WO2014117405A1

WO2014117405A1 - Method and device for establishing wlan connection between user equipment and wi-fi access point

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Publication number: WO2014117405A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/071345
Authority: WO
Inventors: 钟涛; 张宏平; 戴明增; 曾清海
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2013-02-04
Filing date: 2013-02-04
Publication date: 2014-08-07
Also published as: CN104756553A

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point, which realize that a base station substitutes for a UE to perform an authentication process of a Wi-Fi access point, avoiding the access delay, and at the same time, the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point for access, improving the quality of service.

Description

Method and device for establishing WLAN connection between user equipment and Wi-Fi access point

The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to establishing a user equipment and

Method and apparatus for WLAN connection between Wi-Fi access points. Background technique

With the development of the mobile Internet, the requirements for the quality of service and network speed that mobile cellular communication systems can provide are increasing. To cope with network congestion caused by the sharp increase in data traffic, operators must increase the number of network base stations to improve throughput. This in turn increases the equipment investment and maintenance costs of the operators. The Wireless Local Access Network (WLAN) can free users from the constraints of the network cable and can easily access the network and use the network in various scenarios. Therefore, operators can use the WLAN to make air interfaces to the mobile cellular communication system. The data is shunted, thereby improving the air interface throughput rate, saving the operator's equipment investment and maintenance costs, and ensuring the user's service quality when the mobile cellular communication system has poor service quality.

In the prior art, the user accesses and uses the WLAN after performing the process of authentication and authentication by inputting the account and the password, but each time accessing the WLAN, an account and a password are required, which may cause an access delay, and the user does not know the The WLAN to be accessed is overloaded and the quality of service is not high. Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point, so as to solve the problem that the access delay and the service quality of the user accessing the WLAN are low.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point, including:

Receiving, by the base station, Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the user equipment UE;

The base station selects a target for providing wireless service to the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. a Wi-Fi access point, and storing a mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; the base station sending a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, where After receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, forwarding the response message to the UE according to the mapping relationship, to indicate that the UE returns the target Wi-Fi according to the base station The MAC address of the access point establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

In a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information of a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality. The index number;

Correspondingly, the sending, by the base station, the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point includes:

The base station generates the Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then sends the Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point; the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is The base station is acquired and stored locally in the process of establishing an RRC connection with the UE;

Correspondingly, the base station returns the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE by using the response message.

In conjunction with the first aspect, in a second possible implementation of the first aspect, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information of a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or Wi-Fi with the best signal quality The index number corresponding to the access point, or the index number corresponding to the access point group where the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality is located;

The base station generates the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then sends the Wi-Fi authentication request frame to all Wi-Fis in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located. An access point; the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is obtained by the base station in establishing an RRC connection with the UE and stored locally in the base station;

Correspondingly, the base station further saves a mapping relationship between the UE and all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located;

Correspondingly, the base station sends the MAC of the target Wi-Fi access point by using the response message. The address is returned to the UE.

With reference to the first aspect or the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point includes: A mapping relationship between a C-RNTI or a MAC address of the UE and a MAC address or an operator number of the target Wi-Fi access point.

In conjunction with the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation of the first aspect, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information of a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or Wi-Fi with the best signal quality The index number corresponding to the access point;

Correspondingly, after the selecting the target Wi-Fi access point for providing the wireless service to the UE, the method further includes:

Sending, by the base station, a request for establishing a tunnel connection to the target Wi-Fi access point, and carrying a UE Tunnel APID allocated to the UE; and saving the C-RNTI of the UE and the first of the UE Tunnel APID Mapping relations;

Receiving, by the base station, a response message that is returned by the target Wi-Fi access point and carrying the AP Tunnel APID allocated by the target Wi-Fi access point, and saves the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID Second mapping relationship;

The mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point includes the first mapping relationship and the second mapping relationship.

With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the sending, by the base station, the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point includes: :

Sending, by the base station, a MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE; the base station receiving a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame returned by the UE, where the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame is Generating the UE according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point and its own Wi-Fi capability information;

And the base station sends a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point by establishing a tunnel connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

With reference to the fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, according to the Forwarding the response message to the UE by using the mapping relationship includes: Receiving, by the base station, the AP tunnel APID response message that is sent by the target Wi-Fi access point, and searching for the corresponding UE Tunnel APID according to the second mapping relationship; A mapping relationship finds a C-RNTI corresponding to the UE Tunnel APID, and forwards the response message to the UE according to the C-RNTI.

The method of any of the first aspect to the sixth aspect of the first aspect, the seventh possible implementation of the first aspect, further comprising:

If the base station does not select the target Wi-Fi access point according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, The UE sends an RRC reconfiguration message to instruct the UE to turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for establishing a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point.

The method of WLAN connection, including:

The user equipment UE sends Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station, so that the base station selects the location according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. Determining, by the UE, a target Wi-Fi access point of the wireless service service, and storing a mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; and transmitting the Wi-Fi profile to the target Wi-Fi access point The right authentication request frame, after receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, instructing the UE to establish a wireless local area network WL AN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship;

The UE establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

In a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame is a MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the UE according to the base station, and Wi-Fi capability information is generated.

With reference to the second aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality Information, or an index number corresponding to the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or an index number corresponding to the access point group where the best Wi-Fi access point is located, the UE according to the The MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, after establishing a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point, further includes:

If the UE moves to another Wi-Fi in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located After the access point is overwritten, the MAC address of the another Wi-Fi access point is acquired by acquiring the beacon frame of the another Wi-Fi access point, and the another Wi-Fi access point is established. Wireless LAN WLAN connection.

