US 9,439,227 B2Granted

Wireless local area network access device and method of controlling wireless signals

AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorYa-Ti Wei

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Abstract

A WLAN access device includes a connecting module, a PING detecting module, and a wireless signal control module. The connecting module obtains an IP address from a DHCP. After the connecting module getting the IP address, the PING detecting module sends the PING messages to a gateway, and receives the corresponding response messages from the gateway. The wireless signal control module enables a wireless module of the WLAN access device to transmit wireless signals when the PING detecting module receives the corresponding response messages from the gateway. The present disclosure further provides a method of controlling wireless signals of the WLAN access device.

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Dependent claims

A wireless local area network (WLAN) access device, connected with a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server and a gateway, comprising at least one processor, a storage system, and one or more programs stored in the storage system and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

connecting to the DHCP server and obtaining an internet protocol (IP) address from the DHCP server;
sending packet internet groper (PING) messages to the gateway by using the obtained IP address and receiving a corresponding response message from the gateway;
enabling a wireless module of the WLAN access device when the corresponding response message is received from the gateway;
setting a first interval and a second interval;
when the IP address is not obtained, connecting to the DHCP server, after the first interval, and obtaining an IP address from the DHCP server again;
when the corresponding response message is not received from the gateway, connecting to the DHCP server, after the second interval, and obtaining an IP address from the DHCP server again.

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A method of controlling wireless signals of a wireless local area network (WLAN) access device connected to a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server and a gateway, the method comprising:

connecting the DHCP server and obtaining an internet protocol (IP) address from the DHCP server;
sending packet internet groper (PING) message to the gateway by using the obtained IP address and receiving a corresponding response message from the gateway;
enabling a wireless module of the WLAN access device after receiving response messages from the gateway;
setting a first interval and a second interval;
when the IP address is not obtained, connecting to the DHCP server, after the first interval, and obtaining an IP address from the DHCP server again;
when the corresponding response message is not received from the gateway, connecting to the DHCP server, after the second interval, and obtaining an IP address from the DHCP server again.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/227,031Filed 27 Mar 2014
Priority: TW 103104227 A10 Feb 2014
Published: US 2015/0230278 A113 Aug 2015
Granted: 6 Sep 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H04W 76/11
Connection setup: allocation or use of connection identifiers
H04L 61/5014
Internet protocol [IP] addresses: using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
H04W
Wireless communication networks
H04L
Digital communication

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