Access method, device, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10911918-B2
Application number	US-201816147420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Mar 29, 2016
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an access method to implement access of an IoT gateway. A specific solution includes: UE obtains an address of the to-be-connected IoT gateway. An IoT cloud platform allocates, to the MAPP installed on the UE, a unique access identifier corresponding to the MAPP. The UE provides an address of the IoT cloud platform and the allocated access identifier for the IoT gateway whose address is already learned. The IoT gateway adds the access identifier to a registration message, and sends the registration message to the IoT cloud platform. The IoT cloud platform binds the IoT gateway to the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier included in the registration message, so as to complete access of the IoT gateway.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An access method by a user equipment (UE) having a mobile application (MAPP) installed thereon, the method comprising:
accessing a local area network comprising an Internet of Things (IoT) gateway;
sending a multicast probe message in the local area network for searching for the IoT gateway;
receiving a multicast response message sent by the IoT gateway, wherein the multicast response comprises an address of the IoT gateway;
obtaining an address of an IoT cloud platform and an access identifier allocated by the IoT cloud platform to the MAPP; and
sending the address of the IoT cloud platform and the access identifier to the IoT gateway based on the address of the IoT gateway to enable the IoT gateway to send a registration message to the IoT cloud platform based on the address of the IoT cloud platform, wherein the registration message carries the access identifier to access the IoT cloud platform, wherein the access identifier is used to enable the IoT cloud platform to bind the IoT gateway to the MAPP.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein accessing the local area network comprising the IoT gateway comprises:
accessing a wireless local area network provided by the IoT gateway; or
accessing a wireless local area network accessed by the IoT gateway.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before obtaining the address of the IoT cloud platform and the access identifier allocated by the IoT cloud platform, the method further comprises:
logging in to the IoT cloud platform according to an indication that is entered by a user of the UE by using the MAPP.

4. An access method by an Internet of Things (IoT) gateway, the method comprising:
receiving, in a local area network, a multicast probe message from a user equipment (UE), wherein the multicast probe message is used to search for a gateway;
in response to receiving the multicast probe message, sending a multicast response message comprising an address of the IoT gateway to the UE;
receiving an address of a first IoT cloud platform and an access identifier allocated by the first IoT cloud platform to a mobile application (MAPP) installed on the UE, wherein the address and the access identifier are received from the UE, and the first IoT cloud platform is an IoT cloud platform in to which the UE logs by using the MAPP; and
sending, to the first IoT cloud platform based on the address of the first IoT cloud platform, a registration message carrying the access identifier to enable the first IoT cloud platform to bind the IoT gateway to the MAPP, and to complete access of the IoT gateway to the first IoT cloud platform.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein:
the local area network is a wireless local area network provided by the IoT gateway; or
the local area network is a wireless local area network accessed by the IoT gateway.

6. An access method by an Internet of Things (IoT) cloud platform, the method comprising:
receiving login information of a mobile application (MAPP) installed on a user equipment (UE);
allocating to the MAPP an access identifier corresponding to the MAPP;
sending the access identifier and an address of the IoT cloud platform to the UE;
receiving a registration message from an IoT gateway, wherein the registration message comprises the access identifier, wherein the address of the IoT cloud platform and the access identifier are received by the IoT gateway from the UE;
binding the IoT gateway to the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier; and
sending a registration response message to the IoT gateway, wherein the registration response message indicates that the IoT gateway successfully accesses the IoT cloud platform.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein binding the IoT gateway to the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier comprises:
when the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier is not bound to a gateway, directly binding the IoT gateway to the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier; and
when the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier is already bound to an original gateway, first unbinding the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier from the original gateway, and then binding the IoT gateway to the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier.

8. A system, comprising:
an Internet of Things (IoT) gateway; and
an IoT cloud platform,
wherein the IoT cloud platform is configured to receive login information of a mobile application (MAPP) installed on a user equipment (UE), allocate to the MAPP an access identifier corresponding to the MAPP, and send the access identifier and an address of the IoT cloud platform to the UE;
wherein the IoT gateway is configured to receive the address of the IoT cloud platform and the access identifier from the UE, and send to the IoT cloud platform based on the address of the IoT cloud platform, a registration message carrying the access identifier; and
wherein the IoT cloud platform is further configured to receive the registration message, bind the IoT gateway to the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier, and send a registration response message to the IoT gateway, wherein the registration response message indicates that the IoT gateway successfully accesses the IoT cloud platform.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the IoT cloud platform is further configured to:
when the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier is not bound to a gateway, directly bind the IoT gateway to the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier; or
when the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier is already bound to an original gateway, first unbind the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier from the original gateway, and then bind the IoT gateway to the MAPP corresponding to the access identifier.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the IoT gateway is further configured to:
receive, in a local area network, a multicast probe message sent by the UE, wherein the multicast probe message is used to search for a gateway; and
send a multicast response message comprising an address of the IoT gateway to the UE.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the local area network is a wireless local area network provided by the IoT gateway; or
the local area network is a wireless local area network accessed by the IoT gateway.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xia Yongjun

Classifications

• H04L12/2807 Primary

  Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50) · CPC title

• H04L63/0876

  based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint · CPC title

• H04W4/70 Primary

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W88/16

  Gateway arrangements · CPC title