Data forwarding controlling method and wireless common control equipment
Technical field
The application relates to a kind of data forwarding controlling method and wireless common control equipment; At wireless common control equipment is radio customer machine (or its user) the specified data forward mode that inserts dynamically, and will comprise that the order of said data forwarding pattern is handed down to the radio reception device that radio customer machine inserts.
Background technology
In wireless lan (wlan), radio reception device has only access like ability operate as normal after the wireless common control equipment of Radio Access Controller (AC).The user uses radio customer machine to insert the WLAN that radio reception device provides, and realizes getting online without being tethered to a cable.And on same radio reception device, can have local (local forwarding) and the concentrated two kinds of data forwarding patterns transmitting (central forwarding) transmitted simultaneously, radio reception device transmits according to configuration using this locality of current network or the concentrated data forwarding mode of transmitting is transmitted the user's data flow.In same wireless network, has only a kind of existence of data forwarding pattern.Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 illustrate the data flow of concentrating forward mode and local forward mode respectively.
If the user wants to change the data forwarding pattern, have only from the wireless network of current access and withdraw from, seek and be linked into the change that the local area network (LAN) with this kind of support data forwarding pattern could be realized forward mode.The inevitable like this interruption that causes customer service, and the losing of packet.Particularly in the large-scale network-estabilishing environment, wireless common control equipment is responsible for all user's data forwarding of flow under the whole network, and wireless common control equipment promptly becomes the bottleneck of performance of whole WLAN.Solve such problem and have only the current wireless network is reconfigured, like this user under the belonging network is produced great influence.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of based on the user's data transmission control method; When receiving the access request of radio customer machine access of radio network; It dynamically is said radio customer machine (or its user) specified data forward mode; And the order that will comprise said data forwarding pattern is handed down to radio reception device, thereby is that radio customer machine is transmitted data with the data forwarding pattern that is fit to current network conditions.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of based on the user's data transmission control method; Through real-time monitoring system load and/or network traffics; It dynamically is radio customer machine (or its user) the specified data forward mode that inserts; And the order that will comprise said data forwarding pattern is handed down to radio reception device, thereby is that radio customer machine is transmitted data with the data forwarding pattern that is fit to current network conditions.
According to an aspect of the present invention; A kind of data forwarding controlling method of carrying out at wireless common control equipment is provided; Comprise: when response during from the access request of radio customer machine; Confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said radio customer machine, and will comprise that user's forward mode order of radio customer machine sign and said data forwarding pattern information sends to the radio reception device that is connected with said radio customer machine.
Said data forwarding pattern can be local forward mode or concentrated forward mode.
Can confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said radio customer machine according to current system loading conditions.
Described data forwarding controlling method can also comprise: monitoring traffic in network; When the network traffics of confirming the specific wireless client computer reach the predetermined amount of flow value; Confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said specific wireless client computer, and send the user's forward mode order that comprises said specific wireless client identifying and indicate the information of said data forwarding pattern.
Described data forwarding controlling method can also comprise: through the network traffics of the customer flow information monitoring specific wireless client computer that receives from radio reception device.
Described data forwarding controlling method can also comprise: the supervisory control system load; When definite system load reaches predetermined threshold, confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of at least one radio customer machine, and transmission comprises each radio customer machine sign and user's forward mode order of indicating the information of said data forwarding pattern respectively.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of data forwarding controlling method of carrying out at wireless common control equipment is provided, comprises: monitoring traffic in network; When the network traffics of confirming the specific wireless client computer surpass the predetermined amount of flow value; Confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said specific wireless client computer, and will comprise that user's forward mode order of the information of said specific wireless client identifying and indication established data forward mode sends to the radio reception device that is connected with said specific wireless client computer.
Can pass through from the network traffics of the customer flow information monitoring specific wireless client computer of radio reception device reception.
Said data forwarding pattern can be local forward mode or concentrated forward mode.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of data forwarding controlling method of carrying out at wireless common control equipment is provided, comprises: the supervisory control system load; When definite system load reaches predetermined threshold; Confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of at least one radio customer machine, and will comprise each radio customer machine sign respectively and indicate user's forward mode order of the information of said data forwarding pattern to send to the radio reception device that is connected with said each radio customer machine.
