METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING CHANNEL BETWEEN USER AGENT AND WIRELESS LAN ACCESS POINT IN ENVIRONMENT WHERE A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS LAN ACCESS POINTS ARE INSTALLED

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for establishing a channel between a user agent and a wireless LAN access point in an environment where a plurality of wireless LAN access points are installed. SOLUTION: The method is provided for communication between access points (APs) and for a user agent (UA)'s selecting an AP and establishing a connection by which in establishing a connection between a wireless LAN AP providing a wireless LAN service and the UA in a public wireless LAN service utilizing a wireless LAN technology, a maximum efficiency of the AP and a maximum performance of the UA can be obtained. According to the method, the number of user agents connected to a current AP and the amount of traffic being currently processed are compared with the maximum capacity of a neighboring AP and the number of user agents connected to and being served by the neighboring AP, to recommend an optimum AP to the user agent. By doing so, the user agent is allowed to comprehensively review information on the number of user agents connected to an adjacent AP and the amount of traffic being processed by the AP as well as reception sensitivity, and then to select an optimum AP. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI