Gateway Device Offloading Functions to Intranet Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gateway devices face performance degradation due to the integration of multiple additional functions, which exceeds their hardware resources, affecting the normal operation of local area networks.
Innovation Solution
A network service processing method where the gateway device identifies the type of intranet devices, sends appropriate software packages to implement additional functions, and controls them to execute these functions, thereby offloading processing load from the gateway device to the intranet devices, utilizing idle resources and improving resource utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the gateway device integrates multiple additional functions (firewall, security sandbox, network buffer), then the functionality and versatility of the network system is improved, but the gateway device's hardware resources are exhausted and performance degrades
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the additional functions (firewall, security sandbox, network buffer) from the gateway device and distributes them to different intranet devices. Each intranet device installs specific software packages to perform designated functions, thereby distributing the processing load and preventing gateway device performance degradation while maintaining system versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the additional function modules from the gateway device and implements them as separate software packages on intranet devices. This extraction removes the processing burden from the gateway device, allowing it to maintain high performance while the extracted functions continue to provide enhanced functionality through distributed execution.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more additional functions are integrated into the gateway device, then the network service capabilities are enhanced, but the processing and storage resources of the gateway device are depleted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a centralized resource model (all functions on gateway device) to a distributed resource model (functions across multiple intranet devices). This dimensional change in resource allocation allows the system to leverage the combined processing and storage resources of multiple devices, thereby enhancing network service capabilities without depleting gateway device resources.
3Device complexity
If the gateway device performs all additional functions itself, then the system architecture remains simple, but the gateway device becomes a performance bottleneck
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes intranet devices universal by enabling them to perform multiple different additional functions through software package installation. Different intranet devices can be configured with different function sets, allowing the system to maintain simple architecture while distributing processing capacity across multiple capable devices, thereby eliminating the gateway device as a performance bottleneck.
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AI summary
This application discloses a network service processing method, a network service processing system, and a gateway device, to alleviate a problem that the gateway device cannot meet increasing additional function requirements. The gateway device identifies a type of a first intranet device, where the first intranet device belongs to an intranet connected to the gateway device. The gateway device obtains a first software package based on the type of the first intranet device, where the first software package is used to implement a first additional function. The gateway device sends a first indication message and the first software package to the first intranet device, where the first indication message is used to indicate the first intranet device to install the first software package and execute the first additional function.