Load balancing method for wireless local area network (LAN) and wireless access point

Abstract

The invention discloses a load balancing method for wireless local area network (LAN). The load balancing method includes: a current wireless access point receives an association request sent by a site; the current wireless access point acquires a wireless load of the current wireless access point and wireless loads of other wireless access points capable of detecting the site; and the current wireless access point determines, based on the wireless load of the current wireless access point and the wireless loads of other wireless access points capable of detecting the site, whether the current wireless access point satisfies a preset access condition, If so, the current wireless access point allows the site to access, and otherwise, the current wireless access point rejects the access of the site. The invention also discloses a wireless access point. With the invention, when the wireless load of the current wireless access point is large, the site can be distributed to other wireless access points, and thus the load balancing effect in the wireless LAN is optimized.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a load balancing method and a wireless access point of a wireless local area network. Background technique [0002] Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN, Wireless Local Area Networks) is a wireless data network that builds a local area network wirelessly and uses electromagnetic waves to send and receive data in the air. The wireless local area network includes a station (STA) and a wireless access point (AP, Access Point). The station sends a detection request and an association request to the wireless access point to access the wireless access point. [0003] The basic architecture of wireless LAN is divided into "fat" AP architecture and "thin" AP architecture. The "fat" AP architecture refers to the traditional wireless access architecture. Each AP is independent of each other and managed separately; When there is basically no terminal access, the load between APs will...

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[0005] The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a load balancing method of a wireless local area network and a wireless access point, aiming at solving the problem that in the prior art, a wireless access point only determines whether to allow the station to send an association request according to its own load. Access will cause its load to be too large, while other nearby wireless access points that can access the site are idle, or a wireless access controller needs to be added for load balancing, resulting in technical problems that increase costs

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