CN1829165A

CN1829165A - Minimum intervention authentication of heterogeneous network technologies (MIAHNT)

Info

Publication number: CN1829165A
Application number: CN 200610003751
Authority: CN
Inventors: 斯蒂芬·帕姆
Original assignee: Zyray Wireless Inc
Current assignee: Broadcom Corp; Zyray Wireless Inc
Priority date: 2005-02-01
Filing date: 2006-02-05
Publication date: 2006-09-06

Abstract

Methods and systems for enabling communication of information within a network are disclosed herein and comprise receiving at a first communication device located within a network, configuration information from a network service provider for configuring a plurality of communication devices located within said network. The first communication device located within the network can be configured based on at least a portion of the received configuration information. In response to a user input at a second communication device located within the network, at least a portion of the received configuration information can be communicated from the first communication device to the second communication device located within the network. The network service provider can be coupled to the first communication device via a wired connection. The network can comprise a wireless network.

Description

The minimum interference of heterogeneous network technologies is identified

Technical field

The present invention relates to communication network management, or rather, the minimum interference that relates to heterogeneous network technologies is identified the method and system of (MIAHNT).

Background technology

Home network makes the user that wired concern that the ubiquitous available digital content that provides is subjected to sustainable growth that is connected with wireless home network can be provided.The several data form is exchanged in current communication network, for example, and sound, finance and business information, digital content and Email etc.The most information that exchanged are personal information, need protect in case by the invasion activity of eavesdropping, change and/or other form it.For this type of protection is provided, the radio network technique of current majority has made up safety function.Safety function can typically be comprised the parameter that provides about network running and safety is provided.Usually, these parameters are programmed by network manager.In the situation of the Wireless Communication Equipment that is applicable to the consumption market, the programming of this type of parameter can be enough to coerce and confuse the user, so that the manager of dwelling house Wireless Communication Equipment is carried out the task that correct network securityization relates to and is difficult to handle.

Similarly, wired home network technologies of many " non-new netting twine ", for example (for example, HomePNA), network of wires (for example for telephone line network, HomePlug), coaxial network (for example, MoCA) or the like, the characteristic similar had to radio network technique, because these leads always are interconnected with neighbours directly or indirectly, so transmission wherein can be monitored by adjacent system.Therefore, the situation of the Wireless Communication Equipment of using as the consumption market, the programming of this type of parameter can make the user confuse to be difficult to handle to cause dwelling house cable network equipment manager to carry out the task that correct safe network relates to.Finally, this type of wired and wireless system can be connected to each other, and produces the additional difficulty of network system security.

In conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in the application's the elaboration with the lower part, by the contrast of this type systematic and aspects more of the present invention, further restriction and shortcoming conventional and conventional method are conspicuous for those skilled in the art.

Summary of the invention

The minimum interference that is used for heterogeneous network technologies is identified the method and system of (MIAHNT), shown at least one accompanying drawing and/or get in touch this accompanying drawing and describe, obtains more complete elaboration in the claims fully.

According to an aspect of this invention, provide a kind of method that the message transmission in the network can be carried out, the method comprises:

Receive configuration information so that a plurality of equipment in the network are configured by remote source in first communication equipment in network;

Dispose above-mentioned first communication equipment in the above-mentioned network based at least a portion of above-mentioned reception configuration information;

And the user input of the second communication equipment of response in above-mentioned network is by the configuration information of the above-mentioned reception of the above-mentioned first communication equipment transmission at least a portion above-mentioned second communication equipment to the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, the method further comprises, by in wired connection and the wireless connections at least one, transmit the above-mentioned second communication equipment of the above-mentioned reception configuration information of above-mentioned at least a portion to the above-mentioned communication network by above-mentioned first communication equipment.

Preferably, the method further comprises, the third communication equipment of the configuration information that transmits the above-mentioned reception of above-mentioned at least a portion to the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, above-mentioned first communication equipment and above-mentioned third communication equipment are coupled by wireless connections and wired connection at least one.

Preferably, the method further comprises, by the above-mentioned reception configuration information of the above-mentioned at least a portion of above-mentioned third communication device transmission second communication equipment to the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, above-mentioned is the input of second communication equipment in the above-mentioned network of response by third communication equipment to the message transmission of above-mentioned second communication equipment.

Preferably, above-mentioned third communication equipment and above-mentioned second communication equipment are coupled by wireless connections and wired connection at least one.

Preferably, the input of second communication equipment comprises in importing one of hardware button input and software push buttons at least in the above-mentioned network.

An aspect according to this invention, the computer program that the message transmission that provides a machine-readable storage that is used for storing, to make network can be carried out with at least one code area, this can be comprised by at least one code area that machine is carried out to cause the machine execution in step:

Receive configuration information so that a plurality of equipment in the network are configured by remote source in one first communication equipment from network;

Based on the configuration information of the above-mentioned reception of at least a portion, dispose above-mentioned first communication equipment in the above-mentioned network;

Preferably, by in wired connection and the wireless connections at least one, transmit the above-mentioned second communication equipment of the above-mentioned reception configuration information of above-mentioned at least a portion to the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, described machine readable storage further comprises a third communication equipment in the above-mentioned network, wherein the third communication equipment of first communication equipment configuration information that transmits the above-mentioned reception of above-mentioned at least a portion to the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, above-mentioned first communication equipment and third communication equipment are by at least one is coupled in wired connection and the wireless connections.