In conjunction with the second aspect, in a third possible implementation of the second aspect, the method further includes:

If the UE receives the RRC reconfiguration message sent by the base station to instruct the UE to close the Wi-Fi transceiver, the UE turns off the Wi-Fi transceiver.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point, including:

The target Wi-Fi access point receives the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station, where the target

The Wi-Fi access point is selected by the base station according to the Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the user equipment UE and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information; And the target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message to the base station, where the base station forwards the response message to the UE, to indicate that the UE returns the target Wi-Fi access point according to the base station MAC address, establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

In a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, before the target Wi-Fi access point receives the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station, the method further includes:

Receiving, by the target Wi-Fi access point, a request for establishing a tunnel connection that is sent by the base station and carrying a UE Tunnel APID allocated to the UE;

The target Wi-Fi access point allocates an AP Tunnel APID to itself, and saves a second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID;

The target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message carrying the AP Tunnel APID to the base station, so that the base station saves the second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a base station, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the user equipment UE;

a processing module, configured to select, according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, a target Wi-Fi connection for providing wireless service services to the UE Pointing in, and saving a mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; a sending module, configured to send a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and after receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, according to the mapping relationship Transmitting the response message to the UE, to instruct the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

In a first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information of a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality. The index number;

Correspondingly, the sending module is further configured to: generate the Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then send the Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point;

The Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is obtained by the base station in establishing an RRC connection with the UE and stored locally in the base station;

Correspondingly, the sending module is further configured to return, by using the response message, a MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information of a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the best signal quality

The index number corresponding to the Wi-Fi access point, or the index number corresponding to the access point group where the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality is located;

Correspondingly, the sending module is further configured to: generate the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then send the access to the target Wi-Fi access point All Wi-Fi access points in the group; the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is obtained by the base station in establishing an RRC connection with the UE and stored locally in the base station;

Correspondingly, the processing module is further configured to save a mapping relationship between the UE and all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located;

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect to the second possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the UE is connected to the target Wi-Fi The mapping relationship between the ingress points includes: a mapping relationship between the C-RNTI or MAC address of the UE and a MAC address or an operator number of the target Wi-Fi access point. With reference to the fourth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information of a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or Wi-Fi with the best signal quality The index number corresponding to the access point;

Correspondingly, the sending module is configured to send, by the processing module, a request for establishing a tunnel connection to the target Wi-Fi access point after selecting a target Wi-Fi access point that provides a wireless service service for the UE, and carrying a UE Tunnel APID allocated for the UE;

The processing module is further configured to save a first mapping relationship between the C-RNTI of the UE and the UE Tunnel APID;

The receiving module is further configured to receive, by the target Wi-Fi access point, a response message that carries the AP Tunnel APID allocated by the target Wi-Fi access point for itself, where the processing module is further used for saving a second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID;

With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the sending module is further configured to send, to the UE, a MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point Address

The receiving module is further configured to receive a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame returned by the UE, where the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame is a MAC address of the UE according to the target Wi-Fi access point. Generated by its own Wi-Fi capability information;

The sending module is further configured to send a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point by establishing a tunnel connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

In conjunction with the fifth possible implementation of the fourth aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the sending module is further configured to:

Receiving, by the target Wi-Fi access point, the AP tunnel APID response message, and searching for the corresponding UE Tunnel APID according to the second mapping relationship;

And finding a C-RNTI corresponding to the UE Tunnel APID according to the first mapping relationship, and forwarding the response message to the UE according to the C-RNTI.

The base station according to any one of the fourth aspect of the fourth aspect, wherein, in the seventh possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the sending module is further configured to: If the processing module does not select the target Wi-Fi access point according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, The UE sends an RRC reconfiguration message to instruct the UE to turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a user equipment, including:

a sending module, configured to send Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station, where the base station is configured according to the

Wi-Fi measurement information and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, selecting a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless service service for the UE, and saving the UE a mapping relationship with the target Wi-Fi access point; and transmitting a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, receiving a response returned by the target Wi-Fi access point After the message, the UE is instructed to establish a wireless local area network WL AN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship;

And a processing module, configured to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

In a first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame is a MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the UE according to the base station, and Wi-Fi capability information is generated.

With reference to the fifth aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality The information, or the index number corresponding to the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the index number corresponding to the access point group where the best quality Wi-Fi access point is located, the processing module is used to: The UE moves to another Wi-Fi access point within the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, and obtains a beacon frame of the another Wi-Fi access point. The MAC address of the other Wi-Fi access point establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the other Wi-Fi access point.

In conjunction with the fifth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the processing module is further configured to:

If the RRC reconfiguration message sent by the base station to instruct the UE to close the Wi-Fi transceiver is received, the Wi-Fi transceiver is turned off.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a Wi-Fi access point, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station; a sending module, configured to send a response message to the base station, where the base station forwards the response message to the UE, to indicate, according to the base station, the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station An address, establishing a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

In a first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the receiving module is further configured to: before the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station, receive, send, and carry the UE UE Tunnel APID request to establish a tunnel connection;

The Wi-Fi access point further includes:

a processing module, configured to allocate an AP Tunnel APID to itself, and save a second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID;

The sending module is further configured to: return, to the base station, a response message that carries the AP Tunnel APID, so that the base station saves a second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a base station, including:

a receiver, configured to receive Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the user equipment UE;

a processor, configured to select, according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, a target Wi-Fi connection for providing wireless service services to the UE Pointing in, and storing a mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; a transmitter, configured to send a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, where After the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, the response message is forwarded to the UE according to the mapping relationship, to indicate that the UE is in accordance with the target Wi-Fi access returned by the base station The MAC address of the point establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

The eighth aspect of the present invention provides a user equipment, including:

a transmitter, configured to send Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station, where the base station is configured according to the

Wi-Fi measurement information and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, selecting a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless service service for the UE, and saving the UE a mapping relationship with the target Wi-Fi access point; and transmitting a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, receiving a response returned by the target Wi-Fi access point After the message, the UE is instructed to establish with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship. Wireless LAN WLAN connection;

And a processor, configured to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

A ninth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a Wi-Fi access point, including:

a receiver, configured to receive a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station;

a transmitter, configured to send a response message to the base station, where the base station forwards the response message to the UE, to indicate, according to the target, the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station An address, establishing a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

The method and device for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point are provided by the base station according to the Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the UE and the Wi-Fi connection corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. The load information of the ingress selects a target Wi-Fi access point for the UE to provide the wireless service service, and then sends a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and receives the response of the Wi-Fi access point. After the message, the response message is forwarded to the UE according to the previously saved mapping relationship, to indicate that the UE can establish a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, thereby implementing The base station can replace the UE to perform the authentication and authentication process of the Wi-Fi access point, thereby avoiding the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access, thereby improving the quality of service. DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, a brief description of the drawings used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description It is a certain embodiment of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained from those skilled in the art without any inventive labor.

1 is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of Embodiment 3 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention; 4 is a flowchart of Embodiment 4 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of Embodiment 5 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart of Embodiment 6 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

7 is a flowchart of Embodiment 7 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

8 is a signaling flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

10 is a signaling flowchart of a third embodiment of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

11 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a base station according to the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a user equipment according to the present invention;

13 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

14 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention;

15 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a base station according to the present invention;

16 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a user equipment according to the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 3 of a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. The embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a base station is used as an execution entity as an example, as shown in FIG. 1 . The method of this embodiment may include:

S101. The base station receives the Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the UE.

