WO2019019281A1

WO2019019281A1 - Internet of things terminal control method and internet of things access point

Info

Publication number: WO2019019281A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/100791
Authority: WO
Inventors: 杜光东
Original assignee: 深圳市盛路物联通讯技术有限公司
Priority date: 2017-07-24
Filing date: 2017-09-06
Publication date: 2019-01-31
Also published as: CN108307420B; CN108307420A

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention are an Internet of things terminal control method and an Internet of things access point. The method comprises: an Internet of things access point counts the number of uplink data packets of an Internet of things terminal in a preset time period, the Internet of things terminal being wirelessly connected to the Internet of things access point; the Internet of things access point determines a sleep duration of the Internet of things terminal corresponding to the preset time period according to preset mapping relations between the numbers of data packets and sleep durations; the Internet of things access point sends, to the Internet of things terminal, a sleep setting signaling carrying the corresponding relation between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep duration, the sleep setting signaling being used for indicating the Internet of things terminal to sleep according to the corresponding sleep duration when detecting that the current system time is within the preset time period. Embodiments of the present invention are helpful to improve the power management efficiency of an Internet of things terminal.

Description

IoT terminal control method and IoT access point

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal and an Internet of Things access point.

Background technique

Internet of Things applications mainly consist of IoT terminals and IoT access points, which collect data through IoT terminals and transmit data through IoT access points.

The Internet of Things has two meanings: First, the core and foundation of the Internet of Things is still the Internet, which is an extended and expanded network based on the Internet. Second, its client extends and extends between any item and item. Information exchange and communication, that is, things and interests. The Internet of Things is widely used in the convergence of networks through communication-aware technologies such as intelligent sensing, identification technology and pervasive computing. It is also called the third wave of the development of the world information industry after computers and the Internet. The Internet of Things is the application expansion of the Internet. It is not so much that the Internet of Things is a network, but the Internet of Things is a business and application. Therefore, application innovation is the core of the development of the Internet of Things. Innovation 2.0 with user experience as the core is the soul of the development of the Internet of Things.

At present, the IoT access point can uniformly manage the sleep duration of the IoT terminal in the wireless ad hoc network. For example, the sleep duration of all IoT terminals in the wireless ad hoc network is 50 ms, and sleeps 10 times per second.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal and an Internet of Things access point, so as to improve the power management efficiency of the Internet of Things terminal.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal, where the method includes the following steps:

The Internet of Things access point counts the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, and the Internet of Things terminal is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point;

The IoT access point determines a sleep duration of the Internet of Things terminal corresponding to the preset time period according to a mapping relationship between a preset number of data packets and a sleep duration;

The IoT access point sends, to the IoT terminal, sleep setting signaling carrying a correspondence between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep duration, where the sleep setting signaling is used to indicate the When detecting that the current system time is in the preset time period, the Internet of Things terminal sleeps according to the corresponding sleep duration.

As shown in the above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the Internet of Things access point first counts the uplink of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period. The number of data packets, and secondly, determining the sleep duration of the IoT terminal corresponding to the preset time period according to the mapping relationship between the preset number of data packets and the sleep duration, and finally, transmitting the preset time period to the Internet of Things terminal and The dormant setting signaling corresponding to the corresponding sleep duration, after receiving the corresponding sleep setting signaling, the Internet of Things terminal sleeps according to the received sleep duration. It can be seen that the IoT access point dynamically adjusts the matching sleep duration according to the size of the uplink data volume by detecting the uplink data amount of the IoT terminal in the preset time period, thereby facilitating the power management efficiency of the IoT terminal.

In one possible design, the method further includes:

When the uplink data of the Internet of Things terminal is abnormal, the IoT access point reports the identification information of the Internet of Things terminal, and disconnects the communication connection with the Internet of Things terminal within a preset time period.

It can be seen that in the possible design, when the uplink data of the IoT terminal is abnormal, the IoT access point can disconnect the communication connection with the IoT terminal in time to avoid affecting the Internet of Things due to abnormal data of the IoT terminal. The processing efficiency of the normal data of the access point is beneficial to improving the stability of the data transmission of the wireless ad hoc network.