Preferably, the above-mentioned reception configuration information of the above-mentioned at least a portion of above-mentioned third communication device transmission second communication equipment to the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, the input of second communication equipment comprises in the input of hardware button and software push buttons one at least in the above-mentioned network.

According to an aspect of this invention, a system that the message transmission in the network can be carried out is provided, this system comprises:

First communication equipment in the network receives configuration information with a plurality of communication equipments in the configuration network by remote source;

Above-mentioned first communication equipment is configured based on the above-mentioned reception configuration information of at least a portion in the wherein above-mentioned network;

And the second communication equipment of the above-mentioned reception configuration information of wherein above-mentioned first communication equipment transmission at least a portion to the network is to respond user's input of above-mentioned second communication equipment in the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, above-mentioned first communication equipment by in wired connection and the wireless connections at least one, the configuration information of transmission at least a portion above-mentioned reception above-mentioned second communication equipment to the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, above-mentioned first communication equipment transmits the above-mentioned reception configuration information of above-mentioned at least a portion third communication equipment to the network.

Preferably, the above-mentioned reception configuration information of the above-mentioned at least a portion of above-mentioned third communication device transmission above-mentioned second communication equipment to the above-mentioned network.

According to an aspect of this invention, a kind of method that message transmission in the network can be carried out is provided, the method comprises:

First communication equipment in network receives configuration information with a plurality of communication equipments in the configuration network by remote source;

Based on the above-mentioned reception configuration information of at least a portion, dispose above-mentioned first communication equipment in the above-mentioned network;

And, the user's input that responds in the above-mentioned network at third communication equipment, the configuration information that the third communication equipment of transmission at least a portion from above-mentioned second communication equipment to above-mentioned network receives.

Preferably, the method comprises that further be second form by above-mentioned first communication equipment, the data that will transmit by first format conversion between above-mentioned second communication equipment and above-mentioned third communication equipment.

Preferably, above-mentioned first form is that the 2nd layer (L2) of OSI and above-mentioned second form are the 3rd layer of OSI (L3).

Preferably, above-mentioned first form is that the 3rd layer (L3) of OSI and above-mentioned second form are the 2nd layer of OSI (L2).

Preferably, above-mentioned first communication equipment and above-mentioned second communication equipment are coupled by wireless connections and wired connection at least one.

Preferably, the method further comprises, in the configuration signal of above-mentioned second communication equipment reception from remote operator.

Preferably, the method further comprises, based on the above-mentioned configuration information of at least a portion that receives from above-mentioned remote operator, disposes above-mentioned first communication equipment in the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, the method further comprises, responds user's input of above-mentioned the 3rd equipment in the above-mentioned network, the above-mentioned reception configuration information that transmission at least a portion is received by above-mentioned remote operator above-mentioned third communication equipment to the above-mentioned network.

An aspect according to this invention, the machine-readable storage that is provided for storing, the computer program that the message transmission in the network can be carried out with at least one code area, this at least one code area to cause the machine execution in step of being carried out by machine comprises:

First communication equipment in network receives configuration information from second communication equipment so that a plurality of communication equipments in the network are provided with;

And the user input of the third communication equipment of response in above-mentioned network is by the configuration information of the above-mentioned reception of the above-mentioned second communication device transmission at least a portion above-mentioned third communication equipment to the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, this machine readable storage further comprises, being used for by above-mentioned first communication equipment, the data that will transmit between above-mentioned second communication equipment and third communication equipment is the code of second form by first format conversion.

Preferably, machine readable storage further comprises the code that is used for receiving from remote operator at above-mentioned second communication equipment above-mentioned configuration information.

Preferably, machine readable storage further comprises, by the above-mentioned configuration information that above-mentioned remote operator receives, disposes the coding of above-mentioned first communication equipment in the above-mentioned network based at least a portion.

Preferably, machine readable storage further comprises, by the coding of the configuration information of the above-mentioned reception of above-mentioned remote operator transmission at least a portion above-mentioned third communication equipment to the above-mentioned network, to respond above-mentioned user's input of above-mentioned third communication equipment in the above-mentioned network.

First communication equipment in the network receives configuration information to dispose a plurality of communication equipments by second communication equipment;

Wherein, based on the above-mentioned reception configuration information of at least a portion, dispose above-mentioned first communication equipment in the above-mentioned network;

Wherein, above-mentioned first communication equipment is received at least a portion by second communication equipment above-mentioned configuration information transfers to the third communication equipment in the above-mentioned network, to respond user's input of above-mentioned third communication equipment in the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, above-mentioned first communication equipment will be between above-mentioned second communication equipment and third communication equipment be second form by the above-mentioned first communication equipment information transmitted by first format conversion.

Preferably, above-mentioned second communication equipment receives above-mentioned configuration information by remote operator.

