Method for improving wireless network coverage, electronic device, and storage medium

Abstract

A method for improving wireless network coverage, comprising: importing site map information of a wireless network area, scanning a plurality of network sharing devices in the wireless network area according to the site map information and through a radio frequency scanner to form a Wi-Fi mesh network. Generating a SSID quality of service table, a white channel table and a multi-device support table according to the Wi-Fi mesh network. According to the SSID quality of service table, the white channel table and the multi-device support table, distributing one or more network sharing devices in the plurality of network sharing devices to a user for connecting to the Internet through a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) technology. The present application also provides an electronic device and a storage medium for implementing the method, improving the Wi-Fi coverage of the edge area, and achieving 2-3 times of traffic.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to networking methods, and more particularly to a method, electronic device, and storage medium for improving wireless network coverage. Background Technology

[0002] Indoor Wi-Fi signal strength depends primarily on the number, location, and power of Wi-Fi hotspots. Due to cost considerations, some large spaces, such as offices, shopping malls, and factories, may not have comprehensive signal coverage, resulting in unsatisfactory communication quality. Summary of the Invention

[0003] In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a method, electronic device and storage medium for improving wireless network coverage, thereby improving Wi-Fi coverage in edge areas by 2 to 3 times the bandwidth.

[0004] This invention provides a method for improving wireless network coverage, applied in an electronic device, comprising: inputting field map data of a wireless network area; scanning multiple network sharing devices in the wireless network area using a radio frequency scanner based on the field map data to form a Wi-Fi mesh network; generating a Service Set Identifier (SSID) and Quality of Service (QoS) table based on the Wi-Fi mesh network; generating a White Channel List based on the Wi-Fi mesh network, wherein the Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) value of the network sharing devices in the White Channel List is less than 70 dBm; providing a multi-device support table for the network sharing devices based on the Wi-Fi mesh network, wherein the multi-device support table describes how many network sharing devices' wireless signals can cover the sub-area of ​​each user; and using a Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output) method based on the SSID and QoS table, the White Channel List, and the Multi-device Support Table. Output (MU-MIMO) technology allocates one or more of these network sharing devices to users for internet access.

[0005] This invention also provides an electronic device, which includes a memory, a processor, and a program for improving wireless network coverage stored in the memory and executable on the processor. The electronic device further includes a network establishment module, a data establishment module, and a network management module. When the program for improving wireless network coverage is executed by the processor, it performs the following steps: importing field map data of a wireless network area; scanning multiple network sharing devices in the wireless network area using a radio frequency scanner based on the field map data to form a Wi-Fi mesh network; generating a Service Set Identifier (SSI) Quality of Service (QoS) table based on the Wi-Fi mesh network; generating a white channel table based on the Wi-Fi mesh network, wherein the received signal strength indication value of the network sharing devices in the white channel table is less than 70 dBm; providing a multi-device support table for the network sharing devices based on the Wi-Fi mesh network, wherein the multi-device support table describes how many network sharing devices' wireless signals can cover the sub-area of ​​each user; and allocating one or more network sharing devices to a user for internet access using Multiple User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MMI) technology based on the SSI Quality of Service (SSS) table, the white channel table, and the multi-device support table.

[0006] This invention also provides a storage medium storing a computer program, which, when executed, implements the steps of the method for improving wireless network coverage as described above.

[0007] The method, electronic device, and storage medium for improving wireless network coverage according to embodiments of the present invention can intelligently provide services based on daily data usage and allocate optimized frequency bands through generative artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. Attached Figure Description

[0008] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a ceiling-mounted network sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention used in an office.

[0009] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of a ceiling-mounted network sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention used in a building.

[0010] Figure 3 This is a flowchart illustrating the steps of a method for improving wireless network coverage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0011] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the hardware architecture of the electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0012] Figure 5 This is a functional block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0013] Explanation of main component symbols Electronic devices 200 Processor 210 Memory 220 System 230 for improving wireless network coverage Network Establishment Module 310 Data creation module 320 Network Management Module 330 Steps S1 to S5 The following detailed description, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, will further illustrate the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0014] To better understand the above-mentioned objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the embodiments and features described in these embodiments can be combined with each other.

[0015] Numerous specific details are set forth in the following description to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. The described embodiments are merely some, not all, of the embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without inventive effort are within the scope of protection of the invention.

