Method of control of an access point of a home gateway of a home network

摘要

A method of controlling a domestic gateway, intended to connect at least one domestic terminal of a domestic computer network to a telecommunication network. The domestic gateway includes an access point configured so as to establish a connection between the domestic terminal and the domestic gateway. Method includes: a step of verifying the state of the connection between the domestic gateway and the domestic terminal via the access point, and a step of cyclically placing the access point on standby if the connection is inactive, in which the access point is alternately enabled for a duration of activity and disabled for a duration of sleep.

主权项

1. A method of controlling a home gateway to connect at least one home terminal of a computerized home network to a telecommunication network, the home gateway comprising an access point configured to establish a WiFi connection between said home terminal and the home gateway, the method comprising acts of:
verifying a state of the WiFi connection between the home gateway and said home terminal via the access point, placing said access point on cyclic standby if said WiFi connection is inactive, in which the access point is alternately turned on for a period of activity and turned off for a period of sleep, and waking up the access point from cyclic standby subsequent to receipt, by said access point on cyclic standby, of a request for connection to the home gateway of an undefined terminal, if the request is received during a period of activity during cyclic standby, and without prior sending of a beacon by the access point.