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Method for establishing WLAN by mobile terminal, and mobile terminal

US9781547B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 2013
Grant dateOct 3, 2017
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are a method for establishing a WLAN by a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal. The method comprises: when the mobile terminal needs to establish a WLAN with other terminals, the mobile terminal starts Bluetooth, and modifies a name of a Bluetooth device of the mobile terminal to a character string that contains an identifier; and starts Bluetooth search to acquire Bluetooth MAC addresses of other terminals with the identifiers contained in the name of the Bluetooth device; and a Bluetooth MAC address of the mobile terminal is compared with the acquired Bluetooth MAC addresses respectively, and when the Bluetooth MAC address of the mobile terminal meets a pre-set condition, setting the mobile terminal as a wireless access point of the WLAN.

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