WO2021037250A1

WO2021037250A1 - Network access method and apparatus for wireless local area network (wlan)

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Publication number: WO2021037250A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/112283
Authority: WO
Inventors: 惠少博; 贺安超
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2019-08-31
Filing date: 2020-08-28
Publication date: 2021-03-04
Also published as: CN110582109A

Abstract

The present application provides a network access method and apparatus for a wireless local area network (WLAN). According to the method, an electronic device can receive a first message from a gateway device, wherein the first message comprises one or more first network capability information of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device; the first network capability information comprises network standard information of a first gateway device and/or one or more network slice capability information of the first gateway device. The network standard information of the gateway device is relevant to whether the WLAN network provided by the gateway device provides 5G Internet access, and the network slice capability information of the gateway device is relevant to which 5G network capability the WLAN network provides; therefore, a user can select the required WLAN network more flexibly according to whether the WLAN network provides 5G Internet access and/or according to which 5G network capability the WLAN network provides.

Description

A wireless local area network WLAN network access method and device

Cross-references to related applications

This application claims the priority of a Chinese patent application filed with the Chinese Patent Office on August 31, 2019, the application number is 201910819988.7, and the application name is "a wireless local area network WLAN network access method and device", the entire content of which is incorporated by reference In this application.

Technical field

This application relates to the technical field of wireless terminals, and in particular to a method and device for accessing a wireless local area network WLAN network.

Background technique

The current wireless communication technology supports the terminal (user equipment, UE) to search for and access the wireless local area networks (WLAN) provided by the gateway device, so that the terminal can obtain the services provided by the WLAN network.

However, at present, when using an electronic device, a user can still only select which WLAN networks the electronic device connects to according to the signal strength of the WLAN network, which makes the selection method of the WLAN network too simple and not flexible enough.

Summary of the invention

This application provides a wireless local area network WLAN network access method and device, which are used to optimize the display mode of the current WLAN network available for access.

In the first aspect, this application provides a wireless local area network WLAN network access method, which can be implemented by an electronic device or a chip in the electronic device. Among them, electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers and other devices.

According to this method, the electronic device may receive a first message, the first message being sent by a first gateway device, and the first message may include one or more first messages of a wireless local area network WLAN network provided by the first gateway device. Network capability information, where the first network capability information includes network standard information of the first gateway device and/or one or more network slicing capability information of the first gateway device.

Using the above method, the electronic device can learn the network standard information of the gateway device and/or the network slicing capability information of the gateway device, thereby providing the possibility for the electronic device to select a WLAN network according to the network standard information and/or network slicing capability information of the gateway device. Since the network standard information of the gateway device is related to whether the WLAN network provided by the gateway device provides 5G Internet access, the network slicing capability information is related to which 5G network capabilities the WLAN network provides, so that users can according to whether the WLAN network provides 5G Internet access and / Or select the required WLAN network more flexibly according to which 5G network capabilities the WLAN network provides.

In a possible design, the first message further includes the identifier of the first network device, and the electronic device may display the identifier of the first gateway device and one or more pieces of first network capability information.

With the above design, the electronic device can display the identification of the first network device and the network capability information of the first network device to present the identification of each gateway device and the network capability information of each gateway device to the user. Select the gateway device you want to access based on the network capability information, so as to realize the flexible selection of gateway devices.

In a possible design, the first message further includes the respective priorities of the one or more first network capability information, and the electronic device may perform the respective priorities according to the one or more first network capability information. Priority, displaying one or more of the first network capability information with the highest priority.

With the above design, the electronic device can display the network capability information of the gateway device according to the priority, so as to remind the user that the gateway device has higher priority network capability information.

In a possible design, the electronic device receives a second message, the second message is sent by a second gateway device, and the second message includes the identifier of the second gateway device, the second gateway device Provided one or more second network capability information of the WLAN network and respective priorities of the one or more second network capability information, where the second network capability information includes the network standard information of the second gateway device and /Or one or more network slicing capability information of the second gateway device. The electronic device may display the identification of the first gateway device and one or more of the first network capability information according to the respective priorities of the one or more first network capability information and the respective priorities of the one or more second network capability information. Multiple pieces of the first network capability information and/or the identifiers of the second gateway device and one or more pieces of the second network capability information.

With the above design, when receiving network capability information from multiple gateway devices and the priority corresponding to the network capability information, the electronic device can display one or more gateway devices according to the respective priorities corresponding to the network capability information of the multiple gateway devices Network capability information, so as to prompt the user with higher priority (or higher than a certain priority level) network capability information among the network capability information of multiple gateway devices, so that the user can choose to access the gateway device to which the network capability information belongs. WLAN network.

In a possible design, the electronic device displays the identifier of the first gateway device and the first network capability information with the highest priority among the one or more first network capability information, and displays the The identifier of the second gateway device and the second network capability information with the highest priority among the one or more second network capability information.

With the above design, when receiving network capability information from multiple gateway devices and the priority corresponding to the network capability information, the electronic device can display one type of network capability information for each gateway device to display the networks of all the gateway devices searched Ability information, which is convenient for users to choose from.

In a possible design, the network standard information of the first gateway device includes: information for instructing the first gateway device to access a 5G mobile network; or, for instructing the first gateway device to access 5G mobile network information; or, information used to instruct the first gateway device to access the optical fiber network.

In a possible design, the network slicing capability information of the first gateway device includes at least one of the following information: information indicating that the first gateway device has a low-latency network capability; or Information indicating that the first gateway device has high-bandwidth network capabilities; or, information indicating that the first gateway device has high-definition voice network capabilities; or, information indicating that the first gateway device has low-latency network capabilities Ability information.

In a possible design, the first message includes a periodic broadcast beacon message and/or a probe response message.

In a possible design, the electronic device can determine the target network capability information corresponding to the network service requirement according to the requirement of the network service it performs and the first correspondence, and the first correspondence is the requirement of the network service Correspondence with network capability information; the electronic device can automatically access the WLAN network provided by the target gateway device with the target network capability information, or prompt the user whether to access the gateway device provided by the gateway device with the target network capability information Wi-Fi network.

In a possible design, the target gateway device is the gateway device provided with the highest signal strength of the WLAN network among the gateway devices whose network capability information includes the target network capability information.

In the second aspect, this application provides a wireless local area network WLAN network access method, which can be implemented by a gateway device or a chip in the gateway device. Among them, the gateway device may be a device such as a customer premises equipment (CPE), an access point (AP), etc., or may be a mobile device such as a mobile phone that can be used for WLAN network hotspots.

According to this method, the gateway device can obtain a set of network capability information of the wireless local area network WLAN network provided by itself, the set includes at least one piece of network capability information, and the at least one piece of network capability information includes the network standard information and/or all information of the gateway device. One or more network slicing capability information of the gateway device; the gateway device sends one or more network capability information in the set to the electronic device through a first message.

In a possible design, the network standard information includes: information used to instruct the gateway device to access the 5G mobile network; or, information used to instruct the gateway device to access the 5G mobile network; or Information indicating that the gateway device accesses the optical fiber network.

In a possible design, the network slicing capability information includes at least one of the following information: information used to indicate that the gateway device has a low-latency network capability; or, information used to indicate that the gateway device has a high-latency network capability; Bandwidth network capability information; or, information used to indicate that the gateway device has a high-definition voice network capability; or, information used to indicate that the gateway device has a low-latency network capability.

In a possible design, the gateway device may send the N network capability information with the highest priority in the network capability information to the electronic device according to the priority of each network capability information, where N is Positive integer.

With this design, the gateway device can send the N network capability information with the highest priority among its multiple network capability information to the gateway device, thereby saving signaling overhead in the process of indicating its own network capability information.

In a possible design, the first message further includes respective priorities of one or more network capability information in the set; and/or the first message further includes an identifier of the gateway device.

In a third aspect, this application provides an electronic device that can be used to execute the steps performed by the electronic device in the first aspect or any possible design of the first aspect. The electronic device can implement each function or step or operation in the foregoing methods through a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module. For example, functional modules corresponding to the functions or steps or operations in the above-mentioned methods may be provided in the electronic equipment to support the communication device to execute the above-mentioned methods.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device shown in the third aspect is implemented through a software module, the electronic device may include a communication module and a processing module that are coupled to each other, wherein the communication module may be used to support the electronic device to communicate, and the processing module may be used for the electronic device Perform processing operations, such as generating information/messages that need to be sent, or processing received signals to obtain information/messages. The electronic device may also include a display module, such as a display screen, which can be used to display information, images, and the like.

The communication module may be configured to receive a first message, the first message being sent by a first gateway device, and the first message may include one or more pieces of first network capability information of the wireless local area network WLAN network provided by the first gateway device The first network capability information includes the network standard information of the first gateway device and/or one or more network slicing capability information of the first gateway device.

In a possible design, the first message further includes the identifier of the first network device, and the display module may display the identifier of the first gateway device and one or more pieces of first network capability information.

In a possible design, the first message further includes the respective priorities of the one or more first network capability information, and the display module may perform the respective priorities according to the one or more first network capability information. Priority, displaying one or more of the first network capability information with the highest priority.

