Primary Router Management via Relay API
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users cannot log into a primary router to view and manage electronic devices connected to relay routers, limiting the management efficiency of wireless networks.
Innovation Solution
Establishing a management connection between a primary router and a relay router to acquire and transmit management interface identifiers via an API, allowing the primary router to manage electronic devices connected to the relay router.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If relay routers are connected to the primary router to amplify wireless signals, then wireless network coverage is improved, but users cannot log into the primary router to view and manage electronic devices connected to the relay routers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management connection as an intermediary communication channel between the primary router and relay routers. This separate management interface allows users to access and manage devices connected to relay routers without interfering with the data traffic flow, thus resolving the contradiction between extended coverage and management accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the communication channels into data traffic paths and management paths. By separating management functions from data transmission, users can access the primary router through the management connection to view and manage devices on relay routers, while the relay routers continue to extend wireless coverage independently.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple relay routers are distributed at different locations to extend network coverage, then wireless signal reach is improved, but the complexity of managing devices across multiple routers increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal management connection that works across multiple relay routers distributed at different locations. This single management interface provides unified access to devices on all relay routers, eliminating the need for users to separately access each router and reducing management complexity despite the distributed architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The management connection serves as a mediator that abstracts the complexity of multiple distributed relay routers. Users interact with a single management interface on the primary router, which handles the complexity of communicating with multiple relay routers behind the scenes, thus reducing perceived management complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If relay routers are used to amplify signals in operation environments with limitations, then wireless network accessibility is improved, but the ability to centrally manage devices through the primary router is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management connection as an intermediary channel that specifically addresses the management aspect. This separate management path allows the relay routers to adapt to various operation environments for signal amplification while maintaining centralized management capability through the primary router via the management connection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments communication into data traffic (which flows through relay routers for environmental adaptation) and management traffic (which flows through the management connection for centralized control). This segmentation allows relay routers to adapt to operation environments while preserving centralized management capability.
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AI summary
A device management method for use in a primary router, includes: establishing a management connection with a relay router; acquiring a management interface identifier from the relay router via the management connection, the management interface identifier being an identifier of an Application Programming Interface (API) in the relay router for providing a management function; and transmitting a management instruction to the relay router via the management connection, the management instruction carrying the management interface identifier and being configured to manage an electronic device connected to the relay router.