In a possible design, the working frequency of the Internet of Things terminal includes a plurality of preset frequency points, and the method further includes:

Obtaining, by the IoT access point, a transmit power of the IoT terminal at each of the plurality of preset frequency points;

When the IoT access point detects that the remaining power of the IoT terminal is less than a first preset threshold, determining that the frequency corresponding to the minimum transmit power of the transmit power is the work of the Internet of Things terminal Frequency point

The IoT access point sends the determined frequency point to the Internet of Things terminal.

It can be seen that, in the possible design, when the remaining amount of the IoT access point in the IoT terminal is less than the first preset threshold, determining the frequency corresponding to the minimum transmit power in the transmit power is the working frequency of the Internet of Things terminal, so that The IoT terminal continues to work for a longer period of time with lower power consumption, which is beneficial to improving the power management efficiency of the IoT terminal.

In one possible design, the method further includes:

Determining, by the IoT access point, each of the plurality of preset frequency points and an adjacent frequency when detecting that the remaining power of the Internet of Things terminal is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold Frequency difference between points;

The physical network access point sends a frequency point with the largest frequency difference to the Internet of Things terminal.

It can be seen that, in the possible design, when the remaining amount of the IoT terminal is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold, the IoT access point determines each of the plurality of preset frequency points and the adjacent frequency. The frequency difference between the points, and the frequency point with the largest frequency difference is sent to the Internet of Things terminal, so that all the Internet of Things terminals in the wireless ad hoc network operate at the frequency point, because the phase of the frequency point The adjacent frequency interference of the adjacent frequency points is the smallest, which is beneficial to improving the stability of uplink and downlink data transmission of the Internet of Things terminals in the wireless ad hoc network.

In one possible design, the method further includes:

The IoT access point sends a power consumption alarm message to the wireless access controller when the current power consumption is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the wireless access controller and the Internet of Things access point Wireless connections;

Receiving, by the Internet of Things access point, access configuration information of a reference IoT access point sent by the wireless access controller in response to the power consumption alarm message;

Transmitting, by the Internet of Things access point, the access configuration information to at least one of the Internet of Things terminals;

After receiving the notification message that the at least one Internet of Things terminal accesses the reference IoT access point, the IoT access point disconnects the wireless connection with the at least one Internet of Things terminal.

It can be seen that, in the possible design, when the current power consumption is detected to be greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the IoT access point can request the wireless access controller to allocate an alternate reference IoT access point in time. It alleviates the data processing pressure of the IoT access point in the current wireless ad hoc network, and avoids the situation that the IoT access point affects its data processing efficiency due to high power consumption, which is beneficial to improve the stability of data transmission in the wireless ad hoc network. Sex.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an Internet of Things access point, including a processing unit and a communication unit.

The processing unit is configured to count the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, and the Internet of Things terminal is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point;

And determining, according to a mapping relationship between the preset number of data packets and the sleep duration, determining a sleep duration of the Internet of Things terminal corresponding to the preset time period;

And for transmitting, by the communication unit, to the Internet of Things terminal, dormancy setting signaling carrying a correspondence between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep duration, where the sleep setting signaling is used to indicate When detecting that the current system time is in the preset time period, the Internet of Things terminal sleeps according to the corresponding sleep duration.

In a possible design, the processing unit is further configured to report the identifier information of the Internet of Things terminal when the uplink data abnormality of the Internet of Things terminal is detected, and disconnect the object within a preset time period. Communication connection of a networked terminal.

In a possible design, the operating frequency point of the Internet of Things terminal includes a plurality of preset frequency points, and the processing unit is further configured to: acquire, by the communication unit, the Internet of Things terminal in the plurality of pre- The transmit power at each of the frequency points;

And determining that a frequency point corresponding to a minimum transmit power of the transmit power is a working frequency point of the Internet of Things terminal when detecting that the remaining power of the Internet of Things terminal is less than a first preset threshold;

And transmitting, by the communication unit, the determined frequency point to the Internet of Things terminal.

In a possible design, the processing unit is further configured to determine each of the plurality of preset frequency points when detecting that the remaining power of the Internet of Things terminal is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold. a frequency difference between the frequency point and the adjacent frequency point; and a frequency point for transmitting the frequency difference to the Internet of Things terminal.