In a possible design, the communication module may receive a second message, the second message is sent by a second gateway device, and the second message includes the identifier of the second gateway device, the second gateway device One or more second network capability information of the WLAN network provided by the device and respective priorities of the one or more second network capability information, where the second network capability information includes the network standard information of the second gateway device And/or one or more network slicing capability information of the second gateway device. The display module may display the identification of the first gateway device and one or more of the first network capability information according to the respective priorities of the one or more first network capability information and the respective priorities of the one or more second network capability information. Multiple pieces of the first network capability information and/or the identifiers of the second gateway device and one or more pieces of the second network capability information.

In a possible design, the display module may display the identifier of the first gateway device and the first network capability information with the highest priority among the one or more first network capability information, and display all The identifier of the second gateway device and the second network capability information with the highest priority among the one or more second network capability information.

In a possible design, the first message may include a periodic broadcast beacon message and/or a probe response message.

In a possible design, the processing module may determine the target network capability information corresponding to the network service requirement according to the network service requirement performed by the electronic device and the first corresponding relationship, and the first corresponding relationship is the network service requirement. Correspondence between demand and network capability information; the processing module can automatically access the WLAN network provided by the target gateway device with the target network capability information, or prompt the user whether to access the gateway device with the target network capability information. WLAN network.

In addition, when the electronic device shown in the second aspect is implemented by hardware components, the electronic device may include a processor for executing the steps performed by the network device in the first aspect and/or any possible design of the first aspect. The electronic device may also include memory. The memory may be used to store instructions, and the processor may be used to call and run the instructions from the memory to execute the steps executed by the electronic device in the first aspect and/or any possible design of the first aspect.

Exemplarily, the transceiver may be used to perform the sending and/or receiving actions of the electronic device in the first aspect and/or any possible design of the first aspect, such as the action of receiving information, messages or signaling from the gateway device. And/or, the processor can be used to perform the processing actions of the electronic device in the first aspect and/or any possible design of the first aspect, such as controlling the transceiver to receive and send information, messages or signaling, and control The memory performs information storage and so on.

The electronic device may also include a transceiver for the electronic device to communicate. The electronic device may also include a display screen for displaying information, images, and the like.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a gateway device, which can be used to execute the steps performed by the gateway device in any possible design of the above-mentioned first aspect or the second aspect. The gateway device can implement each function or step or operation in each of the foregoing methods in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module. For example, functional modules corresponding to the functions or steps or operations in the above-mentioned methods can be set in the gateway device to support the communication device to execute the above-mentioned methods.

When the gateway device shown in the fourth aspect is implemented by a software module, the gateway device may include a communication module and a processing module coupled with each other, wherein the communication module can be used to support the gateway device to communicate, and the processing module can be used for the gateway device to perform processing operations, Such as generating information/messages that need to be sent, or processing received signals to obtain information/messages.

Exemplarily, the processing module may be used to obtain a set of network capability information of a wireless local area network WLAN network provided by the gateway device, the set including at least one piece of network capability information, and the at least one piece of network capability information includes the network standard information of the gateway device and/ Or one or more network slice capability information of the gateway device; the communication module may be used to send one or more network capability information in the set to the electronic device through a first message.

In a possible design, the processing module may, according to the priority of each network capability information, know that the communication module sends the N network capability information with the highest priority in the network capability information to the Electronic equipment, N is a positive integer.

When the gateway device shown in the fourth aspect is implemented by hardware components, the gateway device may include a processor for executing the steps performed by the gateway device in any possible design of the second aspect and/or the second aspect. The gateway device may also include memory. The memory may be used to store instructions, and the processor may be used to call and run the instructions from the memory to execute the steps performed by the network device in the second aspect and/or any possible design of the second aspect.

The gateway device may also include a transceiver for the gateway device to communicate.

Exemplarily, the transceiver can be used to execute the sending and/or receiving actions of the gateway device in any possible design of the second aspect and/or the second aspect, such as sending information, messages or signaling from the gateway device to the electronic device Actions. And/or, the processor can be used to perform the processing actions of the gateway device in the second aspect and/or any possible design of the second aspect, such as controlling the transceiver to receive and send information, messages or signaling, and control The memory performs information storage and so on.

In a fifth aspect, a chip provided by an embodiment of the present application is coupled with a memory, so that the chip invokes a computer program stored in the memory during operation to implement the first aspect or the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application Any possible design involved, or the second aspect or any method in any possible design involved in the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a computer storage medium according to an embodiment of the present application. The computer storage medium stores a computer program. When the computer program runs on an electronic device, the electronic device executes the first aspect or the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application. Any possible design involved in the aspect, or the second aspect or any method in any possible design involved in the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, a computer program product of an embodiment of the present application, when the computer program product runs on an electronic device, causes the electronic device to execute and implement the above-mentioned first aspect and any of the first aspects of the embodiments of the present application. A possible design, or the second aspect or any possible design method involved in the second aspect.

In addition, the technical effects brought by any one of the possible design methods of the second aspect to the fifth aspect can be referred to the technical effects brought about by different design methods in the related method section, which will not be repeated here.

Description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system provided by an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a WLAN interface provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another WLAN interface provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another WLAN interface provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another WLAN interface provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a user prompt interface provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of another electronic device provided by an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of another electronic device provided by an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a gateway device provided by an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another gateway device provided by an embodiment of this application.

detailed description

In order to enable electronic devices to know whether the accessible WLAN network provides 5G Internet access services, and/or what 5G Internet access services can be provided, so that electronic devices can flexibly choose more suitable WLAN network access. The application embodiment provides a WLAN network access method.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a communication system to which the embodiments of this application are applicable. Specifically, the communication system architecture shown in FIG. 1 includes an electronic device 101 and a gateway device 102. In the communication system as shown in FIG. 1, the gateway device 102 can be used to provide a WLAN network (or WLAN hotspot), and the electronic device 101 can be used to search for and access the wireless fidelity (WIFI) network provided by the gateway device 102. It should be understood that the present application does not limit the electronic device 101 to only be within the coverage of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device 102. And/or, this application does not limit the coverage of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device 102 to only include the electronic device 101. Exemplarily, the gateway device 102 may be implemented by a chip or a chip system.

The above electronic devices 101 may include, for example, mobile phones, tablet computers, wearable devices with wireless communication functions (such as smart watches), vehicle-mounted devices, and the like. Exemplary embodiments of electronic devices include, but are not limited to, carrying

Or other operating system electronic devices. The above-mentioned electronic device may also be, for example, a laptop computer with a touch-sensitive surface (such as a touch panel). It should also be understood that in some other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device 101 may also be a desktop computer and other devices with WIFI network access capability. Exemplarily, the electronic device 101 may be a wireless terminal (station, STA). Exemplarily, the electronic device 101 may be implemented by a chip or a chip system.

The above gateway device 102 can be used in this application to provide WLAN network signals, such as WIFI network signals, so that devices connected to the WLAN network (including but not limited to electronic devices 101) can obtain Internet access services. Exemplarily, the gateway device 102 may be a customer premises equipment (CPE) or an access point (AP) or the like. The gateway device 102 may also be a device that provides a WLAN hot point, such as a mobile terminal that can access a mobile network and provide a WLAN hot point.

Exemplarily, the gateway device 102 may be used to convert a 4G mobile network, a 5G mobile communication network, or an optical fiber network into a WIFI network signal. As shown in FIG. 1, the gateway device 102 can establish a connection with a mobile base station to access a 4G mobile network or a 5G mobile communication network provided by the mobile base station; in addition, the gateway device 102 can also be connected to the Internet through an optical fiber network. Among them, when accessing a 5G mobile communication network (or 5G new radio (NR)), the gateway device 102 can provide 5G Internet access services, so that electronic devices connected to the gateway device 102 can obtain the unique features of the 5G network. High-bandwidth, low-latency network services. However, gateway devices that access 4G mobile communications or optical fiber networks cannot provide 5G Internet access services, and therefore cannot enable users to obtain high-bandwidth and low-latency network services unique to 5G networks.

The following describes how the electronic device 101 searches for the WIFI network provided by the gateway device 102 in conjunction with the communication system described in FIG. 1.

Manner 1: The electronic device 101 actively probes the WIFI network provided by the gateway device 102.

The electronic device 101 may broadcast a probe request message to request the WIFI network gateway device that has received the probe request message to feed back relevant information of the accessible WLAN network to the electronic device 101 to realize WLAN network detection. Among them, the SSID of the WLAN network in the probe request message can be set to null. The gateway device 102 may, after receiving the probe request message sent by the electronic device 101, feedback the probe response message corresponding to the probe request message to the electronic device 101, and carry the SSID of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device 102 in the probe response message , So that the electronic device 101 can access the WLAN network.

Manner 2: The electronic device 101 passively scans the WIFI network provided by the gateway device 102.

In the search communication system as shown in Figure 1, the gateway device 102 can periodically send a periodic broadcast (beacon), and the beacon can be used by other devices to discover the WIFI network provided by the gateway device 102. Wherein, the beacon may carry the service set identifier (SSID) of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device 102 to identify the WLAN network. For example, the electronic device 101 can discover the WIFI network provided by the gateway device 102 according to the beacon, so as to subsequently access the WLAN network.