Said data forwarding pattern can be local forward mode or concentrated forward mode.
According to a further aspect in the invention; A kind of data forwarding method of carrying out at radio reception device is provided; Comprise: when receiving the user's forward mode order that comprises radio customer machine sign and data forwarding pattern information from wireless common control equipment, carry out data message that sends from said radio customer machine and the forwarding that sends to the data message of said radio customer machine according to said data forwarding pattern.
According to a further aspect in the invention; A kind of wireless common control equipment is provided; Comprise: transmit control module; Be used for confirming to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said radio customer machine, and will comprising that user's forward mode order of radio customer machine sign and said data forwarding pattern information sends to the radio reception device that is connected with said radio customer machine when response during from the access request of radio customer machine.
Said data forwarding pattern can be local forward mode or concentrated forward mode.
Transmit control module and can confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said radio customer machine according to current system loading conditions.
Described wireless common control equipment can also comprise: monitoring module; Be used for monitoring traffic in network; Wherein, When monitoring module confirms that the network traffics of specific wireless client computer reach the predetermined amount of flow value, transmit the data forwarding pattern that control module confirms to be used for said specific wireless client computer, and send the user's forward mode order that comprises said specific wireless client identifying and indicate the information of said data forwarding pattern.
Monitoring module can pass through from the network traffics of the customer flow information monitoring specific wireless client computer of radio reception device reception.
Also supervisory control system load of monitoring module; And when monitoring module confirms that system load reaches predetermined threshold; Transmit control module and can confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of at least one radio customer machine, and transmission comprises each radio customer machine sign and user's forward mode order of indicating the information of said data forwarding pattern respectively.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of wireless common control equipment is provided, comprising: monitoring module is used for monitoring traffic in network; Transmit control module; Be used for when monitoring module confirms that the network traffics of specific wireless client computer surpass the predetermined amount of flow value; Transmit control module and confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said specific wireless client computer, and will comprise that user's forward mode order of the information of said specific wireless client identifying and indication established data forward mode sends to the radio reception device that is connected with said specific wireless client computer.
Monitoring module can pass through from the network traffics of the customer flow information monitoring specific wireless client computer of radio reception device reception.
Said data forwarding pattern can be local forward mode or concentrated forward mode.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of wireless common control equipment is provided, comprises: monitoring module is used for the supervisory control system load; Transmit control module; Be used for when monitoring module confirms that system load reaches predetermined threshold; Transmit control module and confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of at least one radio customer machine, and will comprise each radio customer machine sign respectively and indicate user's forward mode order of the information of said data forwarding pattern to send to the radio reception device that is connected with said each radio customer machine.
Said data forwarding pattern can be local forward mode or concentrated forward mode.
According to a further aspect in the invention; A kind of radio reception device is provided; Comprise: transmit control module; Be used for when receiving the user's forward mode order that comprises radio customer machine sign and data forwarding pattern information from wireless common control equipment, carrying out data message that sends from said radio customer machine and the forwarding that sends to the data message of said radio customer machine according to said data forwarding pattern.
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Through the description of carrying out below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, above-mentioned and other purposes of the present invention and characteristics will become apparent, wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates in the wireless network concentrating the sketch map of transmitting the data flow of data under the forward mode;
Fig. 2 illustrates the sketch map of under local forward mode, transmitting the data flow of data in the wireless network;
Fig. 3 is the sketch map that illustrates according to the data forwarding controlling method of exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 illustrates the flow chart of exemplary embodiment according to the present invention at the data forwarding controlling method of radio reception device execution;
Fig. 5 illustrates the flow chart of exemplary embodiment according to the present invention at the data forwarding controlling method of wireless common control equipment execution.
Embodiment
Below, specify embodiments of the invention with reference to accompanying drawing.
It is a kind of based on (radio customer machine) user's data pass-through mode that the present invention provides; Realize control to specific user's data forwarding mode; Just at existing the third forward mode that proposes outside forward mode (data flow as shown in Figure 1) and the local forward mode (data flow as shown in Figure 2) of concentrating; Can not need promptly can specify this user's data pass-through mode to the user of access of radio network from original wireless network disconnection.Wireless common control equipment is dynamically specified specific user's flow to use local forward mode to transmit also to be to use and is concentrated forward mode to transmit.Like this; Based under the state of user; Wireless common control equipment can be adjusted the forwarding strategy of customer flow flexibly; Help under the situation of large scale deployment, solve The whole control zone flow and transmit the problem of bottleneck, thereby improve the response sensitivity that wireless common control equipment (like AC) is controlled radio reception device (like AP) in real time.