[0016] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention pertains. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

[0017] It should be noted that the descriptions involving "first," "second," etc., in this invention are for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, features defined with "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the stated features. Furthermore, the technical solutions of the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but only on the basis of being achievable by those skilled in the art. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or impossible to implement, it should be considered that such a combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the scope of protection claimed by this invention.

[0018] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a ceiling-mounted network sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention used in an office. Figure 2This is a schematic diagram of a ceiling-mounted network sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention used in a building. The method for improving wireless network coverage according to this embodiment of the present invention is mainly applied to network sharing devices with hotspot functionality, such as ceiling-mounted Wi-Fi access points (APs), ceiling-mounted Wi-Fi routers, or other non-ceiling-mounted network sharing devices. Figure 2 In the example, user A's location is covered by the wireless signal of only one network sharing device, user B's location is covered by the wireless signal of two network sharing devices, and user C's location is covered by the wireless signal of three network sharing devices.

[0019] Figure 3 This is a flowchart illustrating the steps of a method for improving wireless network coverage according to an embodiment of the present invention, applied to an electronic device. The order of the steps in the flowchart can be changed, and some steps can be omitted, depending on different requirements. The electronic device can be one of the network sharing devices (AP or router) or a central control device in the wireless network.

[0020] Step S1: Integrate the field map data of the wireless network area, and scan multiple network sharing devices in the wireless network area using the field map data and a radio frequency (RF) scanner to form a Wi-Fi mesh network.

[0021] Step S2: Generate a Service Set Identifier (SSID) and Quality of Service (QoS) table based on the Wi-Fi mesh network. Each SSID corresponds to a network sharing device, and the network sharing devices are sorted according to the traffic volume of each network sharing device.

[0022] Step S3: Generate a white channel list based on the Wi-Fi mesh network, wherein the received signal strength indication (RSSI) value of the network sharing device in the white channel list is less than 70 dBm.

[0023] For example, a 2GHz to 7.1GHz wireless scanner is used as a spectrum analyzer to scan the wireless network area at fixed intervals (e.g., 1 minute) to obtain the frequency bands used by the wireless network area, thereby generating the white channel list. The white channel list includes frequency bands recommended for use by network sharing devices (channels with RSSI < -70dBm). For example, network sharing device 1 provides 40 Mbps bandwidth (2G_40M_ch3) of the 2G band through Channel 3 (ch3), network sharing device 2 provides 80 Mbps bandwidth of the 5G band through Channel 80 (ch80) (5G_80M_ch80), and network sharing device 3 provides 160 Mbps bandwidth of the 6G band through Channel 57 (ch27) (6G_160M_ch57).

[0024] Step S4: Provide a Multiple Device Support List for all network sharing devices based on the Wi-Fi mesh network. In the Wi-Fi mesh network, each user's sub-area within the wireless network area may be covered by the wireless signals of 1, 2, or 3 network sharing devices. The Multiple Device Support List indicates how many network sharing devices' wireless signals can cover each user's sub-area. In other words, a user covered by the wireless signals of multiple network sharing devices can preferentially choose one or more network sharing devices with better signals to transmit data.

[0025] Step S5: Based on the Service Set Identifier Quality of Service table, the White Channel table, and the Multi-Device Support table, a network sharing device is allocated to the user for internet access using Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) technology.

[0026] The following example illustrates the implementation process of the method for improving wireless network coverage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] For example, users A and C require 320M of bandwidth, while users B and D require 160M of bandwidth. According to the multi-device support table, users C and D can be supported by three network sharing devices. User C requires more bandwidth than user D, therefore user C has higher priority than user D.

[0028] According to the white channel table, network sharing devices 1 to 4 currently provide network sharing services. Network sharing device 1 provides a bandwidth of 20Mbps to 320Mbps in the 6G band via channel 57 (ch57) (6G_20M→320M_ch57), network sharing device 2 provides a bandwidth of 20Mbps to 320Mbps in the 5GH band via channel 114 (ch114) (5G_20M→160M_ch114), network sharing device 3 provides a bandwidth of 20Mbps to 80Mbps in the 5GL band via channel 50 (ch50) (5G_20M→80M_ch50), and network sharing device 4 provides a bandwidth of 20Mbps to 40Mbps in the 2G band via channel 9 (ch9) (2G_20M→40M_ch9).