In one possible design, the processing unit is further configured to detect that the current power consumption is greater than or equal to When the second preset threshold is used, the power consumption alarm message is sent to the wireless access controller by the communication unit, and the wireless access controller is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point;

And access configuration information for receiving, by the communication unit, the reference IoT access point sent by the wireless access controller in response to the power consumption alarm message;

And transmitting, by the communication unit, the access configuration information to at least one of the Internet of Things terminals;

And disconnecting the wireless connection with the at least one Internet of Things terminal after receiving, by the communication unit, the notification message that the at least one Internet of Things terminal accesses the reference IoT access point.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the IoT access point can dynamically adjust the sleep duration of the IoT terminal in the time period according to the detected uplink data amount of the IoT terminal in the preset preset time period, such as a large amount of uplink data. When the sleep time is small, the sleep time is large when the amount of uplink data is small, thereby saving power and improving the power management efficiency of the Internet of Things terminal.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without paying any creative work.

1 is a schematic diagram of a communication network architecture for a wireless ad hoc network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic flowchart of another method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic flowchart of another method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5A is a functional block diagram of an Internet of Things access point according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5B is a schematic structural diagram of an Internet of Things access point according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the solution of the present invention, the following will be implemented in conjunction with the present invention. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present invention and the above drawings are used to distinguish different objects, and are not intended to describe a specific order. Furthermore, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" and "comprising" are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product, or device that comprises a series of steps or units is not limited to the listed steps or units, but optionally also includes steps or units not listed, or, optionally, Other steps or units inherent to these processes, methods, products, or equipment.

References to "an embodiment" herein mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiments can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiments, and are not exclusive or alternative embodiments that are mutually exclusive. Those skilled in the art will understand and implicitly understand that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

At present, in the related art, the IoT access point can uniformly manage the sleep duration of the IoT terminal in the wireless ad hoc network, such as setting the sleep duration of all IoT terminals in the wireless ad hoc network to 50 ms, and sleeping 10 times per second. .

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal. The Internet of Things access point first counts the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, and secondly, according to the preset number of data packets and the sleep duration. The mapping relationship between the IoT terminals corresponding to the preset time period is determined, and finally, the sleep setting signaling carrying the correspondence between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep time length is sent to the Internet of Things terminal, and the Internet of Things terminal is After receiving the corresponding sleep setting signaling, it sleeps according to the received sleep duration. It can be seen that the IoT access point dynamically adjusts the sleep duration of the IoT terminal in the preset time period according to the amount of the uplink data, and the sleep duration is small when the uplink data volume is large. When the amount of uplink data is small, the sleep time is large, thereby saving power, which is beneficial to improving the power management efficiency of the Internet of Things terminal.

The details will be described below in conjunction with specific embodiments.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication network architecture for a wireless ad hoc network according to an embodiment of the present invention. The communication network includes: an Internet of Things terminal 10, an Internet of Things access point 20, and a radio access controller. 30. The above-mentioned Internet of Things terminal may have different manifestations according to different situations. For example, the Internet of Things terminal may specifically be: a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer, etc., of course, it may also include other devices with networking functions, such as intelligence. TV, smart air conditioner, smart water bottle or some smart devices of the Internet of Things, the above-mentioned Internet of Things terminal 10 is connected to the Internet of Things access point 20 wirelessly, and the Internet of Things access point 20 is in another way (ie, different from the wireless method). The connection mode) and the gateway 12 are connected to the Internet. The foregoing wireless methods include, but are not limited to, Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), etc., and the other method may be Long Term Evolution (LTE) or Wired mode. In Fig. 1, the wired mode is taken as an example, and for convenience of representation, only one solid line is shown here.

The above-mentioned wireless access controller 30 may be a personal computer (PC) according to the size of the Internet of Things. Of course, in practical applications, it may also be multiple PCs or servers. The specific embodiment of the present invention is not limited. The specific manifestation of the above wireless access controller.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes:

S201. The Internet of Things access point counts the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, and the Internet of Things terminal is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point.

The preset time period may be, for example, any preset time period from 8:00 am to 10 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm. The uplink data packet may include, for example, various types of parameters collected by the Internet of Things terminal in a corresponding preset time period, such as a temperature parameter, a humidity parameter, a usage time parameter, and the like.

S202. The IoT access point determines a sleep duration of the Internet of Things terminal corresponding to the preset time period according to a mapping relationship between a preset number of data packets and a sleep duration.

The sleep duration may be, for example, 100 ms, 200 ms, 2 s, 3 s, or the like.

