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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
Chao Yang, Nanjing, CN;
Zhongyin Jiang, Nanjing, CN;
Bo Ling, Shenzhen, CN;
Keyang Yin, Nanjing, CN;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
This application provides network-based device connection methods and devices. One method includes: receiving a first broadcast message from a second device and a second broadcast message from a third device, in response to determining that a quantity of available Wi-Fi connections of the second device is not greater than zero, and the second device is not connected to the first device through Wi-Fi, determining, based on connected device information of the second device and available Wi-Fi connection information of the third device, that the third device is connected to the second device through Wi-Fi and that a quantity of available Wi-Fi connections of the third device is greater than zero, and establishing a Wi-Fi link between the first device and the third device for the third device to forward the first packet received from the first device to the second device through a Wi-Fi link between the third device and the second device.