Or, when the probe request message is not sent, the electronic device 101 may also receive the probe response message sent by the gateway device 102. The probe response message may be sent by the gateway device 102 based on the probe response message sent by other electronic devices. The message may carry the SSID of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device 102.

In the above manner, the electronic device 101 can learn the WIFI network provided by the gateway device 102.

Exemplarily, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a possible electronic device 101. It should be understood that the hardware structure of the illustrated electronic device 101 is only an example. Also, the electronic device 101 may have more or fewer components than shown in the figure, may combine two or more components, or may have different component configurations. The various components shown in the figure may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software including one or more signal processing and/or application specific integrated circuits.

As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic device 101 includes a processor 110, an internal memory 121, an external memory interface 122, an antenna 1, a mobile communication module 131, an antenna 2, a wireless communication module 132, an audio module 140, a speaker 140A, a receiver 140B, and a microphone. 140C, headphone interface 140D, display screen 151, subscriber identification module (SIM) card interface 152, camera 153, buttons 154, sensor module 160, universal serial bus (USB) interface 170, charging management Module 180, power management module 181 and battery 182. In other embodiments, the electronic device 101 may also include a motor, an indicator, and the like.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example, the processor 110 may include an application processor (AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), an image signal processor (ISP), a controller, and a video processor. Codec, digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), baseband processor, and/or neural-network processing unit (NPU), etc. Among them, the different processing units may be independent devices or integrated in one or more processors.

In some embodiments, a memory may also be provided in the processor 110 for storing instructions and data. For example, the memory in the processor 110 may be a cache memory. The memory can store instructions or data that the processor 110 has just used or used cyclically. If the processor 110 needs to use the instruction or data again, it can be directly called from the memory. Repeated accesses are avoided, the waiting time of the processor 110 is reduced, and the efficiency of the system is improved.

The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer executable program code, where the executable program code includes instructions. The processor 110 executes various functional applications and data processing of the electronic device 101 by running instructions stored in the internal memory 121. The internal memory 121 may include a storage program area and a storage data area. Among them, the storage program area can store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), and the like. The data storage area can store data (such as audio data, phone book, etc.) created during the use of the electronic device 101. In addition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, a universal flash storage (UFS), and the like.

The external memory interface 122 can be used to connect an external memory card (for example, a Micro SD card) to expand the storage capacity of the electronic device 101. The external memory card communicates with the processor 110 through the external memory interface 122 to realize the data storage function. For example, save music, video and other files in an external memory card.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are used to transmit and receive electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device 101 can be used to cover a single or multiple communication frequency bands. Different antennas can also be reused to improve antenna utilization. For example: Antenna 1 can be multiplexed as a diversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In other embodiments, the antenna can be used in combination with a tuning switch.

The mobile communication module 131 can provide a wireless communication solution including 2G/3G/4G/5G and the like applied to the electronic device 101. The mobile communication module 131 may include at least one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier (LNA), and the like. The mobile communication module 131 can receive the electromagnetic wave signal from the antenna 1, and perform processing such as filtering and amplifying the received electromagnetic wave signal, and transmit it to the modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 131 can also amplify the signal modulated by the modem processor, and convert it into electromagnetic wave radiation via the antenna 1. In some embodiments, at least part of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 131 may be provided in the processor 110. In some embodiments, at least part of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 131 and at least part of the modules of the processor 110 may be provided in the same device. For example, the mobile communication module 131 may send a voice to the electronic device 200, and may also receive a voice sent by the electronic device 200.

The modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. Among them, the modulator is used to modulate the low frequency baseband signal to be sent into a medium and high frequency signal. The demodulator is used to demodulate the received electromagnetic wave signal into a low-frequency baseband signal. Then the demodulator transmits the demodulated low-frequency baseband signal to the baseband processor for processing. After the low-frequency baseband signal is processed by the baseband processor, it is passed to the application processor. The application processor outputs a sound signal through an audio device (not limited to the speaker 140A, the receiver 140B, etc.), or displays an image or video through the display screen 151. In some embodiments, the modem processor may be an independent device. In other embodiments, the modem processor may be independent of the processor 110 and be provided in the same device as the mobile communication module 131 or other functional modules.

The wireless communication module 132 can provide applications on the electronic device 101 including wireless local area networks (WLAN) (such as Wi-Fi networks), Bluetooth (BT), and global navigation satellite system (GNSS). ), frequency modulation (FM), near field communication (NFC), infrared technology (infrared, IR) and other wireless communication solutions. The wireless communication module 132 may be one or more devices integrating at least one communication processing module. The wireless communication module 132 receives electromagnetic wave signals via the antenna 2, frequency modulates and filters the electromagnetic wave signals, and sends the processed signals to the processor 110. The wireless communication module 132 may also receive the signal to be sent from the processor 110, perform frequency modulation, amplify it, and convert it into electromagnetic waves to radiate through the antenna 2. For example, the wireless communication module 132 may send the voice of user 1 in language 1 collected by the electronic device 101 to the translation server, and may also send the voice of user 2 in language 2 collected by the electronic device 200 received by the mobile communication module 131 to the translator. The server can also receive the translation result sent by the translation server.

The wireless communication module 132 may be specifically used for the electronic device 101 to search for and access the WLAN network. For example, the wireless communication module 132 can be used for the electronic device 101 to discover the WLAN network signal provided by the gateway device 102, and when the electronic device 101 accesses the WLAN network, the wireless communication module 132 can be used for the electronic device 101 to receive and receive information through the WLAN network. /Or send.

Exemplarily, the wireless communication module 132 may be used for the electronic device 101 to receive the beacon and/or probe response sent by the gateway device 102. The wireless communication module 132 can also be used for the electronic device 101 to broadcast a probe request.

In some embodiments, the antenna 1 of the electronic device 101 is coupled with the mobile communication module 131, and the antenna 2 is coupled with the wireless communication module 132, so that the electronic device 101 can communicate with the network and other devices through wireless communication technology. The wireless communication technology may include global system for mobile communications (GSM), general packet radio service (GPRS), code division multiple access (CDMA), broadband Code division multiple access (wideband code division multiple access, WCDMA), time-division code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA), long term evolution (LTE), BT, GNSS, WLAN, NFC , FM, and/or IR technology, etc. The GNSS may include global positioning system (GPS), global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), Beidou navigation satellite system (BDS), and quasi-zenith satellite system (quasi). -zenith satellite system, QZSS) and/or satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS).

The electronic device 101 can implement audio functions through an audio module 140, a speaker 140A, a receiver 140B, a microphone 140C, a headphone interface 140D, an application processor, and the like. For example, music playback, recording, etc.

The audio module 140 may be used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal for output, and also to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module 140 may also be used to encode and decode audio signals.

The speaker 140A, also called "speaker", is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. The electronic device 101 can listen to music or answer a hands-free call through the speaker 140A.

The receiver 140B, also called "earpiece", is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. When the electronic device 101 answers a call or voice message, it can receive the voice by bringing the receiver 140B close to the human ear.

The microphone 140C, also called "microphone" or "microphone", is used to convert sound signals into electrical signals.

The earphone interface 140D can be used to connect wired earphones. The headphone interface 140D can be a USB interface 130, a 3.5mm open mobile terminal platform (OMTP) standard interface, a cellular telecommunications industry association (cellular telecommunications industry association of the USA, CTIA) standard interface, etc. .

The electronic device 101 can implement a display function through a GPU, a display screen 151, an application processor, and the like. The GPU is an image processing microprocessor, which is connected to the display screen 151 and the application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. The processor 110 may include one or more GPUs, which execute program instructions to generate or change display information.

The display screen 151 can be used to display images, videos, and the like. The display screen 151 may include a display panel.

The electronic device 101 can implement a shooting function through an ISP, a camera 153, a video codec, a GPU, a display screen 151, and an application processor.

The ISP can be used to process the data fed back from the camera 153. For example, when taking a picture, the shutter is opened, the light is transmitted to the photosensitive element of the camera through the lens, the light signal is converted into an electrical signal, and the photosensitive element of the camera transmits the electrical signal to the ISP for processing and is converted into an image visible to the naked eye. ISP can also optimize the image noise, brightness, and skin color. ISP can also optimize the exposure, color temperature and other parameters of the shooting scene. In some embodiments, the ISP may be provided in the camera 193.

The camera 153 may be used to capture still images or videos.

The button 154 may include a power-on button, a volume button, and the like. The button 154 may be a mechanical button. It can also be a touch button. The electronic device 101 can receive key input, and generate key signal input related to user settings and function control of the electronic device 101.

The sensor module 160 may include one or more sensors. For example, touch sensor 160A, fingerprint sensor 160B, gyroscope sensor 160C, pressure sensor 160D, acceleration sensor 160E, and the like. In some embodiments, the sensor module 160 may also include environmental sensors, distance sensors, proximity light sensors, bone conduction sensors, and the like.

The touch sensor 160A may also be referred to as a “touch panel”. The touch sensor 160A may be disposed on the display screen 151, and the touch screen is composed of the touch sensor 160A and the display screen 151, which is also called a “touch screen”. The fingerprint sensor 160 may be used to collect fingerprints. The electronic device 101 can use the collected fingerprint characteristics to implement fingerprint unlocking, access application lock, fingerprint photographing, fingerprint answering calls, and so on.