Preferably, the above-mentioned configuration information of at least a portion based on being accepted by above-mentioned remote operator disposes first communication equipment in the above-mentioned network.

Preferably, above-mentioned first communication equipment transfers to above-mentioned third communication equipment in the above-mentioned network with the above-mentioned configuration information that is received by above-mentioned remote operator of at least a portion, to respond user's input of above-mentioned third communication equipment in the above-mentioned network.

Advantage of the present invention, various aspects and new characteristic, and the details shown in the embodiment can be fully understood by following elaboration and accompanying drawing.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 shows that an example realizing network configuration.

Fig. 2 a is depicted as the communication network example of realization corresponding to the part of the communication network shown in Fig. 1, wherein can carry out long-range setting to residential gateway and PC main frame.

Fig. 2 b is depicted as and shows long-range flow chart that the example of authentication step is set of executive communication in the heterogeneous network.

Fig. 3 shows the example of an execution corresponding to the implementation method of the part of communication network among Fig. 1, and wherein residential gateway and a PC main frame can be performed long-range setting.

Figure 4 shows that and show long-range flow chart that the example of authentication step is set of executive communication in the heterogeneous network.

Embodiment

Various aspects of the present invention relate to configure communication network, or rather, relate to the security parameter that local and remote configuration comprises the heterogeneous network of wired and wireless communication section.Although following description is done reference with particular communication network technology and network entity, but the present invention can not be defined to wherein, and the network technology of the different arrangement of other network enabled entity do not depart from the scope of the present invention with the spirit situation under can be used.In addition, " equipment " and " function " is mentioned in following description, do not depart from the scope of the present invention with the spirit situation under, carry out given function " x " for one and can be used as " x " equipment, perhaps " x " function as the equipment of its operation part.

According to one embodiment of the present of invention, the one or more network equipments in heterogeneous network can serviced provider and/or by using the Internet communication apparatus remote in the heterogeneous network to identify.In this, the configuration information of a plurality of equipment can be received by the gateway device in the network by the Internet Service Provider in the network.Based on the configuration information that receives, gateway device can Remote configuration.With the input of second network equipment in the response to network, the part of the configuration information of reception can transfer to second network equipment in the network by gateway device.Therefore second network equipment can partly be configured based on the reception configuration information of transmission.

Figure 1 shows that the embodiment of the present invention in network configuration.With reference to Fig. 1, communication network 100 comprises a broadband-access provider (BAP) 105,110, one of a residential gateway has the storage (NAS) 130 of 125, one network building-outs of media center server of TV 128, people's computer (PC) main frame 140 one by one, 150, one of a bridge accessing points has 175, one PC main frames 145 of networking client of television set 178, honeycomb and Wi-Fi phone 185 and a wireless service provider 190.Residential gateway 110 can be by for example inside or external modem and BAP 105 communicative couplings.BAP 105 can be ISP for example.Although be called residential gateway, in fact, residential gateway 110 can be located in any hypothesis prerequisite that requires broadband-access, comprises for example dwelling house and commercial the setting.

Cable network A120 residential gateway 110 that is coupled communicatedly, media center server 125, NAS130, media client 175, bridge accessing points 150 and PC main frame 140.Residential gateway 110 also can be communicated by letter with wireless mode by wireless network B115 with NAS130, PC main frame 140 and honeycomb and Wi-Fi phone 185.PC main frame 140 is communicated by letter with wireless mode by cable network 120, bridge accessing points 150 and wireless network C135 with residential gateway 110 equally with PC main frame 145.BAP 105 for example can comprise the network technology of a cable system, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) network, satellite network, T1 or T3 synchronous digital network or any other kind.Residential gateway 110 can provide wired or wireless 105 communication bandwidths to BAP of visiting by cable network A120, wireless network B115 and wireless network C150.Cable network A120 can comprise that for example an Ethernet (for example, IEEE 802.3), an electric wire (for example, HomePlug) network, a telephone wire are (for example, HomePNA) network, 802.11 or any cable network of the multimedia (MoCA) of the HomePNA of a coaxial network, a coaxial network, a coaxial network based on any other kind communication technology.Wireless network B115 and C135 can comprise, for example IEEE 802.11 networks, for example IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, 802.15 networks, 802.16 networks, blueteeth network or any wireless network based on other various wireless network standards.

In one embodiment of the invention, residential gateway 110 can make the configuration of the long-range setting, regulation or the security parameter that use by residential gateway 110 and/or by cable network A120, any other network entity of being coupled in wired mode by wireless network B115 and wireless network C135 carry out.This type of is provided with, configuration or regulation can be carried out by the operator of broadband network 105, for example or by an evaluation carries out with the third party that 105 pairs of residential gateway 110 of broadband network have a visit that passes through that authorize.