The of the present invention forwarding based on user's data can be based on the user's data forwarding, also can be based on the data forwarding of radio customer machine.Under normal conditions, each radio customer machine (like mobile phone, notebook computer, panel computer etc.) is corresponding with a user; In other cases, a radio customer machine (like public notebook computer) can be corresponding with a plurality of users.For the ease of outstanding overall thought of the present invention; In the application's exemplary embodiment; With a corresponding situation of user data forwarding controlling method of the present invention is described as an example with each radio customer machine; Can discern its user (also can discern said user through ID certainly) this moment through the sign of radio customer machine; Data forwarding controlling method so of the present invention is based on the user's data transmission control method, also is based on the data forwarding controlling method of radio customer machine.For a radio customer machine and the corresponding situation of a plurality of user; Can realize data forwarding control based on radio customer machine; Also can be out of shape slightly, control to said user's data based on the particular user of radio customer machine and transmit (no longer specifically describing) at this.
Fig. 3 illustrates the overall process according to the data forwarding controlling method of exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
With reference to Fig. 3, when radio reception device starts, find wireless common control equipment, and obtain the IP address through (1) ~ (4), realize related with wireless common control equipment through carrying out (5) ~ (6), thereby insert wireless common control equipment.After this; When the radio customer machine of user's use gets into the range of signal of radio reception device; Send the request (7) of access of radio network; Wireless common control equipment responds the access request (8) of said radio customer machine; Then, wireless common control equipment is confirmed the data forwarding pattern to said radio customer machine, and will comprise that the sign (like MAC Address) of radio customer machine and user's forward mode order of said data forwarding pattern information send to the radio reception device (9) that said radio customer machine inserts.After radio reception device receives said user's forward mode order, according to the data forwarding (10) of said data forwarding pattern control to said radio customer machine.
Though it is not shown in Fig. 3; But according to the present invention; But the load of wireless common control equipment real-time monitoring system and network traffics; The data forwarding pattern of the radio customer machine that dynamically confirm to insert, and issue user's forward mode order of the information of the sign (like MAC Address) that comprises radio customer machine and established data forward mode.
Fig. 4 illustrates the processing of exemplary embodiment according to the present invention at the data forwarding controlling method of radio reception device execution.Shown in Fig. 4 is that radio reception device is directed against the radio customer machine related with it carries out data forwarding control in being linked into the process of removing access certainly processing.
With reference to Fig. 4, when at step S410, when radio reception device received from the access request of radio customer machine, at step S420, radio reception device and wireless common control equipment were handled with the access that realizes radio customer machine alternately.After accomplishing said access processing; At step S430 when wireless common control equipment receives the user's forward mode order that comprises radio customer machine sign (like MAC Address) and data forwarding pattern information; At step S440; Radio reception device carries out from said radio customer machine and the forwarding of data that sends to said radio customer machine according to predetermined data forward mode in the user's forward mode order, until said radio customer machine remove insert or receive next user's forward mode order till.
If at step S450, radio reception device confirms to receive control command, then at step S460, confirms further whether said control command asks from the releasing access of radio customer machine.If insert request from the releasing of radio customer machine, then at step S470, the releasing that radio reception device is carried out radio customer machine inserts processing, and finishes the data forwarding control and treatment to said radio customer machine.
On the other hand; If at step S460; Confirm that said control command is not the releasing access request from radio customer machine, then return step S430, confirm further whether said control command comprises user's forward mode order of said radio customer machine sign and data forwarding pattern information.
If at step S410; Do not receive access request from radio customer machine; Perhaps, do not receive the user's forward mode order that comprises said radio customer machine sign and data forwarding pattern information, then return the beginning of the processing of said data forwarding control at step S430.