S203, the IoT access point sends, to the IoT terminal, sleep setting signaling that carries a correspondence between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep duration, where the sleep setting signaling is used to indicate The IoT terminal sleeps according to the corresponding sleep duration when detecting that the current system time is in the preset time period.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the Internet of Things access point first counts the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, and secondly, according to the mapping relationship between the preset number of data packets and the sleep duration, Determining the dormancy duration of the IoT terminal corresponding to the preset time period, and finally, sending the dormancy setting signaling carrying the correspondence between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep duration to the IoT terminal, and the IoT terminal receives the corresponding sleep After the signaling is set, the sleep is performed according to the received sleep duration. It can be seen that the IoT access point dynamically adjusts the sleep duration of the IoT terminal in the preset time period according to the amount of the uplink data, and the sleep duration is small when the uplink data volume is large. When the amount of uplink data is small, the sleep time is large, thereby saving power, which is beneficial to improving the power management efficiency of the Internet of Things terminal.

In an example, the working frequency of the Internet of Things terminal includes a plurality of preset frequency points, and the method of the embodiment of the present invention may further include:

When the IoT access point detects that the remaining power of the IoT terminal is less than the first preset threshold, determining that the frequency corresponding to the minimum transmit power of the transmit power is the working frequency of the Internet of Things terminal ;

It can be seen that, in this example, when the remaining amount of the IoT access point in the IoT terminal is less than the first preset threshold, determining the frequency corresponding to the minimum transmit power in the transmit power is the working frequency of the IoT terminal, so that the Internet of Things The terminal continues to work for a longer period of time with lower power consumption, which is beneficial to improving the power management efficiency of the IoT terminal.

In an example, the method of the embodiment of the present invention may further include:

The Internet of Things access point sends a frequency point with the largest frequency difference to the Internet of Things terminal.

It can be seen that, in this example, when the remaining amount of the IoT terminal is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold, the IoT access point determines each of the plurality of preset frequency points and the adjacent frequency point. Frequency Rate difference, and send the frequency point with the largest frequency difference to the Internet of Things terminal, so that all the Internet of Things terminals in the wireless ad hoc network work on the frequency point, because of the adjacent frequency points of the frequency point The minimum adjacent channel interference is beneficial to improve the stability of uplink and downlink data transmission of the IoT terminal in the wireless ad hoc network.

It can be seen that in this example, the IoT access point can report the power consumption alarm message in time when the power consumption overflow is detected, and the wireless access controller arranges the appropriate reference IoT access point according to the load balancing strategy. After obtaining the configuration information of the reference IoT access point, the IoT access point can transfer some IoT terminals to access the reference IoT access point, thereby reducing the load and balancing the wireless ad hoc network. The load of the networked access point avoids the situation that the IoT access point affects the data processing efficiency due to the high power consumption, which is beneficial to improve the stability of the data transmission of the wireless ad hoc network.

It can be seen that, in this example, when the uplink data of the IoT terminal is abnormal, the IoT access point can disconnect the communication connection with the IoT terminal in time to avoid the Internet of Things access caused by the abnormal data of the IoT terminal. The processing efficiency of the normal data of the point is beneficial to improve the stability of the data transmission of the wireless ad hoc network.

Referring to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 above, please refer to FIG. 3, which is provided by an embodiment of the present invention. A schematic flow chart of another method of controlling an Internet of Things terminal. As shown in the figure, the control method of the Internet of Things terminal includes:

S301. The Internet of Things access point counts the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, and the Internet of Things terminal is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point.

S302. The IoT access point determines a sleep duration of the Internet of Things terminal corresponding to the preset time period according to a mapping relationship between a preset number of data packets and a sleep duration.

S303, the IoT access point sends, to the IoT terminal, sleep setting signaling that carries a correspondence between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep duration, where the sleep setting signaling is used to indicate The IoT terminal sleeps according to the corresponding sleep duration when detecting that the current system time is in the preset time period.

S304. The IoT access point acquires a transmit power of the IoT terminal at each of the plurality of preset frequency points.

S305, the IoT access point determines that a frequency corresponding to a minimum transmit power of the transmit power is a work of the Internet of Things terminal, when detecting that the remaining power of the IoT terminal is less than a first preset threshold. Frequency.

