Patent ID: 11956761
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. An Internet of Things (IoT) system, comprising:
at least one terminal, at least two gateways and a server, wherein
the server is configured to: assign a first channel to a first gateway, the first gateway being any one of the at least two gateways, and send a broadcast instruction to the first gateway, the broadcast instruction being configured to instruct the first gateway to send broadcast information on the first channel;
the at least one terminal and the at least two gateways other than the first gateway that is broadcasting are configured to: monitor the broadcast information on the first channel, and send first monitoring information to the server after the broadcast information is monitored, the first monitoring information comprising the broadcast information monitored on the first channel; and
the server is further configured to: acquire a set of first monitoring information, the set of first monitoring information comprising at least one piece of the first monitoring information which comes from neighboring gateways of the first gateway; determine, based on the set of first monitoring information, a second gateway from the neighboring gateways of the first gateway; and assign a second channel different from the first channel to the second gateway.