Control method of electronic device for long-range beacon

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024179699-A1
Application number	US-202318520562-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 28, 2023
Priority date	Nov 28, 2022
Publication date	May 30, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides a control method of an electronic device, wherein the control method includes the steps of: using a first beacon setting to transmit beacons; if a wireless communication state of the electronic device satisfies a condition, using a second beacon setting to transmit beacons; wherein the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting have different beacon periods or different payload sizes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A control method of an electronic device, comprising:
using a first beacon setting to transmit beacons; if a wireless communication state of the electronic device satisfies a condition, using a second beacon setting to transmit beacons; wherein the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting have different beacon periods or different payload sizes.

2 . The control method of claim 1 , wherein the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting have different beacon periods, and a beacon period corresponding to the second beacon setting is longer than a beacon period corresponding to the first beacon setting.

3 . The control method of claim 1 , wherein the step of using the second beacon setting to transmit beacons comprises:
if one or more stations or specific stations are connected to the electronic device, using the second beacon setting to transmit beacons.

4 . The control method of claim 1 , wherein the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting have different payload sizes, and a payload size of a beacon corresponding to the second beacon setting is smaller than a payload size of a beacon corresponding to the first beacon setting.

5 . The control method of claim 4 , wherein the beacon corresponding to the first beacon setting comprises power-efficient and/or high-throughput information, and the beacon corresponding to the second beacon setting does not comprise the power-efficient and/or high-throughput information.

6 . The control method of claim 1 , wherein the step of using the first beacon setting to transmit the beacons comprises:
using the first beacon setting to transmit first-type beacons and second-type beacons alternately; and the step of using the second beacon setting to transmit the beacons comprises:
using the second beacon setting to transmit first-type beacons and second-type beacons;
wherein a beacon period of the second-type beacons corresponding to the second beacon setting is longer than a beacon period of the second-type beacons corresponding to the first beacon setting.

7 . The control method of claim 6 , wherein a beacon period of the first-type beacons corresponding to the second beacon setting is the same as a beacon period of the first-type beacons corresponding to the first beacon setting.

8 . The control method of claim 6 , wherein a payload size of each second-type beacon corresponding to the second beacon setting is smaller than a payload size of each second-type beacon corresponding to the first beacon setting.

9 . The control method of claim 8 , wherein the second-type beacon corresponding to the first setting beacon comprises power-efficient and/or high-throughput information, and the second-type beacon corresponding to the second beacon setting does not comprise the power-efficient and/or high-throughput information.

10 . The control method of claim 6 , wherein a data rate of the first-type beacons corresponding to the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting is lower than a data rate of the second-type beacons corresponding to the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting.

11 . An electronic device comprising a processing circuit and a wireless communication module, configured to perform the steps of:
using a first beacon setting to transmit beacons; if a wireless communication state of the electronic device satisfies a condition, using a second beacon setting to transmit beacons; wherein the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting have different beacon periods or different payload sizes.

12 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting have different beacon periods, and a beacon period corresponding to the second beacon setting is longer than a beacon period corresponding to the first beacon setting.

13 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the step of using the second beacon setting to transmit beacons comprises:
if one or more stations or specific stations are connected to the electronic device, using the second beacon setting to transmit beacons.

14 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting have different payload sizes, and a payload size of a beacon corresponding to the second beacon setting is smaller than a payload size of a beacon corresponding to the first beacon setting.

15 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the beacon corresponding to the first beacon setting comprises power-efficient and/or high-throughput information, and the beacon corresponding to the second beacon setting does not comprise the power-efficient and/or high-throughput information.

16 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the step of using the first beacon setting to transmit the beacons comprises:
using the first beacon setting to transmit first-type beacons and second-type beacons alternately; and the step of using the second beacon setting to transmit the beacons comprises:
using the second beacon setting to transmit first-type beacons and second-type beacons;
wherein a beacon period of the second-type beacons corresponding to the second beacon setting is longer than a beacon period of the second-type beacons corresponding to the first beacon setting.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein a beacon period of the first-type beacons corresponding to the second beacon setting is the same as a beacon period of the first-type beacons corresponding to the first beacon setting.

18 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein a payload size of each second-type beacon corresponding to the second beacon setting is smaller than a payload size of each second-type beacon corresponding to the first beacon setting.

19 . The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the second-type beacon corresponding to the beacon first setting comprises power-efficient and/or high-throughput information, and the second-type beacon corresponding to the second beacon setting does not comprise the power-efficient and/or high-throughput information.

20 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein a data rate of the first-type beacons corresponding to the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting is lower than a data rate of the second-type beacons corresponding to the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting.

Assignees

• Mediatek Inc

Inventors

• Tsai Ming-Yen
• Wu Tsung-Hsuan
• Kuo Ching-Yu

Classifications

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W48/12

  using downlink control channel · CPC title

• H04L5/0092

  Indication of how the channel is divided · CPC title

• H04L5/005 Primary

  of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals · CPC title

• H04W72/1263 Primary

  Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows · CPC title