving state.
  • the fifth unit of the device 1 determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, a wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process.
  • the fifth unit is configured according to current location information and a moving rate of the user equipment, The moving direction or the like determines the location information of the next moment, and determines, according to the location information, the wireless access point connectable at the location as the wireless access point to be accessed.
  • the second device further includes: a sixth unit, configured to determine, according to the current location information, the wireless to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process, if the user equipment is not in a mobile state Access Point.
  • the sixth unit of the device 1 may determine, according to the moving rate of the user equipment, whether the user equipment is in a moving state, for example, when the moving rate of the user equipment is zero, determining that the user equipment is in an unmoved state, The sixth unit determines the wireless access point to be accessed according to the current location information.
  • the sixth unit searches for the wireless access point that matches the location information according to the current location information of the user equipment as the wireless access to be accessed. point.
  • the determining, according to the current location information, the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile process comprises: according to the current location information and current application communication requirement information of the user equipment Determining, by the user equipment, a wireless access point to be accessed during the mobile process.
  • the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment may be determined according to the current location information of the user equipment and the current application communication requirement information of the user equipment. For example, when the user equipment performs the online payment activity, the wireless access point with higher security can be selected as the wireless access point to be accessed; for example, when the user equipment needs higher bandwidth, the bandwidth can be selected to be larger.
  • the wireless access point acts as a wireless access point to be accessed and the like.
  • the present application obtains the current location information and the mobility related information of the user equipment during the mobile process, and then determines, according to the current location information and the mobility related information, that the user equipment is to be connected during the mobile process.
  • the incoming wireless access point can determine the wireless access point to be accessed according to the specific mobile situation of the user equipment, so that the wireless access point to be accessed can be determined more accurately, and the determined wireless access is determined. Point availability is higher.
  • the application may further select, from the one or more candidate wireless access points, the wireless access point to be accessed by the user equipment during the mobile according to the access point related information of the candidate wireless access point.
  • the access point related information includes, but is not limited to, name information of the candidate wireless access point, security level information of the candidate wireless access point, available bandwidth information of the candidate wireless access point, The current connected user number information of the candidate wireless access point, and the like. In this way, a more suitable wireless access point to be accessed can be optimized for the user equipment, so that the user experience can be better improved.
  • the application may further determine, according to the signal coverage area of the wireless access point, the current location information and the mobility related information, an access time of the user equipment to access the wireless access point, where According to the specific location information and the mobile situation of the user equipment, the access time of the user equipment to access the wireless access point can be determined more accurately.