Residential gateway 110 can be suitable for by broadband-access provider, and for example, BAP 105, supports the Remote configuration of the parameter that residential gateway 110 network securitys and/or operation are relevant.Network security and/or operation relevant parameter can comprise, for example password, firm key, password phrase and/or by on the network (safety or the network communication mode that are provided with of the graphic user interface of) a equipment for example, cable network A120.In another embodiment of the present invention, a broadband-access gateway, for example gateway device 110, can allow by a wired or wireless network, for example, wireless network B115 is to the configuration of the network security relevant parameter of other network entity in the communication network 100, and this type of entity comprises, NAS 130, PC main frame 140 and/or honeycomb and Wi-Fi phone 185.In this, the Remote configuration of residential gateway 110 can utilize the information that receives by BAP 105 to carry out.In addition, other Remote configuration that is coupled in the network entity of residential gateway 110 can utilize the information that receives by BAP 105 to carry out.A broadband-access gateway, for example, residential gateway 110 can be at the predetermined amount of time that powers up about residential gateway 110, or during residential gateway 110 is followed user behavior the receiving remote configuration information.

By the information that broadband-access provider receives, for example BAP 105, residential gateway 110 can be converted to the configuration mode that allows the aforesaid operations parameter.In addition, the information interface of residential gateway 110, shown in BAP 105, can allow remote operator to communicate by letter to cause by BAP 105 by one of wired and wireless network with residential gateway 110, for example, cable network A120 and wireless network B115 are to the operating parameter transmission of other network entities of communication network 100.Residential gateway 110 can adopt the various aspects of the network collocating method of the radio interface security regulations that allow wireless network parameter.This method can be utilized and for example allow two entities not using under the priority encryption condition Diffie-Hellman secret key agreement of exchange of encryption information by a unsafe media.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a broadband-access gateway, for example, residential gateway 110 among Fig. 1 can carry out safety and/or other operating parameter Remote configuration, can enter a pattern then, in this pattern, pass through for example wireless network B115 of network, use other network entity to carry out the configuration of these other entities as network operation.The configuration of broadband-access gateway, for example, the residential gateway 110 of Fig. 1 medium-long range operator operation can adopt an information protocol, and for example, use can be expanded the SOAP of indicating language (XML) or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) in the configuration of residential gateway 110.。

Fig. 2 a is depicted as the embodiment corresponding to the communication network of the part of communication network shown in Figure 1, and for example, wherein long-range setting of residential gateway and PC main frame can be carried out according to one embodiment of the present of invention.Communication network 100 among Fig. 2 a comprises a residential gateway 110, PC main frame 141 and corresponding to the residential gateway 110 among Fig. 1 for example and the PC main frame 140 of PC main frame 140.Residential gateway 110 can be communicated by letter with remote operator 102 by BAP105.BAP 105 can comprise, for example, and a cable system, a DSL network, a satellite network or other architectures of communication networks form.In addition, residential gateway 110 carries out radio communication by wireless network B115 and PC main frame 140.Residential gateway device 110 and PC main frame 140 can be formed network 203a, and this network can be a wireless network.

In one embodiment of the invention, a broadband-access gateway, for example, the residential gateway 110 among Fig. 2 a can be carried out safety and/or operating parameter Remote configuration by remote operator 102, for example, by above-mentioned BAP 105.The network entity that another is communicated by letter with residential gateway 110, for example, therefore the PC main frame 140 of Fig. 2 a can be switched to the pattern that is configured for network operation.The conversion of PC main frame 140 can cause a user behavior in this configuration mode, for example, PC main frame 140 is powered up, activates a soft or hard button of PC main frame 140 or activates configuration effectiveness/example on the PC main frame 140.Therefore the user of PC main frame 140 can be manually offers PC main frame 140 with the safety and/or the operating parameter of the coupling of being used by remote operator 102 in the Remote configuration process of residential gateway 110.The residential gateway 110 and the PC main frame 140 that have received same safety and/or operating parameter are configured for exchange message between BAP 105 and PC main frame 140.The user offers the safety of PC main frame 140 and/or parameter is set and can be exchanged, for example, and by the conventional audio call between user and the remote operator 102.Remote operator 102 can be that for example, a Customer Service Representative participates in disposing residential gateway 110 and any other customer network entity.

In one embodiment of the invention, after residential gateway 110 in Fig. 2 a is carried out safety and/or operating parameter configuration by remote operator by BAP 105, residential gateway 110 can be the configuration mode of other network entity by remote conversion, and these network entities are for example PC main frame 140 and/or PC main frame 141.PC main frame 141 can be connected to residential gateway 110 and be connected to PC main frame 140 by 139b by connecting 139a.Connect 139a and can be wired or wireless the connection with 139b.In this pattern, residential gateway 110 for example, can pass through wired or wireless network, and for example, the wireless network B115 of predetermined amount of time is used to the configuration activities of other network entity.As mentioned above, the activation of any additional operations pattern of the Remote configuration of residential gateway 110 and residential gateway 110 can for example, use the SOAP of XML or SNMP to finish by communication protocol.

In this, the user of the network entity that is connected with residential gateway 110, for example, PC main frame 140 can power up to activate the configuration mode of PC main frame 140 according to the software that activates PC main frame 140 or hardware button or to PC main frame 140.Residential gateway 110 and PC main frame 140 be commutative safety and/or operating parameter therefore, for example, does not have under the further interference situation the user, uses the safety method of a parameter exchange, for example, and the above-mentioned safe and simple reference that is provided with.Therefore residential gateway 110 and PC main frame 140 are set for the information exchange between BAP 105 and the PC main frame 140.After information exchange, residential gateway 110 and PC main frame 140 can have corresponding safety and/or operating parameter.In addition, PC main frame 141 can receive configuration information by residential gateway 110 when the soft or hard button of PC main frame 140 is activated.In this, PC main frame 141 can be configured when PC main frame 140 is set up or when different time still has corresponding safety and/or operating parameter by residential gateway 110.