Before S101, the UE in the idle state resides in a certain mobile cellular network cell. When the user needs to initiate the service to enter the connected state, the UE initiates a random access procedure on the random access channel, and the mobile cellular network. Establishing a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, hereinafter referred to as RRC) connection and data bearer to utilize the mobile cellular network for data communication. When the base station considers that the UE needs to be offloaded to the WLAN, it will send a shunt to the UE through the RRC signaling message. Command indication and Wi-Fi measurement configuration information, the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information includes information indicating when the UE performs measurement, how to measure, and when the measurement result is reported. After receiving the UE, the UE performs Wi according to the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information. The -Fi signal measures the Wi-Fi measurement information, and finally transmits the Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station.

S102. The base station selects a target Wi-Fi access point that provides a wireless service service for the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, and saves the UE and the UE. The mapping relationship of the target Wi-Fi access point.

The Wi-Fi access point reports its load information to the base station, and the base station selects whether there is a suitable Wi- according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. The Fi access point is used by the UE, and if so, the mapping relationship between the selected target Wi-Fi access point and the UE is saved.

S103. The base station sends a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and after receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, forwarding the response message to the UE according to the mapping relationship, to indicate the UE. Establishing a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

Specifically, when the base station selects a suitable target Wi-Fi access point for use by the UE in S102, the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame is sent to the target Wi-Fi access point, and the Wi-Fi access point is used. After receiving the Wi-Fi authentication request frame, the system responds to the base station, and if the authentication succeeds, the base station returns a response message to the base station, and the base station forwards the response message to the UE according to the previously saved mapping relationship, to indicate that the UE returns the target according to the base station. The MAC address of the Wi-Fi access point establishes a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

The method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point is provided by the base station, and the base station according to the Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the UE and corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information The load information of each Wi-Fi access point selects a target Wi-Fi access point for the UE to provide wireless service, and then sends a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and receives the

After the response message of the Wi-Fi access point, the response message is forwarded according to the previously saved mapping relationship.

The UE indicates that the UE can establish a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, thereby implementing the Wi-Fi access point of the base station instead of the UE. The right authentication process avoids the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access, thereby improving the quality of service.

2 is a flowchart of Embodiment 2 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. On the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, further, Wi-Fi measurement information in S101. Information including the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the index number corresponding to the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, where the Wi-Fi access point information includes Wi-Fi

MAC address, as shown in FIG. 2, Embodiment 1 S103 specifically includes:

S103, the base station generates a Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then sends the Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, where the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is that the base station establishes an RRC connection with the UE. The process is obtained and stored locally in the base station, and the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE refers to information such as a Wi-Fi category supported by the UE, a supported working frequency band, and a MAC address of the UE.

S103b. The base station returns the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE by using a response message, that is, after receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, the base station sends the MAC of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE. An address, such that the UE establishes a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point.

In this embodiment, the base station generates a Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then sends the Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, so that the base station can perform authentication on the Wi-Fi access point instead of the UE. The authentication process avoids the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access, thereby improving the quality of service.

3 is a flowchart of Embodiment 3 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. On the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, further, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes signal quality. The best Wi-Fi access point information, or the index number corresponding to the best Wi-Fi access point, or the index number corresponding to the access point group where the best Wi-Fi access point is located. , wherein the information of the Wi-Fi access point includes the Wi-Fi MAC address, as shown in FIG. The first embodiment S103 specifically includes:

S103c. The base station generates a Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then sends the Wi-Fi authentication request frame to all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, where the UE The Wi-Fi capability information is obtained by the base station in the process of establishing an RRC connection with the UE and stored locally at the base station. The base station can access Wi-Fi access within its coverage area before the base station transmits the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located. The points are packetized according to the spatial location, and the packet information is broadcast in the cell system message broadcast.

S103d. The base station further maintains a mapping relationship between the UE and all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located.

S103e, the base station returns the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the response message by

UE.

Specifically, when the UE authenticates all the Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, the base station receives a response message replied by each Wi-Fi access point in the group, the base station After receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point is directly sent to the UE, so that the UE connects to the target Wi-Fi according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point. Incoming point to establish a WLAN connection.

If the UE moves to another Wi-Fi access point within the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, the UE acquires another beacon frame by acquiring another Wi-Fi access point. The MAC address of the Wi-Fi access point establishes a WLAN connection with another Wi-Fi access point.

In this embodiment, the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame is sent by the base station to all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, and the UE passes the target Wi-Fi access point. When all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group are authenticated, the base station receives a response message from each Wi-Fi access point in the group, so that the subsequent UE moves to the target Wi-Fi access point. Under the coverage of another Wi-Fi access point in the access point group, the MAC address of another Wi-Fi access point can be obtained by acquiring the beacon frame of another Wi-Fi access point, and another Wi The Fi access point establishes a WLAN connection, eliminating the process of authentication and authentication, and the quality of service is higher.

In the above embodiment, the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point includes: a mapping relationship between the C-RNTI or MAC address of the UE and the MAC address or the carrier number of the target Wi-Fi access point. 4 is a flowchart of Embodiment 4 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. On the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, further, Wi-Fi measurement information includes signal quality. The best Wi-Fi access point information, or the index number corresponding to the best Wi-Fi access point, where the Wi-Fi access point information includes the Wi-Fi MAC address, as shown in Figure 4. After the first embodiment S 102, the method further includes:

5104. The base station sends a request for establishing a tunnel connection to the target Wi-Fi access point, and carries the UE Tunnel APID allocated to the UE, and saves the first mapping relationship between the C-RNTI of the UE and the UE Tunnel APID.

5105. The base station receives the response message of the AP Tunnel APID that is sent by the target Wi-Fi access point and carries the target Wi-Fi access point, and saves the UE Tunnel APID and the AP.

The second mapping relationship of the Tunnel APID.

The mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point in S102 includes a first mapping relationship and a second mapping relationship.

Correspondingly, Embodiment 1 S 103 specifically includes:

S 103f. The base station sends a MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE.

S 103 g. The base station receives the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame returned by the UE, and the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame is generated by the UE according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point and its own Wi-Fi capability information.

S 103h. The base station sends a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point by establishing a tunnel connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

After receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, the base station forwards the response message to the UE according to the mapping relationship, including:

S 103i. After receiving the AP Tunnel APID response message, the base station receives the AP Tunnel APID response message, and searches for the corresponding UE Tunnel APID according to the second mapping relationship.

S 103j, the base station further searches for the UE Tunnel APID according to the first mapping relationship.

