Multi-STA Wireless Link Setup via Unified AP Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of setting up links with multiple access points (APs) in wireless communication apparatuses, particularly when using multiple stations (STAs), is cumbersome for users, requiring repetitive operations to establish and manage connections.
Innovation Solution
A wireless communication apparatus with a detection unit to identify available APs, a display control unit to show detected APs, a selection unit to choose APs, and an establishment unit to establish links with selected APs, allowing users to perform a single operation to connect multiple STAs to multiple APs simultaneously.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple STAs are used to establish links with multiple APs in parallel, then the connectivity capability is improved, but the setting operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple STA settings into a single unified operation. When multiple APs are detected, the system allows the user to perform one setting operation to establish links with all detected APs simultaneously, rather than requiring separate operations for each STA-AP pair. This merging of operations resolves the contradiction by maintaining multi-AP connectivity while simplifying the user interface to a single actionable step.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection of multiple APs and prepares the connection options before user input. By pre-configuring the available APs and STAs, the system reduces the user's operational burden to simply confirming the connection, rather than manually configuring each connection parameter. This preliminary preparation resolves the contradiction by automating the complex matching process while preserving connectivity flexibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple STAs are used to establish links with multiple APs, then the network coverage is improved, but the user operation steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple connection operations into a single user action. When multiple APs are detected, the system presents them as a unified set of connection options, allowing the user to establish all connections simultaneously through one operation, thereby reducing time loss while maintaining extended network coverage through multiple STAs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary configuration of multiple STA-AP connections based on detected APs and available STAs. By pre-establishing the connection framework and automatically matching STAs to APs, the system minimizes user operation steps while ensuring comprehensive network coverage through parallel connections.
3Manufacturing precision
If manual setting for each STA-AP link is required, then the connection precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service by automatically detecting APs, identifying available STAs, and establishing appropriate connections without requiring manual configuration of each STA-AP pair. The system serves itself by autonomously managing the complexity of multi-STA connections while maintaining precise connection establishment through automated matching algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple individual connection settings into a single automated process. By merging the detection, matching, and connection establishment functions into one unified operation, the system maintains connection precision through systematic processing while reducing the apparent device complexity from the user's perspective.
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AI summary
A wireless communication apparatus including a plurality of stations (STAs) including at least first and second STAs, and connectable to a plurality of access points (APs) in parallel, the wireless communication apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an AP, a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a plurality of APs detected, and a selection unit configured to select at least one AP among the plurality of APs displayed on the display unit, and an establishment unit configured to establish a link with the AP selected by the selection unit. Based on a user having performed a predetermined operation in a state where a first AP and a second AP are selected by the selection unit, the establishment unit establishes a link with the first AP by using the first STA and establishes a link with the second AP by using the second STA.