In one embodiment of the invention, the residential gateway 110 among the network 203a can receive configuration information to dispose the communication equipment a plurality of network 203a from remote operator 102.Residential gateway 110 can receive configuration information based at least a portion and be configured.Residential gateway 110 can transmit at least a portion and receive the PC main frame 140 of configuration information to the network 203a, with user's input of response PC main frame 140.Residential gateway 110 can receive configuration information to PC main frame 140 by a wired connection and/or the unlimited transmission at least a portion that connects.Residential gateway 110 can transmit at least a portion and receive the PC main frame 141 of configuration information to the network 203a.Residential gateway 110 and PC main frame 141 can be coupled by wireless connections and/or wired connection.PC main frame 141 can transmit at least a portion and receive the PC main frame 140 of configuration information to network 203a.Communication by PC main frame 141 to PC main frames 140 can be the response that PC main frame 140 is imported.PC main frame 141 can be by wired connection and/or unlimited the connection being coupled to PC main frame 140.The input of PC main frame 140 can comprise hardware button and/or software push buttons input.

Fig. 2 b is depicted as according to embodiments of the invention, is illustrated in the flow chart of the embodiment of heterogeneous network medium-long range configuration communication authentication step.With reference to Fig. 2 a and 2b, in 202, an information can be received by BAP 105 by residential gateway device 110.The information that receives can make the Remote configuration of gateway device 110 among the network 203a carry out.In 204, safety and/or operating parameter can be received by the input of remote operator 102 from BAP 105 by residential gateway 110.In 206, additional information can be received by gateway device 110.Additional information can make the pattern of gateway device 110 can support by for example configuration carried out of the residential gateway device 110 of the PC main frame 140 among the network 203a of the network equipment.In 208, information can be exchanged between the PC main frame 140 in residential gateway device 110 and network 203a.The safety operation configuration PC main frame 140 that the information that is exchanged can be used at network 203a.

According to one embodiment of present invention, Fig. 3 show one can be corresponding to embodiment of communication network of the part of communication network among Fig. 1, for example, wherein residential gateway and PC main frame can be performed Remote configuration.With reference to Fig. 3, communication network 100 comprises corresponding to the residential gateway 110 of residential gateway among Fig. 1 110 and PC main frame 140 and PC main frame 140.Communication network 100 among Fig. 3 comprises a bridge accessing points 150 of communicating by letter by cable network A120 with residential gateway 110 equally.Bridge accessing points 150 is communicated by letter by wireless network C135 with PC main frame 140 equally.Cable network A120 among Fig. 3, PC main frame 140, bridge accessing points 150 and wireless network C135 can be corresponding to cable network A120, PC main frame 140, bridge accessing points 150 and the wireless network C135 among Fig. 1 for example.Communication network 100 among Fig. 3 can comprise the PC main frame 141 that is positioned at outside the network 303a equally.PC main frame 141 can be coupled to bridge accessing points 150 by connecting 143, wherein connects 143 and can be wired connection or wireless connections.

Residential gateway 110 can be used for communicating with remote operator 102 by broadband-access provider (BAP) 105 among Fig. 3.Broadband-access provider 105 can comprise, for example, and a cable system, a DSL network, a satellite network or other architectures of communication networks form.In one embodiment of the invention, cable network 120 and wireless network 135 can be exchanged.Residential gateway device 110, bridge accessing points 150 and PC main frame 140 can be formed network 303a.

In one embodiment of the invention, the broadband-access gateway, for example, residential gateway 110 among Fig. 3, can be carried out aforesaid safety and/or operating parameter configuration by remote operator 102 by BAP 105.Residential gateway 110 can be by remote conversion to other network entity, for example, and the configuration mode of PC main frame 140.In this pattern, residential gateway 110 for example can be used in a predetermined amount of time, the configuration activities of other network entity that is undertaken by a wired or wireless socket.In this, the activation of the long-range setting of residential gateway 110 and any additional operations pattern of residential gateway 110 can use communication protocol to finish, and for example, uses the SOAP of XML or SNMP.

