Apparatus and method for configuring relay channel of mobile device

• US 9,844,062 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2016
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hisense International Company Limited (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense USA Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hisense International Company Limited (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense USA Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yang, Chuanqing, Sun, Zizhi, Zheng, Bin, Shang, Shidong, Zhou, Changsheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Agosta, Steve D
• Application Number:
  US15/061,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20170094670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 648 Days
• Field of Search: 455 412, 455 413, 4554522, 455 631, 455 6713, 3703102, 370328, 370338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide an apparatus for configuring a relay channel of a mobile device, the apparatus including: a wireless access node connecting module configured to access to an external wireless access point through a station node of Wi-Fi inbuilt in the mobile device; a node channel inquiring module configured to inquire about a first channel over which the wireless access point operates; a relay channel calculating module configured to calculate a second channel without interference from and to the first channel; and a relay instruction sending module configured to send a relay instruction to an inbuilt Wi-Fi module through a P2P (Peer-to-Peer) node of Wi-Fi inbuilt in the mobile device so that logon information of the mobile device is broadcasted over the second channel, and one or more external electronic devices access to the mobile device through the inbuilt P2P node over the second channel.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing at least one instruction, the processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

access an external wireless access point through a station node of a wireless local area network (WLAN) inbuilt in the mobile terminal;

inquire about a band type of a first channel over which the wireless access point operates;

send a relay instruction to an inbuilt WLAN module through a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) node of the WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal, so that logon information of the mobile terminal is broadcasted over a second channel and one or more external electronic devices access to the mobile terminal is through the P2P node over the second channel;

if the band type of the first channel is a 2.4G band, set the second channel, without interference from and to the first channel, as the first channel shifted by at least 5 channels;

if a serial number of the first channel is more than or equal to a preset serial number, set the second channel to a channel with the lowest serial number in the 2.4G band, wherein the channel with the lowest serial number is spaced from the channel with a first number by at least 6 channels; and

if the serial number of the first channel is less than the preset serial number, set the second channel to a channel with the highest serial number in the 2.4G band, wherein the channel with the highest serial number is spaced from the channel with a first number by at least 7 channels.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

enable a packet forward function so that a data packet is forwarded between different nodes of the WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal; and

send configuration information of packet forwarding to the inbuilt WLAN module so that a data packet is forwarded between the station node and the P2P node.

2. A mobile terminal comprising a processor, and a memory storing at least one instruction, the processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

access an external wireless access point through a station node of an WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal;

inquire about a band type of a first channel over which the wireless access point operates;

send a relay instruction to an inbuilt WLAN module through a P2P node of the WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal, so that logon information of the mobile terminal is broadcast over a second channel and one or more external electronic devices access to the mobile terminal is through the P2P node over the second channel;

if the band type of the first channel is a 5G band, set the second channel, without interference from and to the first channel, to another channel other than the first channel; and

determine whether a serial number of the first channel is less than or equal to a preset serial number, if so, said another channel is a second channel to a channel with the highest serial number in the 5G band, wherein the channel with the highest serial number is spaced from the channel with the second number by at least 8 channels, otherwise, said another channel is a channel with the lowest serial number in the 5G band, wherein the channel with the lowest serial number is spaced from the channel with the second number by at least 9 channels.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

enable a packet forward function so that a data packet is forwarded between different nodes of the WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal; and

send configuration information of packet forwarding to the inbuilt WLAN module so that a data packet is forwarded between the station node and the P2P node.

5. A method for configuring a relay channel of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

accessing, by the mobile terminal, an external wireless access point through a station node of an WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal;

inquiring, by the mobile terminal, about a band type of a first channel over which the wireless access point operates;

calculating, by the mobile terminal, a second channel without interference from and to the first channel including setting the second channel as the first channel shifted by at least 5 channels if the band type is a 2.4G band; and

sending, by a P2P node of the WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal, a relay instruction to an WLAN module inbuilt in the mobile terminal, so that logon information of the mobile terminal is broadcasted over the second channel and one or more external electronic devices access to the mobile terminal is through the P2P node over the second channel,

wherein setting the second channel comprises;

if a serial number of the first channel is more than or equal to a preset serial number, setting the second channel to a channel with the lowest serial number in the 2.4G band, wherein the channel with the lowest serial number is spaced from the channel with the first number by at least 6 channels; and

if the serial number of the first channel is less than the preset serial number, setting the second channel to a channel with the highest serial number in the 2.4G band, wherein the channel with the highest serial number is spaced from the channel with the first number by at least 7 channels.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

enabling a packet forward function so that a data packet is forwarded between different nodes of the WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal; and

sending configuration information of packet forwarding to the inbuilt WLAN module so that a data packet is forwarded between the inbuilt station node and the P2P node.

7. A method for configuring a relay channel of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

accessing, by the mobile terminal, an external wireless access point through a station node of an WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal;

inquiring, by the mobile terminal, about a band type of a first channel over which the wireless access point operates;

calculating, by the mobile terminal, a second channel without interference from and to the first channel including setting the second channel to another channel other than the first channel if the band type is a 5G band; and

sending, by a P2P node of the WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal, a relay instruction to an WLAN module inbuilt in the mobile terminal, so that logon information of the mobile terminal is broadcasted over the second channel and one or more external electronic devices access to the mobile terminal is through the P2P node over the second channel,

wherein setting the second channel comprises determining whether a serial number of the first channel is less than or equal to a preset serial number, if so, said another channel is a channel with the highest serial number in the 5G band, wherein the channel with the highest serial number is spaced from the channel with the second number by at least 8 channels, otherwise, said another channel is a channel with the lowest serial number in the 5G band, wherein the channel with the lowest serial number is spaced from the channel with the second number by at least 9 channels.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

enabling a packet forward function so that a data packet is forwarded between different nodes of the WLAN inbuilt in the mobile terminal; and

sending configuration information of packet forwarding to the inbuilt WLAN module so that a data packet is forwarded between the station node and the P2P node.