The C-RNTI, and forwards the response message to the UE according to the C-RNTI.

After receiving the response message, the UE establishes a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point sent by the base station.

In the above embodiment, if the base station does not select the target Wi-Fi access point according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, The RRC reconfiguration message is sent to the UE to instruct the UE to turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver, so that the UE can save power.

The method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point provided by this embodiment, by establishing a tunnel connection between the UE and the Wi-Fi access point, the UE according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point And generating a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame and transmitting the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the base station, and then transmitting the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the Wi-Fi access point, if the authentication is passed, the Wi-Fi connection is performed. The ingress point returns a response message to the base station, and the base station forwards the response message to the UE according to the mapping relationship. After receiving the response message, the UE can connect to the target Wi-Fi according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point sent by the base station. The WLAN connection is established at the ingress point, so that the base station can help the UE to perform the authentication and authentication process of the Wi-Fi access point, avoiding the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access. , improve the quality of service.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of Embodiment 5 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. This embodiment uses the UE as an execution entity as an example. As shown in FIG. 5, this embodiment is shown in FIG. The methods include:

S501. The UE sends Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station, so that the base station selects a target for providing the wireless service service for the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. a Wi-Fi access point, and storing a mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; and transmitting a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, receiving the target Wi-Fi access After the response message is returned, the UE is instructed to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship.

S502: The UE establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

Optionally, the Wi-Fi authentication request frame is generated by the UE according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station and the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE.

Further, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes the information of the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the index number corresponding to the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi connection with the best signal quality. The index number corresponding to the access point group of the inbound point, in step S502, the UE establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, if the subsequent UE moves To another Wi-Fi access point within the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, obtain another beacon frame by acquiring another Wi-Fi access point. The MAC address of the Wi-Fi access point establishes a WLAN connection with another Wi-Fi access point, eliminating the process of authentication and authentication, and the quality of service is higher.

Optionally, if the UE receives the RRC reconfiguration message sent by the base station to instruct the UE to turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver, the UE turns off the Wi-Fi transceiver, so that the UE can save power.

The method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point is provided by the embodiment, where the UE sends Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station, so that the base station responds to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the Wi-Fi measurement information. Load information of each Wi-Fi access point, select a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless service for the UE, and save the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point, and then access the Wi-Fi access point. Sending a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame or forwarding a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame generated by the UE, and the UE establishes a wireless connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station. The WLAN connection of the local area network enables the UE to authenticate the authentication process of the Wi-Fi access point by using the base station or the base station instead of the UE, thereby avoiding the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi. Access point access improves service quality.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of Embodiment 6 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. This embodiment uses a Wi-Fi access point as an execution entity as an example, as shown in FIG. The method of this embodiment includes:

S601. The target Wi-Fi access point receives a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station, where the target Wi-Fi access point is a Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the base station according to the user equipment UE, and corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. Selected by the load information of each Wi-Fi access point.

S602. The target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message to the base station, where the base station forwards the response message to the UE, to indicate, according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, and the target Wi-Fi access point. Establish a wireless LAN WLAN connection.

The method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point provided by the embodiment, after the target Wi-Fi access point receives the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station, and if the authentication passes, the base station is sent to the base station. The response message is returned, so that the base station can forward the response message to the UE to instruct the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station. Therefore, the target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message to the base station for the base station to forward to the UE when the base station replaces the UE for the authentication and authentication process, and indicates the MAC of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the UE according to the base station. Address, and destination The standard Wi-Fi access point establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection, which avoids access delay and improves service quality.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of Embodiment 7 of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. This embodiment is based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, and further, as shown in FIG. Before the target Wi-Fi access point in the S601 receives the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station, the method further includes:

S603. The target Wi-Fi access point receives a request for establishing a tunnel connection that is sent by the base station and carries a UE Tunnel APID allocated for the UE.

5604. The target Wi-Fi access point allocates an AP Tunnel APID to itself, and saves a second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID.

S605. The target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message carrying the AP Tunnel APID to the base station, so that the base station saves the second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID.

The method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point is provided in this embodiment. A mapping relationship between the UE and the base station is established by establishing a mapping relationship between the target Wi-Fi access point and the UE, thereby achieving the target. The Wi-Fi access point performs an authentication process on the UE with the help of the base station, so that the UE establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station. , avoiding access delay and improving service quality.

The technical solutions of the above-described method embodiments are described in detail below using three specific embodiments.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the method includes:

S801. The UE sends Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station.

Before the S801, when the user needs to initiate the service to connect to the connected state, the UE initiates a random access procedure on the random access channel, establishes an RRC connection and a data bearer with the mobile cellular network, and uses the mobile cellular network for data communication. When the base station considers that the UE needs to be offloaded to the WLAN, the shunt command indication and the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information are sent to the UE through the RRC signaling message, where the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information includes indicating when the UE performs the measurement, How to measure and when the measurement result is reported, after the UE receives the Wi-Fi signal measurement according to the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information, the Wi-Fi measurement information is obtained, and finally the Wi-Fi measurement is sent to the base station. Quantity information. The Wi-Fi measurement information includes the information of the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the index number corresponding to the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, wherein the Wi-Fi access point information includes Wi-Fi. MAC address.

5802. The base station selects a target Wi-Fi access point that provides a wireless service service for the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, and saves the UE and the target. The mapping relationship of Wi-Fi access points.

The base station generates a Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then sends the frame to the target Wi-Fi access point.

The Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is obtained by the base station in the process of establishing an RRC connection with the UE, and is stored in the local area of the base station. The Wi-Fi capability information of the UE refers to the Wi-Fi category supported by the UE and the supported working frequency band. And other information such as the MAC address of the UE.

S804. After receiving the Wi-Fi authentication request frame sent by the base station, the target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message to the base station if the authentication succeeds.

S805. After receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, the base station sends the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE by using an RRC reconfiguration message according to the mapping relationship between the saved UE and the target Wi-Fi access point. MAC address.

S806. The UE establishes a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point.

FIG. 9 is a signaling flowchart of a second embodiment of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. Similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, as shown in FIG. 9, the method includes: S901, UE Send Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station.

