Wireless network access method and access apparatus
Embodiments of the present application provide a wireless network access method and a wireless network access apparatus, relating to the field of wireless communications technologies. The method comprises: listening to a request packet broadcasted by using a first low-power wireless communication protocol, and broadcasting access point information by using a second low-power wireless communication protocol, where the request packet is used for requesting to acquire the access point information, and the access point information is used by a user device to access a corresponding access point. According to the method and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application, a request packet broadcasted by using a low-power wireless communication protocol is listened to, and sending of the access point information is triggered according to the request packet or is actively initiated, which can implement simple, convenient, fast and automatic key distribution without human intervention, also does not need another supplementary means such as access to the Internet in advance or a backend cloud service, and is low in power consumption.
1. A wireless network access method, implemented by a server independent of access points, the method comprising:
listening, by the server, using a first low-power wireless communication protocol, to a request packet broadcasted by user equipment for access point information of an access point;
acquiring and storing, by the server, the access point information of the access point in response to the request packet;
broadcasting, by the server, the access point information of the access point by using a second low-power wireless communication protocol, wherein the broadcasted access point information of the access point is to be used by the user equipment to access the access point;
polling, by the server, at least one access point periodically to update the stored access point information of the access point;
setting, by the server, a time at which the request packet broadcasted by using the first low-power wireless communication protocol is listened to, wherein when the first low-power wireless communication protocol is a BLE protocol, a scanning parameter for listening on the BLE broadcast channel is set to be a scanning interval of 1 s and a scanning window of 200 ms; and
setting, by the server, a time at which the access point information broadcasted by using the second low-power wireless communication protocol is listened to, wherein when the second low-power wireless communication protocol is the BLE protocol, a broadcast parameter for broadcasting an access point information packet by using the broadcast channel is set to be broadcasting for no less than 1 s with a broadcast interval of 100 ms.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the broadcasting access point information of the access point by using a second low-power wireless communication protocol comprises:
in response to the request packet, generating, according to the second low-power wireless communication protocol, a response packet comprising the access point information of the access point; and
broadcasting the response packet by using the second low-power wireless communication protocol.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring access point information of the at least one access point.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the request packet comprises an access point identifier of at least one target access point.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the acquiring access point information of the at least one access point comprises:
acquiring the access point information of the access point according to the access point identifier of the at least one target access point comprised in the request packet.
6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the response packet comprises at least one part of access point information of the at least one access point.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the access point information of the access point comprises an access point identifier and an access key of the access point.
8. A server, comprising one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server to perform operations including:
listening, using a first low-power wireless communication protocol, to a request packet broadcasted by user equipment for access point information of an access point;
acquiring and storing the access point information of the access point in response to the request packet, and broadcasting the access point information of the access point by using a second low-power wireless communication protocol, wherein the broadcasted access point information of the access point is to be used by the user equipment to access the access point;
polling at least one access point periodically to update the stored access point information of the access point;
setting a time at which the request packet broadcasted by using the first low-power wireless communication protocol is listened to, wherein when the first low-power wireless communication protocol is a BLE protocol, the scanning parameter for listening on the BLE broadcast channel is set to be a scanning interval of 1 s and a scanning window of 200 ms; and
setting a time at which the access point information broadcasted by using the second low-power wireless communication protocol is listened to, wherein when the second low-power wireless communication protocol is the BLE protocol, a broadcast parameter for broadcasting an access point information packet by using the broadcast channel is set to be broadcasting for no less than 1 s with a broadcast interval of 100 ms.
9. The server according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to the request packet, generating, according to the second low-power wireless communication protocol, a response packet comprising the access point information of the access point; and
broadcasting the response packet by using the second low-power wireless communication protocol.
10. The server according to claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
acquiring access point information of the at least one access point.
11. The server according to claim 10 , wherein the request packet comprises an access point identifier of at least one target access point; and
the operations further comprise acquiring the access point information of the access point according to the access point identifier of the at least one target access point comprised in the request packet.
12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises an executable instruction, wherein when a central processing unit of a server executes the executable instruction, the executable instruction is used for enabling the server to perform operations including:
listening, using a first low-power wireless communication protocol, to a request packet broadcasted by user equipment for access point information of an access point;
acquiring and storing the access point information in response to the request packet, and broadcasting the access point information of the access point by using a second low-power wireless communication protocol, wherein the broadcasted access point information of the access point is to be used by the user equipment to access the access point;
polling at least one access point periodically to update the stored access point information of the access point;
setting a time at which the request packet broadcasted by using the first low-power wireless communication protocol is listened to, wherein when the first low-power wireless communication protocol is a BLE protocol, the scanning parameter for listening on the BLE broadcast channel is set to be a scanning interval of 1 s and a scanning window of 200 ms; and
setting a time at which the access point information broadcasted by using the second low-power wireless communication protocol is listened to, wherein when the second low-power wireless communication protocol is the BLE protocol, a broadcast parameter for broadcasting an access point information packet by using the broadcast channel is set to be broadcasting for no less than 1 s with a broadcast interval of 100 ms.
13. A wireless network access apparatus implemented on a server, comprising a central processing unit and a memory, wherein the memory stores computer executable instructions, the central processing unit is connected to the memory through a communications bus, and when the wireless network access apparatus runs, the central processing unit executes the computer executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the wireless network access apparatus performs operations including:
listening, using a first low-power wireless communication protocol, to a request packet broadcasted by user equipment for access point information of an access point;
acquiring and storing the access point information of the access point in response to the request packet, and broadcasting the access point information of the access point by using a second low-power wireless communication protocol, wherein the broadcasted access point information of the access point is to be used by the user equipment to access the access point;
polling at least one access point periodically to update the stored access point information of the access point;
setting, by the server, a time at which the request packet broadcasted by using the first low-power wireless communication protocol is listened to, wherein when the first low-power wireless communication protocol is a BLE protocol, the scanning parameter for listening on the BLE broadcast channel is set to be a scanning interval of 1 s and a scanning window of 200 ms; and
setting, by the server, a time at which the access point information is broadcasted by using the second low-power wireless communication protocol is listened to, wherein when the second low-power wireless communication protocol is the BLE protocol, a broadcast parameter for broadcasting an access point information packet by using the broadcast channel is set to be broadcasting for no less than 1 s with a broadcast interval of 100 ms.