Wireless Profile Selection for Secure Automatic Connection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication apparatuses lack an efficient method for selecting a wireless network with high security when multiple wireless networks are available from an access point, often requiring user input for authentication and encryption schemes.
Innovation Solution
A communication apparatus that receives wireless profiles from an access point, selects a profile with higher security settings, and establishes a connection using the WPS scheme without requiring user input for authentication, by prioritizing profiles based on security rankings and frequency band capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If a user manually selects and inputs authentication details for wireless network connection, then connection security can be controlled, but user operation complexity increases and automation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The communication apparatus automatically receives multiple wireless profiles from the access point, evaluates their security levels, and selects the most secure profile without requiring user authentication or input. The system serves itself by autonomously completing the wireless connection process while maintaining high security standards.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple wireless profiles are supported for different security levels, then network adaptability improves, but profile selection complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the evaluation parameter from generic profile selection to security level-based selection. By prioritizing profiles with higher security levels (such as WPA2-PSK over WEP), the apparatus automatically resolves which profile to use, simplifying the selection logic while maintaining adaptability to multiple network types.
3Reliability
If automatic selection of high-security wireless profile is implemented, then network security improves, but connection time may increase due to evaluation process
Solution Approach 1:
The security evaluation and profile selection process is performed in advance during the initial wireless connection setup, before actual data transmission begins. The apparatus receives and evaluates all available profiles upfront, selects the most secure option, and establishes the connection, ensuring both high security and efficient subsequent communication.
Data Source
AI summary
A communication apparatus may receive a first wireless profile and a second wireless profile from an access point after a wireless connecting operation for establishing a wireless connection in accordance with a predetermined wireless connection scheme has been performed, the first wireless profile being used in a first wireless network, and the second wireless profile being used in a second wireless network; may select a particular wireless profile from among the first wireless profile and the second wireless profile, the particular wireless profile being used in a wireless network having a relatively high security level among the first wireless network and the second wireless network; and may try to establish the wireless connection with the access point using the particular wireless profile. The particular wireless connection scheme may be a scheme for establishing the wireless connection without an identifier for authentication for establishing the wireless connection being inputted.