Schemes for providing wireless communication

• US 9,967,800 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2013
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutkowski, Jeffrey M
• Assistant Examiner(s): WOOD, JONATHAN
• Application Number:
  US14/118,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20150131639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,804 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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, first information that includes a first location of the end device and a location of an access point that the end device accesses;

determining based at least on the first information, that the end device moves to a second location that is closer than the first location to the location of the access point;

determining that the end device moves to a third location that is farther than the second location from the location of the access point;

providing, to the access point, a parameter that includes a priority order of the end device for a network channel of a wireless local area network; and

in response to the determinations that the end device moves to the second location that is closer than the first location to the location of the access point and that the end device moves to the third location that is farther than the second location from the location of the access point, instructing the access point to allocate a range of the network channel with a suppressed channel hopping to the end device, wherein the allocation is based on the priority order of the end device for the network channel of the wireless local area network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the first information includes receiving, from the end device, a notification that indicates that the end device moves to the second location.

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 access point suppresses the channel hopping based at least in part on the parameter that includes the priority order of the end device for the network channel.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating, based at least in part on the first information, second information that includes 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.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

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

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

providing, to the end device, an application that stores at least one of the first information and the second information.

8. 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.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the determination that the end device moves to the second location is based at least in part on a first direction of travel of the end device from the first location to the second location, and

the determination that the end device moves to the third location is further based at least in part on a second direction of travel of the end device from the second location to the third location.

10. A cloud system, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from an end device, first information that includes a first location of the end device and a location of an access point that the end device accesses;

a determination unit configured to;

determine based at least on the first information, that the end device moves to a second location that is closer than the first location to the location of the access point;

determining that the end device moves to a third location that is farther than the second location from the location of the access point; and

an access point control unit configured to;

provide, to the access point, a parameter that includes a priority order of the end device for a network channel of a wireless local area network; and

in response to the determinations that the end device moves to the second location that is closer than the first location to the location of the access point and that the end device moves to the third location that is farther than the second location from the location of the access point, instruct the access point to allocate a range of the network channel with a suppressed channel hopping to the end device, wherein the allocation is based on the priority order of the end device for the network channel of the wireless local area network.

11. The cloud system of claim 10, wherein the first information received by the receiver includes a notification that indicates that the end device moves to the second location.

12. The cloud system of claim 11, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a beacon that includes the notification.

13. The cloud system of claim 10, wherein the determination unit is configured to facilitate suppression of the channel hopping by providing the parameter that includes the priority order of the end device for the network channel.

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

a calculation unit configured to calculate, based at least in part on the first information, second information that includes 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.

15. The cloud system of claim 14, further comprising:

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

16. The cloud system of claim 14, further comprising a communication unit configured to provide, to the end device, an application that stores at least one of the first information and the second information.

17. 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.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a cloud system to perform or control performance of operations to:

identify information, received from an end device, that includes a first location of the end device and a location of an access point that the end device accesses;

determine, based at least on the first information, that the end device moves to a second location that is closer than the first location to the location of the access point;

determine, that the end device moves to a third location that is farther than the second location from the location of the access point;

provide, to the access point, a parameter that includes a priority order of the end device for a network channel of a wireless local area network; and

in response to the determinations that the end device moves to the second location that is closer than the first location to the location of the access point and that the end device moves to the third location that is farther than the second location from the location of the access point, instruct the access point to allocate a range of the network channel with a suppressed channel hopping to the end device, wherein the allocation is based on the priority order of the end device for the network channel of the wireless local area network.

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

communicatively connecting to a cloud system;

transmitting, to the cloud system, information that includes a first location of the end device, and a location of an access point that the end device accesses;

determining based at least on the first information, that the end device moves to a second location that is closer than the first location to the location of the access point;

determining that the end device moves to a third location that is farther than the second location from the location of the access point;

notifying the cloud system that the end device moves to the second location and then to the third location; and

communicatively connecting to a range of a network channel with a suppressed channel hopping, wherein the range of the network channel is provided by the access point in response to the notification, and wherein the range of the network channel is provided by the access point based on a priority order of the end device for the network channel.

20. An end device comprising:

a connection unit configured to communicatively connect to a cloud system;

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the cloud system, information that includes a first location of the end device, and a location of an access point that the end device accesses;

a determination unit configured to;

determining based at least on the first information, that the end device moves to a second location that is closer than the first location to the location of the access point; and

determining that the end device moves to a third location that is farther than the second location from the location of the access point; and

a notification unit configured to notify the cloud system that the end device moves to the second location and then to the third location,

wherein the connection unit is further configured to communicatively connect to a range of a network channel with a suppressed channel hopping provided by the access point in response to the notification by the notification unit, and wherein the range of the network channel is provided by the access point based on a priority order of the end device for the network channel.