Mobile Device Tethering via Access Point and Preferred Device List
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ad hoc tethering methods for Internet-enabled mobile devices provide unstable network connections and limit the number of connected devices, preventing mobile devices from entering idle mode.
Innovation Solution
A tethering method and device that determine the number of connected client mobile devices and created Basic Service Sets (BSSs), providing a tethering service based on preset limits and preferred mobile device registration, including MAC address, encryption key, security mode, and SSID, to manage connections efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If ad hoc service is used for tethering, then mobile devices can share Internet connection without access point, but network connection becomes unstable and data transfer is unreliable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an access point as an intermediary component between the mobile device and client devices. The access point receives data from the mobile device and forwards it to connected clients, providing a stable mediation layer that resolves the instability of direct ad hoc connections while maintaining the tethering functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If ad hoc service is used for tethering, then mobile devices can connect wirelessly, but the number of connected devices is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The access point is designed with multi-functional capabilities that allow it to serve multiple client devices simultaneously. It can manage multiple connections, allocate resources efficiently, and provide universal access to the mobile device's Internet connection for various types of client devices, thereby increasing the quantity of connected devices beyond ad hoc limitations.
3Ease of operation
If ad hoc service is used for tethering, then mobile devices can establish network connection, but mobile devices cannot enter idle mode
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic connection management where the access point can actively control the state of connected devices. When no clients are connected, the access point can transition the mobile device to idle mode, and when clients connect, it dynamically establishes the appropriate network connection. This dynamic state transition resolves the contradiction between ease of connection establishment and idle mode capability.
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AI summary
A mobile device and a method for providing a tethering service via a security mode and a list of preferred mobile devices are provided. The method includes determining, when the mobile device receives a connection request from a client mobile device, a number of client mobile devices that are currently connected to the mobile device, determining, when the number of connected client mobile devices is less than a preset maximum connection number, the number of created Basic Service Sets (BSSs), determining, when the number of BSSs is less than a preset maximum creation number, the identification-information regarding the client mobile device that requested connection, and providing a tethering service to the client mobile device according to the determined identification-information.