Method and apparatus for connecting to access point in WLAN network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10986677-B2
Application number	US-201916531065-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2019
Priority date	Mar 5, 2019
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and device for easily connecting to AP in WLAN. An embodiment provides a method for easily connecting to AP in WLAN to enable an IoT station to easily input connection information such as SSID, password, other information, and the like, for connecting the IoT station to the AP, and a device thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for connecting an Internet of Things (IoT) station to an access point (AP), the method comprising:
receiving first configuration data using a searched channel;
receiving a beacon frame packet based on the first configuration data;
extracting an encryption mode and a listening channel from the beacon frame packet;
receiving second configuration data using the listening channel and generating a decryption data which decrypts the second configuration data using the encryption mode;
extracting connection information from the decryption data and connecting to the AP based on the connection information;
extracting an IP address included in the connection information and connecting to a device corresponding to the IP address via the AP; and
based on confirmation from a terminal that connection to the device corresponding to the IP address is normal, communicating with the device corresponding to the IP address.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
after searching a plurality of channels, receiving the first configuration data using a channel in which the first configuration data is present among the searched channels, and confirming that the first configuration data is information transmitted to the IoT station using an indication number allocated to a multicast address field included in the first configuration data.

3. The method of claim 2 , comprising:
extracting a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) from the first configuration data and receiving the beacon frame packet from the AP corresponding to the BSSID.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising:
after extracting direct sequence parameter set information element (IE), wireless protected access (WPA) IE, robust security network (RSN) IE from the beacon frame packet, detecting an encryption mode from the WPA IE and the RSN IE, finalizing an extracted channel based on the direct sequence parameter set IE as a listening channel and changing a current channel to the listening channel.

5. The method of claim 4 , comprising:
after changing to the listening channel, receiving the second configuration data from the AP using the listening channel and decrypting the second configuration data using that data length of a packet is uniformly changed according to the encryption mode.

6. The method of claim 5 , comprising:
extracting the connection information including SSID, password, and IP address from the decryption data, performing connection process with the AP using the connection information, and connecting to the device corresponding to the IP address via the AP.

7. The method of claim 5 , comprising:
transmitting IoT station information request including a result of an AP connection to the device corresponding to the IP address to the terminal, based on receiving an IoT station information response corresponding to the IoT station information request from the terminal, performing communication with the device corresponding to the IP address by recognizing that connection with the device corresponding to the IP address is normal, and based on not receiving the IoT station information response from the terminal, initializing the connection information.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second configuration data is allocated with a 12-digit hexadecimal indication number, comprises SSID, password, and IP address which are inputted from the terminal, and is information which is converted from the indication number to a multicast data format by the terminal.

9. The method of claim 8 , comprising:
based on receiving the second configuration data from the AP, receiving a transmission packet number matched to the indication number which is divided by a predetermined number as well.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second configuration data is information encrypted by an arbitrary user encryption algorithm excluding total length, using data length information included in the configuration data, according to a predetermined data conversion rule by the terminal.

11. An IoT station comprising:
a communication controller to receive first configuration data using a searched channel and receive a beacon frame packet based on the first configuration data;
an encryption mode extractor to extract an encryption mode from the beacon frame packet;
a listening channel extractor to extract a listening channel from the beacon frame packet;
a decryption unit to receive second configuration data using the listening channel and generate decryption data which decrypts the second configuration data using the encryption mode;
a connection information extractor to extract connection information from the decryption data, connect to an AP based on the connection information, extract an IP address included in the connection information, and connect to a device corresponding to the IP address via the AP; and
a confirmation unit to, based on receiving a confirmation from a terminal whether connection with the device corresponding to the IP address is normal, communicate with the device corresponding to the IP address.

Assignees

• Fci Inc
• Dialog Semiconductor Korea Inc

Inventors

• Jung Ji Young
• Lee Chong Hoon
• Lee Yong Jin
• Park Chang Hwan
• Jeong Jin Wook

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