Method and apparatus of mobile terminal and wireless workstation to associate access point AP

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and apparatus of a mobile terminal and a wireless workstation to associate an access point AP. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a Beacon frame and a Probe Response frame sent by the AP side by the wireless workstation, wherein the Beacon frame and the Probe Response frame carry a session number of the AP and / or data flow of the AP; and selecting an AP satisfying a preset load balancing strategy according to the session number of the AP and / or data flow of the AP for association. The APs in the network environment are balanced by the wireless workstation to the to-be-associated AP to improve the association success rate; and as no AC control is required, the load balancing connection is not limited to the APs under the same AC, and thus the success rate of the mobile terminal to associate with the AP is further improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of load balancing of wireless workstations associated with APs, in particular to a method and device for associating mobile terminals and wireless workstations with access point APs. Background technique [0002] The load balancing of the associated AP of the wireless workstation in the prior art is controlled by the AC (Access Controller, the associated controller in the wireless network), so as to realize the number of sessions or the flow of the AP (Access Point, network access point) under the same AC. Load balancing control. The load balancing solution of the above-mentioned prior art wireless workstations associated with APs requires APs under the same AC to achieve load balancing. In the STA (Station, it can be a computer equipped with a wireless network card, or a smart phone with a WiFi module, etc. Wireless workstation) calculates whether the load balance is reached when the AP is associated. If the load is...

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The load balancing solution of the above-mentioned prior art wireless workstations associated with APs requires APs under the same AC to achieve load balancing. In the STA (Station, it can be a computer equipped with a wireless network card, or a smart phone with a WiFi module, etc. Wireless workstation) calculates whether the load balance is reached when the AP is associated. If the load is unbalanced when the AP is associated, the association will be rejected, which will easily cause the STA association to fail.

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