Method and device for processing beacon frame

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing beacon frames, wherein the method includes: dividing a plurality of first target time periods in each beacon interval; wherein first target time period is a time period in which a target management frame transmitted by a station is processed correspondingly and no processing is performed on other management frames other than thetarget management frame, the target management frame being one of the management frames; configuring a management frame type identification of the target management frame corresponding to each of thefirst target periods; and broadcasting a target beacon frame for carrying a correspondence relationship between the first target time period and the management frame type identifier. The present disclosure effectively limits the number of management frames of a station without updating the hardware of the access point device, releases more channel resources for data frames, avoids excessive competition between the management frames and the data frames, and improves the usage experience of the access point.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a method and device for processing beacon frames. Background technique [0002] For current WiFi (WIreless Fidelity, wireless fidelity) devices, both the scanning behavior and the connection behavior need to be implemented through corresponding management frames. The management frames and data frames sent by all WiFi devices need to compete for the usage time slice of the WiFi channel. [0003] Generally speaking, the scanning strategy and connection strategy adopted by different WiFi devices follow the principle of try best (try best). Once the WiFi device cannot be scanned or connected to the WiFi device, it will continue to retry until it is successfully connected. until. [0004] In some public WiFi environments with many access devices and high loads, such as stations, airports, campus networks, coffee shops, etc., each station (site) uses the try best principle ...

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[0004] In some public WiFi environments with many access devices and high loads, such as stations, airports, campus networks, coffee shops, etc., each station (site) uses the try best principle for scanning and connection attempts, which will make the entire channel Extremely crowded, the WiFi channel is occupied by a large number of management frames, it is difficult for data frames to grab the channel, and the transmission efficiency and user experience of WiFi will drop sharply

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