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Abstract

本申请的目的是提供一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法与设备。与现有技术相比，本申请通过获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息，然后根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，这种方式能够根据用户设备的具体移动情况来确定待接入的无线接入点，从而可以更准确的确定待接入的无线接入点，且确定的无线接入点可用性更高。

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用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法与设备 技术领域
本申请涉及计算机领域，尤其涉及一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的技术。
背景技术
随着无线接入技术的快速发展，越来越多的用户在日常生活中通过无线接入点来保持网络连接，由于无线接入点的覆盖范围是有限的，随着用户设备的移动可能会中断当前的网络连接，为了使用户设备继续保持无线连接，往往需要从当前连接的无线接入点切换到下一个待接入的无线接入点，而现有技术无法准确地根据用户设备的移动信息确定下一个待接入的无线接入点。
发明内容
本申请的目的是提供一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法与设备。
根据本申请的一个方面，提供了一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法，其中，该方法包括：
获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息；
根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
根据本申请的另一方面，还提供了一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的设备，其中，该设备包括：
第一装置，用于获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息；
第二装置，用于根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
与现有技术相比，本申请通过获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信 息及移动相关信息，然后根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，这种方式能够根据用户设备的具体移动情况来确定待接入的无线接入点，从而可以更准确的确定待接入的无线接入点，且确定的无线接入点可用性更高。
而且，本申请还可以根据所述候选无线接入点的接入点相关信息从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，其中，所述接入点相关信息包括但不限于：所述候选无线接入点的名称信息、所述候选无线接入点的安全等级信息、所述候选无线接入点的可用带宽信息、所述候选无线接入点的当前连接用户数信息等。通过这种方式，可以为用户设备优选出更加适合的待接入的无线接入点，从而能够更好的提升用户体验。
此外，本申请还可以根据所述无线接入点的信号覆盖区域，以及所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，确定所述用户设备接入所述无线接入点的接入时间，这种方式根据用户设备的具体位置信息及移动情况能够更精确的确定用户设备接入无线接入点的接入时间。
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通过阅读参照以下附图所作的对非限制性实施例所作的详细描述，本发明的其它特征、目的和优点将会变得更明显：
图1示出根据本申请一个方面的一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法流程图；
图2示出根据本申请一个优选实施例的一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法流程图；
图3示出根据本申请另一个方面的一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的设备示意图；
图4示出根据本申请另一个优选实施例的一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的设备示意图。
附图中相同或相似的附图标记代表相同或相似的部件。
具体实施方式
下面结合附图对本发明作进一步详细描述。
在本申请一个典型的配置中，终端、服务网络的设备和可信方均包括一个或多个处理器(CPU)、输入/输出接口、网络接口和内存。
内存可能包括计算机可读介质中的非永久性存储器，随机存取存储器(RAM)和/或非易失性内存等形式，如只读存储器(ROM)或闪存(flash RAM)。内存是计算机可读介质的示例。
计算机可读介质包括永久性和非永久性、可移动和非可移动媒体可以由任何方法或技术来实现信息存储。信息可以是计算机可读指令、数据结构、程序的模块或其他数据。计算机的存储介质的例子包括，但不限于相变内存(PRAM)、静态随机存取存储器(SRAM)、动态随机存取存储器(DRAM)、其他类型的随机存取存储器(RAM)、只读存储器(ROM)、电可擦除可编程只读存储器(EEPROM)、快闪记忆体或其他内存技术、只读光盘只读存储器(CD-ROM)、数字多功能光盘(DVD)或其他光学存储、磁盒式磁带，磁带磁盘存储或其他磁性存储设备或任何其他非传输介质，可用于存储可以被计算设备访问的信息。按照本文中的界定，计算机可读介质不包括非暂存电脑可读媒体(transitory media)，如调制的数据信号和载波。
为更进一步阐述本申请所采取的技术手段及取得的效果，下面结合附图及较佳实施例，对本申请的技术方案，进行清楚和完整的描述。
图1示出本申请一个方面提供的一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法，其中，该方法包括：
S1获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息；
S2根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
在该实施例中，在所述步骤S1中，设备1获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息，其中，所述设备1包括但不限于计算机、网络主机、单个网络服务器、多个网络服务器集或多个服务器构成的云；在此，云由基于云计算(Cloud Computing)的大量计算机或网络服务 器构成，其中，云计算是分布式计算的一种，由一群松散耦合的计算机集组成的一个虚拟超级计算机。优选地，所述设备1中对应存储了海量的与无线接入点有关的信息，其中，所述移动相关信息是指用户设备在移动过程中的有关信息，包括但不限于用户设备的移动方向、移动距离、移动速率等等。具体地，用户设备在移动过程中，其位置信息是在不断的变化的，可以通过所述用户设备的定位装置来获取用户设备当前的位置信息，具体地，设备1可以通过用户设备的定位装置来获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息，并根据当前位置信息及设备1存储的用户设备的历史位置信息来获取用户设备的移动相关信息。
优选地，其中，所述步骤S1包括：S11(未示出)获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息；S12(未示出)根据所述当前位置信息及所述用户设备的历史移动信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中的移动相关信息。
在所述步骤S11中，设备1获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息，具体地，设备1可以通过接收用户设备通过该设备的定位装置所定位的位置信息来获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息，也可以通过主动获取的方式来获得用户设备的当前位置信息。在所述步骤S12中，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述用户设备的历史移动信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中的移动相关信息，其中，所述历史移动信息包括但不限于用户设备的历史位置信息、移动方向、移动速率、移动时间等等，所述移动相关信息包括但不限于用户设备的移动方向、移动速率、移动时间等等，具体地，设备1可以根据用户设备的当前位置信息及历史位置信息、移动方向、移动速率、移动时间等等来确定用户设备的移动相关信息，例如，可以根据用户设备的历史位置信息及当前位置信息确定用户设备的移动方向，并根据历史位置信息及当前位置信息之间的距离和移动时间来确定用户设备的移动速率等。
