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Channel switching method, apparatus, and device

US9769721B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2014
Grant dateSep 19, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/08
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a channel switching method, apparatus, and device. The method includes: obtaining, by a mobile Wi-Fi device, a channel switching instruction sent by a Wi-Fi access point, where the channel switching instruction carries a destination channel identifier; and switching, by the mobile Wi-Fi device according to the channel switching instruction, a communication channel between the mobile Wi-Fi device and the Wi-Fi access point, and a communication channel between the mobile Wi-Fi device and a terminal that accesses the mobile Wi-Fi device to a destination communication channel corresponding to the destination channel identifier carried in the channel switching instruction. In this way, a Wi-Fi client and a Wi-Fi access end of a mobile Wi-Fi device still work on a same communication channel after performing channel switching, thereby improving compatibility, a throughput, and stability of the mobile Wi-Fi device.

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