In another embodiment of the present invention, intermediary's entity, or a successors can be present in the broadband-access gateway, and for example, residential gateway 110 and another network entity to be provided with are for example in the passage between the PC main frame 140.As shown in Figure 3, the passage between residential gateway 110 and the PC main frame 140 comprises a cable network A120, bridge accessing points 150 and wireless network C135.A successors, for example, bridge accessing points 150 makes in PC main frame 140 safety and/or the exchange process of operating parameter by wireless network C135 transmission information applicable to participating in.Intermediary or successors, for example, bridge accessing points 150 is applicable at the broadband-access gateway among Fig. 3, for example residential gateway 110 and network entity, for example between the PC main frame 140, guarantee the communication protocol element that identification proposes in the exchange process of safety and/or operating parameter.In one embodiment of the invention, when home network 110 during the network configuration pattern, residential gateway 110 can send predetermined information element or information by cable network A120.Bridge accessing points 150 can be the indicating device of the configuration mode of residential gateway 110 with the information Recognition of this protocol information element or residential gateway 110 transmissions.This identification can be used always, or only uses under specific circumstances, for example, under the situation that bridge accessing points 150 is powered up, or activates under the button situation of bridge accessing points 150.In addition, this identification equally can be to the powering up of PC main frame 140, or carry out under the activation of button on the PC main frame 140.

Behind the configuration mode of identification residential gateway 110, successors, the bridge accessing points 150 of Fig. 3 for example can monitor the information that the expression subnetwork physical arrangements that received by wireless network C135 is activated.This allocation activation can be initialised, and for example, describes as above-mentioned Fig. 2 a.Being provided with after the activation of identification configuration mode of residential gateway 110 and PC main frame 140, successors, for example, bridge accessing points 150 can be transmitted the information that received by residential gateway 110 to PC main frame 140 thereupon.The information that is received by PC main frame 140 can be passed to residential gateway 110, so that the configuration of the PC main frame 140 of communicating by letter with residential gateway 110 by wireless network C135 can be carried out.The information of residential gateway 110 and PC main frame 140 exchanges can make PC main frame 140 be used for during the element of other communication network is communicated by letter thereupon, for example, and among Fig. 1 in the network entity of communication network 100.

In another embodiment of the present invention, bridge accessing points 150 can be carried out a configuration protocol (CFP) succession function, is defined as follows.Residential gateway 110 can be realized CFP configurator function, and PC main frame 140 can be realized the CFP client functionality.Typically, the network of non-adaptation IEEE-802.11 agreement does not adopt and adapts to IEEE 802.11 protocol networks same beacon and integrated processes.The CFP configurator can be used to broadcast a CFP type lengths values (tlv) to represent open CFP window.CFP TLF can use the 2nd layer or the 3rd layer of broadcast message broadcasting.The 3rd layer of broadcasting can use general purpose event notification architecture (GENA) Notification Method to carry out, for example, at the file " general purpose event notification architecture basis: the client is to the arbitrator " (General Event Notification Architecture Base:Client toArbiter) of J.Cohen, S.Aggarwal, Y.Y.Goland, the GENA Notification Method of describing among the rough draft-draft-cohen-gena-client-00.txt of Internet.In this, broadcasting can use NTS value CFP window to carry out to broadcast on a plurality of channel/ports or broadcast address.The value of NT among the CFP: the COS that the window request can be set to serve, and CFP: the window request can comprise equally that the preposition CFP of being set to of USN is provided with the USN of device service.

CFP: the window request can comprise that an address and/or AL are preposition.If there is not name server (DNS) to support the availability of local network, so, at least one address can use the IP address of CFP configurator services to be provided.In addition, CFP: the window notice can comprise that the maximum age (max-age) is preposition.

In another embodiment of the present invention, response CFP: the window announcement information may be for not needing.

CFP example: shown in the window notice as tabulation 1:

Table 1

NOTIFY*HTTP/1.1

Host:239.255.255.250:1900

NT:ID:CFP

NTS:CFT:Window:1:1:0

USN:someuniqueid::ID:CFP

AL/Location:http://192.168.1.1:80/index.xml

Cache-Control:max-age=60

CFP window data fields can comprise 3 numerical value, for example by column split and have following form: CFP:Window:CFP:Version:CFP:WindowOpen:APRecentlyConfigur ed

Wherein:

Describe

Value

CFP version (CFP Version)	1 to 63
CFP version (CFP Version)	1 to 63	The CFP window is opened (CFP WindowOpen)	If CFP window current state for opening, is 1, otherwise is 0
The current configuration of AP (APRecentlyConfigured)	If AP is configured in current C FP section, is 1, otherwise is 0	The CFP window is opened (CFP WindowOpen)

Except the information exchange about safety, the information of other type can be exchanged in the communication network 100 in Fig. 3 equally.For example, client configuration information can be exchanged.For example, service quality (QoS) parameter, for example network user priority, can be specified by the transport information that the CFP configurator provides based on the CFP client.

The adequate information setting that the permission of CFP succession function is not taken over or acted on behalf of by CFP configurator basis at the CFP in consolidated network district client device as the CFP configurator.Bridge accessing points 150 is examples of an equipment of taking over as CFP among Fig. 3.According to this network segment, the CFP succession function, for example, bridge accessing points 150 can be the form that is fit to other network with the format conversion of CFP information.For example, the information from residential gateway 110 that receives by cable network A120 can have precedence over this information of transmission by wireless network C135 and be converted into appropriate form to PC main frame 140.In addition, the dependency network technology, the CFP succession function can be revised main frame or AL/ position field in an information, to relate to the CFP succession function, make the CFP client device know the local address that information is transmitted.