继续在该实施例中，在所述步骤S2中，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，由于无线接入点的覆盖范围是有限的，用户设备在移动过程中，只有在无线接入点的覆盖范围内才有可能连接上该无线接入点，因此，要根 据用户设备的当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定在用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。例如，可以根据用户设备的当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息预测用户设备下一时刻的位置信息，并根据该位置信息确定待接入的无线接入点。优选地，其中，所述步骤S2包括：S21(未示出)设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点；S22(未示出)设备1从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。在所述步骤S21中，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，具体地，本领域的技术人员可以理解，多个无线接入点之间可能会存在交叉的覆盖范围，若用户设备移动到该交叉范围时，就会存在多个候选无线接入点，因此，设备1会根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点，进一步地，在所述步骤S22中，设备1从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，用户设备确定了对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点后，可以根据预设的规则优选出其中一个最优的无线接入点作为待接入点无线接入点。更优选地，其中，所述步骤S21包括：S211(未示出)根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备的未来活动区域；S212(未示出)根据所述未来活动区域确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，其中，所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠。在所述步骤S211中，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备的未来活动区域。在此，所述未来活动区域包括用户设备在移动过程中下一时刻所处的活动区域；例如，该未来活动区域可由用户设备的当前位置及移动速率、移动方向来确定。优选地，所述未来活动区域包括用户设备在移动过程中下一时刻的可连接区域，即用户设备在该下一时刻所能连接的无线接入点的范围；例如，设备1由用户设备的当前位置及移动速率、移动方向来确定其在下一时刻的位置信息，再根据该位置信息及无线信号传播模型确定用户设备在该下一时刻所能连接的无线接入点的范围。优选地，其中，所述移动相关信息包括所述用户设备的移动速率或 移动方向，其中，所述移动方向可以由前一时刻的位置与当前时刻的位置的指向确定，所述移动速率由当前时刻的位置与前一时刻的位置之间的距离以及两位置之间的时间间隔确定。具体地，设备1可以根据用户设备的当前位置信息及用户设备的移动速率或移动方向来确定用户设备的未来活动区域。其中，所述未来活动区域包括以下至少任一项：基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动速率确定的环状区域；基于所述当前位置信息、所述移动速率及所述移动方向确定的扇形带状区域；基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动方向确定的矩形区域。具体地，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定的用户设备的未来活动区域包括以下至少任一项：(1)基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动速率确定的环状区域，具体地，当用户设备的当前位置信息和移动速率信息确定时，设备1可以根据该当前位置信息及移动速率信息确定用户设备在接下来的时间间隔内的未来活动区域，其中，该活动区域为以当前位置为圆心的环状区域，该环状区域的距离由用户设备的移动速率及用户设备接下来的某段时间的时间间隔确定。(2)基于所述当前位置信息、所述移动速率及所述移动方向确定的扇形带状区域，具体地，当用户设备的当前位置信息、移动速率已确定，该用户设备的移动方向在一定的角度范围内时，设备1可以根据该用户设备的当前位置信息、移动速率及移动方向确定用户设备的未来活动区域，其中，该区域是以用户设备当前位置为圆心、在移动方向的覆盖范围内的扇形区域。(3)基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动方向确定的矩形区域，具体地，当用户设备的当前位置信息及移动方向确定，且移动方向在一定的带状范围内时，设备1可以根据用户设备的当前位置信息及移动方向确定用户设备的未来活动区域，其中，该区域是以当前位置为起点、在移动方向的覆盖范围内的矩形区域。
优选地，其中，所述步骤S212包括：S2121(未示出)根据所述当前位置信息在无线接入点信息库中进行匹配查询以获得一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点；S2122(未示出)根据所述未来活动区域从一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点中确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，其中，所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠。
在所述步骤S2121中，设备1根据所述当前位置信息在无线接入点信息 库中进行匹配查询以获得一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点，其中，无线接入点信息库中存储了海量的无线接入点的相关信息，该相关信息中包含了位置信息，因此，设备1可以根据用户设备当前的位置信息在无线接入点信息库中查找与该用户设备的当前位置接近的一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点；在所述步骤S2122中，设备1根据所述未来活动区域从一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点中确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，具体地，设备1确定了用户设备的未来活动区域及一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点后，设备1将在未来活动区域内的一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点确定为用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，即所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠，以确保候选无线接入点的可用性。
优选地，其中，该方法还包括：根据所述无线接入点的信号覆盖区域，以及所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，确定所述用户设备接入所述无线接入点的接入时间。具体地，设备1可以根据用户设备当前的位置信息距离待接入无线接入点的信号覆盖区域的距离，以及该移动设备的移动速率确定该用户设备的接入时间，例如用户设备当前的位置信息距离待接入无线接入点的信号覆盖区域边界的距离为20米，用户设备的移动速率为5米/秒，则对应的接入时间为4秒。在此，设备1可以根据所述接入时间来设定用户设备接入无线接入点的具体时刻，以便于该用户设备接入所述无线接入点。