Before S901, when the user needs to initiate a service to connect to the connected state, the UE establishes an RRC connection and a data bearer with the mobile cellular network by initiating a random access procedure on the random access channel, thereby using the mobile cellular network for data communication. When the base station considers that the UE needs to be offloaded to the WLAN, the shunt command indication and the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information are sent to the UE through the RRC signaling message, where the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information includes indicating when the UE performs the measurement, How to measure and when the measurement result is reported, after the UE receives the Wi-Fi measurement information according to the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information, the Wi-Fi measurement information is obtained, and finally the Wi-Fi measurement information is sent to the base station. Wi-Fi measurement information includes information on the best quality Wi-Fi access point, or the index number corresponding to the best quality Wi-Fi access point, or the best quality Wi-Fi access. The index number corresponding to the access point group where the point is located, where the information of the Wi-Fi access point includes the MAC address of the Wi-Fi.

5902. The base station selects a target Wi-Fi access point that provides a wireless service service for the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, and saves the UE and the target. The mapping relationship of Wi-Fi access points.

S903. The base station generates a Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then sends the Wi-Fi authentication request frame to all the Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located. The Wi-Fi capability information is obtained by the base station in the process of establishing an RRC connection with the UE and stored locally in the base station, and also stores all Wi-Fi access in the access point group where the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point are located. The mapping relationship of points. Before the base station sends the Wi-Fi authentication request frame to all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, the base station can access Wi-Fi access within its coverage area. The points are packetized according to the spatial location, and the packet information is broadcast in the cell system message broadcast.

After receiving the Wi-Fi authentication request frame sent by the base station, all the Wi-Fi access points in the target Wi-Fi access point group return a response message to the base station if the authentication succeeds.

S905. After receiving the response message returned by all the Wi-Fi access points in the target Wi-Fi access point group, the base station uses the RRC reconfiguration message according to the mapping relationship between the saved UE and the target Wi-Fi access point. The UE sends the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point.

S906. The UE establishes a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point.

If the UE moves to another Wi-Fi access point in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, the UE acquires the beacon frame of another Wi-Fi access point. The MAC address of another Wi-Fi access point establishes a WLAN connection with another Wi-Fi access point. The process of authentication and authentication is eliminated, and the quality of service is higher.

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a method for establishing a WLAN connection between a user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, the method includes:

S1001: The UE sends Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station.

Before S1001, when the user needs to initiate the service to connect to the connected state, the UE establishes an RRC connection and a data bearer with the mobile cellular network by using a random access procedure on the random access channel to perform data communication by using the mobile cellular network. When the base station thinks it needs to be the UE When the traffic is offloaded to the WLAN, the shunt command indication and the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information are sent to the UE through the RRC signaling message, where the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information includes when the UE is measured, how to measure, and when the measurement result is included. The reported information, after the UE receives the Wi-Fi signal measurement according to the Wi-Fi measurement configuration information, obtains the Wi-Fi measurement information, and finally sends the Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station. Wi-Fi measurement information includes information on the best quality Wi-Fi access point, or the index number corresponding to the best quality Wi-Fi access point, or the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality. The index number corresponding to the access point group, where the information of the Wi-Fi access point includes the MAC address of the Wi-Fi.

51002: The base station selects a target Wi-Fi access point that provides a wireless service service for the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, and saves the UE and the target. The mapping relationship of Wi-Fi access points.

51003. The base station sends a request for establishing a tunnel connection to the target Wi-Fi access point, and carries the UE Tunnel APID allocated to the UE, and saves the first mapping relationship between the C-RNTI of the UE and the UE Tunnel APID.

S1004. After receiving the request for establishing a tunnel connection, the target Wi-Fi access point allocates itself

AP Tunnel APID, and saves the second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID.

SI 005. The target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message carrying the AP Tunnel APID to the base station.

S1006: After receiving the response message, the base station saves the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel.

The second mapping relationship of APID.

51007: The base station sends a MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE by using an RRC reconfiguration message.

The UE generates a Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point and its own Wi-Fi capability information, and sends the frame to the base station through RRC signaling.

51009: The base station sends a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point by establishing a tunnel connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

51010: After receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, the base station forwards the response message to the UE according to the mapping relationship.

Specifically, the base station receives the returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, and carries the AP Tunnel APID. After the response message, the second mapping relationship is found to find the corresponding UE Tunnel APID. The base station finds the C-RNTI corresponding to the UE Tunnel APID according to the first mapping relationship, and forwards the response message to the UE according to the C-RNTI.

S1011: After receiving the response message, the UE establishes a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point sent by the base station.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps to implement the various method embodiments described above can be accomplished by hardware associated with the program instructions. The aforementioned program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The program, when executed, performs the steps including the above method embodiments; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a medium that can store program codes, such as a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a base station according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the base station in this embodiment may include: a receiving module 11, a processing module 12, and a sending module 13, where the receiving module 11 is configured to receive a user equipment UE. Wi-Fi measurement information sent.

The processing module 12 is configured to select a target Wi-Fi access point that provides a wireless service service for the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, and save the UE. The mapping relationship with the target Wi-Fi access point.

The sending module 13 is configured to send a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and after receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, forward the response message to the UE according to the mapping relationship, Instructing the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

The base station of this embodiment may be used to implement the technical solution of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1. The implementation principle is similar, and details are not described herein again.

In the base station provided by the embodiment, the processing module selects, according to the Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the UE and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, the target Wi-Fi for providing the wireless service for the UE. The access point, the sending module sends a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and after receiving the response message of the Wi-Fi access point, the sending module forwards the response message according to the previously saved mapping relationship. Giving the UE, indicating that the UE can establish a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, thereby realizing that the base station can perform authentication of the Wi-Fi access point instead of the UE. The authentication process avoids the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access, High service quality.

In the base station shown in FIG. 11, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information of a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or an index number corresponding to a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, and correspondingly, sends The module 13 is further configured to: generate a Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then send the frame to the target Wi-Fi access point; the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is that the base station establishes an RRC with the UE. The connection is acquired and stored locally at the base station.

Correspondingly, the sending module 13 is further configured to return the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE by using a response message.

The base station of this embodiment may be used to implement the technical solution of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and the implementation principle is similar, and details are not described herein again.

In this embodiment, the sending module generates a Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then sends the Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, so that the base station can replace the UE for the Wi-Fi access point. The right authentication process avoids the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access, thereby improving the quality of service.

In the base station shown in FIG. 11, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes the information of the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the index number corresponding to the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the most signal quality. The index number corresponding to the access point group of the good Wi-Fi access point is correspondingly, the sending module 13 is further configured to: generate a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then send the All Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located; the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is obtained by the base station in the process of establishing an RRC connection with the UE and stored locally at the base station.

Correspondingly, the processing module 12 is further configured to save a mapping relationship between the UE and all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located.

In the above embodiment, the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point includes: a mapping relationship between the C-RNTI or MAC address of the UE and the MAC address or the carrier number of the target Wi-Fi access point.

