Apparatus And Method For Configuring Relay Channel Of Mobile Device

• US 20170094670A1
• Filed: 03/04/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• 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 Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: YANG, Chuanqing, SUN, Zizhi, ZHENG, Bin, SHANG, Shidong, ZHOU, Changsheng
• Granted Patent: US 9,844,062 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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. An apparatus for configuring a relay channel of a mobile device, applicable to the mobile device, the apparatus comprising:

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.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the relay channel calculating module comprises:

a channel type inquiring sub-module configured to inquire about a band type of the first channel; and

a channel calculating sub-module configured to calculate the second channel without interference from and to the first channel according to the band type.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the channel calculating sub-module comprises:

a channel shifting unit configured, if the band type is the 2.4G band, to set the second channel as the first channel shifted by at least 5 channels.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the channel calculating sub-module comprises:

a channel setting unit configured, if the band type is the 5G band, to set the second channel to another channel than the first channel.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a packet forward enabling module configured to enable a packet forward function so that a data packet is forwarded between the different nodes of Wi-Fi inbuilt in the mobile device; and

a packet forward configuring module configured to send configuration information of packet forwarding to the inbuilt Wi-Fi module so that a data packet is forwarded between the inbuilt station node and the inbuilt P2P node.

6. An apparatus for configuring a relay channel of a mobile device, applicable to the mobile device, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing at least one instruction configured to be executed by the processor;

to access to an external wireless access point through a station node of Wi-Fi inbuilt in the mobile device;

to inquire about a first channel over which the wireless access point operates;

to calculate a second channel without interference from and to the first channel; and

to send a relay instruction to an inbuilt Wi-Fi module through a P2P 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 P2P node over the second channel.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one instruction configured to be executed by the processor to calculate the second channel without interference from and to the first channel is configured:

to inquire about a band type of the first channel; and

to calculate the second channel without interference from and to the first channel according to the band type.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the at least one instruction configured to be executed by the processor to calculate the second channel without interference from and to the first channel according to the band type is configured:

if the band type is the 2.4G band, to set the second channel as the first channel shifted by at least 5 channels.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the at least one instruction configured to be executed by the processor to set the second channel as the first channel shifted by at least 5 channels is configured:

if the serial number of the first channel is more than or equal to a preset first serial number, to 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 the first number by at least 6 channels; and

if the serial number of the first channel is less than the preset first serial number, to 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 the first number by at least 7 channels.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the at least one instruction configured to be executed by the processor to calculate the second channel without interference from and to the first channel according to the band type is configured:

if the band type is the 5G band, to set the second channel to another channel than the first channel.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the at least one instruction configured to be executed by the processor to set the second channel to the other channel than the first channel is configured:

to determine whether the serial number of the first channel is less than or equal to a preset second serial number; and

if so, to set the 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, to set the second channel to 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.

12. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one instruction is further configured to be executed by the processor:

to enable a packet forward function so that a data packet is forwarded between the different nodes of Wi-Fi inbuilt in the mobile device; and

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

13. A method for configuring a relay channel of a mobile device, the method comprising:

accessing, by the mobile device, to an external wireless access point through a station node of Wi-Fi inbuilt in the mobile device;

inquiring, by the mobile device, about a first channel over which the wireless access point operates;

calculating, by the mobile device, a second channel without interference from and to the first channel; and

sending, by a P2P (Peer-to-Peer) node of Wi-Fi inbuilt in the mobile device, a relay instruction to an Wi-Fi module 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.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein calculating the second channel without interference from and to the first channel comprises:

inquiring about a band type of the first channel; and

calculating the second channel without interference from and to the first channel according to the band type.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein calculating the second channel without interference from and to the first channel according to the band type comprises:

if the band type is the 2.4G band, then setting the second channel as the first channel shifted by at least 5 channels.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein setting the second channel as the first channel shifted by at least 5 channels comprises:

if the serial number of the first channel is more than or equal to a preset first serial number, then 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 first serial number, then 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.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein calculating the second channel without interference from and to the first channel according to the band type comprises:

if the band type is the 5G band, then setting the second channel to another channel than the first channel.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein setting the second channel to the other channel than the first channel comprises:

determining whether the serial number of the first channel is less than or equal to a preset second serial number; and

if so, then setting the 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, setting the second channel to 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.

19. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

enabling a packet forward function so that a data packet is forwarded between the different nodes of Wi-Fi inbuilt in the mobile device; and

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