优选地，其中，所述方法还包括：S4检测是否满足预备切换无线接入点的触发条件；其中，所述步骤S2包括：当满足所述触发条件，根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。在所述步骤S4中，设备1检测是否满足预备切换无线接入点的触发条件，其中，所述触发条件用于触发设备1确定待切换的无线接入点，更优选地，其中，所述触发条件包括以下至少任一项：所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的信号强度等于或小于预定的信号强度阈值；所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的带宽小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的带宽阈值；所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的接入人数大于预定的人数阈值；所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的安全等级小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的安全等级。具体地，预备切换无线接入点的触发条件包括以下任一项：(1)所 述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的信号强度等于或小于预定的信号强度阈值，具体地，当无线接入点的信号强度小于一定值时，用户设备可能会断开与当前无线接入点之间的无线连接，因此当无线接入点的信号强度等于或小于预定的强度阈值时，切换当前无线接入点以使用户设备继续保持无线连接；(2)所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的带宽小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的带宽阈值，具体地，用户设备当前活动需求的带宽可能会发生变化，例如，用户从当前的网页浏览转换到视频观看时，所需要的带宽会变大，因此，当前无线接入点的带宽小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的带宽阈值时，切换当前无线接入点以使用户设备继续保持无线连接；(3)所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的接入人数大于预定的人数阈值，本领域的技术人员可以理解，无线接入点的接入人数是有限制的，当接入人数过多时，可能会使用户设备断开与当前无线接入点的无线连接，因此，当前无线接入点的接入人数大于预定的人数阈值时，切换当前的无线接入点以防止用户设备断开无线连接；(4)所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的安全等级小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的安全等级，具体地，用户设备在进行不同的活动时，需要的无线接入点的安全等级是不一样的，例如，在进行一般的上网活动时，对无线接入点安全等级的要求不高，而在进行网上支付等活动时，对无线接入点的安全等级要求较高，因此，当用户设备当前的无线接入点无法满足用户设备对安全等级的需求时，切换当前的无线接入点。
进一步地，设备1可以通过与预设的触发条件进行比对以检测是否满足预备切换无线接入点的触发条件，其中，在所述步骤S2中，当满足所述触发条件，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，例如，触发条件为预定的时间阈值，其中，用户设备移动出当前热点的信号覆盖范围所需时间低于该预定的时间阈值，当用户设备的移动时间达到该时间阈值时，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
在一个优选的实施例中，参图2所示，其中，图2中的步骤S1'与图1实施例中的步骤S1相同或基本相同，故在此不再赘述，仅以引用的方式包含于此。优选地，其中，所述步骤S22'包括：设备1根据所述候选无线 接入点的接入点相关信息从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。其中，所述接入点相关信息是数据库中保存的与接入点有关的一切信息，具体地，设备1可以根据预设的优选条件及该接入点相关信息从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，优选地，其中，所述接入点相关信息包括以下至少任一项：所述候选无线接入点的名称信息；所述候选无线接入点的安全等级信息；所述候选无线接入点的可用带宽信息；所述候选无线接入点的当前连接用户数信息。设备1可以根据该等接入点相关信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，(1)根据所述候选无线接入点的名称信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，本领域的技术人员可以理解，对于不同的无线接入点可能会有相同或相近的名称信息，因此，用户设备在移动过程中，可以根据名称信息优选出待接入的无线接入点，以使用户可以有更好的体验，其中，所述步骤S22'包括：从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，其中，所述无线接入点的名称信息与所述用户设备所连接的当前无线热点相匹配。其中，所述匹配包括无线接入点名称信息相同或相近，具体地，设备1可以根据当前该无线接入点的名称信息从一个或多个候选无线接入点中比对查找出名称信息相同或相近的无线接入点，作为待接入的无线接入点。(2)根据所述候选无线接入点的安全等级信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，由于无线接入点的安全等级是不同的，有加密的、有公开的等等，当用户设备对于无线接入点的安全性要求较高时，可以根据无线热点的安全等级从候选无线接入点中优选出安全等级较高的无线接入点作为待接入无线接入点。例如，当用户设备在使用网银、支付宝等安全性需求较高的应用时，需要无线接入点的安全等级较高。(3)根据所述候选无线接入点的可用带宽信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，由于无线接入点的带宽信息可能是不一样的，当用户设备对无线接入点的带宽要求较高时，可以根据无线接入点的带宽信息从候选无线接入点中优选出带宽较高的无线接入点作为待接入无线接入点。例如，当用户设备在使用视频类应用时，比只进行网页浏览需要较高的带宽。 (4)根据所述候选无线接入点的当前连接用户数信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，本领域的技术人员可以理解，当无线接入点的连接用户数较多时，该无线接入点的使用情况可能会比较好，利于建立无线连接，因此，当用户设备需要易于建立连接的无线接入点时，可以优选出当前连接用户数较多的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点。
优选地，其中，所述步骤S2'包括：根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，以及所述用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。本领域的技术人员可以理解，不同的应用通信需求对于无线接入点类型的需求也不同，具体地，除了根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息外，还可以结合用户设备当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，例如，当用户设备在进行网上支付活动时，可以选择安全性较高的无线接入点作为待接入无线接入点；又例如，当用户设备需要较高的带宽时，可以选择带宽较大的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点等等。
更优选地，其中，所述步骤S2'包括：S23'(未示出)设备1根据所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备是否处于移动状态；S24'(未示出)若所述用户设备处于移动状态，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。具体地，在所述步骤S23'中，设备1可以根据所述用户设备的移动速率确定用户设备是否处于移动状态，例如，当用户设备的移动速率大于零时，则所述用户设备处于移动状态。在所述步骤S24'中，若所述用户设备处于移动状态，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。具体地，设备1根据所述用户设备的当前位置信息及移动速率、移动方向等确定下一时刻的位置信息，并根据该位置信息确定在该位置可连接的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点。
更优选地，其中，所述步骤S2'还包括：若所述用户设备未处于移动状态，根据所述当前位置信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。具体地，设备1可以根据所述用户设备的移动速率判断该用户设备是否处于移动状态，例如，当该用户设备的移动速率为零时，判断该用户设备处于未 移动状态，则设备1根据当前位置信息确定待接入的无线接入点，具体地，设备1根据用户设备当前的位置信息查找与该位置信息相匹配的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点。更优选地，其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：根据所述当前位置信息以及所述用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。本领域的技术人员应能理解，若用户设备未处于移动状态，可以根据用户设备当前的位置信息以及用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点。例如，当用户设备在进行网上支付活动时，可以选择安全性较高的无线接入点作为待接入无线接入点；又例如，当用户设备需要较高的带宽时，可以选择带宽较大的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点等等。
