Terminal Gateway Interconnection via Common SSID Exchange
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity and time-consuming nature of interconnecting terminal devices with gateway devices in diverse home environments, requiring manual login and configuration, affect user experience and usability due to varying cabling and networking methods.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for interconnection between terminal devices and gateway devices, utilizing a common SSID-based connection process that automatically establishes a connection without user intervention by detecting connection conditions and exchanging SSIDs and keys, simplifying the process and reducing time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual login and configuration is used for interconnection between terminal devices and gateway devices, then connection reliability is ensured, but operation complexity increases and time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal device automatically performs connection to the gateway device by detecting connection conditions and exchanging SSIDs without user intervention. The system enables self-service authentication where the terminal device autonomously completes the connection process that previously required manual user login and configuration input.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway device pre-configures a common SSID before the terminal device connects. This preliminary preparation allows the terminal device to automatically use the pre-set SSID for connection, eliminating the need for manual configuration input during the connection process.
2Reliability
If manual login and configuration is used for interconnection, then connection security can be ensured, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device pre-configures a common SSID before the terminal device connects. This preliminary preparation allows the terminal device to automatically use the pre-set SSID for connection, eliminating the need for manual configuration input during the connection process.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal device automatically performs connection to the gateway device by detecting connection conditions and exchanging SSIDs without user intervention. The system enables self-service authentication where the terminal device autonomously completes the connection process that previously required manual user login and configuration input.
3Adaptability or versatility
If diverse cabling and networking manners are used in different homes, then adaptability to different home environments is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a universal common SSID mechanism that works across different terminal devices and gateway devices regardless of their specific types or connection methods (wired or wireless). This universal approach simplifies the connection process while maintaining adaptability to diverse home networking setups.
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AI summary
The present application discloses a method for interconnection between a terminal device and a gateway device. When the terminal device detects that the terminal device and the gateway device meet a first connection condition and that it is the first time the terminal device is to be connected to the gateway device, acquiring, from the gateway device, a first common SSID preset in the gateway device; and when authentication performed by the terminal device on the acquired first common SSID succeeds, sending a second common SSID preset in the terminal device to the gateway device, so that when authentication performed by the gateway device on the second common SSID succeeds, a common SSID-based connection is established between the terminal device and the gateway device. So using the method, processing of interconnection between a terminal device and a gateway device takes a short time and a process is relatively simple.