CN116456440B - Wi-Fi hotspot management method, device, storage medium and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a Wi-Fi hotspot management method, a Wi-Fi hotspot management device, a storage medium and electronic equipment, wherein the Wi-Fi hotspot management method is applied to a Wi-Fi chip and comprises the following steps: after receiving a Wi-Fi hotspot starting instruction, switching the Wi-Fi chip into a continuous active state; if the Wi-Fi connection request of the user equipment is still not received at the end of the first stage, the Wi-Fi chip is alternately switched into a intermittent active state and a power saving state according to a second preset period; when the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the power saving state, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving the Wi-Fi connection request of the user equipment, and when the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the power saving state, the power consumption corresponding to the Wi-Fi chip is reduced, and the consumed electric quantity is less. On the premise that the possible Wi-Fi connection requirement of the subsequent user equipment can be met, the electricity saving can be achieved.

Description

Wi-Fi hotspot management method, device, storage medium and electronic device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of chips, and more specifically, to a Wi-Fi hotspot management method, device, storage medium, and electronic device.

Background technique

With the development of mobile communication technology, Wi-Fi hotspots have become a common way for people to access the Internet in their daily lives. Wi-Fi hotspot scenarios often include hotspot devices and user devices, where the hotspot device is set as a wireless router, and the user device is connected to the hotspot device through the Wi-Fi protocol, so that the user device uses the network of the hotspot device to access the Internet. In addition, the Wi-Fi personal hotspot function in the current hotspot device needs to drive multiple hardware modules at the same time, so the power consumption of the hotspot device will be very large. And as long as the hotspot device turns on the Wi-Fi personal hotspot function, regardless of whether data communication is carried out, the power consumption of the hotspot device will be higher than the daily average power consumption of the hotspot device. It can be seen that the current Wi-Fi personal hotspot consumes too much device resources.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of the present application is to provide a Wi-Fi hotspot management method, device, storage medium and electronic device to at least partially improve the above-mentioned problems.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical solution adopted in the embodiment of the present application is as follows:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a Wi-Fi hotspot management method, which is applied to a Wi-Fi chip, and the method includes:

After receiving the Wi-Fi hotspot activation instruction, the Wi-Fi chip switches to a continuously active state;

The continuously active state indicates that the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts beacon frames according to a first preset period, and between adjacent periods, the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user equipment;

If no Wi-Fi connection request from the user equipment is received at the end of the first stage, the Wi-Fi chip switches alternately between the intermittent active state and the power saving state according to a second preset period;

Among them, when the Wi-Fi chip switches to the intermittent active state, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts a beacon frame, and the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user equipment. When the Wi-Fi chip switches to the power saving state, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user equipment. The first stage is from time t1 to time t2, and time t1 is the time point when the Wi-Fi hotspot start instruction is received. The time difference between time t2 and time t1 is a preset first preset time interval.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a Wi-Fi hotspot management device, which is applied to a Wi-Fi chip, and the device includes:

An instruction acquisition unit, used to receive a Wi-Fi hotspot activation instruction;

A state switching unit, configured to switch the Wi-Fi chip to a continuously active state after receiving a Wi-Fi hotspot activation instruction;

The continuously active state indicates that the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts beacon frames according to a first preset period, and between adjacent periods, the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user equipment;

The state switching unit is further configured to switch the Wi-Fi chip to the intermittent active state and the power saving state alternately according to a second preset period if no Wi-Fi connection request from the user equipment is received at the end of the first stage;

Among them, when the Wi-Fi chip switches to the intermittent active state, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts a beacon frame, and the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user equipment. When the Wi-Fi chip switches to the power saving state, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user equipment. The first stage is from time t1 to time t2, and time t1 is the time point when the Wi-Fi hotspot start instruction is received. The time difference between time t2 and time t1 is a preset first preset time interval.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a storage medium on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program implements the above method when executed by a processor.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, comprising: a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is used to store one or more programs; when the one or more programs are executed by the processor, the above method is implemented.