The gyro sensor 160C can be used to determine the movement posture of the electronic device 101.

The pressure sensor 160D is used to sense pressure signals, and can convert the pressure signals into electrical signals. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor 160D may be provided on the display screen 151. There are many types of pressure sensors 160D, such as resistive pressure sensors, inductive pressure sensors, capacitive pressure sensors, and so on.

The acceleration sensor 160E can detect the magnitude of the acceleration of the electronic device 101 in various directions (generally three axes). When the electronic device 101 is stationary, the magnitude and direction of gravity can be detected. It can also be used to identify the posture of electronic devices, and apply to applications such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, pedometers and so on.

In other embodiments, the processor 110 may further include one or more interfaces. For example, the interface may be a SIM card interface 152. For another example, the interface may also be the USB interface 170. For another example, the interface can also be an integrated circuit (inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an integrated circuit built-in audio (inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, and a universal asynchronous transceiving transmission UART (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter) interface, mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, etc. It is understandable that, in the embodiments of the present application, different modules of the electronic device 101 may be connected through interfaces, so that the electronic device 101 can implement different functions. For example, taking pictures, processing, etc. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the connection mode of the interface in the electronic device 101.

Wherein, the SIM card interface 152 can be used to connect to a SIM card. The SIM card can be inserted into the SIM card interface 152 or pulled out from the SIM card interface 152 to achieve contact and separation with the electronic device 101. The electronic device 101 may support 1 or N SIM card interfaces, and N is a positive integer greater than 1. The SIM card interface 152 may support Nano SIM cards, Micro SIM cards, SIM cards, and so on. The same SIM card interface 152 can insert multiple cards at the same time. The types of the multiple cards can be the same or different.

The USB interface 170 is an interface that complies with the USB standard specification. For example, the USB interface 170 may include a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, and so on. The USB interface 170 can be used to connect a charger to charge the electronic device 101, and can also be used to transfer data between the electronic device 101 and peripheral devices. It can also be used to connect earphones and play audio through earphones. The USB interface 170 can also be used to connect other electronic devices, such as augmented reality (AR) devices.

The charging management module 180 is used to receive charging input from the charger. Among them, the charger can be a wireless charger or a wired charger.

The power management module 181 is used to connect the battery 182, the charging management module 180 and the processor 110.

It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, indicating that there can be three types of relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean that A exists alone, and A and B exist at the same time. When there is B alone, A and B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship. "The following at least one (item)" or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single item (item) or plural items (item). For example, at least one of a, b, or c can mean: a, b, c, a and b, a and c, b and c, or a, b and c, where a, b, c It can be single or multiple.

In the following, the communication system shown in FIG. 1 is taken as an example to describe the method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 3, the network recommendation method provided by the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps S101 to S103:

S101: The gateway device 102 obtains a collection of network capability information of the WLAN network provided by itself. Wherein, the set of network capability information may include one or more network capability information. The network capability information may include network standard information of the network accessed by the gateway device 102 or network slicing capability information of the 5G network accessed by the gateway device 102.

The above network standard information can be used to instruct the gateway device 102 to provide internet service through which of the 4G mobile network, 5G mobile network, or optical fiber network. Wherein, when the gateway device 102 provides a 5G Internet access service through a 5G mobile network, the gateway device 102 can support a high-bandwidth and low-latency network service unique to a 5G network. For convenience in the following description, the network standard of the mobile network accessed by the gateway device 102 may be referred to as the network standard of the gateway device 102 for short. The network standard of the gateway device 102 may include a 4G mobile network, a 5G mobile network, or an optical fiber network.

The above network slicing capability information can be used to indicate the network capabilities that can be provided by the 5G network that the gateway device 102 accesses. Among them, the network capabilities that the 5G network can provide can specifically include low-delay (low-delay) network capabilities, high-bandwidth network capabilities, or high-definition voice network capabilities, etc. The network capabilities of these 5G networks can be connected to the 5G network that the gateway device 102 accesses. Corresponding to the slice type. The slice type is, for example, low-latency network slice, high-bandwidth network slice, or high-definition voice network slice. For the convenience of description in the following, the network capabilities that can be provided by the 5G network that the gateway device 102 accesses may be referred to as the 5G slicing capabilities of the gateway device 102 for short.

It should be understood that when the gateway device 102 accesses multiple 5G network slices, there may be multiple 5G slicing capabilities of the gateway device 102, and there may be multiple network slicing capability information possessed by the gateway device 102.

S102: The gateway device 102 sends a first message, where the first message includes one or more network capability information in the set.

S103: The electronic device 101 receives the first message.

Using the above method, the gateway device 102 can notify the electronic device 101 of its own network standard information and/or network slicing capability information, so that the electronic device 101 can learn the network standard information of the gateway device 102 and/or the network slicing capability information of the gateway device 102, Therefore, it is possible for the electronic device 101 to select a WLAN network according to the network standard information and/or network slicing capability information of the gateway device 102, so that the electronic device 101 can more flexibly select the required WLAN network.

The specific implementation of the network capability information will be described below.

The above first message may also include the identifier of the gateway device 102 to indicate that the one or more network capability information is associated with the gateway device 102. The identifier of the gateway device 102 may be the identifier of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device 102. For example, the identifier of the gateway device 102 may be the SSID of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device 102. Exemplarily, the gateway device 102 may send the corresponding relationship between the SSID of the WLAN network and the network capability information of the gateway device 102 to the electronic device 101 to indicate that the network capability information is associated with the gateway device 102.

The above network standard information can be represented by predefined indication information, such as a cell with a specific value. For example, when the gateway device 102 accesses a 5G network and converts the 5G network to a WIFI network, the gateway device 102 can send instruction information to the electronic device 101. The instruction information is used by the electronic device 101 to determine that the gateway device 102 is connected to the 5G network, and Provide 5G Internet access service for WIFI network.

The above 5G slicing capability of the gateway device 102 may be associated with the slicing type of the 5G network slice that the gateway device 102 accesses. For example, when the 5G network slice accessed by the gateway device 102 provides a low-latency network, the gateway device 102 has a low-latency network capability, or in other words, the 5G slice capability of the gateway device 102 includes a low-latency network capability. For another example, when the 5G network slice accessed by the gateway device 102 provides a high-bandwidth network, the gateway device 102 has a high-bandwidth network capability, or in other words, the 5G slice capability of the gateway device 102 includes a high-bandwidth network capability. For another example, when the 5G network slice accessed by the gateway device 102 provides a high-definition voice network, the gateway device 102 has a high-definition voice network capability, or in other words, the 5G slice capability of the gateway device 102 includes a high-definition voice network capability. It should be understood that the gateway device 102 may have one or more of the 5G slicing capabilities listed above, and may also have 5G slicing capabilities corresponding to the network performance of other 5G network slicing not listed, and should not be understood as 5G slicing The abilities are limited to the abilities listed above.

In a possible implementation manner, each type of 5G slicing capability may correspond to an indication of network slicing capability, such as a cell with a specific value. When the gateway device 102 has a certain 5G slicing capability, the gateway device 102 may The indication information of the network slicing capability corresponding to the 5G slicing capability is sent to the electronic device 101, so that the electronic device 101 learns the 5G slicing capability of the gateway device 102 according to the indication information of the network slicing capability.

Exemplarily, the network slicing capability information may include information used to indicate that the gateway device 102 has a low-latency network capability, or in other words, the network slicing capability information may include information used to instruct the gateway device 102 to access a 5G network that provides a low-latency network. Slice information. The network slicing capability information may include information for indicating that the gateway device 102 has a high-bandwidth network capability, or in other words, the network slicing capability information may include information for instructing the gateway device 102 to access a 5G network slicing that provides a high-bandwidth network. The network slicing capability information may include information for indicating that the gateway device 102 has a high-definition voice network capability, or in other words, the network slicing capability information may include information for instructing the gateway device 102 to access a 5G network slicing that provides a high-definition voice network.

In another implementation manner, the network slicing capability information may be represented by the identifier (S-NSSAI) of the 5G network slice that the gateway device 102 accesses. Among them, S-NSSAI is used to identify 5G network slices, and the network capabilities of 5G network slices can be determined according to S-NSSAI, so S-NSSAI can be used to indicate the 5G slice capabilities of gateway device 102. Exemplarily, the gateway device 102 may send the correspondence between the SSID of the WLAN network and the S-NSSAI of the 5G network slice accessed by the gateway device 102 to indicate the association relationship between the WLAN network and the 5G network slice.

The gateway device 102 in the above S101 can determine its own network capability list according to the network (such as 4G mobile network, 5G mobile network or optical fiber network) that it accesses, and according to the network standard and/or the 5G network slice connected to it (or It is called the collection of network capability information). The list may include the network standard information of the gateway device 102 and/or the network slicing capability information of the gateway device 102. In other words, the list can be used to characterize the network capability information of the gateway device 102.

Exemplarily, in the network capability list, the network standard information "Access to 5G NR" may be used to instruct the gateway device 102 to access the 5G network and provide 5G Internet access services. In addition, the network standard information "not connected to 5G NR" can be used to instruct the gateway device 102 to access a 4G mobile network or an optical fiber network, to indicate that the gateway device 102 does not provide 5G Internet access services.