S306. The IoT access point sends the determined frequency point to the Internet of Things terminal.

In addition, when the remaining amount of the IoT access point is less than the first preset threshold, the frequency point corresponding to the minimum transmit power in the transmit power is determined to be the working frequency of the Internet of Things terminal, so that the Internet of Things terminal is lower. Power consumption continues to work for a longer period of time, which is conducive to improving the power management efficiency of IoT terminals.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the control method of the Internet of Things terminal includes:

S401. The Internet of Things access point counts the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, and the Internet of Things terminal is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point.

S402. The IoT access point determines a sleep duration of the Internet of Things terminal corresponding to the preset time period according to a mapping relationship between a preset number of data packets and a sleep duration.

S403, the IoT access point sends, to the IoT terminal, sleep setting signaling that carries a correspondence between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep duration, where the sleep setting signaling is used to indicate The IoT terminal sleeps according to the corresponding sleep duration when detecting that the current system time is in the preset time period.

S404, the IoT access point sends a power consumption alarm message to the wireless access controller when the current power consumption is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, where the wireless access controller is connected to the Internet of Things Incoming wireless connection.

S405. The IoT access point receives access configuration information of a reference IoT access point sent by the wireless access controller in response to the power consumption alarm message.

S406. The IoT access point sends the access configuration information to at least one of the Internet of Things terminals.

S407. After receiving the notification message that the at least one Internet of Things terminal accesses the reference IoT access point, the IoT access point disconnects the wireless connection with the at least one Internet of Things terminal.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the Internet of Things access point first counts the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, and secondly, according to the mapping relationship between the preset number of data packets and the sleep duration, Determining the dormancy duration of the IoT terminal corresponding to the preset time period, and finally, sending the dormancy setting signaling carrying the correspondence between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep duration to the IoT terminal, and the IoT terminal receives the corresponding sleep After the signaling is set, the sleep is performed according to the received sleep duration. It can be seen that the IoT access point dynamically adjusts the matching sleep duration according to the size of the uplink data volume by detecting the uplink data amount of the IoT terminal in the preset time period, for example, the sleep duration is longer when the uplink data volume is larger. Small, when the amount of uplink data is small, the sleep time is large, thereby saving power, which is beneficial to improving the power management efficiency of the Internet of Things terminal.

In addition, when detecting that the current power consumption is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the IoT access point can request the wireless access controller to allocate an alternate reference IoT access point in time to alleviate the current wireless ad hoc network. The data processing pressure of the IoT access point avoids the situation that the IoT access point affects its data processing efficiency due to high power consumption, which is beneficial to improve the stability of data transmission in the wireless ad hoc network.

The above description mainly introduces the solution of the embodiment of the present invention from the perspective of the method side execution process. It can be understood that, in order to implement the above functions, the Internet of Things access point includes corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for performing various functions. Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a combination of hardware or hardware and computer software in combination with the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein. Whether a function is implemented in hardware or computer software to drive hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods for implementing the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention.

The embodiment of the present invention may divide the functional unit of the Internet of Things access point according to the foregoing method example. For example, each functional unit may be divided according to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing unit. The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit. It should be noted that the division of the unit in the embodiment of the present invention is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and the actual implementation may have another division manner.

In the case of employing an integrated unit, FIG. 5A shows a possible structural diagram of the Internet of Things access point involved in the above embodiment. The Internet of Things access point 500 includes a processing unit 502 and a communication unit 503. The processing unit 502 is configured to perform control management on the action of the Internet of Things access point. For example, the processing unit 502 is configured to support the Internet of Things access point to perform steps S201 to S203 in FIG. 2, steps S301 to S306 in FIG. 3, and the figure. Steps S401 to S407 in 4 and/or other processes for the techniques described herein. The communication unit 503 is configured to support communication between the Internet of Things access point and other devices, for example. Such as communication with IoT terminals. The Internet of Things access point may further include a storage unit 501 for storing program codes and data of the Internet of Things access point.

The processing unit 502 can be a processor or a controller, and can be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), and an application-specific integrated circuit (Application-Specific). Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, transistor logic device, hardware component, or any combination thereof. It is possible to implement or carry out the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, for example, including one or more microprocessor combinations, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, and the like. The communication unit 503 can be a communication interface, a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, etc., wherein the communication interface is a collective name and can include one or more interfaces. The storage unit 501 can be a memory.

