Gateway Device Logical Binding for IoT Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity and high operational and maintenance costs in managing IoT sensing devices from different vendors, as service providers need to authenticate and manage each device individually, leading to increased complexity and costs in providing multiple services.
Innovation Solution
A user equipment management method and gateway device that establishes a logical device to manage user equipment, binding IDs of user equipment to a logical device, allowing for simplified authentication and management without the need for dedicated management apparatuses from service providers, enabling shared use of devices across services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If service providers deploy dedicated management apparatuses for each service, then authentication and management of sensing devices can be performed, but device complexity and operational maintenance complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device is designed to perform multiple functions: it acts as both a connection gateway for IoT devices and a management apparatus for authentication and binding operations. This universal device eliminates the need for separate dedicated management apparatuses for each service, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining reliable authentication capabilities.
2Reliability
If service providers deploy dedicated management apparatuses for each service, then authentication and management of sensing devices can be performed, but operational maintenance complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the authentication function and the device management function into a single gateway device. By combining these previously separate functions, the system reduces the number of components that need to be deployed, configured, and maintained, thereby significantly easing operational maintenance complexity while preserving authentication reliability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple dedicated management apparatuses are deployed, then each service can be managed independently, but costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device serves as a universal management platform that can handle multiple services simultaneously. It maintains service independence through logical binding relationships between services and user equipment, while physically consolidating what would otherwise require multiple separate apparatuses, thereby reducing the quantity of hardware deployed and associated costs.
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AI summary
This application provides a user equipment management method and a device, to help reduce complexity of operation and maintenance. The method includes: obtaining, by a gateway device, identifiers IDs of N user equipments and information about a first service, where the N user equipments are terminals configured to implement the first service, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; obtaining, by the gateway device, an ID of a logical device based on the information about the first service, where the logical device is a set of logical elements that are in the gateway device and that are configured to implement the first service; and binding, by the gateway device, the ID of the logical device and the IDs of the N user equipments.