US 11,812,478 B2
Network access method and apparatus
Wei Hong, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/277,568
Filed by BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/108783
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/062167, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0352736 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 74/0841 (2013.01) [H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network access method, comprising:
establishing a device-to-device (D2D) communication connection between a terminal and a smart home device;
sending, by the smart home device, access requirement information to the terminal over the D2D communication connection, the access requirement information indicating a condition to be satisfied by a base station to be accessed by the smart home device;
determining, by the terminal, a target base station based on the access requirement information;
acquiring, by the terminal, access information for accessing the target base station;
sending, by the terminal, the access information to the smart home device over the D2D communication connection; and
initiating, by the smart home device, random access to the target base station based on the access information.