Compared with the prior art, the present application provides a Wi-Fi hotspot management method, device, storage medium and electronic device, the method is applied to a Wi-Fi chip, including: after receiving a Wi-Fi hotspot start instruction, the Wi-Fi chip switches to a continuously active state; wherein the continuously active state means that the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts a beacon frame according to a first preset period, and between adjacent periods, the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving a Wi-Fi connection request from a user device; if the Wi-Fi connection request from the user device is still not received at the end of the first stage, the Wi-Fi chip switches alternately to an intermittent active state and a power saving state according to a second preset period; wherein, when the Wi-Fi chip switches to an intermittent active state, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts a beacon frame, and the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving a Wi-Fi connection request from a user device, and when the Wi-Fi chip switches to a power saving state, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving a Wi-Fi connection request from a user device, and when the Wi-Fi chip switches to a power saving state, the corresponding power consumption of the Wi-Fi chip is reduced, and less power is consumed. On the premise of being able to meet the possible Wi-Fi connection requirements of subsequent user devices, power saving can also be taken into account.

In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, preferred embodiments are specifically cited below and described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. It should be understood that the following drawings only show certain embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be regarded as limiting the scope. For ordinary technicians in this field, other related drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

FIG1 is one of the schematic diagrams of a beacon frame broadcast process provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a Wi-Fi chip provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG3 is a flow chart of a Wi-Fi hotspot management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG4 is a second schematic diagram of a beacon frame broadcast process provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG5 is a third schematic diagram of a beacon frame broadcast process provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG6 is a second flow chart of the Wi-Fi hotspot management method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a unit diagram of a Wi-Fi hotspot management device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

In the figure: 10 - processor; 11 - memory; 12 - bus; 13 - communication interface; 201 - instruction acquisition unit; 202 - state switching unit.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solution in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application described and shown in the drawings here can be arranged and designed in various different configurations.

Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application provided in the accompanying drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the present application for which protection is sought, but merely represents selected embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in the field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present application.

It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters represent similar items in the following drawings, so once an item is defined in one drawing, it does not need to be further defined and explained in the subsequent drawings. At the same time, in the description of this application, the terms "first", "second", etc. are only used to distinguish the description and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

It should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise a ..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inside", "outside", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, or are the orientations or positional relationships in which the product of the application is usually placed when in use. They are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application.

In the description of this application, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "disposed" and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two elements. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in this application can be understood according to specific circumstances.

In conjunction with the accompanying drawings, some embodiments of the present application are described in detail below. In the absence of conflict, the following embodiments and features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

With the rapid development and popularization of mobile Internet, Wi-Fi hotspot technology has been widely used in mobile devices (such as mobile phones, tablets, etc.). At the same time, in view of the characteristics of mobile devices, users have a strong demand for the battery life of mobile devices. In one possible implementation, once the Wi-Fi hotspot is turned on, the mobile device will always be in Active mode, which will affect the battery life of the device. Please refer to Figure 1, which is one of the schematic diagrams of a beacon frame broadcast process provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 1, at time A, the Wi-Fi hotspot is turned on, and at time B, the Wi-Fi hotspot is turned off. Between time A and time B, beacon frames are broadcast according to the TBTT (Target Beacon Transmit Time) period, and the TBTT period is, for example, 100ms set in the figure.

As shown in Figure 1, the Wi-Fi hotspot is active between time A and time B, and periodically sends broadcast beacon frames every 100ms. If there is no Wi-Fi station connection request between time A and time B, and the user-defined timeout period (e.g., 2 minutes) is reached, the system automatically shuts down the Wi-Fi hotspot.

Based on Figure 1, the purpose of power saving can be achieved by shutting down the Wi-Fi hotspot when the timeout period is reached and extending the beacon frame sending cycle. However, there are still the following disadvantages:

Before the Wi-Fi hotspot is triggered to shut down, the Wi-Fi hotspot is in a fully active state, but its main task is to periodically send beacon frames at the TBTT (Target Beacon Transmit Time). It does not have any autonomous tasks at non-TBTT times, and the power consumed during this period is wasted;

After the Wi-Fi hotspot is turned off, it no longer sends beacon frames, and surrounding devices cannot scan and discover the device, so the hotspot needs to be turned on again manually;

Since the timeout period is unknown to the user and the Wi-Fi hotspot is automatically closed by the system, the user cannot perceive it and usually has the problem of not being able to find the Wi-Fi hotspot, resulting in a poor user experience.

