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US 8,971,238 · App. 13/487,554 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Method for controlling wireless router and wireless router

Inventors: Yonghong Wang (Shanghai, CN); Xiuyi Li (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W52/0251Y02B60/50
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Patent No.
US 8,971,238
App. No.
13/487,554
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling a wireless router and a wireless router includes: detecting whether the wireless router has a connection with a terminal; and if the wireless router has no connection with any terminal, turning off the wireless router. By using the method for controlling a wireless router and the wireless router provided in embodiments of the present invention, whether the wireless router has a connection with a terminal may be detected; and the wireless router is turned off when the wireless router has no connection with any terminal. In this way, the wireless router may be automatically turned off in an idle state, which saves energy resources and avoids unnecessary consumption.

Claims (24)

1. A method for controlling a wireless router, comprising:

detecting, by the wireless router, whether the wireless router has a connection with a terminal;

when the wireless router has no connection with any terminal, turning off the wireless router by the wireless router; and

wherein detecting, by the wireless router, whether the wireless router has a connection with the terminal comprises:

when the wireless router does not transfer data within a first preconfigured duration, performing connection detection on an IP address of the terminal that has no data transmission within a second preconfigured duration by the wireless router;

when a response is received, determining that the wireless router has a connection with the terminal by the wireless router; and

when no response is received, determining that the wireless router has no connection with the terminal by the wireless router.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein detecting, by the wireless router, whether the wireless router has a connection with the terminal further comprises:

obtaining the IP address of the terminal that has no data transmission within the second preconfigured duration by the wireless router;

obtaining, by the wireless router, the IP address corresponding to the terminal from a data packet sent by a network side or the terminal; and

when no more data packet corresponding to the IP address is received within the second preconfigured duration, determining that the IP address is the IP address of the terminal that has no data transmission within the second preconfigured duration by the wireless router.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing connection detection on the IP address of the terminal that has no data transmission within the second preconfigured duration by the wireless router comprises:

performing a Packet Internet Grope test on the IP address of the terminal that has no data transmission within the second preconfigured duration by the wireless router.

4. A wireless router, comprising:

a detecting module, configured to detect whether the wireless router has a connection with a terminal;

a closing module, configured to turn off the wireless router if the wireless router has no connection with any terminal; and

wherein the detecting module is configured to:

when the wireless router does not transfer data within a first preconfigured duration, perform connection detection on an IP address of a terminal that has no data transmission within a second preconfigured duration;

when a response is received, it is detected that the wireless router has a connection with the terminal; and

when no response is received, it is detected that the wireless router has no connection with the terminal.

5. The wireless router according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a determining module, configured to:

obtain an IP address corresponding to the terminal from a data packet sent by a network side or the terminal; and

when no more data packet corresponding to the IP address is received within the second preconfigured duration, it is detected that the IP address is the IP address of the terminal that has no data transmission within the second preconfigured duration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2012
From: WANG, YONGHONG; LI, XIUYI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2011073263 · Apr 25, 2011
Related Publication 20120269126A1 · Oct 25, 2012