When the CFP configurator sends CFP window announcement information, the CFP configurator can be indicated this incident to all STA by this message of broadcasting in signal IE or by the GENA Notification Method or can broadcast as above-mentioned method.If the CFP succession function receives a CFP window announcement information at an interface, the CFP succession function can be transmitted this information again at its another interface.In one embodiment of the invention, but CFP succession function reformatting CFP window announcement information.Open indication information when the CFP client device receives the CFP window, and the CFP client device is the CFP enable mode, but this CFP client device initialization information and deliver to the CFP configurator.According to network technology each aspect about the CFP succession function, foregoing can be performed by the CFP succession function, also might be carried out to the CFP succession function.Some network technology did not relate to formal associating in order to identify or configuration phase before transmits data packets.If relate to formal associating, CFP succession function and CFP client device can be united to finish the remainder of CFP information, for example, are differentiating or configuration phase.

A plurality of CFP succession function can pass a plurality of network technologies and section is cascaded, to connect central authoritiesization CFP configurator and long-range CFP client.

Be used for the configuration window initialization of heterogeneous network technologies, as mentioned above can be by long-range execution, also can be by at the local gateway button, for example, gateway 110 is finished among Fig. 1.

The CFP method can be described to expand the form of authentication protocol (EAP), describe in " PPP can expand authentication protocol (EAP) " (PPP Extensible AuthenticationProtocol (EAP)) literary composition as L Blunk and J.Vollbrecht, this article is published in Internet Engineering task Force (IETF) RFC in March, 2284,1998 or IEEE 802.1X.The essential part of EAP is: requester 1) authentication server, 2) assessor and 3).CFP configurator function can show as, and for example, as authentication server and the assessor of EAP, and the CFP client functionality can be used as requester in a Wi-Fi network.

In another embodiment of the present invention, one of them bridge, for example, bridge accessing points 150 assists to identify and configuration among Fig. 3, and authentication server can be positioned at the bridge accessing points, and the CFP configurator can be used as assessor, and the CFP client can be used as requester.In heterogeneous network, local CFP configurator can be used as authentication server, CFP take over can be used as assessor, the CFP client can be used as requester.In addition, a broadband-access point, for example, BAP 105 among Fig. 3, can be used as authentication server, and CFP takes over and can be used as assessor, and the CFP client can be used as requester.After the EAP success, service provider or CFP configurator or both combinations can push configuration information the CFP client.

In one embodiment of the invention, the bridge accessing points 150 that is arranged in network 303a can receive configuration informations to dispose a plurality of communication equipments from residential gateway 110.Bridge accessing points 150 can receive configuration information based at least a portion and be configured.Bridge accessing points 150 can receive the PC main frame 140 of configuration informations to the network 303a by residential gateway 110 transmission at least a portion, with user's input of response PC main frame 140.In addition, bridge accessing points 150 can receive the PC main frame 141 of configuration information to network 303a by residential gateway 110 transmission at least a portion, with user's input of response PC main frame 140.

The data that bridge accessing points 150 can will be transmitted between residential gateway 110 and PC main frame 140 by bridge accessing points 150 are second form by first format conversion.First form can be open system and connects the 2nd layer of (OSI) agreement (L2), and second form can be the 3rd layer of OSI.Perhaps, first form can be the 3rd layer of OSI, and second form can be the 2nd layer of OSI.Bridge accessing points 150 can be coupled in residential gateway 110 by wired and/or wireless connections.Bridge accessing points 150 can be coupled to PC main frame 140 by wired connection and/or wireless connections.Residential gateway 110 can receive configuration information from remote operator 102.Bridge accessing points 150 among the network 303a can be configured based at least a portion configuration information that is received by remote operator 102.Bridge accessing points 150 can transfer at least a portion from the reception configuration information of remote operator 102 the PC main frame 140 among the network 303a, with user's input of response PC main frame 140.

Figure 4 shows that according to embodiments of the invention, show long-range flow chart that the embodiment of authentication step is set of executive communication in the heterogeneous network.With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, in 402, the information that the Remote configuration of gateway device 110 among the network 303a can be carried out can be received by Internet Service Provider 105.In 404, by safety and/or the operating parameter of gateway device 110 receptions from remote operator 102.The safety of this reception and/or operating parameter can be used for one or more network equipments, for example, and PC main frame 140 among bridge accessing points 150 and the network 303a.In 406, safety and/or operating parameter can be by first connections, and for example, cable network A120 transfers to successors by gateway device 110, for example the bridge accessing points 150 among the network 303a.In 408, information can be connected reception by first by bridge accessing points 150, for example, and cable network A120.The information of this reception can make bridge accessing points 150 support the configuration of the 3rd network entity to finish, and the 3rd network entity for example can be PC main frame 140 among the network 303a.In 410, the information of the safety operation of configuration PC main frame 140 in network 303a can be by second connection, and for example, wireless network C135 transfers to PC main frame 140 by bridge accessing points 150.In 412, PC main frame 140 can pass through second network C, 135 reception information.The information of this reception can make the configuration of the 3rd network entity finish, and the 3rd network entity can be the PC main frame 140 among the network 303a for example.In 414, safety and/or operating parameter can be by second connections, and for example wireless network C135 transfers to a successors by client device PC main frame 140, for example, and bridge accessing points 150 among the network 303a.In 416, bridge accessing points 150 can connect reception information, for example wireless network C135 by second.In 418, safety and/or operating parameter can connect by first, cable network A120 for example, and by successors, for example the bridge accessing points 150, transfer to the gateway device 110 among the network 303a.In 420, gateway device 110 can connect reception information, for example cable network A120 by first.In 422, if client device, for example PC main frame 140 and gateway device 110 are provided with mutually, and processing stops, otherwise treatment step continues in step 406.

