Beacon signal processing system
A beacon signal minimization method and a beacon signal processing system utilizing a changed beacon element periodically receives a beacon signal from an access point and maintains network connectivity in a sleep mode, or only wakes up modules of hardware and software necessary for communication, by comparing whether an information element contained in the beacon signal is different from information stored in advance.
1. A beacon signal processing system comprising a memory, a processor, and an information table unit configured to store a necessary information element for communication with the access point, wherein a beacon receiver program containing computerized instructions is stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
periodically receiving, by a beacon receiver, a beacon signal from an access point;
identifying an information element of data contained in the beacon signal;
generating a result value of performing a checksum on the information element, and identifying whether the information element is changed according to the result value;
enabling a sleep mode of the processor according to whether or not the information element is changed,
comparing the necessary information element with the information element, and
identifying whether the information element is the necessary information element.
2. The beacon signal processing system of claim 1 , wherein when the information element is identified as an unnecessary information element, the processor operates in the sleep mode by turning off part or all of modules of hardware and software necessary for communication with the access point.
3. The beacon signal processing system of claim 2 , wherein when the information element is identified as the necessary information element, the beacon receiver program executed by the processor performs the checksum on the information element identified as the necessary information element, generates the result value of the beacon signal defined as a current beacon signal, and identifies whether the information element contains changed data according to the result value of the current beacon signal.
4. The beacon signal processing system of claim 2 , wherein the processor performs the checksum on the information element identified as the necessary information element, generates the result value of the beacon signal defined as a current beacon signal, and performs the checksum on the information element contained in a beacon signal which is received by the beacon receiver before the current beacon signal and is defined as a prior beacon signal, and wherein the processor further generates a result value of the prior beacon signal, and compares the result value of the current beacon signal with the result value of the prior beacon signal, and identifies whether the information element contained in the current beacon signal contains changed data.
5. The beacon signal processing system of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises comparing whether the result value of the current beacon signal is same as the result value of the prior beacon signal.
6. The beacon signal processing system of claim 5 , wherein when the result value of the current beacon signal is same as the result value of the prior beacon signal, the beacon receiver program executed by the processor confirms that the information element does not contain changed data, and operates in the sleep mode.
7. The beacon signal processing system of claim 5 , wherein when the result value of the current beacon signal is not same as the result value of the prior beacon signal, the beacon receiver program executed by the processor confirms that the information element contains changed data, and the processor operates in an active mode.
8. The beacon signal processing system of claim 7 , wherein to operate in the active mode, the processor changes part or all of modules of hardware and software necessary for communication with the access point to a wake-up state, and processes the changed data of the information element.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, recording a program for performing a method, the method comprising:
periodically receiving a beacon signal from an access point;
identifying an information element of data contained in the beacon signal;
generating a result value of performing a checksum on the information element, and identifying whether the information element is changed according to the result value;
operating in a sleep mode according to whether or not the information element is changed,
comparing a necessary information element with the information element, and
identifying whether the information element is the necessary information element,
wherein the necessary information element is stored in an information table for communications with the access point.