与现有技术相比，本申请通过获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息，然后根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，这种方式能够根据用户设备的具体移动情况来确定待接入的无线接入点，从而可以更准确的确定待接入的无线接入点，且确定的无线接入点可用性更高。
而且，本申请还可以根据所述候选无线接入点的接入点相关信息从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，其中，所述接入点相关信息包括但不限于：所述候选无线接入点的名称信息、所述候选无线接入点的安全等级信息、所述候选无线接入点的可用带宽信息、所述候选无线接入点的当前连接用户数信息等。通过这种方式，可以为用户设备优选出更加适合的待接入的无线接入点，从而能够更好的提升用户体验。
此外，本申请还可以根据所述无线接入点的信号覆盖区域，以及所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，确定所述用户设备接入所述无线接入点的接入时间，这种方式根据用户设备的具体位置信息及移动情况能够更精确的确定用户设备接入无线接入点的接入时间。
图3示出本申请一个方面提供的一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的设备，其中，该设备包括：
第一装置，获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息；
第二装置，根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
在该实施例中，所述设备1的第一装置获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息，其中，所述设备1包括但不限于计算机、网络主机、单个网络服务器、多个网络服务器集或多个服务器构成的云；在此，云由基于云计算的大量计算机或网络服务器构成，其中，云计算是分布式计算的一种，由一群松散耦合的计算机集组成的一个虚拟超级计算机。优选地，所述设备1中对应存储了海量的与无线接入点有关的信息，其中，所述移动相关信息是指用户设备在移动过程中的有关信息，包括但不限于用户设备的移动方向、移动距离、移动速率等等。具体地，用户设备在移动过程中，其位置信息是在不断的变化的，可以通过所述用户设备的定位装置来获取用户设备当前的位置信息，具体地，设备1可以通过用户设备的定位装置来获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息，并根据当前位置信息及设备1存储的用户设备的历史位置信息来获取用户设备的移动相关信息。
优选地，其中，所述第一装置用于：获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息；根据所述当前位置信息及所述用户设备的历史移动信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中的移动相关信息。
具体地，所述设备1的第一装置获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息，具体地，设备1可以通过接收用户设备通过该设备的定位装置所定位的位置信息来获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息，也可以通过主动获取的方式来获得用户设备的当前位置信息。进一步地，所述设备1的第二装置根据所述当前位置信息及所述用户设备的历史移动信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中的移动相关信息，其中，所述历史移动信息包括但不限于用户设备的历史位置信息、移动方向、移动速率、移动时间等等，所述移动相关信息包括但不限于用户设备的移动方向、移动速率、移动时间等等，具体地，设备1可以根据用户设备的当前位置信息及历史位置信息、移动方向、移动速率、移动时间等等来确定用户设备的移动相关信息，例如，可以根据用户设备的历史位置信息及当前位置信息确定用户设备的移动方向，并根据 历史位置信息及当前位置信息之间的距离和移动时间来确定用户设备的移动速率等。
继续在该实施例中，所述设备1的第二装置根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，由于无线接入点的覆盖范围是有限的，用户设备在移动过程中，只有在无线接入点的覆盖范围内才有可能连接上该无线接入点，因此，要根据用户设备的当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定在用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。例如，可以根据用户设备的当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息预测用户设备下一时刻的位置信息，并根据该位置信息确定待接入的无线接入点。优选地，其中，所述第二装置包括：第一单元(未示出)，用于根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点；第二单元(未示出)，用于从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。本领域的技术人员可以理解，多个无线接入点之间可能会存在交叉的覆盖范围，因此，设备1的第一单元会根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点，进一步地，所述设备1的第二单元从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，用户设备确定了对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点后，可以根据预设的规则优选出其中一个最优的无线接入点作为待接入点无线接入点。更优选地，其中，所述第一单元包括：第一子单元(未示出)，根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备的未来活动区域；第二子单元(未示出)根据所述未来活动区域确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，其中，所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠。具体地，所述设备1的第一子单元根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备的未来活动区域，在此，所述未来活动区域包括用户设备在移动过程中下一时刻所处的活动区域；例如，该未来活动区域可由用户设备的当前位置及移动速率、移动方向来确定。优选地，所述未来活动区域包括用户设备在移动过程中下一时刻的可连接区域，即用户设备在该下一时刻所能连接的无线接入点的范 围；例如，设备1由用户设备的当前位置及移动速率、移动方向来确定其在下一时刻的位置信息，再根据该位置信息及无线信号传播模型确定用户设备在该下一时刻所能连接的无线接入点的范围。优选地，其中，所述移动相关信息包括所述用户设备的移动速率或移动方向，其中，所述移动方向由前一时刻的位置与当前时刻的位置的指向确定，所述移动速率由当前时刻的位置与前一时刻的位置之间的距离以及两位置之间的时间间隔确定。具体地，设备1可以根据用户设备的当前位置信息及用户设备的移动速率或移动方向来确定用户设备的未来活动区域。其中，所述未来活动区域包括以下至少任一项：基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动速率确定的环状区域；基于所述当前位置信息、所述移动速率及所述移动方向确定的扇形带状区域；基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动方向确定的矩形区域。具体地，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定的用户设备的未来活动区域包括以下至少任一项：(1)基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动速率确定的环状区域，具体地，当用户设备的当前位置信息和移动速率信息确定时，设备1可以根据该当前位置信息及移动速率信息确定用户设备在接下来的时间间隔内的未来活动区域，其中，该活动区域为以当前位置为圆心的环状区域，该环状区域的距离由用户设备的移动速率及用户设备接下来的某段时间的时间间隔确定。(2)基于所述当前位置信息、所述移动速率及所述移动方向确定的扇形带状区域，具体地，当用户设备的当前位置信息、移动速率已确定，该用户设备的移动方向在一定的角度范围内时，设备1可以根据该用户设备的当前位置信息、移动速率及移动方向确定用户设备的未来活动区域，其中，该区域是以用户设备当前位置为圆心、在移动方向的覆盖范围内的扇形区域。(3)基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动方向确定的矩形区域，具体地，当用户设备的当前位置信息及移动方向确定，且移动方向在一定的带状范围内时，设备1可以根据用户设备的当前位置信息及移动方向确定用户设备的未来活动区域，其中，该区域是以当前位置为起点、在移动方向的覆盖范围内的矩形区域。