[0029] Based on the above bandwidth requirements and whether they are supported by multiple network sharing devices, the bandwidth allocation order for users A, B, C, and D is determined to be C→D→A→B, as shown below: User C: 160M from network sharing device 1 + 80M from network sharing device 2 + 80M from network sharing device 3; User D: 80M from network sharing device 1 + 40M from network sharing device 2 + 40M from network sharing device 3; User A: 320M of network sharing device 1; and User B: 160M of network sharing device 1.

[0030] Additionally, it should be noted that the present invention uses methods familiar to those skilled in the art to generate the SSID Quality of Service table, the white channel table, and the multi-device support table, which will not be elaborated upon herein.

[0031] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the hardware architecture of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 200, for example, is a network sharing device (AP or router) or a central control device in the wireless network, but is not limited to it, and can be interconnected via a system bus with a processor 210, memory 220, and a system 230 for improving wireless network coverage. Figure 4 Only the electronic device 200 with components 210-230 is shown; however, it should be understood that it is not required to implement all of the components shown, and more or fewer components may be implemented instead.

[0032] The memory 220 includes at least one type of readable storage medium, including flash memory, hard disk, multimedia card, card-type memory (e.g., SD or DX memory), random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), magnetic memory, disk, optical disk, etc. In some embodiments, the memory 220 may be an internal storage unit of the electronic device 200, such as the hard disk or memory of the electronic device 200. In other embodiments, the memory may also be an external storage device of the electronic device 200, such as a plug-in hard disk, smart media card (SMC), secure digital (SD) card, flash card, etc., equipped on the electronic device 200. Of course, the memory 220 may also include both internal storage units and external storage devices of the electronic device 200. In this embodiment, the memory 220 is typically used to store the operating system and various application software installed on the electronic device 200, such as the program code of the system 230 for improving wireless network coverage. Furthermore, the memory 220 can also be used to temporarily store various types of data that have been output or will be output.

[0033] In some embodiments, the processor 210 may be a central processing unit (CPU), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, or other data processing chip. The processor 210 is typically used to control the overall operation of the electronic device 200. In this embodiment, the processor 210 is used to run program code stored in the memory 220 or process data, for example, to run the system 230 for improving wireless network coverage.

[0034] It should be noted that, Figure 4 The electronic device 200 is merely an example. In other embodiments, the electronic device 200 may also include more or fewer components, or have different component configurations.

[0035] If the modules / units integrated in the electronic device 200 are implemented as software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments can also be implemented by a computer program instructing related hardware. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when executed by a processor, it can implement the steps of the various method embodiments described above. The computer program includes computer program code, which can be in the form of source code, object code, executable files, or certain intermediate forms. The computer-readable medium can include: any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code, recording media, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, disks, optical discs, computer memory, read-only memory, random access memory, electrical carrier signals, telecommunication signals, and software distribution media, etc. It should be noted that the content included in the computer-readable medium can be appropriately added or removed according to the requirements of legislation and patent practice in the jurisdiction. For example, in some jurisdictions, according to legislation and patent practice, computer-readable media do not include electrical carrier signals and telecommunication signals.

[0036] Figure 5 This is a functional block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is used to execute a method for improving wireless network coverage. The method for improving wireless network coverage according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by a computer program stored in a storage medium, such as memory 220 in the electronic device 200. When the computer program implementing the method of the present invention is loaded into memory 220 by processor 210, it drives processor 210 of the electronic device 200 to execute the method for improving wireless network coverage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0037] The electronic device 200 of this invention, such as a network sharing device (AP or router) or a central control device in the wireless network, includes a network establishment module 310, a data establishment module 320 and a network management module 330.

[0038] The network establishment module 310 imports field map data of a wireless network area, and scans multiple network sharing devices in the wireless network area using the field map data and an RF scanner to form a Wi-Fi mesh network.

[0039] The data establishment module 320 generates a Service Set Identifier Quality of Service table based on the Wi-Fi mesh network. Each SSID corresponds to a network sharing device, and the network sharing devices are sorted according to the traffic volume of each network sharing device.

[0040] The data establishment module 320 generates a white channel table based on the Wi-Fi mesh network, wherein the RSSI value of the network sharing device in the white channel table is less than 70dBm.

