Wireless network access control method, device, and system

• US 10,448,317 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2014
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2014
• 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: Wang, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Smithers, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US15/505,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20170273009A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,881 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/02 Access restriction performed under specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/14 using user query or user detection

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wireless network access control method, device, and system. The method includes: receiving, by a control device, a wireless access request message sent by user device, where the wireless access request message includes an identifier of at least one wireless network; determining a control policy parameter corresponding to the identifier of the wireless network, where the control policy parameter includes the identifier, an access password, and a preset access condition parameter that are of the wireless network; and sending the control policy parameter to the user device when determining, according to the preset access condition parameter in the control policy parameter, that a current access condition parameter of the wireless network meets the preset access condition parameter, so that the user device accesses the wireless network according to the identifier and the access password that are of the wireless network.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a setting device, a wireless access device and a control device, wherein;

the setting device is configured to set a sharing status of a wireless network of the wireless access device to be enabled;

the control device is configured to;

after the sharing status of the wireless network is enabled, receive via a mobile network an access request from a user device requesting Internet access by using the wireless network, and

perform control processing to allow the user device to access the Internet by using the wireless network; and

the wireless access device is configured to process Internet data related to the user device via the wireless network after the user device accesses the Internet by using the wireless network.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the setting device is further configured to set a preset access condition parameter required for accessing the wireless network.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the preset access condition parameter comprises at least one of the following parameters:

an identifier of a user device allowed to access the wireless network, a largest quantity of user devices allowed to access the wireless network, a longest duration allowed for accessing the wireless network, or traffic or bandwidth allowed for accessing the wireless network.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless access device is a wireless router.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless network is a Wi-Fi network.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control device is further configured to disconnect the user device from the wireless network.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control device is further configured to receive status information of usage of the wireless network by the user device.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control device is further configured to establish a list according to identifiers of a plurality of wireless networks of the wireless access device.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control processing includes sending an access password of the wireless network to the user device.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the sharing status is set for the wireless access device, and the sharing status which is set to be enabled is stored in the wireless access device.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless access device is configured to communicate with the user device directly via the wireless network.

12. A method, comprising:

setting, by a setting device, a sharing status of a wireless network of a wireless access device to be enabled;

after the sharing status of the wireless network is enabled, receiving, via a mobile network by a control device, an access request from a user device requesting Internet access by using the wireless network; and

performing, by the control device, control processing to allow the user device to access the Internet by using the wireless network; and

processing, by the wireless access device, Internet data related to the user device via the wireless network after the user device accesses the Internet by using the wireless network.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

setting a preset access condition parameter required for accessing the wireless network.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the preset access condition parameter comprises at least one of the following parameters:

an identifier of a user device allowed to access the wireless network, a largest quantity of user devices allowed to access the wireless network, a longest duration allowed for accessing the wireless network, or traffic or bandwidth allowed for accessing the wireless network.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the wireless access device is a wireless router.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the wireless network is a Wi-Fi network.

17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

disconnecting, by the control device, the user device from the wireless network.

18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, by the control device, status information of usage of the wireless network by the user device.

19. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

establishing, by the control device, a list according to identifiers of a plurality of wireless networks of the wireless access device.

20. The method according to claim 12, wherein the control processing includes sending an access password of the wireless network to the user device.

21. A system, comprising a wireless router and an electronic device, wherein:

the wireless router is configured to set a sharing status of a wireless network of the wireless router to be enabled;

the electronic device is configured to;

after the sharing status of the wireless network is enabled, receive via a mobile network an access request from a user device requesting Internet access by using the wireless network, and

perform control processing to allow the user device to access the Internet by using the wireless network; and

the wireless router is further configured to process Internet data related to the user device via the wireless network after the user device accesses the Internet by using the wireless network.