Disclosure of Invention
Embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless access apparatus, a wireless access system, and a wireless access method, which can implement a mobility function of a wireless local area network and perform a wireless local area network service at any time in a place where a wireless signal exists.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless access apparatus, configured to access a user terminal to a wireless access network, including:
the WLAN access module is used for carrying out wireless communication with at least one user terminal accessed to the device;
the wireless access module is used for communicating with the wireless access network and is connected with the WLAN access module through a bus;
a power module for powering the wireless access device, the power module further comprising: a battery;
wherein,
the wireless local area network WLAN access module comprises:
the WiFi baseband chip is used for one or more of signal processing, protocol processing and routing exchange;
the WLAN radio frequency chip is used for communicating with the WiFi baseband chip and performing one or more of radio frequency transceiving, frequency synthesis and power amplification;
the WLAN access module also comprises an antenna for receiving wireless local area network signals;
the wireless access module includes:
the wireless access chip is used for one or more of signal processing, protocol processing and route switching;
the wireless radio frequency chip is used for communicating with the wireless access chip and used for one or more of radio frequency transceiving, frequency synthesis and power amplification;
the wireless access module also comprises an antenna for receiving wireless access network signals;
the wireless access module also comprises a USB interface which is used for connecting with the user terminal when needed and using the wireless access device as a wireless USB modem.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a wireless access system, including:
a wireless access device for pressing the user terminal into the wireless access network;
the user terminal is used for acquiring network services through the wireless access device; a wireless access network for providing network services to the user terminal through the wireless access device;
wherein the wireless access apparatus comprises:
the WLAN access module is used for carrying out wireless communication with at least one user terminal accessed to the device;
the wireless access module is used for communicating with the wireless access network and is connected with the WLAN access module through a bus;
a power module for powering the wireless access device, the power module further comprising: a battery;
wherein,
the wireless local area network WLAN access module comprises:
the WiFi baseband chip is used for one or more of signal processing, protocol processing and routing exchange;
the WLAN radio frequency chip is used for communicating with the WiFi baseband chip and performing one or more of radio frequency transceiving, frequency synthesis and power amplification;
the WLAN access module also comprises an antenna for receiving wireless local area network signals;
the wireless access module includes:
the wireless access chip is used for one or more of signal processing, protocol processing and route switching;
the wireless radio frequency chip is used for communicating with the wireless access chip and used for one or more of radio frequency transceiving, frequency synthesis and power amplification;
the wireless access module also comprises an antenna for receiving wireless access network signals;
the wireless access module also comprises a USB interface which is used for connecting with the user terminal when needed and using the wireless access device as a wireless USB modem.
Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:
by using the embodiment of the invention, a user can develop the wireless local area network service at any time in a place with wireless signals, thereby realizing the mobile function of the wireless local area network.
Detailed Description
In the wireless Access device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the Access function of the wireless lan user terminal is realized through the WiFi chip having an AP (Access Point) function in the WLAN Access module; the wireless access transmission function of the network is realized through the wireless access module on the wireless access module; and the routing exchange function is realized through a LiNUX software platform with a processor of the WLAN access module or the wireless access module. The wireless access device is small in size, convenient for local area network movement, few in used chip, low in product cost and capable of well realizing the movement function of the wireless local area network.
The following detailed description of embodiments of the invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples:
fig. 1 shows a wireless access system according to a first embodiment of the present invention, which includes: a wireless access device 10, configured to process and forward messages between user terminals and between a user terminal and a wireless access network, so as to implement wireless communication between the user terminal 20 and the wireless access network 30; and a user terminal 20 for acquiring the network service through the wireless access device 10. A radio access network 30 for providing network service to the user terminal 20 through the radio access device 10.
Specifically, the wireless access device 10 further includes: a WLAN access module 11, configured to perform wireless communication with at least one user terminal accessing the apparatus. A wireless access module 12 for communicating with the wireless access network 30 and connected with the WLAN access module 11 through a bus. And the power supply module 13 is used for supplying power to the device. The bus connection mode between the WLAN access module 11 and the wireless access module 12 is specifically one or more of the following modes: a local bus, a USB Interface, a fast serial port, a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect, Peripheral Component Interconnect bus), an MII (Media Independent Interface), or an SDIO (Secure Digital Input/Output).
Through the system provided by the embodiment of the invention, WLAN users can develop WLAN services at any time in places with wireless signals, and the mobile function of the WLAN is realized.
In a second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, a wireless access apparatus includes a WLAN access module 11, a wireless access module 12, and a power module 13, where the WLAN access module 11 and the wireless access module 12 communicate through a bus, and a connection mode between the two modules specifically includes one or more of the following modes: a local bus connection, a USB interface connection, a PCI bus connection, a bus bridge connection, or a logical bridge connection. The use of the interface is comprehensively considered according to different data transmission rates, interfaces provided by the wireless access module and technical difficulty of implementation.
Specifically, the WLAN access module 11 is configured to perform Wireless communication with at least one user terminal accessing the apparatus through WiFi (Wireless Fidelity). And a wireless access module 12, configured to communicate with the wireless access network 30, complete the function of the wireless access network, and connect with the WLAN access module 11 through a bus. The wireless access device further comprises: and the power supply module 13 is used for supplying power to the device. The structure of the device is a single structure that a WLAN access module 11, a wireless access module 12 and a power supply module are integrated; or, the WLAN access module 11 and the wireless access module 12 are integrated into a communication module, and the power module 13 is used as a base and is separated from the communication module; alternatively, the wireless access module 12 is a separate USB MODEM (MODEM) module, and the WLAN access module 11 and the power supply module 13 are used as a base.