In the network capability list, the network capability information corresponding to the low-latency network capability can be expressed as "5G delay x ms", where "x ms" can indicate that the transmission delay of the WIFI network is not higher than x milliseconds (ms). The network capability information corresponding to the high-bandwidth network capability can be expressed as "5G Video xx" or "5G Up Video xx", where "xx" can indicate the high-definition video format supported by the network, such as 4K, 8K, or 1080P. The network capability information corresponding to the high-definition voice network capability can be expressed as "5G HD Voice".

In a specific example, when the gateway device 102 accesses 5G NR, and the network delay of the accessed 5G low-latency network slice is not higher than 10ms, the gateway device 102 can configure the network capability list shown in Table 1. .

索引(index)Index	网络能力信息Network capability information
11	接入5G NRAccess to 5G NR
22	5G Delay 10ms5G Delay 10ms

Table 1

It should be understood that the above Table 1 illustrates the network capability information of the gateway device 102 by way of example, and it should not be understood that the network capability information of the gateway device 102 is limited to what is shown in Table 1.

In another specific example, the gateway device 102 may also determine the priority of the network capability information, and the priority is used to indicate the priority of the network standard information of the gateway device 102 and/or each type of network of the gateway device 102 The slicing capability information corresponds to the priority level. For example, when the gateway device 102 accesses 5G NR, and the network delay of the accessed 5G low-latency network slice is not higher than 10ms, the gateway device 102 can configure the network capability list shown in Table 2 to reflect the network standard information And/or the priority corresponding to each type of network slicing capability information. In this example, the network capability information may also include network standard information and/or priority levels corresponding to each type of network slicing capability information. The priority described in this application can be used to characterize the priority of the electronic device 101 accessing the WLAN network provided by the gateway device 102. It should be understood that the network standard information of the gateway device 102 and/or the correspondence between each type of network slicing capability information and the priority may be pre-configured or defined by the user of the gateway device 102.

索引index	网络能力信息Network capability information	优先级priority
11	接入5G NRAccess to 5G NR	33
22	5G Delay 10ms5G Delay 10ms	55

Table 2

As shown in Table 2, the priority value of the network capability information from small to large indicates that the priority of the network capability information is from low to high. The higher the priority of the network capability information, it means that the gateway device 102 presents the network capability information to the electronic device 101 more preferentially. For the electronic device 101, the higher the priority of the network capability information, it means that the electronic device 101 can access the WLAN network with the network capability information to obtain a better surfing experience.

Exemplarily, the gateway device 102 accessing a network may have multiple network capability information, and may send N network capability information with the highest priority among the multiple network capability information to the electronic device 101, where N is a positive integer. Exemplarily, N<M, M is the number of multiple network capability information obtained by the gateway device 102, and M is a positive integer. For example, as shown in Table 2, if the gateway device 102 obtains its own multiple network capability information-"Access 5G NR" and its priority level 3, "5G Delay 10ms" and its priority level 5, the gateway device 102 can report to the electronic The device 101 indicates the network capability information with the highest priority-"5G Delay 10ms".

It should be understood that the gateway device 102 may also send the priority of the network capability information to the electronic device 101.

In the implementation of S102, the gateway device 102 can broadcast the network capability information of the gateway device 102 according to the network capability list shown in Table 1 or Table 2, or send it to one or more electronic devices including the electronic device 101. The device sends.

Exemplarily, the gateway device 102 may carry the network capability information of the gateway device 102 and the identifier of the gateway device 102 in a beacon message and/or a probe response message.

The gateway device 102 may use the reserved information element in the beacon message and/or the probe response message—vendor special (or vendor-special) information element to carry the network capability information of the gateway device 102. The vendor special cell is currently an optional cell in the beacon message and the probe response message, and the vendor special cell can be located after other cells in the beacon message or probe response message. In each beacon message or probe response message, the number of vendor special cells can be one or more.

Among them, in each beacon message or probe response message, the network capability information of the gateway device 102 may be carried through one or more vendor special cells. For example, when the number of network capability information of the gateway device 102 is multiple, one piece of network capability information of the gateway device 102 may be carried by multiple vendor special cells. Wherein, the entry described here may refer to the network capability information corresponding to a line of information in the network capability list shown in Table 1 or Table 2.

Taking Table 1 as an example, when the gateway device 102 accesses 5G NR, and the network delay of the accessed 5G low-latency network slice is not higher than 10ms, the network capability information of the gateway device 102 includes the network capability information corresponding to index 1 ——"Access to 5G NR", and the network capability information corresponding to index 2——"5G Delay 10ms". In this example, the gateway device 102 may respectively carry the two network capability information through two vendor special cells in the beacon message (or probe response message).

When a beacon message (or probe response message) carries multiple vendor special cells, each vendor special cell can be distinguished by an organizational identifier (OI), for example, the OI of each vendor special cell The value of is set to a different value.

Exemplarily, the vendor special cell may have a format as shown in Table 3.

table 3

Among them, the length of Element ID and Length are both 1 8-bit (octet). The length of OI can be j octet, where j is a positive integer. The length of the equipment vendor's special content can be n-j octet, where n is a positive integer, and j≤n≤255.

In implementation, the tag-length-value (TLV) structure of the vendor special cell can be as shown in Table 4.

Table 4

As shown in Table 4, octet 0 can be used to carry Element ID. Element ID is a standard cell identifier in the probe response message and beacon message in the 802.11 protocol. Element ID can be used to indicate that the cell is a cell in a probe response message or a beacon message. Exemplarily, the value of Element ID is 221 (the corresponding binary character is “DD”), which means that this cell is added by the product manufacturer of the gateway device 102. The value of Element ID can also be set to other values, such as other values defined by the protocol.

In Table 4, octet 1 can be used to indicate Length, and the value of Length is a positive integer, which is used to indicate that the length of the vendor special cell is the positive integer.

In Table 4, octet 2-4 can be used to represent OI. Among them, the binary characters "00, E0, FC" are set values (other values are also possible, and this application does not specifically limit them). After the set value is parsed, the electronic device 101 can parse the octet according to a predefined format. (Or more octets after octet 5) to obtain the network capability information of the gateway device 102 carried in octet 5. The AP Type can carry a set character string, such as the character string "AP Type" or other character strings.

The value of octet 5 (or more octets after octet 5) in Table 4 (as shown at xxx in Table 4) can be used to carry network capability information.

It should be understood that the network capability information of the gateway device 102 may also be carried in probe response information or other information elements other than the vendor special information element in the beacon message. For the specific carrying manner, refer to Table 3 and Table 4.

Optionally, after receiving the network capability information of the gateway device 102 and the identification of the gateway device 102, the electronic device 101 may inform the user through the display screen according to the network capability information from one or more gateway devices including the gateway device 102. Display the network capability information of one or more gateway devices.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 101 may display one or more network capability information of each gateway device. When the electronic device 101 only displays one piece of network capability information of each gateway device, the electronic device 101 may display the piece of network capability information with the highest priority of each gateway device. For example, as shown in Table 2, if the priority of the gateway device 102's network capability information "5G NR access" is 3, and the priority of "5G Delay 10ms" is 5, then only the network capability information "5G Delay" of the gateway device 102 can be displayed. 10ms” to save the occupation of the display screen.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 101 may display the corresponding relationship between the identifier of the gateway device and the network capability information of the gateway device. The corresponding relationship between the identifier of the gateway device and the network capability information of the gateway device may be shown in Table 5.

索引index	网关设备的标识Identification of the gateway device	网络能力信息Network capability information
11	网关设备_1Gateway device_1	接入5G NRAccess to 5G NR
22	网关设备102 Gateway device 102	接入5G NR、5G Delay 10ms Access 5G NR, 5G Delay 10ms
33	网关设备_2 Gateway Device_2		5G Video 4K5G Video 4K
44	网关设备_3 Gateway Device_3	5G HD Voice5G HD Voice
55	网关设备_4 Gateway Device_4	5G Up Video 1080P 5G Up Video 1080P
66	网关设备_5Gateway Device_5	未接入5G NRNot connected to 5G NR

table 5

As shown in Table 5, the electronic device 101 can respectively receive network capabilities from multiple gateway devices (gateway device_1, gateway device_102, gateway device_2, gateway device_3, gateway device_4, gateway device_5) Information, and obtain the network standard information and/or network slicing capability information of the gateway device indicated by the network capability information.

When displaying the identities of multiple gateway devices and the network capability information corresponding to the multiple gateway devices, taking the electronic device 101 only displaying one network capability information of each gateway device as an example, the electronic device 101 can display multiple gateways on the WLAN interface The identification of the device and the network capability information corresponding to multiple gateway devices are shown in Figure 4.

For example, as shown in Figure 4, according to Table 5, the electronic device 101 can display the network capability information identifying "Gateway device 1" and "5G NR", and the information identifying "Gateway device 102" and "5G Delay 10ms" on the WLAN interface. Network capability information, network capability information identifying "gateway equipment_2" and "5G Video 4K", network capability information identifying "gateway equipment_3" and "5G HD Voice", identifying "gateway equipment_4" and "5G" Up Video 1080P" network capability information.