That is, by extending the beacon frame sending period, a certain power saving capability can indeed be achieved, but it is to reduce the number of beacon frames sent within a certain period of time. It is not a true power saving state and the power saving effect is not good.

In order to overcome the above problems, an embodiment of the present application provides a Wi-Fi hotspot management method, which is applied to a Wi-Fi chip in an electronic device, and the electronic device may be but is not limited to a mobile phone, a laptop computer, an iPad, a smart wearable device, and the like.

Please refer to Figure 2, which is a schematic diagram of the structure of the Wi-Fi chip provided in an embodiment of the present application. The Wi-Fi chip includes a processor 10, a memory 11, and a bus 12. The processor 10 and the memory 11 are connected via the bus 12, and the processor 10 is used to execute an executable module stored in the memory 11, such as a computer program.

The processor 10 may be an integrated circuit chip having the ability to process signals. In the implementation process, each step of the Wi-Fi hotspot management method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 10 or by instructions in the form of software. The above-mentioned processor 10 may be a general-purpose processor, including a central processing unit (CPU), a network processor (NP), etc.; it may also be a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic devices, discrete gates or transistor logic devices, or discrete hardware components.

The memory 11 may include a high-speed random access memory (RAM), and may also include a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as at least one disk memory.

The bus 12 may be an ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus, a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus, or an EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) bus, etc. FIG2 shows only one bidirectional arrow, but does not mean that there is only one bus 12 or one type of bus 12 .

The memory 11 is used to store programs, such as programs corresponding to the Wi-Fi hotspot management device. The Wi-Fi hotspot management device includes at least one software function module that can be stored in the memory 11 in the form of software or firmware or fixed in the operating system (OS) of the Wi-Fi chip. After receiving the execution instruction, the processor 10 executes the program to implement the Wi-Fi hotspot management method.

Possibly, the Wi-Fi chip provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a communication interface 13. The communication interface 13 is connected to the processor 10 via a bus.

Optionally, the Wi-Fi chip also includes a Wi-Fi baseband, which is connected to the processor 10 via a bus. Under the control of the processor 10, the Wi-Fi baseband can broadcast beacon frames and receive Wi-Fi connection requests transmitted by user equipment.

It should be understood that the structure shown in FIG2 is only a schematic diagram of a portion of the Wi-Fi chip, and the Wi-Fi chip may also include more or fewer components than those shown in FIG2, or have a configuration different from that shown in FIG2. Each component shown in FIG2 may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof.

A Wi-Fi hotspot management method provided in an embodiment of the present application can be applied to, but is not limited to, the Wi-Fi chip shown in FIG. 2 . For a specific process, please refer to FIG. 3 . The Wi-Fi hotspot management method includes: step S101 and step S102 , which are described in detail as follows.

Step S101, after receiving the Wi-Fi hotspot start instruction, the Wi-Fi chip switches to a continuously active state.

The continuously active state indicates that the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts beacon frames according to a first preset period, and between adjacent periods, the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user equipment.

Please refer to Figure 4, which is a second schematic diagram of a beacon frame broadcast process provided in an embodiment of the present application.

The first stage is from time t1 to time t2, where time t1 is the time point when the Wi-Fi hotspot start instruction is received, and the time difference between time t2 and time t1 is a preset first preset time interval. In the first stage, the bottom current of the Wi-Fi chip is the first type of current, and the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts beacon frames according to the first preset period (T1, for example, 100ms), and between adjacent periods, the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices. In the first stage, the stage with a higher probability of connection requests remains active, which improves the Wi-Fi user connection experience.

If the Wi-Fi connection request of the user device is still not received at the end of the first stage, the user device may need to connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot in the subsequent stage, or may not need to connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot. If the Wi-Fi hotspot is directly turned off, the user device cannot automatically connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot. In order to save power while taking into account possible subsequent user needs, step S102 can be performed.

Step S102: If no Wi-Fi connection request from the user equipment is received at the end of the first stage, the Wi-Fi chip switches alternately between the intermittent active state and the power saving state according to a second preset period.

When the Wi-Fi chip switches to the intermittent active state, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts beacon frames and keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices. When the Wi-Fi chip switches to the power saving state, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices.

