SCHEMES FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

• US 20150131639A1
• Filed: 05/30/2013
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Hirose, Haruto
• Granted Patent: US 9,967,800 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for providing wireless communications. In some examples, a method performed under control of a cloud system may include receiving, from an end device, first information including at least one of a location of the end device, a location of an access point to which the end device accesses, a media access control (MAC) address of the end device and a MAC address of the access point; determining that the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device based at least in part on the first information; and instructing the access point to provide a wireless local area network to the end device with suppressed channel hopping.

Claims

1. A method performed under control of a cloud system, comprising:

receiving, from an end device, a first information including at least one of a location of the end device, a location of an access point to which the end device accesses, a media access control (MAC) Address of the end device and a MAC address of the access point;

determining that the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device based at least in part on the first information; and

instructing the access point to provide a wireless local area network to the end device with a suppressed channel hopping.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the end device, a notification indicating that the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the notification is transmitted to the cloud system by a beacon.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the instructing includes providing the access point with a parameter including at least one of a priority order for a network channel and an intensity of the wireless local area network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the access point suppresses the channel hopping based at least in part on the parameter.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating, based at least in part on the first information, a second information including at least one of a present location of the end device, a present location of the access point and a route from the end device to the access point.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

storing at least one of the first information and the second information in a database of the cloud system.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

providing the end device with an application storing at least one of the first information and the second information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the access point includes a Wi-Fi access point and the wireless local area network includes a Wi-Fi network.

10. A cloud system, comprising:

a communication unit configured to connect to an end device;

a receiving unit configured to receive, from the end device, a first information including at least one of a location of the end device, a location of an access point to which the end device accesses, a media access control (MAC) Address of the end device and a MAC address of the access point;

a determination unit configured to determine that the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device based at least in part on the first information; and

an access point control unit configured to instruct the access point to provide a wireless local area network to the end device with a suppressed channel hopping.

11. The cloud system of claim 10, wherein the receiving unit receives, from the end device, a notification indicating that the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device.

12. The cloud system of claim 11, wherein the receiving unit receives a beacon including the notification.

13. The cloud system of claim 10, wherein the access point control unit is further configured to provide the access point with a parameter including at least one of a priority order for a network channel and an intensity of the wireless local area network.

14. The cloud system of claim 13, wherein the access point suppresses the channel hopping based at least in part on the parameter.

15. The cloud system of claim 10, further comprising:

a calculating unit configured to calculate, based at least in part on the first information, a second information including at least one of a present location of the end device, a present location of the access point and a route from the end device to the access point.

16. The cloud system of claim 15, further comprising:

a database configured to store at least one of the first information and the second information.

17. The cloud system of claim 15, wherein the communication unit is further configured to provide the end device with an application storing at least one of the first information and the second information.

18. The cloud system of claim 10, wherein the access point includes a Wi-Fi access point and the wireless local area network includes a Wi-Fi network.

19. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a cloud system to perform operations, comprising:

receiving, from an end device, a first information including at least one of a location of the end device, a location of an access point to which the end device accesses, a media access control (MAC) Address of the end device and a MAC address of the access point;

determining whether the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device based at least in part on the first information; and

instructing the access point to provide a wireless local area network to the end device with a suppressed channel hopping.

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23. A method performed under control of an end device, comprising:

connecting to a cloud system;

transmitting, to the cloud system, an information including at least one of a location of the end device, a location of an access point to which the end device accesses, a media access control (MAC) Address of the end device and a MAC address of the access point;

determining that the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device;

notifying the cloud system that the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device; and

connecting to a wireless local area network provided by the access point with a suppressed channel hopping.

24. An end device comprising:

a connecting unit configured to connect to a cloud system;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the cloud system, an information including at least one of a location of the end device, a location of an access point to which the end device accesses, a media access control (MAC) Address of the end device and a MAC address of the access point;

a determination unit configured to determine that the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device; and

a notification unit configured to notify the cloud system that the end device moves to around the location of the access point and returns to around the location of the end device,

wherein the connecting unit further configured to connect to a wireless local area network provided by the access point with a suppressed channel hopping after the notification by the notification unit.