Although the configuration that is applied to wired and/or radio communication is mentioned in top description, the present invention is not limited to each side described above.Do not depart from the scope of the present invention with the spirit situation under, the variation of the example that more than provides can be applied to that multiple network is arranged and technology.

Therefore, the present invention can be implemented in the combination of hardware, software or hardware and software.The present invention can be implemented at least one computer system of central authoritiesization, or is implemented in distribution form in the computer system of a plurality of connections.The computer system or the miscellaneous equipment that are used to carry out any kind of of method described herein all are fit to.The combination of typical hardware and software can be the general-purpose computing system with computer program, and when being loaded and carry out, the control computer system is to carry out method described herein.

But the present invention is the embeddeding computer program product also, and it comprises all features that method described herein can be realized, and after being loaded into a computer system, can carry out method described herein.Computer program in the application's book is represented any wording, it has information processing capability with any language, coding or symbol or a series of instruction to cause system, directly or under following both or one situation: a) be converted into another kind of language, coding or symbol; B) reproduce with different material forms, carry out special function.

Although the present invention is described with reference to certain embodiments, those skilled in the art can recognize, do not depart from the scope of the present invention with the spirit situation under, can make modification to the present invention, or composition wherein can be substituted by equivalent.In addition, do not depart from the scope of the present invention with the spirit situation under, can make an amendment adapts to special situation or material with religious doctrine according to the present invention.Therefore, the present invention is not limited to disclosed embodiment, but the present invention will comprise that all fall into all embodiment in the appended claim scope.

Claims

1, a kind of method that message transmission in the network can be carried out is characterized in that this method comprises:

Receive configuration information from remote source in first communication equipment in network so that a plurality of communication equipments in the described network are configured;

Based on the described configuration information that receives of at least a portion, dispose described first communication equipment in the described network;

And, user's input of the second communication equipment that is arranged in described network is responded, by the described second communication equipment of the described configuration information that receives of described first communication equipment transmission at least a portion to the described network.

2, the method that the message transmission in the network can be carried out according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, further comprise by at least a connection the in wired connection and the wireless connections, transmit the described second communication equipment of the described configuration information that receives of described at least a portion to the described communication network by described first communication equipment.

3, the method that the message transmission in the network can be carried out according to claim 1 is characterized in that, further comprises the third communication equipment of transmission described at least a portion described configuration information that receives to the described network.

4, the method that the message transmission in the network can be carried out according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described first communication equipment and described third communication equipment are coupled by at least a of wireless connections and wired connection.

5, be used to the machine-readable storage of storing, the computer program with at least one code area that the message transmission in the network can be carried out is characterized in that, this at least one code area of being carried out to cause the machine execution in step by machine comprises:

Receive configuration information from remote source in first communication equipment in network so that a plurality of communication equipments in the network are provided with;

6, the system that the message transmission in the network can be carried out is characterized in that this system comprises:

Wherein, described first communication equipment in the described network is configured based on the described configuration information that receives of at least a portion;

And wherein, the second communication equipment of the described reception configuration information of described first communication equipment transmission at least a portion to the network is to respond user's input of the described second communication equipment in the described network.

7, the system that the message transmission in the network can be carried out according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, described first communication equipment is by at least a connection the in wired connection and the wireless connections, and the described configuration information that receives of transmission at least a portion is to second communication equipment described in the described network.

8, the method that the message transmission in the network can be carried out is characterized in that this method comprises:

First communication equipment in network receives configuration information from remote source with a plurality of communication equipments in the configuration network;

And, respond the user input of the third communication equipment in the described network, by the described third communication equipment of the described configuration information that receives of described first communication equipment transmission at least a portion to the described network.

9, be used to the machine-readable storage of storing, the computer program with at least one code area that the message transmission in the network can be carried out is characterized in that, this at least one code area of being carried out to cause the machine execution in step by machine comprises:

Receive configuration information to dispose a plurality of communication equipments at first communication equipment that is arranged in network from second communication equipment;

And, user's input of the third communication equipment that is arranged in described network is responded the described third communication equipment from the described configuration information that receives of described second communication device transmission at least a portion to described network.

10, the system that the message transmission in the network can be carried out is characterized in that this system comprises:

First communication equipment that is arranged in network receives configuration information to dispose a plurality of communication equipments by second communication equipment;

Based on the described configuration information that receives of at least a portion, dispose first communication equipment described in the described network;

Described first communication equipment receives at least a portion from described second communication equipment described configuration information transfers to the third communication equipment the described network, to respond user's input of the described third communication equipment in the described network.