NETWORK APPARATUS AND CONNECTION DETECTING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140289393A1
• Filed: 12/02/2013
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
• Original Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
• Inventors: YEN, Kuang-Yu, LIU, Yu-Chen, HSU, Tzu-Hung
• Application Number:
  US14/094,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289393A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4413 Plug-and-play [PnP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point

Abstract

A network apparatus and a connection detecting method thereof are disclosed. The network apparatus receives a network connection request which determines a wireless network connection between a USB network controller and a wireless network access point. The network apparatus determines a network connection frequency band of the wireless network connection according to the network connection request, and switches a data transmission mode of the USB network controller from a first USB operation mode to a second USB operation mode after determining that an operation frequency of the first USB operation mode conflicts with the network connection frequency band.

Claims

1. A connection detecting method for use in a network apparatus, the network apparatus is connected with a universal serial bus (USB) network controller, the connection detecting method comprising the following steps of:

(a) receiving a network connection request, wherein the network connection request determines a wireless network connection between the USB network controller and a wireless network access point;

(b) determining a network connection frequency band of the wireless network connection according to the network connection request;

(c) determining whether an operation frequency of a first USB operation mode of the USB network controller conflicts with the network connection frequency band; and

(d) switching a data transmission mode of the USB network controller from the first USB operation mode to a second USB operation mode if the operation frequency of the first USB operation mode of the USB network controller conflicts with the network connection frequency band.

2. The connection detecting method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation frequency of the second USB operation mode falls outside the network connection frequency band.

3. The connection detecting method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the following step of:

(e) establishing the wireless network connection between the USB network controller and the wireless network access point.

4. The connection detecting method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network connection frequency band is within 2.4-2.5 GHz, the first USB operation mode is a USB 3.0 transmission mode, and the second USB operation mode is a USB 2.0 transmission mode.

5. A network apparatus, connecting to a universal serial bus (USB) network controller, comprising:

a input/output interface, being configured to receive a network connection request, wherein the network connection request is related to a wireless network connection between the USB network controller and a wireless network access point; and

a processor, being configured to determine a network connection frequency band of the wireless network connection according to the network connection request and switch a data transmission mode of the USB network controller from a first USB operation mode to a second USB operation mode after determining that an operation frequency of the first USB operation mode conflicts with the network connection frequency band.

6. The network apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the operation frequency of the second USB operation mode falls outside the network connection frequency band.

7. The network apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to establish the wireless network connection between the USB network controller and the wireless network access point after switching the data transmission mode of the USB network controller from the first USB operation mode to the second USB operation mode.

8. The network apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the network connection frequency band is within 2.4-2.5 GHz, the first USB operation mode is a USB 3.0 transmission mode, and the second USB operation mode is a USB 2.0 transmission mode.