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CN-122002411-A - Communication method, access point and storage medium

CN122002411ACN 122002411 ACN122002411 ACN 122002411ACN-122002411-A

Abstract

The application discloses a communication method, an access point and a storage medium, and belongs to the field of communication. The method is applied to a master access point of a communication system, and comprises the steps of determining whether the slave access point meets a roaming start condition when the slave access point is online, and sending a first configuration parameter to the slave access point when the slave access point meets the roaming start condition, wherein the first configuration parameter is used for roaming configuration of the slave access point. The application can improve roaming property.

Inventors

  • Chen Yunman
  • SUN YANBIN
  • HE JIA

Assignees

  • 华为技术有限公司

Dates

Publication Date
20260508
Application Date
20250109
Priority Date
20241104

Claims (14)

  1. 1. A method of communication, the method being applied to a master access point of a communication system, the method comprising: Determining whether a slave access point satisfies a roaming start condition when the slave access point is online; And under the condition that the slave access point meets the roaming starting condition, sending a first configuration parameter to the slave access point, wherein the first configuration parameter is used for roaming configuration of the slave access point.
  2. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the slave access point satisfies a roaming turn-on condition when the slave access point is online comprises: acquiring first capability information of the slave access point when the slave access point is online, wherein the first capability information is used for describing first roaming capability of the slave access point; Determining whether the slave access point satisfies a roaming on condition based on the first capability information.
  3. 3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the determining whether the slave access point satisfies a roaming on condition comprises: Determining whether a roaming function of the communication system is on; In the case where a roaming function of the communication system is on, it is determined whether the slave access point satisfies a roaming on condition.
  4. 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises: The first configuration parameters are obtained based on second capability information and the first capability information, wherein the second capability information is used for describing the current second roaming capability of the communication system.
  5. 5. The method of claim 2 or 4, wherein the first capability information comprises one or more of: The wireless mode supported by the slave access point, the encryption mode supported by the slave access point, or the channel range of the slave access point.
  6. 6. The method of any of claims 1-5, wherein the first configuration parameters include one or more of: The method comprises the steps of virtual access point VAP identification information, VAP service set identifier SSID, VAP basic service set identifier BSSID, verification mode, encryption password, roaming threshold, wireless mode, channel identification information, channel bandwidth, multicast key update period, beacon frame period, transmission service indication message interval period, neighbor list, basic service set color BSSColor, roaming switch identification, local virtual bitmap PVB reporting time interval, timing synchronization function TSF update period, information to be synchronized to a station of a slave access point or identification information of the slave access point.
  7. 7. The method of any one of claims 1-6, wherein the method further comprises: and receiving a roaming configuration confirmation message sent by the slave access point, wherein the roaming configuration confirmation message is used for confirming that the roaming configuration of the slave access point is completed.
  8. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises: And sending a roaming start message to the slave access point, wherein the roaming start message is used for indicating the slave access point to start roaming.
  9. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises: And receiving a roaming opening confirmation message sent by the slave access point, wherein the roaming opening confirmation message is used for confirming that the slave access point completes roaming opening.
  10. 10. The method of any one of claims 1-9, wherein the method further comprises: Transmitting a second configuration parameter to the slave access point, wherein the second configuration parameter comprises network parameters used by the slave access point after the slave access point shuts down roaming; And receiving a network configuration confirmation message sent by the slave access point, wherein the network configuration confirmation message is used for confirming that the network configuration of the slave access point is completed.
  11. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises: Sending a roaming close message to the slave access point, wherein the roaming close message is used for closing a roaming function of the slave access point; and receiving a roaming closing confirmation message sent by the slave access point, wherein the roaming closing confirmation message is used for confirming that the roaming function of the slave access point is closed.
  12. 12. An access point comprising a processor and a memory; the processor is configured to execute program instructions in the memory to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 11.
  13. 13. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program or instructions, which when executed by a processor, implements the method of any of claims 1-11.
  14. 14. A computer program product having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any of claims 1-11.

Description

Communication method, access point and storage medium The present application claims priority from chinese patent application serial No. 202411567406.8, entitled "communication method, access point, and storage medium," filed on month 11 and 4 of 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a communication method, an access point, and a storage medium. Background The wireless local area network may include a plurality of access points, and the coverage of the wireless local area network includes the coverage of the plurality of access points. The plurality of access points have roaming capabilities and are capable of providing roaming Services To Stations (STAs) within the coverage area of the wireless local area network. Within the coverage of the wireless local area network, the STA may move, possibly from the coverage of the first access point currently accessed to the coverage of the second access point, at which time the second access point may provide roaming services to the STA based on its own roaming capabilities through which the STA communicates with the STA. However, access points in wireless local area networks provide poor roaming performance. Disclosure of Invention The application provides a communication method, an access point and a storage medium, which are used for improving roaming performance. The technical scheme is as follows: In a first aspect, the application provides a communication method applied to a master access point of a communication system, wherein the method comprises the steps of determining whether a slave access point meets a roaming start condition when the slave access point is on line, and sending a first configuration parameter to the slave access point when the slave access point meets the roaming start condition, wherein the first configuration parameter is used for roaming configuration of the slave access point. When a slave access point in a communication system is online, a master access point sends a first configuration parameter to the slave access point under the condition that the slave access point meets a roaming starting condition, and the slave access point performs roaming configuration based on the first configuration parameter, so that the slave access points in the communication system can perform roaming configuration based on the first configuration parameter uniformly obtained by the master access point, and the roaming functions of the slave access points in the communication system are kept consistent. This allows another slave access point to quickly establish a connection with and communicate with the station as the station roams from one slave access point to another, thereby improving roaming performance. In one possible implementation, when the slave access point is online, determining whether the slave access point meets a roaming start condition includes acquiring first capability information of the slave access point when the slave access point is online, wherein the first capability information is used for describing first roaming capability of the slave access point, and determining whether the slave access point meets the roaming start condition based on the first capability information. Since the first capability information describes the first roaming capability of the slave access point, it can be accurately determined whether the slave access point satisfies the roaming start condition. In one possible implementation, determining whether the slave access point satisfies the roaming on condition includes determining whether a roaming function of the communication system is on, and determining whether the slave access point satisfies the roaming on condition if the roaming function of the communication system is on. Therefore, roaming is allowed when the roaming function of the communication system is started, so that whether the roaming function of the communication system is started is determined first, and errors can be avoided. In one possible implementation, the method further includes obtaining the first configuration parameter based on second capability information describing a current second roaming capability of the communication system and the first capability information. In this way, the first configuration parameter can be accurately obtained. In one possible implementation, the first capability information includes one or more of a wireless mode supported from the access point, an encrypted mode supported from the access point, or a channel range from the access point. So that the first capability information may accurately describe the first roaming capability. In one possible implementation, the first configuration parameters include one or more of identification information of the VAP, SSID of the VAP, BSSID of the VAP, authentication mode, encryption password, roaming threshold, wirel