In addition, the electronic device 101 can also display "gateway device_5" and not display the network capability information of "gateway device_5" on the WLAN interface, or display the information of "not connected to 5G NR", or display the actual gateway device_5 The information of the accessed network (such as 4G network or optical fiber network, etc.) indicates that the network capability information corresponding to "gateway device_5" is "not connected to 5G NR".

As shown in Figure 4, the WLAN interface may also display the signal strength icon of the WLAN network and/or the encryption icon of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device. Among them, the signal strength icon of the WLAN network may indicate the signal strength of the WLAN network. The encryption icon of a Wi-Fi network can indicate whether the Wi-Fi network is encrypted.

In another specific example, as shown in FIG. 5, the electronic device 101 may display the identities of multiple gateway devices and the icons of network capability information corresponding to the multiple gateway devices as shown in Table 5 on the WLAN interface. Among them, the icon of each network capability information corresponds to one piece of network capability information.

It should be understood that the icon of the network capability information shown in FIG. 5 is only an example, and this application does not limit the icon of the network capability information to have other styles. In addition, the icon of the network capability information corresponding to "Gateway Device_5" is not shown in Figure 5. In specific implementations, the "4G" icon or other icons can also be displayed to indicate the network corresponding to "Gateway Device_5". The capability information is "not connected to 5G NR".

Exemplarily, the electronic device 101 may also display the identities of multiple gateway devices and the network capability information corresponding to each of the multiple gateway devices according to the respective priorities of the network capability information of the multiple gateway devices. Correspondence between the identification and network capability information).

Table 6

For example, as shown in Table 6, the priority of the network capability information of each gateway device among multiple gateway devices can be stored. Exemplarily, the electronic device 101 may display the network capability information with the highest priority level among the network capability information of the multiple gateway devices according to Table 6. For example, the network capability information with the highest priority (priority 5 as shown in Table 6) is displayed. Exemplarily, the network capability information other than the network capability information with the highest priority level may not be displayed in the WLAN interface.

When displaying the network capability information of a gateway device, when a certain gateway device has multiple network capability information, the electronic device 101 may display multiple network capability information of the gateway device, or the electronic device 101 may only display the network capability information of the gateway device. Among the multiple network capability information, the one with the highest priority (or p, p is less than the number of multiple network capability information) network capability information. For example, taking the gateway device 102 shown in Table 6 as an example, the electronic device 101 can display the network capability information of the gateway device 102 "Access 5G NR" or the corresponding icon, and display "5G Delay 10ms" or the corresponding icon. Alternatively, the electronic device 101 may display "5G Delay 10ms" or a corresponding icon, but not "Access 5G NR" or a corresponding icon.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 101 may determine the respective priorities of the network capability information of the gateway device 102 according to the following methods:

In a possible example, the first message may include respective priorities of one or more pieces of network capability information of the gateway device 102.

In another possible example, when the first message does not carry the priority corresponding to the network capability information of the gateway device 102, the electronic device 101 may use the network capability information of the gateway device 102 and the correspondence between the network capability information and the priority. The relationship determines the priority of the gateway device 102. For example, the electronic device 101 may set the priority corresponding to each type of network capability information (or the electronic device 101 may set the corresponding relationship between each type of network capability information and the priority), and use the priority as The priority corresponding to the network capability information of the gateway device 102. Wherein, the priority corresponding to the network capability information set by the electronic device 101 may be the same as or different from the priority corresponding to the network capability information set by the gateway device. For example, the network standard "access to 5G NR" set by the gateway device 102 corresponds to The priority of is 3, and the priority corresponding to the network standard "access to 5G NR" set by the electronic device 101 can be 3 or other values.

It should be understood that when the priority of the network capability information included in the first message does not meet the corresponding relationship between the network capability information and the priority set by the electronic device 101, the network capability information and the priority set by the electronic device 101 may be used. The corresponding relationship of the levels re-determines the priority of the network capability information included in the first message. For example, the gateway device 102 indicates through the network capability information that its network standard "5G NR" corresponds to a priority of 5, and the network standard "5G NR" set by the electronic device 101 corresponds to a priority of 3. After receiving the network capability information, the device 101 may re-determine priority 3 corresponding to the network standard "5G NR access" of the gateway device 102.

In addition, in this example, the priority included in the first message may also be used as the priority of the network capability information included in the first message.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 101 may display the identities of the multiple gateway devices and the respective network capability information of the multiple gateway devices according to the priorities of the respective network capability information of the multiple gateway devices.

In a specific example, the electronic device 101 may determine the order of displaying the corresponding relationship between the identities of the multiple gateway devices and the network capability information according to the priorities of the respective network capability information of the multiple gateway devices. As shown in FIG. 6, according to the priority of the gateway device shown in Table 6, the electronic device 101 can display the icon of the network capability information (or network capability information) with the priority of 5 and the identification of the gateway device to which the network capability information belongs In the WLAN interface, the position is more forward (or higher, which refers to the position closer to the time bar of the display screen) to facilitate the user to preferentially select the WLAN network provided by these higher-priority gateway devices. As shown in Figure 6, the priority of the gateway device_1's network capability information "5G NR" is 3, which is lower than the priority of the gateway device 102's network capability information "5G Delay 10ms", and the gateway device_ The priority of the network capability information of 2 "5G Video 4K", the priority of the network capability information "5G HD Voice" of gateway device_3, and the priority of the network capability information of gateway device_4 "5G Up Video 1080P", therefore The electronic device 101 can display the identity of gateway device_1 and the icon of the network capability information of gateway device_1 in the WLAN list on the respective identities of gateway device 102, gateway device_2, gateway device_3, and gateway device_4. After the icon for network capability information.

In another specific example, the electronic device 101 may determine to display the identities and network capabilities of the multiple gateway devices according to the priority of the respective network capability information of the multiple gateway devices and the signal strength of the WLAN network provided by the multiple gateway devices. The order of the correspondence of the information. As shown in FIG. 7, the electronic device 101 can display the identifier of the gateway device with higher signal strength (or signal strength level) and the icon of the network capability information of the gateway device in the front position of the WLAN interface according to the signal strength of the WLAN network. (Or network capability information). Among them, among multiple gateway devices with the same signal strength (or the same signal strength level), the electronic device 101 can place the network capability information icon (or network capability information) with higher priority and the identifier of the gateway device to which the network capability information belongs to The more front position is displayed to facilitate the user to preferentially select the WLAN network provided by the gateway device with higher priority from the WLAN network with higher signal strength.

As shown in Figure 7, although the priority of the network capability information "5G Up Video 1080P" of gateway device_4 in Table 6 is higher than the priority of the network capability information of gateway device_1 "Access 5G NR", The signal strength (or signal strength level) of gateway device_4 detected by electronic device 101 is lower than the signal strength (or signal strength level) of gateway device_4. Therefore, electronic device 101 can add the signal strength (or signal strength level) of gateway device_1 in the WLAN list. The identifier and the icon of the network capability information of the gateway device_1 are displayed before the identifier of the gateway device_4 and the icon of the network capability information of the gateway device_4.

In another example, when the number of corresponding relationships between the identification of the gateway device and the network capability information that the electronic device 101 can display in the WLAN list is limited, the electronic device 101 can be based on the priority of the network capability information of the multiple gateway devices. Determine the identifier of the gateway device displayed in the WLAN list and the network capability information corresponding to each of the multiple gateway devices. For example, the setting of the electronic device 101 limits the number of gateway device identities displayed in the WLAN list to 5, then the electronic device 101 can display in the WLAN list according to the priority of the respective network capability information of the gateway devices described in Table 6. The respective identifications of gateway device_1, gateway device 102, gateway device_2, gateway device_3, and gateway device_4 and icons of network capability information.

In the foregoing embodiment, the electronic device displays the scanned identifier of the gateway device and the network capability information of the gateway device, and the user can select the gateway device that needs to perform services among the matching electronic devices according to the displayed network capability information of the gateway device. For example, as shown in Figure 6, the electronic device scans multiple gateway devices, and the user opens a game application in the electronic device. The user can select a low-latency gateway device, such as the gateway device 102. If the user opens the video in the electronic device Application, the user can choose the gateway device 2 that supports high-definition video.

In a possible embodiment, the electronic device 101 can automatically access the WLAN network provided by the gateway device matching the executed network service according to the network capability information of the gateway device. For example, when the network service performed by the electronic device 101 is a voice call, the electronic device 101 can automatically access the WLAN network provided by the gateway device including "5G HD Voice" according to the network service, as shown in Table 5. WLAN network of gateway device_3.

The electronic device may also automatically prompt the user whether to access the WLAN network provided by the gateway device that supports the network service performed by the electronic device according to the network capability information of the gateway device. For example, when the network service performed by the electronic device 101 is a voice call, the electronic device 101 can prompt the user according to the network service to prompt the user to access the network capability information including the WLAN network provided by the gateway device of "5G HD Voice", for example, prompt the user to access the table 5 shows the WLAN network of gateway device_3. For another example, when the network service performed by the electronic device 101 is a high-bandwidth network service such as live video broadcasting, the electronic device 101 can prompt the user to access the network capability according to the network service. The information includes the gateway of "5G Video xx" or "5G Up Video xx" The WLAN network provided by the device, such as the WLAN network of gateway device_2 or gateway device_4 shown in Table 5. It should be understood that the identifier of the gateway device may indicate the WLAN network provided by the gateway device.

