Method, device and storage medium for waking up home interconnection device

• US 10,216,243 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2015
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Kou, Ping, Li, Yingxin, Jiang, Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Abbaszadeh, Jaweed A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Derose, Volvick
• Application Number:
  US15/504,131
• Publication Number:
  US 20170277242A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: 713324
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3209 Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0206 in access points, e.g. base stations access point devices per se H04W88/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, device and storage medium for waking up a home interconnection device. The method can include: when the home interconnection device is in a state of standby, the home interconnection device receives a first beacon frame through a wireless access point (AP) of a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) module of the home interconnection device; the home interconnection device searches a pre-set field of the first beacon frame for a waking-up identification; and when the pre-set field of the first beacon frame comprises the waking-up identification, the home interconnection device switches from the state of standby to the state of work.

Claims

1. A method for waking up a home interconnection device, comprising:

when the home interconnection device is in a state of standby, receiving, by the home interconnection device, a first beacon frame from a terminal through a wireless access point (AP) of a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) module of the home interconnection device;

searching, by the home interconnection device, a pre-set field of the first beacon frame for a waking-up identification which is used for waking up the home interconnection device in the state of standby, wherein the pre-set field of the first beacon frame is a reserved bit of the first beacon frame which is previously consulted and determined by the home interconnection device with the terminal; and

when the pre-set field of the first beacon frame comprises the waking-up identification, switching, by the home interconnection device, from the state of standby of the home interconnection device to a state of work, and when the pre-set field of the first beacon frame does not comprise the waking-up identification, responding, by the home interconnection device, to a request corresponding to the first beacon frame;

wherein searching, by the home interconnection device, the pre-set field of the first beacon frame for the waking-up identification comprises;

parsing, by the home interconnection device, the first beacon frame to obtain contents in each field of the first beacon frame;

retrieving the contents in each field of the first beacon frame to obtain information in the pre-set field of the first beacon frame; and

determining the waking-up identification from the information in the pre-set field of the first beacon frame.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after switching, by the home interconnection device, from the state of standby of the home interconnection device to the state of work, the method further comprises:

responding, by the home interconnection device, to the request corresponding to the first beacon frame.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

when the home interconnection device is in the state of work, receiving, by the home interconnection device, a second beacon frame through the wireless AP of the WIFI module of the home interconnection device;

searching, by the home interconnection device, a pre-set field of the second beacon frame for a standby identification which is used for making the home interconnection device switch from the state of work to the state of standby; and

when the pre-set field of the second beacon frame comprises the standby identification, switching, by the home interconnection device, from the state of work of the home interconnection device to the state of standby.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein searching, by the home interconnection device, the pre-set field of the second beacon frame for the standby identification comprises:

parsing, by the home interconnection device, the second beacon frame to obtain information in the pre-set field of the second beacon frame; and

determining, by the home interconnection device, whether the information in the pre-set field of the second beacon frame comprises the standby identification.

5. A home interconnection device, comprising a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) module with a function of a wireless access point (AP) and further comprising one or more processors executing computer readable instructions for a plurality of modules comprising a receiving module, a searching module, a switching module, and a responding module, wherein

the receiving module is arranged to receive a first beacon frame from a terminal through the wireless AP of the WIFI module when the home interconnection device is in a state of standby, and to transmit the first beacon frame to the searching module;

the searching module is arranged to search a pre-set field of the first beacon frame for a waking-up identification, and when the pre-set field of the first beacon frame comprises the waking-up identification, trigger the switching module, wherein the waking-up identification is used for waking up the home interconnection device in the state of standby, wherein the pre-set field of the first beacon frame is a reserved bit of the first beacon frame which is previously consulted and determined by the home interconnection device with the terminal;

the switching module is arranged to switch the home interconnection device from the state of standby to a state of work when the searching module determines that the pre-set field of the first beacon frame comprises the waking-up identification;

the responding module is arranged to respond to a request corresponding to the first beacon frame, when the searching module determines that the pre-set field of the first beacon frame does not comprise the waking-up identification; and

the searching module is further arranged to;

parse the first beacon frame to obtain contents in each field of the first beacon frame;

retrieve the contents in each field of the first beacon frame to obtain information in the pre-set field of the first beacon frame; and

determine the waking-up identification from the information in the pre-set field of the first beacon frame.