The processing unit 502 is configured to count the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, the Internet of Things terminal is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point, and is configured to use the preset data packet. Determining a sleep duration of the IoT terminal corresponding to the preset time period; and transmitting, by the communication unit 503, the preset to be carried by the communication unit 503 to the Internet of Things terminal a dormancy setting signaling corresponding to a correspondence between the time period and the corresponding sleep duration, the sleep setting signaling being used to indicate that the IoT terminal, when detecting that the current system time is in the preset time period, according to the The corresponding sleep duration is dormant.

In a possible example, the processing unit 502 is further configured to: when the uplink data abnormality of the Internet of Things terminal is detected, report the identification information of the Internet of Things terminal, and disconnect and The communication connection of the Internet of Things terminal.

In one possible example, the working frequency of the Internet of Things terminal includes a plurality of preset frequency points, and the processing unit 502 is further configured to: acquire, by the communication unit 503, the Internet of Things terminal Determining the transmit power at each of the preset frequency points; and determining that the minimum transmit power of the transmit power corresponds to when the remaining power of the IoT terminal is detected to be less than a first predetermined threshold The frequency point is the working frequency of the Internet of Things terminal; and is used for transmitting the determined frequency point to the Internet of Things terminal through the communication unit 503.

In one possible example, the processing unit 502 detects the remaining of the Internet of Things terminal. When the amount of power is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold, the method further includes: determining a frequency difference between each of the plurality of preset frequency points and an adjacent frequency point; and The Internet of Things terminal sends the frequency point with the largest frequency difference.

In one possible example, the processing unit 502 is further configured to: when detecting that the current power consumption is greater than or equal to a second preset threshold, send, by using the communication unit 503, a power consumption alarm message to the wireless access controller, where The wireless access controller is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point; and is configured to receive, by the communication unit 503, a reference IoT access point sent by the wireless access controller in response to the power consumption alarm message Access configuration information; and for transmitting, by the communication unit 503, the access configuration information to at least one of the Internet of Things terminals; and for receiving the at least by the communication unit 503 After an IoT terminal accesses the notification message of the reference IoT access point, disconnecting the wireless connection with the at least one IoT terminal.

When the processing unit 502 is a processor, the communication unit 503 is a communication interface, and the storage unit 501 is a memory, the Internet of Things access point involved in the embodiment of the present invention may be the Internet of Things access point shown in FIG. 5B.

Referring to FIG. 5B, the Internet of Things access point 510 includes a processor 512, a communication interface 513, and a memory 511. Alternatively, the Internet of Things access point 510 can also include a bus 515. The communication interface 513, the processor 512, and the memory 511 may be connected to each other through a bus 514. The bus 514 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus or an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (abbreviated). EISA) bus and so on. The bus 514 can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one thick line is shown in Figure 5B, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

The device of the present invention shown in FIG. 5A or FIG. 5B can also be understood as a device for an IoT access point, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium may store a program, and the program includes some or all of the steps of the method for controlling the Internet of Things terminal according to any one of the foregoing method embodiments.

It should be noted that, for the foregoing method embodiments, for the sake of simple description, they are all expressed. It is a combination of actions, but it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited by the described order of action, as some steps may be performed in other sequences or concurrently in accordance with the present invention. In the following, those skilled in the art should also understand that the embodiments described in the specification are all preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily required by the present invention.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the various embodiments are different, and the details that are not detailed in a certain embodiment can be referred to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

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

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

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product, may be stored in a computer readable memory. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may contribute to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a memory. A number of instructions are included to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing memory includes: a U disk, a read-only memory (ROM), and a random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), removable hard disk, disk or optical disk, and other media that can store program code.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of the foregoing embodiments can be completed by a program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer readable memory, and the memory can include: a flash drive , read-only memory (English: Read-Only Memory, referred to as: ROM), random accessor (English: Random Access Memory, referred to as: RAM), disk or CD.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, and the principles and implementations of the present invention are described in detail herein. The description of the above embodiments is only for helping to understand the method of the present invention and its core ideas; It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited by the scope of the present invention.