Please refer to Figure 5, which is a third schematic diagram of a beacon frame broadcast process provided in an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in FIG5 , after time t2, the Wi-Fi chip switches to a power saving state, waits for a certain length of time, and then switches to an intermittently active state. At this time, the bottom current of the Wi-Fi chip is the first type of current, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts a beacon frame once, and the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices. After the Wi-Fi chip switches to an intermittently active state, it waits for a preset length of time, such as the second preset length of time described below, and then switches to a power saving state. At this time, the bottom current of the Wi-Fi chip is the second type of current, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices, and the Wi-Fi chip does not broadcast beacon frames.

It should be understood that the second preset period is divided into two sections, the state of the first section is an intermittent active state, and its duration is the second preset time length, and the state of the second section is a power saving state, and its duration is the second preset period minus the second preset time length. The second preset period T2 can be the same as the first preset period T1, both taking 100ms, or different.

It should be noted that the power consumption of the Wi-Fi chip under the first type of current is greater than the power consumption of the second type of current.

It should be understood that when the Wi-Fi chip switches to an intermittently active state, the Wi-Fi chip will still broadcast beacon frames, and the Wi-Fi hotspot can be discovered by surrounding user devices. User devices can still establish a connection with the Wi-Fi hotspot through a Wi-Fi connection request. When the Wi-Fi chip switches to a power-saving state, the corresponding power consumption of the Wi-Fi chip is reduced, consuming less power. While being able to meet the possible Wi-Fi connection requirements of subsequent user devices, it can also take into account power saving.

In summary, the embodiment of the present application provides a Wi-Fi hotspot management method, which is applied to a Wi-Fi chip, and the method includes: after receiving a Wi-Fi hotspot start instruction, the Wi-Fi chip switches to a continuously active state; wherein the continuously active state means that the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts beacon frames according to a first preset period, and between adjacent periods, the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices; if the Wi-Fi connection request from the user device is still not received at the end of the first stage, the Wi-Fi chip switches alternately to an intermittent active state and a power saving state according to a second preset period; wherein, when the Wi-Fi chip switches to an intermittent active state, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts beacon frames, and the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices, and when the Wi-Fi chip switches to a power saving state, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices, and when the Wi-Fi chip switches to a power saving state, the corresponding power consumption of the Wi-Fi chip is reduced, and less power is consumed. On the premise of being able to meet the possible Wi-Fi connection requirements of subsequent user devices, power saving can also be taken into account.

Based on FIG. 3 , for the content in step S102 , the embodiment of the present application further provides a possible implementation method, please refer to the following, step S102 includes: step S102A and step S102D, which are specifically described as follows.

Step S102A: When the Wi-Fi chip obtains the interrupt signal, the Wi-Fi chip switches to an intermittent active state.

The generation period of the interrupt signal is a second preset period, which may be a TBTT interrupt signal.

Step S102D: when the duration of the intermittent active state reaches a preset second preset time length, the Wi-Fi chip switches to a power saving state.

It should be understood that when the next interrupt signal arrives, the Wi-Fi chip switches to the intermittent active state again, that is, the time length for the Wi-Fi chip to switch to the power saving state is the second preset period minus the second preset time length.

In the case where the second preset period remains unchanged, as the second preset time length changes, the duration of the power saving state changes accordingly, thereby achieving a balance between saving power and quickly responding to the Wi-Fi connection requirements of the user equipment.

In a possible implementation, the second preset time length is negatively correlated with the interval difference, and the interval difference represents the interval length between the current time point and time t2.

It should be understood that when no Wi-Fi connection request is received from the user device, the farther away from time t2, the lower the possibility that the user device needs to connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot. At this time, in order to reduce energy consumption and further improve the power saving effect, the second preset time length can be set to be negatively correlated with the interval difference, that is, as the interval difference increases, the second preset time length (the duration of the intermittent active state) gradually decreases. When the second preset period remains unchanged, the duration of the power saving state gradually increases, and the duty cycle of the power saving state in the entire second preset period is improved, thereby saving more power.

Based on Figure 3, for the content in step S102, the embodiment of the present application also provides a possible implementation method, please refer to the following, step S102 includes: step S102A, step S102B, step S102C and step S102D, step S102A and step S102D are as described above and will not be repeated here, step S102B and step S102C are specifically described as follows.

Step S102B: determining the target stage to which the Wi-Fi chip belongs based on the interval difference.