Specifically, the electronic device 101 may determine the network service requirements of the network service according to the user equipment routing policy (UE route selection policy, URSP) of the network service requested by the user, and determine the network standard and/or corresponding to the network service according to the requirement. Or uplink 5G network capability information, so as to automatically access a suitable WLAN network according to the network standard and/or uplink 5G network capability information. Among them, the URSP of the network service is related to the requirements of the corresponding network of the network service, and how to transmit the traffic of the network service can be determined according to the URSP of the network service. For example, the URP of a live video network service can indicate that the network service has a demand for high-bandwidth network slicing of high-definition video. The network capability information corresponding to this demand is "5G Video xx" or "5G Up Video xx" . Wherein, when the network capability information of multiple network devices meets the requirements of the network service performed by the electronic device 101, the electronic device 101 can determine a gateway device with the highest signal strength according to the detected signal strengths of the multiple network devices, and prompt Whether the user is connected to the WLAN network provided by the gateway device.

In the above example, if the electronic device 101 determines that it needs to obtain live broadcast network services, the terminal device 102 can ask the user through the display screen or by voice to ask the user to access network capability information such as "5G Video xx" or "5G Up Video xx". The WLAN network provided by the gateway device.

When the user is asked through the display screen, the electronic device 101 may display an interface as shown in FIG. 8 to the user, where the interface may include a prompt dialog box. The prompt dialog box may include affirmative options (for example, options that indicate affirmative meaning such as "yes" or "access"). When the user selects the affirmative option through a touch operation (for example, the user clicks the affirmative option on the touch screen Area), the electronic device 101 responds to the touch operation to connect to the appropriate WLAN network. The prompt dialog box may include negative options (for example, options indicating negative meanings such as "No", "Do Not Access", or "Close the dialog box"). When the user selects the negative option through a touch operation, the electronic device 101 responds In this touch operation, the connection to the appropriate WLAN network is ignored, or the switching of the WLAN network is ignored.

In addition, the interface or the prompt dialog box may include a close icon (such as the icon "x"). When the user triggers a touch operation on the close icon, the electronic device 101 closes the prompt dialog box in response to the touch operation. It should be understood that the close icon may be located in the area where the prompt dialog box is located, or may be located in an area outside the prompt dialog box, or as shown in FIG. 8, the close icon may partially overlap the area of the prompt dialog box.

Exemplarily, the above prompt dialog box may further include a countdown display area. Since the electronic device 101 displays the dialog box, the countdown display area may display a countdown, where the countdown is in seconds (s), and the countdown display area is used Countdown to display the preset threshold duration. The countdown can be used to indicate that a suitable WLAN network is connected after the countdown expires. At this time, the display area of the countdown can be located in the area where the positive option is located, or as shown in Figure 8, the display area of the countdown can be located near the area where the positive option is located . The countdown can display words such as "Access after K(s)", K is a positive integer, and the value of K decreases every second. Or, the countdown can be used to indicate an inappropriate WLAN network after the countdown expires, or to indicate that the prompt dialog box is closed after the countdown expires. At this time, the countdown display area can be located in the area where the negative option is located, or near the area where the negative option is located . The countdown can display words such as "Close after L(s)" or "Close the dialog box after L seconds", L is a positive integer, and the value of L decreases every second.

In addition, when the user turns on the voice mode of the electronic device 101, the electronic device 101 can broadcast to the user the voice of "WLAN network "gateway device_102" is the most suitable, whether to access it?", and receive the user's voice command according to the voice command Determine whether the user chooses to access the appropriate WLAN network. When the user's valid voice instruction is not received within the set time after the voice broadcast, the electronic device 101 can automatically access the appropriate WLAN network, or not access the appropriate WLAN network.

It should be understood that the various embodiments involved in this application can be used alone or in combination with each other to achieve different technical effects.

In the above-mentioned embodiments provided in the present application, the method provided in the embodiments of the present application is introduced from the perspective of an electronic device as an execution subject. In order to implement the functions, steps, or operations in the methods provided in the above embodiments of the present application, the electronic device may include a hardware structure and/or a software module, and implement the above in the form of a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module. Features. Whether a certain function of the above-mentioned functions is executed by a hardware structure, a software module, or a hardware structure plus a software module depends on the specific application and design constraint conditions of the technical solution.

Based on the same concept, the present application provides an electronic device that can be used to execute the method provided in the embodiments of the present application.

In a specific example, taking the electronic device as a mobile phone as an example, FIG. 9 shows a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device 900 provided in this application. As shown in the figure, the electronic device 900 includes at least one processor 901, a memory 902, and a transceiver 903. The processor 901 is coupled with the memory 902 and the transceiver 903. The coupling in the embodiment of the present application refers to an indirect coupling or a communication connection between devices, units or modules, which can be in electrical, mechanical or other forms for Information exchange between devices, units or modules.

Specifically, the memory 902 is used to store program instructions.

The transceiver 903 is used to receive or send data. The transceiver 903 can support the electronic device 900 to perform WLAN network communication, support the electronic device 900 to search for and access the WLAN network, and communicate through the WLAN network.

The processor 901 is configured to call program instructions stored in the memory 902, so that the electronic device 900 executes the steps executed by the electronic device 101 in the WLAN network access method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 900 may further include an input and output device 904, such as a touch screen, a display screen, a speaker, or a keyboard, etc., which can be used to receive data input by the user and output data to the user. The electronic device 900 can perform the display operation partially designed in the method embodiment of the present application through an input and output device 904 such as a display screen, such as displaying the SSID of the WLAN network provided by the gateway device and displaying the network capability information of the gateway device. The electronic device 900 can also perform a voice playback operation partly designed in the method embodiment of the present application through an input and output device 904 such as a speaker, such as prompting the user whether to access a WLAN network provided by a certain gateway device. Exemplarily, the input/output device 904 may be coupled with one or more components of the processor 901, the memory 902, or the transceiver 903.

In another specific example, the electronic device may also be provided with functional modules corresponding to the functions, steps, or operations in the foregoing methods to support the electronic device to execute the foregoing methods. In a specific example, as shown in FIG. 10, the electronic device 1000 may include a communication module 1001 and a processing module 1002, and the communication module 1001 and the processing module 1002 are coupled to each other. The communication module 1001 can be used to support the electronic device 1000 to communicate. The communication module 1001 can have a wireless communication function, for example, can communicate wirelessly with other communication devices (such as the gateway device 102 and other gateway devices) through a wireless air interface. The processing module 1002 can be used to support the electronic device 1000 to perform the processing actions in the above method embodiments, including but not limited to: generating information and messages sent by the communication module 1001, and/or demodulating the signals received by the communication module 1001 Decoding and so on.

The above communication module 1001 can be specifically used to perform the sending and/or receiving steps performed by the electronic device 101 in the above method embodiment, such as for performing the action of the electronic device 101 sending information, messages or signaling to the gateway device 102, or for The action of receiving information, messages, or signaling from the gateway device 102 is performed.

The above communication module 1002 can be specifically used to perform the processing actions of the gateway device 102 in the communication method shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7, such as controlling the communication module 1001 to receive and send information, messages or signaling, and execute information Storage and other operations.

It should be understood that the actions respectively performed by the communication module 1001 and the processing module 1002 can be referred to the introduction of the above method embodiments, and will not be specifically expanded here to save space.

In another specific example, the method provided in this application may also be implemented by the electronic device 101 as shown in FIG. 2, that is, the electronic device may have the structure as shown in FIG. 2. Wherein, the functions of the above processor 901 may be implemented by the processor 110. The function of the memory 902 may be implemented by the internal memory 121 and/or an external storage device connected to the external storage interface 122. The function of the above transceiver 903 can be realized by the wireless communication module 132. The display function of the input/output device 904 may be realized by the display screen 151 or by the input/output device 904.

Based on the same concept, the present application provides a gateway device, which can be used to execute the method provided in the embodiments of the present application.

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a gateway device 1100 provided by this application. As shown in the figure, the gateway device 1100 includes at least one processor 1101, a memory 1102, and a transceiver 1103. Wherein, the processor 1101 is coupled with the memory 1102 and the transceiver 1103. The coupling in the embodiment of the present application refers to indirect coupling or communication connection between devices, hardware components, units or modules, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms , Used for information exchange between devices, hardware components, units or modules.

Specifically, the memory 1102 is used to store program instructions.

The transceiver 1103 can be used to receive or send data. The transceiver 1103 can support the gateway device 1100 to perform WLAN network communication, for example, to provide a WLAN network signal to support the search and access of the electronic device to the WLAN network. The transceiver 1103 can also be used to support the gateway device 1100 to access the 5G mobile network and/or 4G mobile network, and provide WLAN network signals based on the 5G mobile network and/or 4G mobile network.

The processor 1101 is configured to call program instructions stored in the memory 1102, so that the gateway device 1100 executes the steps executed by the electronic device 101 in the WLAN network access method provided in the embodiment of the present application. For example, the processor 1101 may be used to support the transceiver 1103 to provide a WLAN network signal based on a 5G mobile network and/or a 4G mobile network.

