CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 57 Claims |
1. A management system, comprising:
an access point, configured to receive and transmit data according to a Wi-Fi protocol; and
a plurality of docking station devices, each of the docking station devices comprising:
an interface, configured to couple one or a plurality of electronic devices;
a wireless sensor network transceiver circuit, configured to receive and transmit data from and to another docking station devices primarily according to a short-distance or low-energy wireless network communication protocol;
a Wi-Fi transceiver circuit, configured to receive and transmit data from and to the access point according to a Wi-Fi protocol; and
a control circuit, coupled to the interface, the wireless sensor network transceiver circuit, and the Wi-Fi transceiver circuit,
wherein the docking station devices are configured to be communicatively connected to each other through their wireless sensor network transceiver circuits to form a mesh network through which a first one of the plurality of docking station devices is configured to receive data through the interface, the wireless sensor network transceiver circuit, and/or Wi-Fi transceiver circuit and then transmit the received data to a second one of the plurality of docking station devices; and
a backend server configured to transmit a grouping signal to the plurality of docking station devices through the mesh network to divide the plurality of docking station devices into a plurality of groups, each of which has less than N of the docking station devices to form the mesh network.
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