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US 11,540,188 B2Granted
Terminal roaming steering method and devices, and computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsFuqing Sun, Zhi Ma, Xiaofei Bai, Dewei Bao
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Abstract
In a terminal roaming steering method, a steering protocol supported by a terminal and a second AP are determined, and the terminal is steered, based on the steering protocol supported by the terminal, to roam from a first AP to the second AP.
Claims20
A method implemented by a control node and comprising:
- determining a steering protocol supported by a terminal connected to a first access point (AP), wherein the steering protocol is for steering the terminal to perform roaming;
- obtaining network selection reference information of the terminal;
- determining a second AP from at least one neighboring AP that neighbors the first AP when a first network status of the first AP and a second network status of the second AP meet an indicated network status indicated by the network selection reference information, wherein the network selection reference information comprises frequency band reference information or bandwidth reference information;
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- steering, based on the steering protocol, the terminal to roam from the first AP to the second AP.
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A control device comprising:
- a memory configured to store instructions;
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- a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the control device to:
- determine a steering protocol supported by a terminal connected to a first access point (AP), wherein the steering protocol is for steering the terminal to perform roaming,
- obtain network selection reference information of the terminal,
- determine a second AP from at least one neighboring AP that neighbors the first AP when a first network status of the first AP and a second network status of the second AP meet an indicated network status indicated by the network selection reference information, wherein the network selection reference information comprises frequency band reference information or bandwidth reference information, and
- steer, based on the steering protocol, the terminal to roam from the first AP to the second AP.
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A network device comprising:
- a memory configured to store instructions;
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- a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the network device to:
- determine a steering protocol supported by a terminal connected to a first access point (AP), wherein the steering protocol is for steering the terminal to perform roaming,
- obtain network selection reference information of the terminal,
- determine a second AP from at least one neighboring AP that neighbors the first AP when a first network status of the first AP and a second network status of the second AP meet an indicated network status indicated by the network selection reference information, wherein the network selection reference information comprises frequency band reference information or bandwidth reference information, and
- steer, based on the steering protocol, the terminal to roam from the first AP to the second AP.
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A computer program product comprising instructions that are stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and that, when executed by a processor, cause a control node to:
- determine a steering protocol supported by a terminal connected to a first access point (AP), wherein the steering protocol is for steering the terminal to perform roaming;
- obtain network selection reference information of the terminal;
- determine a second AP from at least one neighboring AP that neighbors the first AP when a first network status of the first AP and a second network status of the second AP meet an indicated network status indicated by the network selection reference information, wherein the network selection reference information comprises frequency band reference information or bandwidth reference information;
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- steer, based on the steering protocol, the terminal to roam from the first AP to the second AP.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.