The gateway device 1100 may also include an input and output device 1104, such as a touch screen, a display screen, or a keyboard, etc., which can be used to receive data input by a user and output data to the user. For example, the user may set the SSID of the gateway device 1100 and/or the priority of the network capability information of the gateway device 1100 through the input and output device 1104. It should be noted that some types of gateway devices 1100 may not have input and output devices. Exemplarily, the input/output device 1104 may be coupled with one or more components of the processor 1101, the memory 1102, or the transceiver 1103.

The gateway device 1100 may further include a communication interface 1105 for supporting the gateway device 1100 to perform wired communication. For example, the gateway device 1100 may access an optical fiber network through the communication interface 1105, so that the transceiver 1103 provides WLAN network signals based on the optical fiber network. Exemplarily, the communication interface 1105 may be coupled with one or more components in the processor 1101, the memory 1102, the transceiver 1103, or the input/output device 1104.

In another specific example, the gateway device may also be provided with functional modules corresponding to the functions, steps, or operations in the foregoing methods to support the gateway device to execute the foregoing methods. In a specific example, as shown in FIG. 12, the gateway device 1200 may include a communication module 1201 and a processing module 1202, and the communication module 1201 and the processing module 1202 are coupled with each other. The communication module 1201 can be used to support the gateway device 1200 to communicate. The communication module 1201 can have a wireless communication function, for example, can communicate wirelessly with other communication devices (such as the electronic device 101 or other electronic devices) through a wireless air interface. The processing module 1202 can be used to support the gateway device 1200 to perform the processing actions in the foregoing method embodiments, including but not limited to: generating information and messages sent by the communication module 1201, and/or demodulating the signals received by the communication module 1201 Decoding and so on.

The above communication module 1201 can be specifically used to perform the sending and/or receiving steps performed by the gateway device 101 in the above method embodiment, such as for performing the action of the electronic device 101 sending information, messages or signaling to the gateway device 102, or for The action of receiving information, messages, or signaling from the gateway device 102 is performed.

The above communication module 1201 can be specifically used to perform the processing actions of the gateway device 102 in the communication method shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7, such as controlling the communication module 1201 to receive and send information, messages or signaling, and execute information Storage and other operations.

It should be understood that the actions respectively performed by the communication module 1201 and the processing module 1202 can be referred to the introduction of the above method embodiments, and will not be specifically expanded here in order to save space.

In another specific example, the electronic device 101 shown in FIG. 2 may also be used as the gateway device 102 to implement the method provided in this application, that is, the gateway device may have the structure shown in FIG. 2. Wherein, the functions of the above processor 1101 may be implemented by the processor 120. The function of the memory 1102 may be implemented by the internal memory 121 and/or an external storage device connected to the external storage interface 122. The functions of the above transceiver 1103 may be realized by the mobile communication module 131 and/or the wireless communication module 132. The input function of the input and output device 1104 can be realized by one or more components in the receiver 140B, the touch sensor 160A or the case 154, so that information such as the priority of the SSID and/or network capability information set by the user can be received.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented by hardware, firmware, or a combination of them. When implemented by software, the above-mentioned functions can be stored in a computer-readable medium or transmitted as one or more instructions or codes on the computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media include computer storage media and communication media, where communication media includes any media that facilitates the transfer of computer programs from one place to another. The storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. Take this as an example but not limited to: computer-readable media can include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), compact disc read-only memory, CD- ROM) or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other media that can be used to carry or store desired program codes in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. In addition. Any connection can suitably become a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technology such as infrared, radio, and microwave, Then coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, wireless, and microwave are included in the fixing of the media. As used in the embodiments of this application, disks and discs include compact discs (CDs), laser discs, optical discs, digital video discs (digital video discs, DVDs), floppy discs, and Blu-ray discs. Disks usually copy data magnetically, while disks use lasers to copy data optically. The above combination should also be included in the protection scope of the computer-readable medium.

In short, the above descriptions are only examples of the present application, and are not used to limit the protection scope of the present application. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made according to the disclosure of this application shall be included in the protection scope of this application.

Claims

A method for accessing a wireless local area network WLAN network, which is characterized in that it comprises:

The electronic device receives a first message, the first message is sent by a first gateway device, and the first message includes one or more first network capability information of a wireless local area network WLAN network provided by the first gateway device, and The first network capability information includes network standard information of the first gateway device and/or one or more network slicing capability information of the first gateway device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the first message further includes an identification of the first network device, and the method further includes:

The electronic device displays the identifier of the first gateway device and one or more pieces of first network capability information.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the first message further includes the respective priorities of the one or more first network capability information;

The method also includes:

The electronic device displays the one or more first network capability information with the highest priority according to the respective priorities of the one or more first network capability information.
The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

The electronic device receives a second message, the second message is sent by a second gateway device, and the second message includes an identifier of the second gateway device, one or more of the WLAN network provided by the second gateway device Second network capability information and respective priorities of the one or more second network capability information, where the second network capability information includes the network standard information of the second gateway device and/or the second gateway device One or more network slicing capability information;

The method also includes:

The electronic device displays the identification of the first gateway device and one or more of the first network capability information according to the respective priorities of the one or more first network capability information and the respective priorities of the one or more second network capability information. One piece of the first network capability information and/or the identifier of the second gateway device and one or more pieces of the second network capability information.
The method according to claim 4, wherein the electronic device is based on the respective priorities of the one or more first network capability information and the respective priorities of the one or more second network capability information, Displaying the identifier of the first gateway device and one or more pieces of the first network capability information, and/or the identifier of the second gateway device and one or more pieces of the second network capability information includes:

The electronic device displays the identifier of the first gateway device and the first network capability information with the highest priority among the one or more of the first network capability information, and displays the identifier of the second gateway device and all the information. The second network capability information with the highest priority among the one or more second network capability information.
5. The method according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the network standard information of the first gateway device comprises:

Information used to instruct the first gateway device to access the 5G mobile network; or,

Information used to instruct the first gateway device to access the 5G mobile network; or,

Information used to instruct the first gateway device to access the optical fiber network.
The method according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein the network slicing capability information of the first gateway device:

Information used to indicate that the first gateway device has low-latency network capabilities; or,

Information used to indicate that the first gateway device has high-bandwidth network capabilities; or,

Information used to indicate that the first gateway device has high-definition voice network capabilities; or,

Information used to indicate that the first gateway device has a low-latency network capability.
7. The method according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein the first message comprises a periodic broadcast beacon message and/or a probe response message.
The method according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein the method further comprises:

The electronic device determines target network capability information corresponding to the demand of the network service according to the demand of the network service executed by the electronic device and the first correspondence, and the first correspondence is the demand of the network service and the network capability information Correspondence between;

The electronic device automatically accesses the WLAN network provided by the target gateway device with the target network capability information,

Or the electronic device prompts the user whether to access the WLAN network provided by the target gateway device with the target network capability information.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the target gateway device is the gateway device with the highest signal strength of the WLAN network among the gateway devices whose network capability information includes the target network capability information.
A method for accessing a wireless local area network WLAN network, which is characterized in that it comprises:

The gateway device obtains a set of network capability information of the wireless local area network WLAN network provided by itself, the set includes at least one piece of network capability information, and the at least one piece of network capability information includes the network standard information of the gateway device and/or one of the gateway devices Or multiple network slicing capability information;

The gateway device sends one or more network capability information in the set to the electronic device through a first message.
The method according to claim 11, wherein the network standard information comprises:

Information used to instruct the gateway device to access the 5G mobile network; or,

Information used to instruct the gateway device to access the 5G mobile network; or,

Information used to instruct the gateway device to access the optical fiber network.
The method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the network slicing capability information comprises:

Information used to indicate that the gateway device has low-latency network capabilities; or,

Information used to indicate that the gateway device has high-bandwidth network capabilities; or,

Information used to indicate that the gateway device has high-definition voice network capabilities; or,

Information used to indicate that the gateway device has low-latency network capabilities.
The method according to any one of claims 11-13, wherein the gateway device sends one or more network capability information in the set to the electronic device through a first message, comprising:

The gateway device sends the N network capability information with the highest priority in the network capability information to the electronic device according to the priority of each network capability information, where N is a positive integer.
The method according to claim 14, wherein the first message further includes the respective priorities of one or more network capability information in the set; and/or

The first message also includes the identifier of the gateway device.
The method according to any one of claims 11-15, wherein the first message comprises a periodic broadcast beacon message and/or a probe response message.
A communication device, characterized by comprising a memory and a processor;

The memory is used to store instructions;

The processor is configured to execute the instructions to implement the method according to any one of claims 1-10.
A communication device, characterized by comprising a memory and a processor;

The memory is used to store instructions;

The processor is configured to execute the instructions to implement the method according to any one of claims 11-16.
A communication system, characterized by comprising the communication device according to claim 17 and the communication device according to claim 18.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized by comprising instructions, which when run on an electronic device, causes the electronic device to execute the method according to any one of claims 1-16.
A computer program product, characterized by comprising a program or instruction, when the program or instruction runs on a computer, the method according to any one of claims 1-16 is executed.
A chip, characterized by comprising a processor, the processor is coupled with a memory, and the chip is configured to read and execute instructions stored in the memory to execute any one of claims 1-16 Methods.