优选地，其中，所述第二子单元用于：根据所述当前位置信息在无线接入点信息库中进行匹配查询以获得一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点；根据所 述未来活动区域从一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点中确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，其中，所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠。
具体地，设备1的第二子单元根据所述当前位置信息在无线接入点信息库中进行匹配查询以获得一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点，其中，无线接入点信息库中存储了海量的无线接入点的相关信息，该相关信息中包含了位置信息，因此，设备1可以根据用户设备当前的位置信息在无线接入点信息库中查找与该用户设备的当前位置接近的一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点；进一步地，设备1的第二子单元根据所述未来活动区域从一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点中确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，具体地，设备1确定了用户设备的未来活动区域及一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点，设备1将在未来活动区域内的一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点确定为用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，即所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠，以确保候选无线接入点的可用性。
优选地，其中，该设备还包括：第三装置(未示出)，根据所述无线接入点的信号覆盖区域，以及所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，确定所述用户设备接入所述无线接入点的接入时间。具体地，设备1可以根据用户设备当前的位置信息距离待接入无线接入点的信号覆盖区域的距离，以及该移动设备的移动速率确定该用户设备的接入时间，例如用户设备当前的位置信息距离待接入无线接入点的信号覆盖区域边界的距离为20米，用户设备的移动速率为5米/秒，则对应的接入时间为4秒。在此，设备1可以根据所述接入时间来设定用户设备接入无线接入点的具体时刻，以便于该用户设备接入所述无线接入点。
优选地，其中，所述设备还包括：第四装置(未示出)，检测是否满足预备切换无线接入点的触发条件；其中，所述第二装置用于：当满足所述触发条件，根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。具体地，所述设备1的第四装置检测是否满足预备切换无线接入点的触发条件，其中，所述触发条件用于触发设备1确定待切换的无线接入点，更优选地，其中，所述触发条件包括以下至少任一 项：所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的信号强度等于或小于预定的信号强度阈值；所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的带宽小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的带宽阈值；所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的接入人数大于预定的人数阈值；所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的安全等级小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的安全等级。具体地，预备切换无线接入点的触发条件包括以下任一项：(1)所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的信号强度等于或小于预定的信号强度阈值，具体地，当无线接入点的信号强度小于一定值时，用户设备可能会断开与当前无线接入点之间的无线连接，因此当无线接入点的信号强度等于或小于预定的强度阈值时，切换当前无线接入点以使用户设备继续保持无线连接；(2)所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的带宽小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的带宽阈值，具体地，用户设备当前活动需求的带宽可能会发生变化，例如，用户从当前的网页浏览转换到视频观看时，所需要的带宽会变大，因此，当前无线接入点的带宽小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的带宽阈值时，切换当前无线接入点以使用户设备继续保持无线连接；(3)所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的接入人数大于预定的人数阈值，本领域的技术人员可以理解，无线接入点的接入人数是有限制的，当接入人数过多时，可能会使用户设备断开与当前无线接入点的无线连接，因此，当前无线接入点的接入人数大于预定的人数阈值时，切换当前的无线接入点以防止用户设备断开无线连接；(4)所述用户设备连接的当前无线接入点的安全等级小于所述用户设备当前活动需求的安全等级，具体地，用户设备在进行不同的活动时，需要的无线接入点的安全等级是不一样的，例如，在进行一般的上网活动时，对无线接入点安全等级的要求不高，而在进行网上支付等活动时，对无线接入点的安全等级要求较高，因此，当用户设备当前的无线接入点无法满足用户设备对安全等级的需求时，切换当前的无线接入点。
进一步地，设备1可以通过与预设的触发条件进行比对以检测是否满足预备切换无线接入点的触发条件，其中，当满足所述触发条件，设备1的第二装置根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，例如，触发条件为预定的时间阈值，其中，用 户设备移动出当前热点的信号覆盖范围所需时间低于该预定的时间阈值，当用户设备的移动时间达到该时间阈值时，设备1根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
在一个优选的实施例中，参图4所示，其中，图4中的第一装置与图1实施例中的第一装置相同或基本相同，故在此不再赘述，仅以引用的方式包含于此。优选地，其中，所述第二单元用于：根据所述候选无线接入点的接入点相关信息从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。其中，所述接入点相关信息是数据库中保存的与接入点有关的一切信息，具体地，设备1可以根据预设的优选条件及该接入点相关信息从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，优选地，其中，所述接入点相关信息包括以下至少任一项：所述候选无线接入点的名称信息；所述候选无线接入点的安全等级信息；所述候选无线接入点的可用带宽信息；所述候选无线接入点的当前连接用户数信息。设备1可以根据该等接入点相关信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，(1)根据所述候选无线接入点的名称信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，本领域的技术人员可以理解，对于不同的无线接入点可能会有相同或相近的名称信息，因此，用户设备在移动过程中，可以根据名称信息优选出待接入的无线接入点，以使用户可以有更好的体验，其中，所述第二单元用于：从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，其中，所述无线接入点的名称信息与所述用户设备所连接的当前无线热点相匹配。其中，所述匹配包括无线接入点名称信息相同或相近，具体地，设备1可以根据当前该无线接入点的名称信息从一个或多个候选无线接入点中比对查找出名称信息相同或相近的无线接入点，作为待接入的无线接入点。(2)根据所述候选无线接入点的安全等级信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，由于无线接入点的安全等级是不同的，有加密的、有公开的等等，当用户设备对于无线接入点的安全性要求较高时，可以根据无线热点的安全等级从候选无线接入点中优选出安全等级较高的无线接入点作为待接入无线接入点。例如，当用户设备在使用网银、支付宝等安全性需 求较高的应用时，需要无线接入点的安全等级较高。(3)根据所述候选无线接入点的可用带宽信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，由于无线接入点的带宽信息可能是不一样的，当用户设备对无线接入点的带宽要求较高时，可以根据无线接入点的带宽信息从候选无线接入点中优选出带宽较高的无线接入点作为待接入无线接入点。例如，当用户设备在使用视频类应用时，比只进行网页浏览需要较高的带宽。(4)根据所述候选无线接入点的当前连接用户数信息优选出用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，具体地，本领域的技术人员可以理解，当无线接入点的连接用户数较多时，该无线接入点的使用情况可能会比较好，利于建立无线连接，因此，当用户设备需要易于建立连接的无线接入点时，可以优选出当前连接用户数较多的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点。
