Method and equipment for distinguishing homonymic wireless access points

• US 10,506,544 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2018
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shanghai Shangwang Network Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Shanghai Lianshang Network Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wan, Yuquan, Bao, Chengwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Chi Ho A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US15/888,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20180160392A1
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/14 using user query or user detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

The purpose of the present application is to provide a method and equipment for distinguishing homonymic wireless access points through comparing the access point assistant information of the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point which are homonymic, including using the position information, the adjacent base station information, or the adjacent access point information, etc. of the wireless access point. The homonymic wireless access points are further distinguished. Thus, the information of wireless access point is accurately described.

Claims

1. A method for distinguishing homonymic wireless access points at a network device end, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining a plurality of second wireless access points having same wireless access point identifying information as that of a first wireless access point; and

determining whether the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point are the same according to access point assistant information of the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point;

wherein the access point assistant information includes adjacent access point information of the wireless access point;

wherein the step of determining whether the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point are the same according to the access point assistant information of the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point includes

when the adjacent access point information of the first wireless access point and the adjacent access point information of the second wireless access point are equal to or more than an allowed error range, determining that the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point are the same.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the access point assistant information further includes position information of the wireless access point or adjacent base station information of the wireless access point;

wherein the step of determining whether the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point are the same according to the access point assistant information of the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point includes;

when the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point have the same position information or the adjacent base station information, determining that the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point are the same.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the plurality of second wireless access points having the same wireless access point identifying information as that of the first wireless access point includes

obtaining a query request regarding the first wireless access point from a user device;

based on the query request, obtaining the plurality of second wireless access points having the same wireless access point identifying information as that of the first wireless access point;

wherein the method further includes;

providing the second wireless access point which is the same as the first wireless access point to the user device.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the method further includes

obtaining the access point assistant information of the first wireless access point from the user device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wireless access point identifying information includes

a Service Set Identifier and/or a Media Access Control address of the wireless access point.