The base station of this embodiment may be used to implement the technical solution of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 3, and the implementation principle thereof is similar, and details are not described herein again. The base station provided in this embodiment sends a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, and the UE passes the target Wi-Fi. When all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the access point is located are authenticated, the base station receives a response message from each Wi-Fi access point in the group, so that the subsequent UE moves to the target Wi-Fi. When another Wi-Fi access point is located in the access point group where the access point is located, the MAC address of another Wi-Fi access point can be directly sent to the UE, eliminating the process of authentication and authentication, and the quality of service. higher.

In the base station shown in FIG. 11, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information of a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or an index number corresponding to a Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, and correspondingly, sends The module 13 is configured by the processing module 12 to send a request for establishing a tunnel connection to the target Wi-Fi access point after selecting the target Wi-Fi access point that provides the wireless service service for the UE, and carries the UE Tunnel APID allocated for the UE.

The processing module 12 is further configured to save a first mapping relationship between the C-RNTI of the UE and the UE Tunnel APID.

The receiving module 11 is further configured to receive, by the target Wi-Fi access point, a response message that carries the AP Tunnel APID allocated by the target Wi-Fi access point for itself, and the processing module further uses and saves the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID. The second mapping relationship. The mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point includes a first mapping relationship and a second mapping relationship.

Further, the sending module 13 is further configured to send the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE.

The receiving module 11 is further configured to receive a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame returned by the UE, where the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame is generated by the UE according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point and the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE. .

The sending module 13 is further configured to send a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point by establishing a tunnel connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

Further, the sending module 14 is further configured to:

After receiving the AP Tunnel APID response message and receiving the message from the target Wi-Fi access point, the corresponding UE Tunnel APID is found according to the second mapping relationship.

Finding a C-RNTI corresponding to the UE Tunnel APID according to the first mapping relationship, and forwarding the response message to the UE according to the C-RNTI. In the above embodiment, the sending module 13 is further configured to:

If the processing module does not select the target Wi-Fi access point according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, send an RRC reconfiguration message to the UE to indicate The UE turns off the Wi-Fi transceiver.

The base station of this embodiment may be used to implement the technical solution of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 4, and the implementation principle is similar, and details are not described herein again.

The base station provided in this embodiment implements the authentication process of the base station to help the UE perform the authentication process of the Wi-Fi access point, and avoids the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access. , improve the quality of service.

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a user equipment according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the base station in this embodiment may include: a sending module 21 and a processing module 22, where

The sending module 21 is configured to send Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station, where the base station selects to provide the wireless service service for the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. Target Wi-Fi access point, and save the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; and send a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, after receiving the target Wi-Fi After the response message returned by the access point, the UE is instructed to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship.

The processing module 22 is configured to establish a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

Optionally, the Wi-Fi authentication request frame is generated by the UE according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, and the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE.

Further, the Wi-Fi measurement information includes the information of the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the index number corresponding to the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi connection with the best signal quality. The index number corresponding to the access point group where the inbound point is located, and the processing module 22 is configured to:

Obtaining a beacon frame of the another Wi-Fi access point if the UE moves to another Wi-Fi access point coverage within the access point group in which the target Wi-Fi access point is located Obtaining a MAC address of the other Wi-Fi access point to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the other Wi-Fi access point.

Optionally, the processing module 22 is further configured to:

Receiving an RRC reconfiguration that is sent by the base station to instruct the UE to turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver When the message is set, the Wi-Fi transceiver is turned off.

The user equipment in this embodiment may be used to implement the technical solution of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and the implementation principle and technical effects are similar, and details are not described herein again.

The user equipment provided in this embodiment sends Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station through the sending module, so that the base station selects according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. Providing a target Wi-Fi access point for the wireless service service to the UE, and preserving the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point, and then transmitting the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame or forwarding the UE to the Wi-Fi access point The generated Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame, the processing module establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, thereby implementing the assistance of the UE at the base station. The base station replaces the UE to perform the authentication and authentication process of the Wi-Fi access point, thereby avoiding the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access, thereby improving the quality of service.

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 13, the base station in this embodiment may include: a receiving module 31 and a sending module 32, where

The receiving module 31 is configured to receive a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station.

The sending module 32 is configured to return a response message to the base station, where the base station forwards the response message to the UE, to instruct the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station. connection.

The Wi-Fi access point in this embodiment may be used to implement the technical solution of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 6. The implementation principle and the technical effect are similar, and details are not described herein again.

After receiving the Wi-Fi authentication request frame sent by the base station, the Wi-Fi access point provided by the embodiment returns a response message to the base station, so that the base station can forward the response message to the UE. And instructing the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station. Therefore, the target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message to the base station for the base station to forward to the UE when the base station replaces the UE for the authentication and authentication process, and indicates the MAC of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the UE according to the base station. Address, establish a wireless LAN WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point, avoiding access delay and improving service quality.

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, the base station in this embodiment further includes a processing module 33, where The receiving module 31 is further configured to: before receiving the Wi-Fi authentication request frame sent by the base station, receive a request for establishing a tunnel connection that is sent by the base station and carries the UE Tunnel APID allocated for the UE.

The processing module 33 is configured to allocate an AP Tunnel APID to itself, and save a second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID.

The sending module 32 is further configured to return a response message carrying the AP Tunnel APID to the base station, so that the base station saves the second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID.

The Wi-Fi access point in this embodiment may be used to implement the technical solution of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 7. The implementation principle and the technical effect are similar, and details are not described herein again.

The Wi-Fi access point provided in this embodiment establishes a mapping relationship between the UE and the base station by establishing a mapping relationship between the target Wi-Fi access point and the UE, thereby realizing the help of the target Wi-Fi access point at the base station. Performing an authentication process on the UE, so that the UE establishes a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, thereby avoiding the access delay and improving the access delay. service quality.

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a base station according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, the base station in this embodiment may include: a receiver 41, a processor 42 and a transmitter 43, where

The receiver 41 is configured to receive Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the user equipment UE.

The processor 42 is configured to select a target Wi-Fi access point that provides a wireless service service for the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, and save the UE. The mapping relationship with the target Wi-Fi access point.

The transmitter 43 is configured to send a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and after receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, forward the response message to the UE according to the mapping relationship, Instructing the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

The base station of this embodiment may be used to implement the technical solution of the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1. The implementation principle and technical effects are similar, and details are not described herein again.