优选地，其中，所述第二装置包括：第三单元，用于根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，以及所述用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。本领域的技术人员可以理解，不同的应用通信需求对于无线接入点类型的需求也不同，具体地，除了根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息外，还可以结合用户设备当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，例如，当用户设备在进行网上支付活动时，可以选择安全性较高的无线接入点作为待接入无线接入点；又例如，当用户设备需要较高的带宽时，可以选择带宽较大的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点等等。
更优选地，其中，所述第二装置包括：第四单元(未示出)，用于根据所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备是否处于移动状态；第五单元(未示出)，用于若所述用户设备处于移动状态，根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。具体地，设备1的第四单元可以根据所述用户设备的移动速率确定用户设备是否处于移动状态，例如，当用户设备的移动速率大于零时，则所述用户设备处于移动状态。进一步地，若所述用户设备处于移动状态，设备1的第五单元根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。具体地，第五单元根据所述用户设备的当前位置信息及移动速率、 移动方向等确定下一时刻的位置信息，并根据该位置信息确定在该位置可连接的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点。
更优选地，其中，所述第二装置还包括：第六单元，用于若所述用户设备未处于移动状态，根据所述当前位置信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。具体地，设备1的第六单元可以根据所述用户设备的移动速率判断该用户设备是否处于移动状态，例如，当该用户设备的移动速率为零时，判断该用户设备处于未移动状态，则第六单元根据当前位置信息确定待接入的无线接入点，具体地，第六单元根据用户设备当前的位置信息查找与该位置信息相匹配的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点。更优选地，其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：根据所述当前位置信息以及所述用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。本领域的技术人员应能理解，若用户设备未处于移动状态，可以根据用户设备当前的位置信息以及用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点。例如，当用户设备在进行网上支付活动时，可以选择安全性较高的无线接入点作为待接入无线接入点；又例如，当用户设备需要较高的带宽时，可以选择带宽较大的无线接入点作为待接入的无线接入点等等。
与现有技术相比，本申请通过获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息，然后根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，这种方式能够根据用户设备的具体移动情况来确定待接入的无线接入点，从而可以更准确的确定待接入的无线接入点，且确定的无线接入点可用性更高。
而且，本申请还可以根据所述候选无线接入点的接入点相关信息从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，其中，所述接入点相关信息包括但不限于：所述候选无线接入点的名称信息、所述候选无线接入点的安全等级信息、所述候选无线接入点的可用带宽信息、所述候选无线接入点的当前连接用户数信息等。通过这种方式，可以为用户设备优选出更加适合的待接入的无线接入点，从而能够更好的提升用户体验。
此外，本申请还可以根据所述无线接入点的信号覆盖区域，以及所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，确定所述用户设备接入所述无线接入点的接入时间，这种方式根据用户设备的具体位置信息及移动情况能够更精确的确定用户设备接入无线接入点的接入时间。
对于本领域技术人员而言，显然本发明不限于上述示范性实施例的细节，而且在不背离本发明的精神或基本特征的情况下，能够以其他的具体形式实现本发明。因此，无论从哪一点来看，均应将实施例看作是示范性的，而且是非限制性的，本发明的范围由所附权利要求而不是上述说明限定，因此旨在将落在权利要求的等同要件的含义和范围内的所有变化涵括在本发明内。不应将权利要求中的任何附图标记视为限制所涉及的权利要求。此外，显然“包括”一词不排除其他单元或步骤，单数不排除复数。装置权利要求中陈述的多个单元或装置也可以由一个单元或装置通过软件或者硬件来实现。第一，第二等词语用来表示名称，而并不表示任何特定的顺序。

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  1. 一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的方法，其中，该方法包括：
    获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息；
    根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法，其中，所述方法还包括：
    根据所述无线接入点的信号覆盖区域，以及所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，确定所述用户设备接入所述无线接入点的接入时间。
  3. 根据权利要求1所述的方法，其中，所述获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关信息包括：
    获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息；
    根据所述当前位置信息及所述用户设备的历史移动信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中的移动相关信息。
  4. 根据权利要求1所述的方法，其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：
    根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点；
    从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  5. 根据权利要求4所述的方法，其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点包括：
    根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备的未来活动区域；
    根据所述未来活动区域确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，其中，所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠。
  6. 根据权利要求5所述的方法，其中，所述根据所述未来活动区域确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点包括：
    根据所述当前位置信息在无线接入点信息库中进行匹配查询以获得一个 或多个位置匹配无线接入点；
    根据所述未来活动区域从一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点中确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，其中，所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠。
  7. 根据权利要求5所述的方法，其中，所述移动相关信息包括所述用户设备的移动速率或移动方向。
  8. 根据权利要求7所述的方法，其中，所述未来活动区域包括以下至少任一项：
    基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动速率确定的环状区域；