In addition; Though in Fig. 4, do not illustrate; But according to exemplary embodiment of the present invention; In the radio reception device running, if receive the user's forward mode order that comprises radio customer machine sign (like MAC Address) and data forwarding pattern information, then as at step S440 from wireless common control equipment; Radio reception device carries out from said radio customer machine and the forwarding of data that sends to said radio customer machine according to predetermined data forward mode in the user's forward mode order, until said radio customer machine remove insert or receive next user's forward mode order till.
In Fig. 4; For the ease of explanation; Only illustrate comprising the request of inserting, remove the processing of the control command/message of the request of access and the order of user's forward mode, but the invention is not restricted to mentioned order/message, can other wireless networks in mutual control command/message.
Fig. 5 illustrates the processing of exemplary embodiment according to the present invention at the data forwarding controlling method of wireless common control equipment execution.When Fig. 5 mainly was illustrated in the radio customer machine access of radio network, wireless common control equipment carried out the processing of data forwarding pattern control to the radio customer machine that inserts.
With reference to Fig. 5, when at step S510, when wireless common control equipment was confirmed to receive user from radio customer machine and inserted request, at step S520, wireless common control equipment was carried out the access response process of said radio customer machine.After this, after the access response of successfully accomplishing radio customer machine, at step S530, wireless common control equipment confirms to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said radio customer machine, and the established data forward mode is local forward mode or concentrated forward mode.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, wireless common control equipment confirms to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said radio customer machine according to current system loading conditions.For example, if this moment, wireless common control equipment was confirmed current system load near saturated, then wireless common control equipment can be confirmed as local forward mode with the data forwarding pattern of the radio customer machine that is used for said new access, to alleviate the load of system; On the contrary, if wireless common control equipment confirms that the radio customer machine (or user) of current access is less, then can the data forwarding pattern of the radio customer machine that is used for said new access be confirmed as concentrated forward mode.
After this; At step S540, wireless common control equipment will comprise that user's forward mode order of information of radio customer machine sign (like MAC Address) and the established data forward mode of said access sends to the radio reception device that is connected with said radio customer machine.Since then, the radio reception device that receives the order of said user's forward mode can use the data forwarding of the information and executing of radio customer machine sign and established data forward mode in said user's forward mode order to said radio customer machine.
Though not shown in Fig. 5, according to exemplary embodiment of the present invention, wireless common control equipment is real-time monitoring system load and/or network traffics also.If wireless common control equipment is confirmed the network traffics of specific wireless client computer and is reached the predetermined amount of flow value; Then wireless common control equipment confirms to be used for the data forwarding pattern of said specific wireless client computer, and transmission comprises said specific wireless client identifying and indicate user's forward mode of the information of established data forward mode to order to corresponding radio reception device.For example, continue to increase to the predetermined amount of flow value if monitor the network traffics of specific wireless client computer, the data forwarding pattern that then wireless common control equipment can confirm to be used for said specific wireless client computer is local forward mode.
According to exemplary embodiment of the present invention, wireless common control equipment passes through from the network traffics of the customer flow information monitoring specific wireless client computer of radio reception device reception.
When if wireless common control equipment confirms that system load reaches predetermined threshold; Then wireless common control equipment can confirm to be used for the data forwarding pattern of at least one radio customer machine, and will comprise each radio customer machine sign respectively and indicate user's forward mode order of the information of said data forwarding pattern to send to the radio reception device that is connected with said each radio customer machine.
The present invention also provides a kind of wireless common control equipment and a kind of radio reception device that is used to carry out said data forwarding controlling method that is used to carry out said data forwarding controlling method.
As stated; Can issue the data forwarding pattern to the radio reception device that is connected with the radio customer machine that inserts to the radio customer machine that inserts according to data forwarding controlling method of the present invention and corresponding apparatus, thereby in a wireless network, support two kinds of data forwarding patterns simultaneously simultaneously.
In addition; Can dynamically confirm the data forwarding pattern of the radio customer machine of access, and be handed down to corresponding radio reception device according to current network condition and system load according to data forwarding controlling method of the present invention and corresponding apparatus; Adjust the forwarding strategy of customer flow flexibly; Help under the situation of large scale deployment, solve The whole control zone flow and transmit the problem of bottleneck, thereby improve the response sensitivity that wireless common control equipment is controlled radio reception device in real time.
Although represent with reference to preferred embodiment and described the present invention, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that under the situation that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention that are defined by the claims, can carry out various modifications and conversion to these embodiment.