Operating method of wireless access point device and wireless access point device
View Patent ↗In the field of communications technologies, an operating method of a wireless Access Point (AP) device and the wireless AP device are provided according to the embodiments of the present invention, to decrease the power consumption and prolong the operating time when a battery is used for power supply. One method includes: in the absence of data connection, after transmitting N broadcast frame signals with full power, transmitting M broadcast frame signals with low power. Another method includes: in the presence of data connection, establishing a connection with a lowest one of all compatible transmission rates; judging whether a current transmission rate is greater than or equal to a sum of a current actual throughput and a preset system parameter; and if the current transmission rate is smaller than the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter, increasing the transmission rate.
1. An operating method of a wireless Access Point device, comprising:
in the absence of data connection, after transmitting N broadcast frame signals with full power, transmitting by the wireless Access Point device, M broadcast frame signals with low power when a battery is used for power supply to the wireless Access Point device,
wherein the transmitting with full power comprising amplification of the N broadcast frame signals between a transceiver and an antenna in the wireless Access Point device, and the transmitting in low power comprising by-passing amplification to the M broadcast frame signals between the transceiver and the antenna in the wireless Access Point device,
wherein M is an integer greater than 0, N is an integer greater than 1 or N is an integer greater than 0, and a sum of M and N remains unchanged in a certain time span;
wherein in the presence of data connection:
establishing a data connection with the lowest transmission rate in all compatible transmission rates; and
judging whether a current transmission rate is greater than or equal to a sum of a current actual throughput and a preset system parameter; and if the current transmission rate is smaller than the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter, increasing the transmission rate; if the current transmission rate is greater than or equal to the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter, maintaining the current transmission rate unchanged.
2. The operating method of the wireless Access Point device according to claim 1 , wherein after the judging whether the current transmission rate is greater than or equal to the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter; and if the current transmission rate is smaller than the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter, increasing the transmission rate; if the current transmission rate is greater than or equal to the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter, maintaining the current transmission rate unchanged, further comprises:
judging whether signal strength, a Signal-to-Noise Ratio, or the number of bad packets in transmission at the current transmission rate meets a normal operation requirement of the current transmission rate, and if failing to meet the normal operation requirement of the current transmission rate, decreasing the current transmission rate.
3. An operating method of a wireless Access Point device, comprising:
in the presence of data connection, establishing by the wireless Access Point device, a data connection with the lowest transmission rate in all compatible transmission rates when a battery is used for power supply to the wireless Access Point device; and
judging by the wireless Access Point device, whether a current transmission rate is greater than or equal to a sum of a current actual throughput and a preset system parameter; and if the current transmission rate is smaller than the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter, increasing the transmission rate; if the current transmission rate is greater than or equal to the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter, maintaining the current transmission rate unchanged,
in the absence of data connection, after transmitting N broadcast frame signals with full power, transmitting by the wireless Access Point device, M broadcast frame signals with low power when a battery is used for power supply to the wireless Access Point device,
wherein the transmitting with full power comprising amplification of the N broadcast frame signals between a transceiver and an antenna in the wireless Access Point device, and the transmitting in low power comprising by-passing amplification to the M broadcast frame signals between the transceiver and the antenna in the wireless Access Point device, wherein M is an integer greater than 0, N is an integer greater than 1 or N is an integer greater than 0, and a sum of M and N remains unchanged in a certain time span.
4. The operating method of the wireless Access Point device according to claim 3 , wherein after the judging whether the current transmission rate is greater than or equal to the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter; and if the current transmission rate is smaller than the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter, increasing the transmission rate; while if the current transmission rate is greater than or equal to the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter, maintaining the current transmission rate unchanged, further comprises: judging whether signal strength, a Signal-to-Noise Ratio, or the number of bad packets in transmission at the current transmission rate meets a normal operation requirement of the current transmission rate, and if failing to meet the normal operation requirement of the current transmission rate, decreasing the current transmission rate.
5. A wireless Access Point device, comprising:
a power selection unit, configured to transmit M broadcast frame signals with low power after transmitting N broadcast frame signals with full power in the absence of data connection when a battery is used for power supply to the wireless Access Point device,
wherein the transmitting with full power comprising amplification of the N broadcast frame signals between a transceiver and an antenna in the wireless Access Point device, and the transmitting in low power comprising by-passing amplification to the M broadcast frame signals between the transceiver and the antenna in the wireless Access Point device,
wherein M is an integer greater than 0, N is an integer greater than 1 or N is an integer greater than 0, and a sum of M and N remains unchanged in a certain time span;
a connection establishing unit, configured to establish a data connection with the lowest transmission rate in all compatible transmission rates in the presence of data;
a first judging unit, configured to judge whether a current transmission rate is greater than or equal to a sum of a current actual throughput and a preset system parameter; and
a rate increasing unit, configured to increase the transmission rate if the current transmission rate is smaller than the sum of the current actual throughput and the preset system parameter.
6. The wireless Access Point device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a second judging unit, configured to judge whether signal strength, a Signal-to-Noise Ratio, or the number of bad packets in transmission at the current transmission rate meets a normal operation requirement of the current transmission rate; and
a rate decreasing unit, configured to decrease the current transmission rate if the signal strength, the Signal-to-Noise Ratio, or the number of the bad packets in transmission at the current transmission rate fails to meet the normal operation requirement of the current transmission rate.