    基于所述当前位置信息、所述移动速率及所述移动方向确定的扇形带状区域；
    基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动方向确定的矩形区域。
  9. 根据权利要求4所述的方法，其中，所述从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：
    根据所述候选无线接入点的接入点相关信息从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  10. 根据权利要求9所述的方法，其中，所述接入点相关信息包括以下至少任一项：
    所述候选无线接入点的名称信息；
    所述候选无线接入点的安全等级信息；
    所述候选无线接入点的可用带宽信息；
    所述候选无线接入点的当前连接用户数信息。
  11. 根据权利要求10所述的方法，其中，所述接入点相关信息包括所述候选无线接入点的名称信息；
    其中，所述从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：
    从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，其中，所述无线接入点的名称信息与所述用户设备所连接的当前无线热点相匹配。
  12. 根据权利要求1至11中任一项所述的方法，其中，所述方法还包括：
    检测是否满足预备切换无线接入点的触发条件；
    其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：
    当满足所述触发条件，根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  13. 根据权利要求1至12中任一项所述的方法，其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：
    根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，以及所述用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  14. 根据权利要求1至13中任一项所述的方法，其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：
    根据所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备是否处于移动状态；
    若所述用户设备处于移动状态，根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  15. 根据权利要求14所述的方法，其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点还包括：
    若所述用户设备未处于移动状态，根据所述当前位置信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  16. 根据权利要求15所述的方法，其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：
    根据所述当前位置信息以及所述用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  17. 一种用于确定用户设备待接入的无线接入点的设备，其中，该设备包括：
    第一装置，用于获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息及移动相关 信息；
    第二装置，用于根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  18. 根据权利要求17所述的设备，其中，所述设备还包括：
    第三装置，用于根据所述无线接入点的信号覆盖区域，以及所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，确定所述用户设备接入所述无线接入点的接入时间。
  19. 根据权利要求17所述的设备，其中，所述第一装置用于：
    获取用户设备在移动过程中的当前位置信息；
    根据所述当前位置信息及所述用户设备的历史移动信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中的移动相关信息。
  20. 根据权利要求17所述的设备，其中，所述第二装置包括：
    第一单元，用于根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点；
    第二单元，用于从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  21. 根据权利要求20所述的设备，其中，所述第一单元包括：
    第一子单元，用于根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备的未来活动区域；
    第二子单元，用于根据所述未来活动区域确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，其中，所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠。
  22. 根据权利要求21所述的设备，其中，所述第二子单元用于：
    根据所述当前位置信息在无线接入点信息库中进行匹配查询以获得一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点；
    根据所述未来活动区域从一个或多个位置匹配无线接入点中确定所述用户设备对应的一个或多个候选无线接入点，其中，所述未来活动区域与每个候选无线接入点的信号覆盖区域相重叠。
  23. 根据权利要求21所述的设备，其中，所述移动相关信息包括所述用 户设备的移动速率或移动方向。
  24. 根据权利要求23所述的设备，其中，所述未来活动区域包括以下至少任一项：
    基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动速率确定的环状区域；
    基于所述当前位置信息、所述移动速率及所述移动方向确定的扇形带状区域；
    基于所述当前位置信息及所述移动方向确定的矩形区域。
  25. 根据权利要求20所述的设备，其中，所述第二单元用于：
    根据所述候选无线接入点的接入点相关信息从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  26. 根据权利要求25所述的设备，其中，所述接入点相关信息包括以下至少任一项：
    所述候选无线接入点的名称信息；
    所述候选无线接入点的安全等级信息；
    所述候选无线接入点的可用带宽信息；
    所述候选无线接入点的当前连接用户数信息。
  27. 根据权利要求26所述的设备，其中，所述接入点相关信息包括所述候选无线接入点的名称信息；
    其中，所述第二单元用于：
    从所述一个或多个候选无线接入点中优选所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点，其中，所述无线接入点的名称信息与所述用户设备所连接的当前无线热点相匹配。
  28. 根据权利要求17至27中任一项所述的设备，其中，所述设备还包括：
    第四装置，用于检测是否满足预备切换无线接入点的触发条件；
    其中，所述第二装置用于：
    当满足所述触发条件，根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  29. 根据权利要求17至28中任一项所述的设备，其中，所述第二装置 包括：
    第三单元，用于根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息，以及所述用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  30. 根据权利要求17至29中任一项所述的设备，其中，所述第二装置包括：
    第四单元，用于根据所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备是否处于移动状态；
    第五单元，用于若所述用户设备处于移动状态，根据所述当前位置信息及所述移动相关信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  31. 根据权利要求30所述的设备，其中，所述第二装置还包括：
    第六单元，用于若所述用户设备未处于移动状态，根据所述当前位置信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
  32. 根据权利要求31所述的设备，其中，所述根据所述当前位置信息确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点包括：
    根据所述当前位置信息以及所述用户设备的当前应用通信需求信息，确定所述用户设备在移动过程中待接入的无线接入点。
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