Method of control of an access point of a home gateway of a home network
AssigneeFrance Telecom
InventorsDavid Bernard, Gérard Cordelier
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Abstract
A method of controlling a domestic gateway, intended to connect at least one domestic terminal of a domestic computer network to a telecommunication network. The domestic gateway includes an access point configured so as to establish a connection between the domestic terminal and the domestic gateway. Method includes: a step of verifying the state of the connection between the domestic gateway and the domestic terminal via the access point, and a step of cyclically placing the access point on standby if the connection is inactive, in which the access point is alternately enabled for a duration of activity and disabled for a duration of sleep.
Claims11
A method of controlling a home gateway to connect at least one home terminal of a computerized home network to a telecommunication network, the home gateway comprising an access point configured to establish a connection between said home terminal and the home gateway, the method comprising:
- a step of verifying a state of the connection between the home gateway and said home terminal via the access point, and
- a step of cyclically placing said access point on standby if said connection is inactive, in which the access point is alternately turned on for a duration of activity and turned off for a duration of sleep.
A home gateway configured to connect at least one home terminal of a computerized home network to a telecommunication network, the gateway comprising:
- an access point configured to establish a connection between said home terminal and the home gateway;
- a memory in which is stored a dynamic table of connections between the home gateway and at least one home terminal via the access point;
- and
- a module configured to cyclically place said access point on standby if the dynamic table does not comprise any connection, by alternately performing a turning on of said access point for a duration of activity and a turning off of said access point for a duration of sleep.
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A non-transitory recording medium comprising a computer-readable program stored thereon to control a home gateway to connect at least one home terminal of a computerized home network to a telecommunication network, the home gateway comprising an access point configured to establish a connection between said home terminal and the home gateway, wherein the program comprises instructions configured to cause the home gateway to perform the following steps when executed by the home gateway:
- a step of verifying a state of the connection between the home gateway and said home terminal via the access point, and
- a step of cyclically placing said access point on standby if said connection is inactive, in which the access point is alternately turned on for a duration of activity and turned off for a duration of sleep.
A method of controlling a home gateway to connect at least one home terminal of a computerized home network to a telecommunication network, the home gateway comprising an access point configured to establish a connection between said home terminal and the home gateway, the method comprising:
- a step of accessing, within a memory, a stored dynamic table of connections between the home gateway and at least one home terminal via the access point;
- and
- a step of cyclically placing said access point on standby if the dynamic table does not comprise any connection, by alternately performing a turning on of said access point for a duration of activity and a turning off of said access point for a duration of sleep.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.