The target stage includes the i-th stage, 2≤i≤N, N is the number of pre-divided stages, and the interval difference represents the length of the interval between the current time point and the time t2.

Step S102C: determining a second preset time length based on the target stage.

The second preset time length corresponding to the k+1th stage is smaller than the second preset time length corresponding to the kth stage, 2≤k≤N-1.

It should be understood that the second preset time length is dynamically adjusted according to the length of time the Wi-Fi hotspot is turned on, so as to achieve different duty cycles of the power saving state in the entire second preset period, such as duty0, duty1 and duty2, to achieve different power saving effects.

Based on FIG. 3 , regarding how to avoid wasting power, the embodiment of the present application further provides a possible implementation method, please refer to the following, the Wi-Fi hotspot management method also includes: step S104, which is specifically described as follows.

Step S104: If no Wi-Fi connection request from the user equipment is received at the end of the Nth stage, the Wi-Fi chip enters a continuous power saving state.

The continuous power saving state means that the Wi-Fi chip stops broadcasting beacon frames and stops receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user equipment.

At the end of the Nth stage, if no Wi-Fi connection request is received from the user device, it means that the Wi-Fi hotspot has been turned on for a long time, but no user device has connected to the hotspot, indicating that no user device needs to connect to the hotspot in the current environment. If the hotspot is turned on continuously, it will cause waste, so the Wi-Fi chip enters a continuous power saving state.

Based on FIG. 3 , regarding how to ensure that the hotspot functions normally, the embodiment of the present application further provides a possible implementation method, please refer to FIG. 6 , the Wi-Fi hotspot management method further includes: step S103 , which is specifically described as follows.

Step S103: If a Wi-Fi connection request from the user equipment is received, the Wi-Fi chip switches to an active communication state.

Optionally, the communication active state may be the same as the continuous active state, thereby ensuring that the user device can communicate via Wi-Fi.

In a possible implementation, the user equipment executes a retransmission mechanism, where the retransmission mechanism represents that when the user equipment receives the broadcast beacon frame, it sends a Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip. If the Wi-Fi connection is not successfully established, the user equipment repeatedly sends the Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip at a preset frequency, and the repetition time is greater than the second preset period.

In one possible scenario, the surrounding user devices (Wi-Fi stations) send Wi-Fi connection requests to the Wi-Fi chip in the form of probe req messages, that is, the Wi-Fi hotspot initiates an association request, and the sent probe req message happens to fall within the time when it is in the power saving state. The probe req message will not be received by the Wi-Fi hotspot but will be discarded. Because the user device executes the retransmission mechanism, it ensures that the Wi-Fi hotspot can receive the Wi-Fi connection request in the next cycle, which does not affect the establishment of the connection, but will bring a delay of the duration of the power saving state. Although a certain connection delay is introduced, compared with the 2~3s connection time of Wi-Fi, the impact on user experience is almost negligible.

In a possible implementation, the user device executes a retransmission mechanism, which may also be less than the second preset period. For example, the user device receives a broadcast beacon frame of the Wi-Fi chip in the i-th period intermittent active state, and the user device adds the hotspot information corresponding to the Wi-Fi chip to the Wi-Fi list. The user clicks on the hotspot information corresponding to the Wi-Fi chip under the Wi-Fi list, and the user device sends a Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip. If the Wi-Fi chip is still in the i-th period intermittent active state, a connection can be established directly. If the Wi-Fi chip switches to the i-th period power saving state, a Wi-Fi connection cannot be successfully established. At this time, after a period of repetition, the user device stops repeatedly sending Wi-Fi connection requests to the Wi-Fi chip until the user device receives a broadcast beacon frame of the Wi-Fi chip in the i+1th period intermittent active state. The user does not need to click, and directly sends a Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip to quickly establish a connection.

In a possible implementation, when the user equipment disconnects from the Wi-Fi hotspot, the above step S102 is repeatedly performed, and the Wi-Fi chip switches alternately between the intermittent active state and the power saving state according to a second preset period.

In a possible implementation, the second preset period may also change with the interval difference. When the interval difference is larger, the second preset period may be longer, thereby reducing the frequency of transmitting beacon frames to reduce power consumption.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , which is a Wi-Fi hotspot management device provided in an embodiment of the present application. Optionally, the Wi-Fi hotspot management device is applied to the Wi-Fi chip described above.