The base station provided by the embodiment is configured to select, according to the Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the UE and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, the target Wi-Fi for providing the wireless service for the UE. An access point, and then the transmitter sends a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and after receiving the response message of the Wi-Fi access point, the processor according to the The previously saved mapping relationship forwards the response message to the UE, indicating that the UE can establish a WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, thereby implementing the base station to replace the UE. The authentication and authentication process of the Wi-Fi access point avoids the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access, thereby improving the quality of service.

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a user equipment according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 16, the base station in this embodiment may include: a transmitter 51 and a processor 52, where

The transmitter 51 is configured to send Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station, where the base station selects to provide the wireless service service for the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. Target Wi-Fi access point, and save the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; and send a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, after receiving the target Wi-Fi After the response message returned by the access point, the UE is instructed to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship.

The processor 52 is configured to establish a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

The user equipment provided in this embodiment sends Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station through the transmitter, so that the base station selects according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. Providing a target Wi-Fi access point for the wireless service service to the UE, and preserving the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point, and then transmitting the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame or forwarding the UE to the Wi-Fi access point The generated Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame, the processor establishes a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station, thereby implementing the help of the UE at the base station. The base station replaces the UE to perform the authentication and authentication process of the Wi-Fi access point, thereby avoiding the access delay, and the base station can also control the UE to select an appropriate Wi-Fi access point to access, thereby improving the quality of service.

17 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 3 of a Wi-Fi access point according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 17, the base station in this embodiment may include: a receiver 61 and a transmitter 62, where

The receiver 61 is configured to receive a Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station.

The transmitter 62 is configured to return a response message to the base station, where the base station forwards the response message to the UE. Instructing the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

After receiving the Wi-Fi authentication authentication request frame sent by the base station, the Wi-Fi access point provided by the embodiment returns a response message to the base station if the authentication passes the transmitter, so that the base station can forward the response message to the UE. , to instruct the UE according to the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station

MAC address, establish a wireless LAN WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point. Therefore, the target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message to the base station for the base station to forward to the UE when the base station replaces the UE for the authentication and authentication process, and indicates the MAC of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the UE according to the base station. Address, establish a wireless LAN WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point, avoiding access delay and improving service quality.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or substitutions do not deviate from the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention. range.

Claims

claims

1. A method of establishing a WLAN connection between user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point, which is characterized by including:

The base station receives the Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the user equipment UE;

The base station selects a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless business services to the UE based on the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. , and save the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; the base station sends a Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and after receiving the target Wi-Fi After the response message is returned by the Fi access point, the response message is forwarded to the UE according to the mapping relationship to instruct the UE according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station. , establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information about the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the best signal quality. index number;

Correspondingly, the base station sends a Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, including:

The base station generates the Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then sends it to the target Wi-Fi access point; the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is the The base station obtains and stores it locally in the base station during the process of establishing an RRC connection with the UE;

Correspondingly, the base station returns the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE through the response message.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information about the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the best signal quality. The index number, or the index number corresponding to the access point group where the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality is located;

The base station generates the Wi-Fi authentication based on the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE. The request frame is then sent to all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located; the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is the base station established with the UE. Obtained and stored locally in the base station during the RRC connection process;

Correspondingly, the base station also saves the mapping relationship between the UE and all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located;

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point includes: the C-RNTI or MAC address of the UE, and the target Wi-Fi access point. Mapping relationship between MAC addresses or operator numbers of Wi-Fi access points.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information about the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the best signal quality. index number;

Accordingly, after selecting the target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless business services to the UE, the method further includes:

The base station sends a request to establish a tunnel connection to the target Wi-Fi access point, carrying the UE Tunnel APID allocated to the UE; and saves the first C-RNTI of the UE and the UE Tunnel APID. Mapping relations;

The base station receives the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point and carries the AP Tunnel APID allocated by the target Wi-Fi access point for itself, and saves the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID. The second mapping relationship;

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the base station sending a Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point includes:

The base station sends the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE; the base station receives the Wi-Fi authentication request frame returned by the UE, and the Wi-Fi authentication request frame is The UE is generated based on the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point and its own Wi-Fi capability information;

The base station communicates to the target Wi-Fi access point through the established tunnel connection. The target Wi-Fi access point sends a Wi-Fi authentication request frame.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, after receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, forward the response message to the UE according to the mapping relationship include:

The base station receives the information returned by the target Wi-Fi access point and carries the AP Tunnel

After the APID responds to the message, the corresponding UE Tunnel APID is found according to the second mapping relationship; the base station then finds the C-RNTI corresponding to the UE Tunnel APID according to the first mapping relationship, and according to the C-RNTI -RNTI forwards the response message to the UE.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: if the base station determines the Wi-Fi measurement information based on the Wi-Fi measurement information and each Wi-Fi data corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. If the load information of the Fi access point does not select the target Wi-Fi access point, an RRC reconfiguration message is sent to the UE to instruct the UE to turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver.

9. A method of establishing a WLAN connection between user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point, which is characterized by including:

The user equipment UE sends Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station for the base station to measure according to the

Wi-Fi measurement information and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, select a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless business services to the UE, and save the UE Mapping relationship with the target Wi-Fi access point; and sending a Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, after receiving the response returned by the target Wi-Fi access point After sending the message, instruct the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship;

The UE establishes a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection with the target Wi-Fi access point based on the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that, the Wi-Fi authentication request frame is the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the UE according to the base station, and itself Wi-Fi capability information generated.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information about the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality. The index number corresponding to the point, or the index number corresponding to the access point group where the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality is located, the UE is based on the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station. The MAC address, after establishing a wireless LAN WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point, also includes:

If the UE moves to the coverage of another Wi-Fi access point in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located, then by obtaining the beacon frame of the other Wi-Fi access point Obtain the MAC address of the other Wi-Fi access point, and establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the other Wi-Fi access point.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further includes: if the UE receives an RRC reconfiguration sent by the base station to instruct the UE to turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver. message, turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver.

