WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM, WIRELESS DEVICE, AND NETWORK REGISTRATION METHOD OF THE WIRELESS DEVICE

• US 20150195036A1
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Young-jun, PARK, Seong-man
• Granted Patent: US 9,374,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1149 Arrangements for indoor wireless networking of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/116 Visible light communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events

Abstract

A method of registering a wireless device located in premises in a wireless network which is constructed in the premises. The method includes receiving a light signal, which includes network identification information of the wireless network constructed in the premises from at least one illumination device installed in the premises, and registering the wireless device in the wireless network constructed in the premises, by using the network identification information of the wireless network included in the received light signal.

Claims

1. A method of registering a wireless device located in premises in a wireless network which is constructed in the premises, the method comprising:

receiving a light signal including network identification information of the wireless network constructed in the premises from at least one illumination device installed in the premises; and

registering the wireless device in the wireless network constructed in the premises, by using the network identification information included in the received light signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising scanning at least one wireless network which is usable at a current location of the wireless device, wherein the registering of the wireless device in the wireless network comprises registering the wireless device in a wireless network, which corresponds to network identification information included in the received light signal, from among the scanned wireless networks.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the received light signal includes location information of the illumination device transmitting the light signal, and

wherein if the registering of the wireless device in the wireless network is completed, the wireless device transmits the location information included in the light signal to the wireless network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the light signal comprises:

sending a request for a light signal to at least one illumination device installed in the premises and,

according to the request for a light signal, receiving the light signal transmitted from the illumination device.

5. A wireless device to be registered in a wireless network which is constructed in premises, the wireless device comprising:

a light receiving unit to receive a light signal transmitted from at least one illumination device installed in the premises;

a light signal interpretation unit to obtain network identification information of the wireless network constructed in the premises by interpreting the received light signal; and

a wireless communication unit to register the wireless device in the wireless network constructed in the premises, by using the network identification information obtained by the light signal interpretation unit.

6. The wireless device of claim 5, further comprising a network scanning unit to scan at least one wireless network which is usable at a current location of the wireless device,

wherein the wireless communication unit registers the wireless device in a wireless network, which corresponds to the network identification information obtained from the light signal interpretation unit, from among wireless networks scanned by the network scanning unit.

7. The wireless device of claim 5, wherein the light signal interpretation unit obtains location information of an illumination device which has transmitted the light signal, by interpreting the received light signal, and

wherein the wireless communication unit transmits location information of the illumination device to the wireless network in which the wireless device is registered.

8. The wireless device of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication unit requests a light signal to at least one illumination device installed in the premises.

9. An illumination device installed in premises, the illumination device comprising:

a light generation unit to generate light; and

a control unit to adjust brightness of the light by controlling the generation of light by the light generation unit,

wherein the control unit controls an ON and OFF status of the light by using a pattern which indicates network identification information of a wireless network constructed in the premises.

10. The illumination device of claim 9, wherein ON and OFF frequencies of the light are equal to or higher than a blinking frequency that may not be perceived by a user.

11. The illumination device of claim 9, further comprising a communication unit to receive network identification information of the wireless network from outside.

12. A wireless network system constructed in premises, the wireless network system comprising:

an illumination device installed in the premises, to transmit a light signal including network identification information of a wireless network constructed in the premises;

a gateway to receive a request for registration from a wireless device which has received the light signal; and

a server to allow registration of the wireless device according to the request for registration.

13. The wireless network system of claim 12, wherein the light signal further includes location information of the illumination device that has transmitted the light signal, and

wherein the server receives location information of the illumination device from the wireless device which is allowed to be registered, and stores the received location information as location information of the wireless device.

14. The wireless network system of claim 12, wherein the server transmits network identification information of the wireless network, constructed in the premises, to at least one illumination device installed in the premises.

15. The wireless network system of claim 12, wherein, if the wireless device requests a light signal, the illumination device may transmit a light signal.

16. A method of registering a wireless device to a wireless network system, comprising:

applying power to the wireless device;

automatically scanning for connectible wireless networks;

receiving a transmitted light signal including network identification information;

interpreting information included in the transmitted light signal;

obtaining the network identification information and location information, as a result of interpreting the transmitted light signal; and

determining whether there is a wireless network identical to the network identification information obtained by interpreting the light signal, from among the scanned connectible wireless networks.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising sending a signal requesting the light signal including network identification information.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein if there is a wireless network identical to the network identification information, requesting registration to the corresponding wireless network.

19. The method according to claim 18, completing registration of the wireless device to the corresponding wireless network by allocating an address to the wireless device from the wireless network system of which registration is requested.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising, upon completion of the registration, sending the location information obtained by interpreting the received light signal to the connected wireless network.