6. The home interconnection device according to claim 5, wherein

the responding module is further arranged to respond to the request corresponding to the first beacon frame after the switching module switches the home interconnection device from the state of standby to the state of work.

7. The home interconnection device according to claim 6, wherein

the receiving module is further arranged to receive a second beacon frame through the wireless AP of the WIFI module, when the home interconnection device is in the state of work, and to transmit the second beacon frame to the searching module;

the searching module is further arranged to search a pre-set field of the second beacon frame for a standby identification, and when the pre-set field of the second beacon frame comprises the standby identification, trigger the switching module, wherein the standby identification is used for making the home interconnection device switch from the state of work to the state of standby; and

the switching module is further arranged to switch the home interconnection device from the state of work to the state of standby, when the pre-set field of the second beacon frame comprises the standby identification.

8. The home interconnection device according to claim 7, wherein

the searching module is further arranged to parse the second beacon frame to obtain information in the pre-set field of the second beacon frame, and determine whether the information in the pre-set field of the second beacon frame includes the standby identification.

9. The home interconnection device according to claim 5, wherein

the receiving module is further arranged to receive a second beacon frame through the wireless AP of the WIFI module, when the home interconnection device is in the state of work, and to transmit the second beacon frame to the searching module;

the searching module is further arranged to search a pre-set field of the second beacon frame for a standby identification, and when the pre-set field of the second beacon frame comprises the standby identification, trigger the switching module, wherein the standby identification is used for making the home interconnection device switch from the state of work to the state of standby; and

the switching module is further arranged to switch the home interconnection device from the state of work to the state of standby, when the pre-set field of the second beacon frame comprises the standby identification.

10. The home interconnection device according to claim 9, wherein

the searching module is further arranged to parse the second beacon frame to obtain information in the pre-set field of the second beacon frame, and determine whether the information in the pre-set field of the second beacon frame includes the standby identification.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored a set of instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed, the instructions cause at least one processor to execute a method for waking up a home interconnection device, the method comprising:

when the home interconnection device is in a state of standby, receiving, by the home interconnection device, a first beacon frame from a terminal through a wireless access point (AP) of a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) module of the home interconnection device;

searching, by the home interconnection device, a pre-set field of the first beacon frame for a waking-up identification which is used for waking up the home interconnection device in the state of standby, wherein the pre-set field of the first beacon frame is a reserved bit of the first beacon frame which is previously consulted and determined by the home interconnection device with the terminal; and

when the pre-set field of the first beacon frame comprises the waking-up identification, switching, by the home interconnection device, from the state of standby of the home interconnection device to a state of work, and when the pre-set field of the first beacon frame does not comprise the waking-up identification, responding, by the home interconnection device, to a request corresponding to the first beacon frame;

wherein searching, by the home interconnection device, the pre-set field of the first beacon frame for the waking-up identification comprises;

parsing, by the home interconnection device, the first beacon frame to obtain contents in each field of the first beacon frame;

retrieving the contents in each field of the first beacon frame to obtain information in the pre-set field of the first beacon frame; and

determining the waking-up identification from the information in the pre-set field of the first beacon frame.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein after switching, by the home interconnection device, from the state of standby of the home interconnection device to the state of work, the method further comprises:

responding, by the home interconnection device, to the request corresponding to the first beacon frame.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

when the home interconnection device is in the state of work, receiving, by the home interconnection device, a second beacon frame through the wireless AP of the WIFI module of the home interconnection device;

searching, by the home interconnection device, a pre-set field of the second beacon frame for a standby identification which is used for making the home interconnection device switch from the state of work to the state of standby; and

when the pre-set field of the second beacon frame comprises the standby identification, switching, by the home interconnection device, from the state of work of the home interconnection device to the state of standby.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein searching, by the home interconnection device, the pre-set field of the second beacon frame for the standby identification comprises:

parsing, by the home interconnection device, the second beacon frame to obtain information in the pre-set field of the second beacon frame; and

determining, by the home interconnection device, whether the information in the pre-set field of the second beacon frame comprises the standby identification.