Claims

A method for controlling an Internet of Things terminal, comprising:

The Internet of Things access point counts the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, and the Internet of Things terminal is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point;

The IoT access point determines a sleep duration of the Internet of Things terminal corresponding to the preset time period according to a mapping relationship between a preset number of data packets and a sleep duration;

The IoT access point sends, to the IoT terminal, sleep setting signaling carrying a correspondence between the preset time period and the corresponding sleep duration, where the sleep setting signaling is used to indicate the When detecting that the current system time is in the preset time period, the Internet of Things terminal sleeps according to the corresponding sleep duration.
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

When the uplink data of the Internet of Things terminal is abnormal, the IoT access point reports the identification information of the Internet of Things terminal, and disconnects the communication connection with the Internet of Things terminal within a preset time period.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the operating frequency point of the Internet of Things terminal comprises a plurality of preset frequency points, the method further comprising:

Obtaining, by the IoT access point, a transmit power of the IoT terminal at each of the plurality of preset frequency points;

When the IoT access point detects that the remaining power of the IoT terminal is less than the first preset threshold, determining that the frequency corresponding to the minimum transmit power of the transmit power is the working frequency of the Internet of Things terminal ;

The IoT access point sends the determined frequency point to the Internet of Things terminal.
The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

Determining, by the IoT access point, each of the plurality of preset frequency points and an adjacent frequency when detecting that the remaining power of the Internet of Things terminal is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold Frequency difference between points;

The Internet of Things access point sends a frequency point with the largest frequency difference to the Internet of Things terminal.
The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein the method further comprises:

The IoT access point sends a power consumption alarm message to the wireless access controller when the current power consumption is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the wireless access controller and the Internet of Things access point Wireless connections;

Receiving, by the Internet of Things access point, access configuration information of a reference IoT access point sent by the wireless access controller in response to the power consumption alarm message;

Transmitting, by the Internet of Things access point, the access configuration information to at least one of the Internet of Things terminals;

After receiving the notification message that the at least one Internet of Things terminal accesses the reference IoT access point, the IoT access point disconnects the wireless connection with the at least one Internet of Things terminal.
An Internet of Things access point, comprising: a processing unit and a communication unit,

The processing unit is configured to count the number of uplink data packets of the Internet of Things terminal in the preset time period, the Internet of Things terminal is wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things access point, and is configured to sleep according to the preset number of data packets. a mapping relationship between the durations, determining a sleep duration of the IoT terminal corresponding to the preset time period; and transmitting, by the communication unit, the preset time period and the correspondence to the Internet of Things terminal The dormancy setting signaling of the correspondence between the sleep durations is used to indicate that the IoT terminal performs the corresponding sleep duration when detecting that the current system time is in the preset time period. Sleep.
The Internet of Things access point according to claim 6, wherein the processing unit is further configured to report the identification information of the Internet of Things terminal when the uplink data of the Internet of Things terminal is abnormal, and The communication connection with the Internet of Things terminal is disconnected within a preset time period.
The Internet of Things access point according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the operating frequency point of the Internet of Things terminal comprises a plurality of preset frequency points, and the processing unit is further configured to: pass the communication list Obtaining a transmit power of the IoT terminal at each of the plurality of preset frequency points; and for detecting that the remaining power of the Internet of Things terminal is less than a first preset threshold, Determining, by a communication unit, a frequency point corresponding to a minimum transmit power of the transmit power as a working frequency point of the Internet of Things terminal; and transmitting, by the communication unit, the determined frequency point to the Internet of Things terminal.
The Internet of Things access point according to claim 8, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine the remaining power when the remaining power of the Internet of Things terminal is greater than or equal to the first preset threshold. a frequency difference between each of the plurality of preset frequency points and the adjacent frequency points; and a frequency point for transmitting the frequency difference to the Internet of Things terminal.
The IoT access point according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the processing unit is further configured to pass the communication unit when detecting that the current power consumption is greater than or equal to a second preset threshold. Sending a power consumption alarm message to the wireless access controller, the wireless access controller wirelessly connecting with the IoT access point; and for receiving, by the communication unit, the wireless access controller to respond to the work And access configuration information of the reference IoT access point sent by the alarm message; and for transmitting, by the communication unit, the access configuration information to at least one of the Internet of Things terminals; and After receiving, by the communication unit, the notification message that the at least one Internet of Things terminal accesses the reference Internet of Things access point, disconnecting the wireless connection with the at least one Internet of Things terminal.