13. A method of establishing a WLAN connection between user equipment and a Wi-Fi access point, which is characterized by including:

The target Wi-Fi access point receives the Wi-Fi authentication request frame sent by the base station, and the target Wi-Fi access point is based on the Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the user equipment UE and the The Wi-Fi measurement information is selected based on the load information of each Wi-Fi access point; the target Wi-Fi access point returns a response message to the base station for the base station to forward the response message to the base station. The UE is configured to instruct the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point based on the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein before the target Wi-Fi access point receives the Wi-Fi authentication request frame sent by the base station, the method further includes:

The target Wi-Fi access point receives a request to establish a tunnel connection sent by the base station and carrying the UE Tunnel APID assigned to the UE;

The target Wi-Fi access point allocates an AP Tunnel APID to itself, and saves the second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID;

15. A base station, characterized by including:

a processing module, configured to perform processing according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the Wi-Fi measurement information Corresponding load information of each Wi-Fi access point, select a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless business services to the UE, and save the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; A sending module, configured to send a Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, and after receiving the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, send the requested frame to the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship. The response message is forwarded to the UE to instruct the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

16. The base station according to claim 15, wherein the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information about the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the best signal quality. index number;

Correspondingly, the sending module is also configured to: generate the Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then send it to the target Wi-Fi access point;

The Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is obtained by the base station during the process of establishing an RRC connection with the UE and stored locally in the base station;

Correspondingly, the sending module is also configured to return the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE through the response message.

17. The base station according to claim 15, wherein the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information about the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the best signal quality. The index number, or the index number corresponding to the access point group where the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality is located;

Correspondingly, the sending module is also configured to: generate the Wi-Fi authentication request frame according to the Wi-Fi capability information of the UE, and then send it to the access point where the target Wi-Fi access point is located. All Wi-Fi access points in the point group; The Wi-Fi capability information of the UE is obtained by the base station during the process of establishing an RRC connection with the UE and stored locally in the base station;

Correspondingly, the processing module is also configured to save the mapping relationship between the UE and all Wi-Fi access points in the access point group where the target Wi-Fi access point is located;

18. The base station according to any one of claims 16 or 17, wherein the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point includes: C-RNTI or MAC of the UE. The mapping relationship between the address and the MAC address or operator number of the target Wi-Fi access point.

19. The base station according to claim 15, wherein the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information about the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the best signal quality. index number;

Correspondingly, the sending module is configured to send the processing module a request to establish a tunnel connection to the target Wi-Fi access point after selecting a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless services to the UE, And carry the UE Tunnel APID assigned to the UE;

The processing module is also configured to save the first mapping relationship between the C-RNTI of the UE and the UE Tunnel APID;

The receiving module is also used to receive a response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point carrying the AP Tunnel APID allocated by the target Wi-Fi access point for itself, and the processing module is also used to save it. The second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID;

20. The base station according to claim 19, wherein the sending module is further configured to send the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point to the UE;

The receiving module is also configured to receive a Wi-Fi authentication request frame returned by the UE. The Wi-Fi authentication request frame is the UE's MAC address and Generated from its own Wi-Fi capability information;

The sending module is also configured to send a Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point through the established tunnel connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

21. The base station according to claim 20, the sending module is also used for:

After receiving the response message carrying the AP Tunnel APID returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, find the corresponding UE Tunnel APID according to the second mapping relationship;

Find the C-RNTI corresponding to the UE Tunnel APID according to the first mapping relationship, and forward the response message to the UE according to the C-RNTI.

22. The base station according to any one of claims 15 to 21, characterized in that the sending module is also used for: If the processing module does not select the target Wi-Fi access point based on the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, then The UE sends an RRC reconfiguration message to instruct the UE to turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver.

23. A user equipment, characterized by: including:

A sending module, configured to send Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station for the base station to use according to the

Wi-Fi measurement information and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, select a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless business services to the UE, and save the UE Mapping relationship with the target Wi-Fi access point; and sending a Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, after receiving the response returned by the target Wi-Fi access point After the message is sent, instruct the UE to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship;

A processing module, configured to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

24. The user equipment according to claim 23, characterized in that the Wi-Fi authentication request frame is based on the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the UE from the base station.

MAC address, and its own Wi-Fi capability information.

25. The user equipment according to claim 23 or 24, characterized in that the Wi-Fi measurement information includes information about the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality, or the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality. The index number corresponding to the access point, or the index number corresponding to the access point group where the Wi-Fi access point with the best signal quality is located, the processing module is used to:

26. The user equipment according to claim 23, characterized in that the processing module is also used to:

If the RRC reconfiguration message sent by the base station and used to instruct the UE to turn off the Wi-Fi transceiver is received, the Wi-Fi transceiver is turned off.

27. A Wi-Fi access point, characterized by including:

The receiving module is used to receive the Wi-Fi authentication request frame sent by the base station; A sending module, configured to return a response message to the base station, for the base station to forward the response message to the UE, to instruct the UE to respond according to the MAC of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station. address, and establish a wireless LAN WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

28. The Wi-Fi access point according to claim 27, characterized in that, the receiving module is further configured to: receive, before the Wi-Fi authentication request frame sent by the base station, the carrying There is a request to establish a tunnel connection with the UE Tunnel APID assigned to the UE; the Wi-Fi access point also includes:

The processing module is used to allocate the AP Tunnel APID to itself, and save the second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID;

The sending module is also configured to return a response message carrying the AP Tunnel APID to the base station, so that the base station saves the second mapping relationship between the UE Tunnel APID and the AP Tunnel APID.

29. A base station, characterized by: including:

Receiver, used to receive Wi-Fi measurement information sent by the user equipment UE;

A processor, configured to select a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless business services to the UE according to the Wi-Fi measurement information and the load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information. Entry point, and save the mapping relationship between the UE and the target Wi-Fi access point; Transmitter, used to send a Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, after receiving After the response message returned by the target Wi-Fi access point, the response message is forwarded to the UE according to the mapping relationship to instruct the UE to access the target Wi-Fi according to the target Wi-Fi returned by the base station. MAC address of the point to establish a wireless LAN WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.

30. A user equipment, characterized by: including:

Transmitter, used to send Wi-Fi measurement information to the base station for the base station to use according to the

Wi-Fi measurement information and load information of each Wi-Fi access point corresponding to the Wi-Fi measurement information, select a target Wi-Fi access point that provides wireless business services to the UE, and save the UE Mapping relationship with the target Wi-Fi access point; and sending a Wi-Fi authentication request frame to the target Wi-Fi access point, after receiving the response returned by the target Wi-Fi access point After sending the message, instruct the UE to establish establishment with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the mapping relationship. Wireless LAN WLAN connection;

A processor, configured to establish a wireless local area network WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point according to the MAC address of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station.

31. A Wi-Fi access point, characterized by including:

Receiver, used to receive the Wi-Fi authentication request frame sent by the base station;

A transmitter configured to return a response message to the base station, for the base station to forward the response message to the UE to instruct the UE according to the MAC of the target Wi-Fi access point returned by the base station. address, and establish a wireless LAN WLAN connection with the target Wi-Fi access point.