Access Point Apparatus Selective Connection Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems waste processing resources by performing authentication on mobile stations that users intend to reject, leading to inefficient authentication processing and increased load.
Innovation Solution
A communication system that allows users to selectively permit connections and registrations, with the access point apparatus determining whether to execute authentication based on pre-registered identification information, reducing unnecessary authentication processing and simplifying registration procedures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If authentication processing is performed on all mobile stations that request connection, then authentication security is maintained, but processing efficiency deteriorates and unnecessary authentication load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The access point apparatus performs preliminary registration of mobile station identification information before authentication processing. When a mobile station requests connection, the access point first checks if the identification information is already registered in the registration list. Only if the information is registered does the system proceed to authentication processing. This preliminary registration action avoids unnecessary authentication processing for unregistered devices, thereby improving processing efficiency while maintaining security for registered devices.
2Reliability
If authentication processing is performed on all mobile stations, then security verification is ensured, but processing load increases unnecessarily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the identification information checking step from the authentication processing flow. Instead of performing complete authentication processing on all connection requests, the system separately checks whether the mobile station's identification information exists in the registration list before initiating authentication. This extraction of the preliminary check prevents unnecessary authentication processing for unregistered devices, reducing processing load and energy consumption while maintaining security verification for legitimately registered devices.
3Ease of operation
If connection requests are processed without pre-registration, then ease of connection is improved, but authentication efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary registration of mobile station identification information in advance, storing it in the registration list. This preliminary action enables the access point to quickly determine whether to permit connection requests without performing complete authentication processing. The registration process is simple and does not burden the user, while the subsequent connection processing becomes highly efficient due to the pre-established registration information.
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AI summary
A game apparatus 10 transmits a connection request including identification information to an access point apparatus 1 (S1). In response to the transmission of the connection request, the access point apparatus 1 allows a user to select whether or not to permit connection with the game apparatus 10. When the connection with the game apparatus 10 is permitted, the access point apparatus 1 registers identification information of the game apparatus 10 in a registration list (S2), and transmits a connection response representing the permission of the connection to the game apparatus 10 (S3). In response to this, the game apparatus 10 transmits an authentication request (S5). When identification information included in the authentication request is registered in the registration list, authentication processing between the access point apparatus 1 and the game apparatus 10 is started.