Mobile Hotspot Uplink Selection Using Non-Default SIM Cards
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile hotspot technologies limit the selection of uplink network interface cards during sharing, leading to reduced Internet access experience for users as they are forced to share bandwidth with another device, affecting their connectivity.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allows the selection of both a default and non-default data service cards as uplink network interface cards for hotspot sharing, enabling diverse sharing manners and reducing the impact on user Internet access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If only the default data service card is used as the uplink network interface card for hotspot sharing, then the system maintains simplicity in network configuration, but the user's Internet access experience deteriorates due to bandwidth sharing with other devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network interface card selection into multiple independent options (default data service card and non-default data service card), allowing the system to choose different uplink interfaces based on usage scenarios. This segmentation enables the default card to handle user's primary Internet access while the non-default card serves hotspot sharing, thereby resolving the bandwidth conflict and improving Internet access experience without complicating the overall system operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic selection capability where the uplink network interface card can be switched between default and non-default data service cards based on real-time network conditions and user needs. This dynamic approach allows the system to adapt to different scenarios: using the default card when the user needs primary Internet access, and switching to non-default cards when hotspot sharing is the priority, thus maintaining both operational simplicity and reliable Internet access
2Adaptability or versatility
If the default data service card is used for hotspot sharing, then the hotspot sharing function is enabled, but the user's uplink bandwidth is occupied by the accessed device, affecting the user's Internet access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the uplink bandwidth resources by assigning different network interface cards to different functions. The default data service card is reserved for the user's primary Internet access, while one or more non-default data service cards are allocated for hotspot sharing. This segmentation prevents the accessed device from occupying the user's primary uplink bandwidth, thereby eliminating the bandwidth loss while maintaining hotspot sharing capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces non-default data service cards as intermediary resources for hotspot sharing. Instead of directly using the user's primary default data service card for sharing, the system uses alternative non-default cards as intermediaries. This intermediary approach allows hotspot sharing to occur without interfering with the user's primary Internet access, effectively preventing bandwidth occupation and loss
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application provide a mobile network hotspot sharing method and apparatus, and a hotspot sharing device. In the mobile network hotspot sharing method, after hotspot sharing is started, a connection request sent by a hotspot access device for a shared hotspot is received, authentication is performed on the connection request, and after the authentication on the connection request succeeds, the hotspot access device is allowed to access the shared hotspot. Then, the hotspot sharing device receives data sent by the hotspot access device, and sends the data by using an uplink network interface card of the shared hotspot, where the uplink network interface card of the shared hotspot includes a subscriber identity module card that has activated mobile network data and that is in the hotspot sharing device, and the subscriber identity module card that has activated mobile network data includes a non-default data service card. That is, the hotspot sharing device may use the non-default data service card as the uplink network interface card of the shared hotspot, so that more mobile hotspot sharing manners can be provided for a user, and an impact of hotspot sharing on Internet access experience of the user is reduced.