Scheduling and processing method and apparatus for WiFi station

A scheduling and processing method for a wireless fidelity (WiFi) station, comprising:

• acquiring network connection information, within a predetermined time, of stations (STAs) that are connected to a WiFi network using an access point (AP), wherein the network connection information comprises identifiers of the STAs, and at least one of accumulated network connection duration, accumulated data usage, and accumulated quantities of times of network connections that are within the predetermined time and correspond to the STAs;
• sorting the network connection information of the STAs in accordance with priorities according to a predetermined algorithm, to obtain a level list of the STAs, wherein the network connection information of the STAs is sorted based at least in part upon the identifiers of the STAs and the at least one of accumulated network connection duration, accumulated data usage, and accumulated quantities of times of network connections that are within the predetermined time and correspond to the STAs, and wherein the level list records a level sequence of the STAs in the level list;
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• scheduling and processing to-be-processed data of a corresponding STA according to the level list,
• wherein after the AP establishes the level list of the STAs, the method further comprises:
• acquiring an identifier of a second STA that is connected to the WiFi network again using the AP, wherein the second STA comprises one of the STAs that are connected to the WiFi network using the AP;
• determining, by using the identifier of the second STA, whether the second STA exists in the level list;
• acquiring network connection information, within the predetermined time, of the second STA when the second STA exists in the level list;
• comparing amounts of second average data usage of the second STA and first average data usage of a first STA, in the level list, corresponding to the identifier of the second STA, wherein the second average data usage of the second STA is a ratio between accumulated data usage and accumulated network connection duration of the second STA, and wherein the first STA comprises another one of the STAs that are connected to the WiFi network using the AP;
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• updating a level of the second STA in the level list according to a result of the comparison between the second average data usage of the second STA and the first average data usage of the first STA.

A scheduling and processing apparatus for a wireless fidelity (WiFi) station, wherein the scheduling and processing apparatus is implemented as part of an access point (AP) of a WiFi network, and wherein the scheduling and processing apparatus comprises:

• a memory comprising instructions;
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• a computer processor coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions cause the computer processor to be configured to:
• acquire network connection information, within a predetermined time, of stations (STAs) that are connected to the WiFi network using the AP, wherein the network connection information comprises identifiers of the STAs, and at least one of accumulated network connection duration, accumulated data usage, and accumulated quantities of times of network connections that are within the predetermined time and correspond to the STAs;
• sort the network connection information of the STAs in accordance with priorities according to a predetermined algorithm, to obtain a level list of the STAs, wherein the network connection information of the STAs is sorted based at least in part upon the identifiers of the STAs and the at least one of accumulated network connection duration, accumulated data usage, and accumulated quantities of times of network connections that are within the predetermined time and correspond to the STAs, and wherein the level list records a level sequence of the STAs in the level list;
• schedule and process to-be-processed data of a corresponding STA according to the level list of the STAs;
• calculate a ratio between accumulated data usage and accumulated network connection duration that are within the predetermined time and of each of the STAs, to acquire first average data usage of each of the STAs;
• obtain a summation value of each of the STAs according to weighted summation performed on the accumulated network connection duration, an accumulated quantity of times of network connections, and the first average data usage of each of the STAs, wherein three weight values of the weighted summation are all greater than or equal to zero, a sum of the three weight values is one, and at least one of the weight values is not zero;
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• sort the STAs according to the summation values in a descending order, to acquire the level list of the STAs, wherein the level list comprises identifiers of the STAs sorted according to the summation values, and first average data usage corresponding to the STAs.

A scheduling and processing apparatus for a wireless fidelity (WiFi) station, wherein the scheduling and processing apparatus is implemented as part of an access point (AP) of a WiFi network, and wherein the scheduling and processing apparatus comprises:

• a memory comprising instructions;
• and
• a computer processor coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions cause the computer processor to be configured to:
• acquire network connection information, within a predetermined time, of stations (STAs) that are connected to the WiFi network using the AP, wherein the network connection information comprises identifiers of the STAs, and at least one of accumulated network connection duration, accumulated data usage, and accumulated quantities of times of network connections that are within the predetermined time and correspond to the STAs;
• sort the network connection information of the STAs in accordance with priorities according to a predetermined algorithm, to obtain a level list of the STAs, wherein the network connection information of the STAs is sorted based at least in part upon the identifiers of the STAs and the at least one of accumulated network connection duration, accumulated data usage, and accumulated quantities of times of network connections that are within the predetermined time and correspond to the STAs, and wherein the level list records a level sequence of the STAs in the level list;
• schedule and process to-be-processed data of a corresponding STA according to the level list of the STAs;
• acquire an identifier of a second STA that is connected to the WiFi network again using the AP, wherein the second STA comprises one of the STAs that are connected to the WiFi network using the AP;
• determine, by using the identifier of the second STA, whether the second STA exists in the level list;
• acquire network connection information, within the predetermined time, of the second STA when the second STA exists in the level list;
• compare amounts of second average data usage of the second STA and first average data usage of a first STA, in the level list, corresponding to the identifier of the second STA, wherein the second average data usage of the second STA is a ratio between accumulated data usage and accumulated network connection duration of the second STA, and wherein the first STA comprises another one of the STAs that are connected to the WiFi network using the AP;
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• update a level of the second STA in the level list according to a result of the comparison between the second average data usage of the second STA and the first average data usage of the first STA.