[0041] For example, a 2GHz to 7.1GHz wireless scanner is used as a spectrum analyzer to scan the wireless network area at fixed intervals (e.g., 1 minute) to obtain the frequency bands used by the wireless network area, thereby generating the white channel list. The white channel list includes frequency bands recommended for use by network sharing devices (channels with RSSI < -70dBm). For example, network sharing device 1 provides 40 Mbps bandwidth in the 2GHz band through Channel 3 (ch3) (2G_40M_ch3), network sharing device 2 provides 80 Mbps bandwidth in the 5GHz band through Channel 80 (ch80) (5G_80M_ch80), and network sharing device 3 provides 160 Mbps bandwidth in the 6GHz band through Channel 57 (ch27) (6G_160M_ch57).

[0042] The data establishment module 320 provides a multi-device support table for all network sharing devices based on the Wi-Fi mesh network. In the Wi-Fi mesh network, each user's sub-area within the wireless network area may be covered by the wireless signals of 1, 2, or 3 network sharing devices. The multi-device support table indicates how many network sharing devices' wireless signals can cover each user's sub-area. In other words, a user covered by the wireless signals of multiple network sharing devices can preferentially select one or more network sharing devices with better signals to transmit data.

[0043] The route management module 330 allocates network sharing devices to users for internet access based on the service set identifier quality of service table, the white channel table, and the multi-device support table, using MU-MIMO technology.

[0044] It is understood that the module division described above is merely a logical functional division, and other division methods may be used in actual implementation. Furthermore, the functional modules in the various embodiments of this application can be integrated into the same processing unit, or each module can exist physically separately, or two or more modules can be integrated into the same unit. The integrated modules described above can be implemented in hardware or in a combination of hardware and software functional modules.

[0045] For those skilled in the art, other corresponding changes or adjustments can be made to the technical solutions and concepts provided in the embodiments of the present invention in combination with actual needs, and all such changes and adjustments should fall within the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for improving wireless network coverage, applied in an electronic device, the method comprising: The method includes: The field map data of the wireless network area is incorporated, and multiple network sharing devices in the wireless network area are scanned using an RF scanner based on the field map data to form a Wi-Fi mesh network; Generate a Service Set Identifier (SSID) and Quality of Service (QoS) table based on the Wi-Fi mesh network; The Wi-Fi mesh network generates a white channel list, in which the received signal strength indication (RSSI) value of the network sharing device in the white channel list is less than 70 dBm. The Wi-Fi mesh network provides a multi-device support table for these network sharing devices, wherein the multi-device support table describes how many network sharing devices' wireless signals can cover the sub-area of ​​each user; and Based on the service set identifier quality of service table, the white channel table, and the multi-device support table, one or more of these network sharing devices are allocated to users for Internet access through Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) technology.

2. The method for improving wireless network coverage as described in claim 1, characterized in that, Each service set identifier in the Quality of Service table corresponds to a network sharing device, and these network sharing devices are sorted according to the traffic volume of each network sharing device.

3. An electronic device, characterized in that, The electronic device includes a memory, a processor, and a program for improving wireless network coverage stored in the memory and executable on the processor. The electronic device also includes a network establishment module, a data establishment module, and a network management module. When the program for improving wireless network coverage is executed by the processor, it performs the following steps: The field map data of the wireless network area is incorporated, and multiple network sharing devices in the wireless network area are scanned using an RF scanner based on the field map data to form a Wi-Fi mesh network; A service set identifier service quality table is generated based on the Wi-Fi mesh network; A whitelist is generated based on the Wi-Fi mesh network, wherein the received signal strength indication value of the network sharing device in the whitelist is less than 70dBm; The Wi-Fi mesh network provides a multi-device support table for these network sharing devices, wherein the multi-device support table describes how many network sharing devices' wireless signals can cover the sub-area of ​​each user; and Based on the Service Set Identifier Quality of Service table, the White Channel table, and the Multi-Device Support table, one or more of these network sharing devices are allocated to users for Internet access through Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output) technology.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that, Each service set identifier in the Quality of Service table corresponds to a network sharing device, and these network sharing devices are sorted according to the traffic volume of each network sharing device.

5. A storage medium storing at least one computer instruction thereon, characterized in that, The instructions are loaded by the processor and executed as described in any one of claims 1-2 to improve wireless network coverage.

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