The Wi-Fi hotspot management device includes: an instruction acquisition unit 201 and a state switching unit 202 .

The instruction acquisition unit 201 is used to receive a Wi-Fi hotspot activation instruction;

A state switching unit 202, configured to switch the Wi-Fi chip to a continuously active state after receiving a Wi-Fi hotspot activation instruction;

The continuously active state indicates that the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts beacon frames according to a first preset period, and between adjacent periods, the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user equipment;

The state switching unit 202 is further configured to switch the Wi-Fi chip to the intermittent active state and the power saving state alternately according to a second preset period if no Wi-Fi connection request from the user equipment is received at the end of the first stage;

Among them, when the Wi-Fi chip switches to the intermittent active state, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts beacon frames, and the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices. When the Wi-Fi chip switches to the power saving state, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving Wi-Fi connection requests from user devices. The first stage is from time t1 to time t2, time t1 is the time point when the Wi-Fi hotspot start instruction is received, and the time difference between time t2 and time t1 is a preset first preset time interval.

Optionally, the state switching unit 202 may execute the above steps S101 to S104.

It should be noted that the Wi-Fi hotspot management device provided in this embodiment can execute the method flow shown in the above method flow embodiment to achieve the corresponding technical effect. For the sake of brief description, for parts not mentioned in this embodiment, please refer to the corresponding content in the above embodiment.

The present application also provides a storage medium that stores computer instructions and programs, which, when read and executed, execute the Wi-Fi hotspot management method of the above embodiment. The storage medium may include memory, flash memory, registers, or a combination thereof.

An electronic device is provided below, which may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a laptop computer, an iPad, and a smart wearable device, etc. The electronic device includes a Wi-Fi chip as shown in FIG2, and can implement the above-mentioned Wi-Fi hotspot management method; specifically, the Wi-Fi chip includes: a processor 10, a memory 11, and a bus 12. The processor 10 may be a CPU. The memory 11 is used to store one or more programs, and when the one or more programs are executed by the processor 10, the Wi-Fi hotspot management method of the above-mentioned embodiment is executed.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. For those skilled in the art, the present application may have various modifications and variations. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the details of the exemplary embodiments described above, and that the present application can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential features of the present application. Therefore, the embodiments should be considered exemplary and non-limiting in all respects, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and it is intended that all changes falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims be included in the present application. Any reference numeral in a claim should not be considered as limiting the claim to which it relates.

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1. A Wi-Fi hotspot management method, applied to a Wi-Fi chip, the method comprising:

after receiving a Wi-Fi hotspot starting instruction, switching the Wi-Fi chip into a continuous active state;

the continuous active state indicates that the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts a beacon frame according to a first preset period, and the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests of user equipment between adjacent periods;

if the Wi-Fi connection request of the user equipment is still not received at the end of the first stage, the Wi-Fi chip is alternately switched into a gap active state and a power saving state according to a second preset period;

when the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the intermittent active state, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts a beacon frame, the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving a Wi-Fi connection request of user equipment, when the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the power saving state, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving the Wi-Fi connection request of the user equipment, the first stage is from time t1 to time t2, the time t1 is a time point when a Wi-Fi hot spot starting instruction is received, and the time difference between the time t2 and the time t1 is a preset first preset time interval;

if a Wi-Fi connection request of user equipment is received, the Wi-Fi chip is switched to a communication active state;

the Wi-Fi chip is alternately switched into a gap active state and a power saving state according to a second preset period, and the Wi-Fi chip comprises the following steps:

when the Wi-Fi chip acquires an interrupt signal, the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the intermittent active state;

wherein, the generation period of the interrupt signal is the second preset period;

determining a target stage to which the Wi-Fi chip belongs based on the interval difference;

the target stage comprises an ith stage, i is more than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to N, N is the number of stages divided in advance, and the interval difference represents the interval length from the current time point to the time t 2;

determining a second preset time length based on the target phase;

wherein the second preset time length corresponding to the k+1 stage is smaller than the second preset time length corresponding to the k stage, and k is more than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to N-1;

when the duration of the intermittent active state reaches a preset second preset time length, the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the power saving state;

