User Terminal Home Network Access via Pre-stored WLAN IDs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions fail to enable a user terminal to quickly access its home network when covered by multiple WLANs, often connecting to roaming networks instead of the home network, leading to slow access rates.
Innovation Solution
The method involves pre-storing WLAN identifications directly connected to the user's home network in the terminal, comparing detected WLANs to these stored identifications, and accessing the home network through the matching WLAN, with options to select based on signal intensity, network load, or priority if multiple matches exist.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If the user terminal uses conventional WLAN access methods without pre-storing home network connections, then the terminal can connect to any available WLAN, but it cannot quickly access the home network and may connect to roaming networks instead
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-storing the identification information of WLANs that are directly connected to the user's home network in the terminal before actual access is needed. This allows the terminal to quickly identify and connect to the correct home network WLAN without performing time-consuming discovery and authentication processes when access is required, thereby reducing access time and improving speed.
2Productivity
If the user terminal manually selects network or uses conventional access methods, then the terminal can access networks, but the access process is time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling the terminal to automatically identify and select the appropriate home network WLAN based on pre-stored identification information. The terminal autonomously compares detected WLAN identifications with stored home network connections and initiates connection without requiring manual user intervention or network administrator intervention, significantly improving access efficiency and reducing time loss.
3Speed
If the terminal stores multiple WLAN identifications for home network access, then the terminal can quickly identify the correct network, but the storage and comparison process adds system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-storing WLAN identification information in a simplified data structure within the terminal. This pre-configured storage allows for rapid comparison and identification during actual network access, achieving fast network identification speed without requiring complex real-time analysis or storage mechanisms, thus balancing speed improvement with acceptable system complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a method for a user terminal in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) quickly accessing its home network. Pre-store in each user terminal, respectively, the identifications of all the WLANs with direct connections to the home network of the corresponding user terminal. For a user terminal that is in an area covered by more than one WLAN, compare the identification of each of the detected WLANs with the WLAN identifications stored in the current user terminal. A successful matching between the identification of a detected WLAN and a pre-stored WLAN identification then means that the home network of the current user terminal is connected with the corresponding WLAN access network and can be accessed via this WLAN. If a plurality of detected WLAN identifications match the stored identifications, select in accordance with a pre-defined selecting rule one of the corresponding WLANs and get accessed via the selected WLAN. This method enables a user terminal covered by more than one WLAN to find quickly a WLAN access network directly connected with its home network and to access the home network via this WLAN.