Specifically, the WLAN access module 11 further includes: a WiFi baseband chip 111 for one or more of signal processing, protocol processing, and routing switching. The WiFi baseband chip is provided with a processor chip (such as MIPS, ARM9, ARM11 and the like) or a chip without a processor. And the WLAN radio frequency chip 112 is configured to communicate with the WiFi baseband chip 111, and perform one or more of radio frequency transceiving, frequency synthesis, and power amplification. The WiFi baseband chip and the WLAN radio frequency chip exist in the form of two independent chips or are integrated into a single chip.
The wireless access module 12 further includes: a wireless access chip 121 for one or more of signal processing, protocol processing, and routing switching. For example: HSPA, EVDO, WiMAX, TD-SCDMA, etc., and typically the wireless access chip has a processor (e.g., ARM9, ARM11, etc.). And a radio frequency chip 122, configured to communicate with the wireless access chip 121, and perform one or more of radio frequency transceiving, frequency synthesis, and power amplification. The wireless access chip and the radio frequency chip exist in the form of two independent chips or are integrated into a single chip.
The wireless access module 12 further includes a USB interface 123 for connecting with a user terminal when necessary, and the wireless access device is used as a single wireless USB MODEM.
The WiFi baseband chip 111 or the wireless access chip 121 further includes: a route forwarding unit 1111, configured to forward, by route, a message between the user terminals accessing the device and a message between the user terminal accessing the device and the radio access network. The routing forwarding unit 1111 is located on the WiFi baseband chip 111 or the wireless access chip 121, and this embodiment takes the routing unit 1111 located on the WiFi baseband chip 111 as an example, and describes functions of the routing unit 1111. Specifically, since different user terminals in the wireless local area network have different IP addresses, when the routing forwarding unit 1111 receives a message sent by the wireless access network or a user terminal accessing the device, it obtains a destination IP address in the message, determines a user terminal corresponding to the destination IP address, and performs routing forwarding on the message.
If the WiFi baseband chip 111 has a processor, the AP function, the routing switching function, and the WiFi access management function of WiFi are implemented on the processor; or the AP function, the routing switching function, and the WiFi access management function of the WiFi are implemented on the processor of the wireless access chip 121; or the two chips are shared and implemented on the processors of the two chips, and the functions can be reasonably distributed according to the operation loads of the functions and the processing capacity of the processors.
The WLAN access module 11 and the wireless access module 12 further comprise an antenna for receiving signals of the wireless local area network and the wireless access network.
The power supply module 13 further includes: the battery 131 is used for supplying power to the wireless access device, and when performing wireless lan service, the wireless access device is not limited by power supply, and can operate without power supply. The power interface 132 is used for charging a battery in a place where a power source is available or for carrying out wlan services for a long time under a power supply condition, and the power interface 132 has an ac to dc conversion function. The power module 13 of the device of the invention is designed with or without a battery backup.
The device provided by the embodiment of the invention can be used for developing the wireless local area network service at any time in a place with wireless signals, thereby realizing the mobile function of the wireless local area network.
In a third embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, a wireless access apparatus includes:
the WLAN access module 11 adopts an AR2315 chip, in which a WiFi baseband chip and a radio frequency chip are integrated on the same chip, and the chip has an MIPS (Microprocessor with interlocked pipeline microprocessors) processor. The bus interface provided by the WLAN access module comprises a fast serial port, a local bus and the like. The wireless access module adopts an MSM7200A chip and a radio frequency chip RTR6285, wherein the MSM7200A chip is a UMTS HSPA chip, and the chip is provided with an ARM11 processor and a LINUX software platform. The wireless access module provides an EBI bus interface. Other modules in the device are all consistent with the modules described in the second embodiment, and repeated description is not provided herein.
The internal interface scheme of the device is that the data bus of the AR2315 chip and the EBI bus of the MSM7200A are subjected to appropriate level conversion and signal conversion processing to complete bus docking. In the software implementation scheme, a WiFi AP processing function is implemented on the MIPS processor of the AR2315, and a routing switching management function is implemented on the LINUX platform of the ARM11 processor of the MSM7200A chip.
In a fourth embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, a wireless access apparatus includes:
the WLAN access module 11 adopts an AR2417 chip, in which a WiFi baseband chip and a radio frequency chip are integrated on the same chip, and the AR2417 chip does not have a processor. The bus interface provided by the WLAN access module comprises a fast serial port, a PCI bus and the like. The wireless access module adopts a WiMAX chip SQN1130 and a radio frequency chip MAX2837, wherein the SQN1130 chip is a mobile WiMAX (802.16e) chip, and the chip is provided with an ARM processor. The wireless access module provides SDIO, MII and USB bus interfaces. Other modules in the device are all consistent with the modules described in the second embodiment, and repeated description is not provided herein.
The internal interface scheme of the device is that the PCI bus of the AR2417 chip and the SDIO bus of the SQN1130 complete bus butt joint through level conversion and signal conversion processing of the logic chip. In the software implementation scheme, functions of WiFi AP processing, wireless access management, routing switching management and the like are realized on an ARM processor of an SQN1130 chip.
In a fifth embodiment of the present invention, a wireless access method is shown in fig. 5, and includes the following specific steps:
step s501, the wireless access device receives a service request message sent by the user terminal or the wireless access network.
Step s502, the wireless access device processes the received service request message.
Step s503, the wireless access device sends the information to the user terminal or the wireless access network through the WLAN access module or the wireless access module.
The method provided by the embodiment of the invention can be used for developing the wireless local area network service at any time in a place with wireless signals, thereby realizing the mobile function of the wireless local area network.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the present invention may be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly may also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better embodiment. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for causing a terminal device to execute the methods according to the embodiments of the present invention.
The above disclosure is only for a few specific embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and any variations that can be made by those skilled in the art are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.