Information sharing method, wireless communication method, and apparatuses thereof

• US 10,588,084 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2016
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Xu, Ran
• Primary Examiner(s): Wei, Siren
• Application Number:
  US15/559,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20180092042A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,467 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0202 Channel estimation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0069 Allocation based on distance or geographical location allocation based on terminal or device properties in general, H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0245 according to signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide an information sharing method, a wireless communication method, and apparatuses thereof. The information sharing method comprises: determining information related to a channel state of at least one channel between a first device and an access point device; and sending the information to at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device. The methods and apparatuses of the embodiments of the present application share information related to a channel state according to adjacent relationship between devices, so as to be conducive to determining the channel state in a low complexity and low power consumption, thereby performing wireless communication in a short delay.

Claims

1. An information sharing method, comprising:

determining information related to a channel state of at least one channel between a first device and an access point device;

determining a preset distance range from the first device;

determining at least one second device which is within the preset distance range from the first device and which has a channel state between the at least one second device and the access point device considered to be the same as the channel state between the first device and the access point device; and

sending the determined information related to the channel state between the first device and the access point device to the at least one second device located within the preset distance range from the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining information related to a channel state of at least one channel between a first device and an access point device comprises:

acquiring a data signal from the access point device and received by the first device; and

determining information related to a channel state of at least one channel between the first device and the access point device at least based on the data signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises:

determining the at least one second device from devices that have established communication connections with the first device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises:

determining the at least one second device at least according to a proximity sensor.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises:

determining the at least one second device at least according to positions of other devices relative to the first device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending a query message, wherein the query message is used to query another device whether the information related to the channel state of the at least one channel between the first device and the access point device is needed; and

the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises;

determining the at least one second device at least according to a response to the query message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the sending the query message comprises:

sending the query message by broadcasting.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining the at least one second device at least according to a response to the query message comprises:

determining the distance between a device corresponding to the response and the first device at least according to the response to the query message; and

determining the at least one second device at least according to the determined distance.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining the distance between the second device corresponding to the response and the first device comprises:

determining the distance between the device corresponding to the response and the first device according to a signal strength of the response.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a request message to the information related to the channel state of at least one channel between the first device and the access point device; and

the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises;

determining the at least one second device at least according to the request message.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining the at least one second device at least according to the request message comprises:

determining the distance between a device corresponding to the request message and the first device at least according to the request message; and

determining the at least one second device at least according to the determined distance.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining the distance between the second device corresponding to the request message and the first device comprises:

determining the distance between the device corresponding to the request message and the first device according to a signal strength of the request message.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the information to at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises:

sending the information in at least one of the following communication manners;

Bluetooth, WiFi, infrared, Zigbee, near field communication (NFC), and visible light communication.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the channel state of the at least one channel between the first device and the access point device comprises:

channel state information.

15. A computer readable storage device, comprising at least one executable instruction, which, in response to execution, causes a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

determining information related to a channel state of at least one channel between a first device and an access point device;

determining a preset distance range from the first device;

determining at least one second device which is within the preset distance range from the first device and which has a channel state between the at least one second device and the access point device considered to be the same as the channel state between the first device and the access point device; and

sending the determined information related to the channel state between the first device and the access point device to the at least one second device located within the preset distance range from the first device.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the determining information related to a channel state of at least one channel between a first device and an access point device comprises:

acquiring a data signal from the access point device and received by the first device; and

determining information related to a channel state of at least one channel between the first device and the access point device at least based on the data signal.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises:

determining the at least one second device from devices that have established communication connections with the first device.

19. The device of claim 15, wherein the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises:

determining the at least one second device at least according to a proximity sensor.

20. The device of claim 15, wherein the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises:

determining the at least one second device at least according to positions of other devices relative to the first device.

21. The device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

sending a query message, wherein the query message is used to query another device whether the information related to the channel state of the at least one channel between the first device and the access point device is needed; and

the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises;

determining the at least one second device at least according to a response to the query message.

22. The device of claim 21, wherein the sending the query message comprises:

sending the query message by broadcasting.

23. The device of claim 21, wherein the determining the at least one second device at least according to a response to the query message comprises:

determining the distance between a device corresponding to the response and the first device at least according to the response to the query message; and

determining the at least one second device at least according to the determined distance.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein the determining the distance between the second device corresponding to the response and the first device comprises:

determining the distance between the device corresponding to the response and the first device according to a signal strength of the response.

25. The device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a request message to the information related to the channel state of at least one channel between the first device and the access point device; and

the determining at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises;

determining the at least one second device at least according to the request message.

26. The device of claim 25, wherein the determining the at least one second device at least according to the request message comprises:

determining the distance between a device corresponding to the request message and the first device at least according to the request message; and

determining the at least one second device at least according to the determined distance.

27. The device of claim 26, wherein the determining the distance between the second device corresponding to the request message and the first device comprises:

determining the distance between the device corresponding to the request message and the first device according to a signal strength of the request message.

28. The device of claim 15, wherein the sending the information to at least one second device located within a preset distance range of the first device comprises:

sending the information in at least one of the following communication manners;

Bluetooth, WiFi, infrared, Zigbee, near field communication (NFC), and visible light communication.

16. A device for information sharing comprising a processor and memory, the memory storing computer executable instructions, the processor being connected with the memory via a communication bus, wherein when the device is operating, the processor executes or facilitates execution of the executable instructions stored by the memory to perform:

determining information related to a channel state of at least one channel between a first device and an access point device;

determining a preset distance range from the first device;

determining at least one second device which is within the preset distance range from the first device and which has a channel state between the at least one second device and the access point device considered to be the same as the channel state between the first device and the access point device; and

sending the determined information related to the channel state between the first device and the access point device to the at least one second device located within the preset distance range from the first device.