US 2014/0192792 A1 · METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS NETWORK DEVICES AND CONTROL DEVICE WITH WIRELESS NETWORK FUNCTION

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for controlling wireless network devices, which includes the following steps: a control device with a wireless network function is utilized to scan several access-point (AP) mode wireless network devices. One of the AP mode wireless network devices is selected as a master AP according to the scanning result. The at least one AP mode wireless network device other than the selected one is set to a client mode. The at least one wireless network device set to the client mode builds a connection to the control device with a wireless network function through the master AP. The present invention also discloses a control device with a wireless network function.

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Dependent claims

A method for controlling wireless network devices comprising:

(a) scanning a plurality of access-point mode (AP mode) wireless network devices by utilizing a control device with a wireless network function;
(b) selecting one of the AP mode wireless network devices as a master AP according to the scanning result of step (a);
(c) setting the at least one AP mode wireless network device other than the selected one to a client mode;
and
(d) driving the at least one wireless network device set to the client mode to build a connection to the control device with a wireless network function through the master AP.

2 more elements

A control device with a wireless network function comprising:

a wireless network module;
and
a processing unit electrically connected with the wireless network module, wherein the processing unit comprises:
a scanning module configured to drive the wireless network module to scan a plurality of AP mode wireless network devices through a wireless network to generate a scanning result;
a selecting module configured to select one of the AP mode wireless network devices as a master AP according to the scanning result;
and
a connection-building module configured to set the at least one AP mode wireless network device other than the selected one to a client mode and to drive the at least one wireless network device set to the client mode to build a connection to the control device with a wireless network function through the master AP.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/062,852Filed 24 Oct 2013

Priority

TW 1021002694 Jan 2013

Published

10 Jul 2014

Term ends

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Classification4 codes

H04W 76/10
Connection management: connection setup
H04W 48/20
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: selecting an access point
H04W 84/20
Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks: leader-follower arrangements
H04W
Wireless communication networks

Method for controlling wireless network devices and control device with wireless network function

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Method for controlling wireless network devices and control device with wireless network function

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Abstract

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