Patent ID: 9706483
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. An apparatus for accessing a wireless network, the apparatus comprising: an access manager configured to request access to a wireless network according to a wireless network access condition including at least one desired service set identifier (SSID); and a wireless network access module configured to search for at least one wireless network corresponding to the at least one desired SSID, and access the searched at least one wireless network, wherein the access manager and the wireless network access module are implemented via at least one central processing unit (CPU) or at least one hardware processor, wherein the wireless network access condition further includes at least one of information on a desired radio frequency band of a wireless network corresponding to a desired SSID and information on a desired radio frequency band of an access point (AP) in the wireless network corresponding to the desired SSID, wherein the wireless network access module is configured to access at least one of the desired radio frequency band of the wireless network corresponding to the desired SSID and the desired radio frequency band of the AP in the wireless network corresponding to the desired SSID, and wherein the wireless network access module is configured to set a wireless channel scanning range of a wireless communication modem included in the wireless network access module so that the wireless communication modem scans only a wireless channel of the desired radio frequency band.