the user equipment executes a retransmission mechanism, the repetition duration is smaller than the second preset period, the user equipment receives the broadcast beacon frame of the Wi-Fi chip in the ith periodic intermittent active state, the user equipment adds the hot spot information corresponding to the Wi-Fi chip to a Wi-Fi list, a user clicks the hot spot information corresponding to the Wi-Fi chip in the Wi-Fi list, the user equipment sends the Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip, if the Wi-Fi chip is still in the ith periodic intermittent active state, connection is directly established, if the Wi-Fi chip is still in the ith periodic intermittent active state, wi-Fi connection cannot be successfully established, at the moment, after a period of repetition, the user equipment stops repeatedly sending the Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip until the user equipment receives the broadcast beacon frame of the Wi-Fi chip in the ith+1th periodic intermittent active state, and the user equipment does not need to send the Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip.

2. The Wi-Fi hotspot management method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

if the Wi-Fi connection request of the user equipment is still not received at the end of the N-th stage, the Wi-Fi chip enters a continuous power saving state;

the continuous power saving state indicates that the Wi-Fi chip stops broadcasting the beacon frame and stops receiving the Wi-Fi connection request of the user equipment.

3. A Wi-Fi hotspot management apparatus, applied to a Wi-Fi chip, the apparatus comprising:

the instruction acquisition unit is used for receiving a Wi-Fi hotspot starting instruction;

the state switching unit is used for switching the Wi-Fi chip into a continuous active state after receiving a Wi-Fi hot spot starting instruction;

the continuous active state indicates that the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts a beacon frame according to a first preset period, and the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving Wi-Fi connection requests of user equipment between adjacent periods;

the state switching unit is further configured to alternately switch the Wi-Fi chip to a intermittent active state and a power saving state according to a second preset period if the Wi-Fi connection request of the user equipment is still not received at the end of the first stage;

when the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the intermittent active state, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts a beacon frame, the Wi-Fi chip keeps receiving a Wi-Fi connection request of user equipment, when the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the power saving state, the Wi-Fi chip stops receiving the Wi-Fi connection request of the user equipment, the first stage is from time t1 to time t2, the time t1 is a time point when a Wi-Fi hot spot starting instruction is received, and the time difference between the time t2 and the time t1 is a preset first preset time interval;

the state switching unit is further configured to switch the Wi-Fi chip to a communication active state if a Wi-Fi connection request of the user equipment is received;

the Wi-Fi chip is alternately switched into a clearance active state and a power saving state according to a second preset period, and the Wi-Fi chip comprises:

when the Wi-Fi chip acquires an interrupt signal, the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the intermittent active state;

wherein, the generation period of the interrupt signal is the second preset period;

determining a target stage to which the Wi-Fi chip belongs based on the interval difference;

the target stage comprises an ith stage, i is more than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to N, N is the number of stages divided in advance, and the interval difference represents the interval length from the current time point to the time t 2;

determining a second preset time length based on the target phase;

wherein the second preset time length corresponding to the k+1 stage is smaller than the second preset time length corresponding to the k stage, and k is more than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to N-1;

when the duration of the intermittent active state reaches a preset second preset time length, the Wi-Fi chip is switched to the power saving state;

the user equipment executes a retransmission mechanism, the repetition duration is smaller than the second preset period, the user equipment receives the broadcast beacon frame of the Wi-Fi chip in the ith periodic intermittent active state, the user equipment adds the hot spot information corresponding to the Wi-Fi chip to a Wi-Fi list, a user clicks the hot spot information corresponding to the Wi-Fi chip in the Wi-Fi list, the user equipment sends the Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip, if the Wi-Fi chip is still in the ith periodic intermittent active state, connection is directly established, if the Wi-Fi chip is still in the ith periodic intermittent active state, wi-Fi connection cannot be successfully established, at the moment, after a period of repetition, the user equipment stops repeatedly sending the Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip until the user equipment receives the broadcast beacon frame of the Wi-Fi chip in the ith+1th periodic intermittent active state, and the user equipment does not need to send the Wi-Fi connection request to the Wi-Fi chip.

4. A computer readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements the method according to any of claims 1-2.

5. An electronic device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing one or more programs; the method of any of claims 1-2 is implemented when the one or more programs are executed by the processor.