Method and apparatus for coordinating body devices for communication

• US 10,404,802 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2017
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xue, Xijun, Huang, Tao, Li, Yingtao
• Primary Examiner(s): Akinyemi, Ajibola A
• Application Number:
  US15/607,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20170264693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 4555521
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0325 using a plurality of light emitters or reflectors or a plurality of detectors forming a reference frame from which to derive the orientation of the object, e.g. by triangulation or on the basis of reference deformation in the picked up image
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/28 characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] wireless communication networks H04W ; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0473 the resource being transmission power

Abstract

The present invention relates to the computer field, and specifically, to a method and an apparatus for coordinating body devices for communication. The method includes: obtaining, by a mobile personal station, an identifier of a body device, and a location parameter and an ambient parameter that are of a user that carries the body device; obtaining, according to the identifier of the body device, a communication mode supported by the body device; obtaining, according to the identifier of the body device, a communication mode supported by the body device; determining, a networking mode of the body device according to the scenario and the communication mode supported by the body device; and establishing, a connection to the body device according to the networking mode.

Claims

1. A method for coordinating body devices for communication, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining, by a mobile personal station, an identifier of a body device, and a location parameter which includes a parameter of a location of a user that carries the body device, and an ambient parameter which relates to a parameter at the location of the user;

obtaining, by the mobile personal station according to the identifier of the body device, a communication mode supported by the body device;

determining, by the mobile personal station according to the location parameter and the ambient parameter that are of the user, a scenario of the user;

determining, by the mobile personal station, a networking mode of the body device according to the scenario and the communication mode supported by the body device wherein the networking mode designates the communication mode that is used by the body device to connect to the mobile personal station; and

establishing, by the mobile personal station, a connection to the body device according to the networking mode;

determining, by the mobile personal station, a network role of the body device according to a network topology, a network optimization algorithm, and the communication mode supported by the body device, wherein the network role is a local gateway or a terminal; and

sending, by the mobile personal station, one of;

an instruction to a terminal within a preset range when the body device is a local gateway, so that the terminal within the preset range establishes a connection to the body device, wherein the preset range is determined according to a direction and a location that are of the body device; and

an instruction to the body device when the body device is a terminal, so that the body device establishes a connection to a gateway closest to the body device, wherein the gateway refers to a local gateway or the mobile personal station, and the mobile personal station determines the gateway closest to the body device according to a location and a direction that are of the body device;

monitoring, by the mobile personal station, a working status of the body device by using the established connection;

re-determining, by the mobile personal station, a network role of the body device according to the network topology when the working status of the body device changes; and

performing, by the mobile personal station, network optimization according to the network topology and the re-determined network role of the body device.

2. The method according to claim 1, before the determining, by the mobile personal station, a networking mode of the body device according to the scenario and the communication mode supported by the body device, further comprising:

obtaining, by the mobile personal station, a physiological parameter and a behavior parameter that are of the user, wherein

the determining, by the mobile personal station, a networking mode of the body device according to the scenario and the communication mode supported by the body device specifically comprises;

determining, by the mobile personal station, the networking mode of the body device according to the scenario, the communication mode supported by the body device, and the physiological parameter and the behavior parameter that are of the user.

3. The method according to claim 1, before the establishing, by the mobile personal station, a connection to the body device according to the networking mode, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile personal station, a connection request sent by the body device, wherein the connection request comprises a most power-saving connection mode supported by the body device; and

establishing, by the mobile personal station, a connection according to the most power-saving connection mode;

wherein

the establishing, by the mobile personal station, a connection to the body device according to the networking mode specifically comprises;

re-establishing, by the mobile personal station, a connection to the body device according to the networking mode when the networking mode is different from the most power-saving connection mode.

4. An apparatus for coordinating body devices for communication, wherein the apparatus comprises:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain an identifier of a body device, and a location parameter which includes a parameter of a location of a user that carries the body device, and an ambient parameter which relates to a parameter at the location of the, wherein

the obtaining unit is further configured to obtain, according to the identifier of the body device, a communication mode supported by the body device;

a first determining unit, configured to determine, according to the location parameter and the ambient parameter that are of the user, a scenario of the user, wherein

the first determining unit is further configured to determine a networking mode of the body device according to the scenario and the communication mode supported by the body device, wherein the networking mode designates the communication mode that is used by the body device to connect to the mobile personal station; and

a first connection unit, configured to establish a connection to the body device according to the networking mode;

a receiving unit configured to receive a connection request sent by the body device, wherein the connection request comprises a most power-saving connection mode supported by the body device;

a second connection unit configured to establish a connection according to the most power-saving connection mode; and

the first connection unit is configured to re-establish a connection to the body device according to the networking mode when the networking mode is different from the most power-saving connection mode.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the obtaining unit is further configured to obtain a physiological parameter and a behavior parameter that are of the user;

and

the first determining unit is specifically configured to determine the networking mode of the body device according to the scenario, the communication mode supported by the body device, and the physiological parameter and the behavior parameter that are of the user.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein after the first connection unit establishes the connection to the body device according to the networking mode, the apparatus further comprises a second determining unit and a sending unit, wherein

the second determining unit is configured to determine a network role of the body device according to a network topology, a network optimization algorithm, and the communication mode supported by the body device, wherein the network role is a local gateway or a terminal;

the sending unit is configured to;

sends an instruction to a terminal within a preset range when the body device is a local gateway, so that the terminal within the preset range establishes a connection to the body device, wherein the preset range is determined according to a direction and a location that are of the body device; and

the sending unit is further configured to;

send an instruction to the body device when the body device is a terminal, so that the body device establishes a connection to a gateway closest to the body device, wherein the gateway refers to a local gateway or the mobile personal station, and the mobile personal station determines the gateway closest to the body device according to the location and the direction that are of the body device.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a monitoring unit, a third determining unit, and a network optimization unit, wherein

the monitoring unit is configured to monitor a working status of the body device by using the connection established by the first connection unit;

the third determining unit is configured to re-determine a network role of the body device according to the network topology when the working status of the body device changes; and

the network optimization unit is configured to perform network optimization according to the network topology and the re-determined network role of the body device.