Gateway Intermediary for WAN Server Load Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing device management methods, terminals directly interact with the wide area network, increasing the burden on wide area network servers and wasting resources, as gateways cannot replace terminals in information interaction with the network.
Innovation Solution
Configuring relevant identifiers on both the wide area network and local area network sides within the device management tree, allowing the gateway to perform information interaction with the server while the terminal interacts with the gateway, thereby reducing the need for direct terminal-wide area network interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the terminal directly performs information interaction with the wide area network side, then the information interaction can be established, but the burden of the wide area network server is increased and wide area network resources are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway as an intermediary component between the terminal and the wide area network server. The gateway runs a daemon process that receives information from the terminal via local area network and forwards it to the wide area network server, and vice versa. This intermediary architecture allows the terminal to interact with the network through the gateway rather than directly with the wide area network server, thereby reducing the burden on the wide area network server and conserving wide area network resources while maintaining full information interaction capability.
2Ease of operation
If the gateway sends configuration to the terminal for wide area network software download, then the server can manage the terminal through mapped management objects, but the terminal cannot download software from the gateway
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway acts as an intermediary that can serve as a software repository for terminals. The daemon process on the gateway receives software packages from the wide area network and makes them available for terminal download via local area network. This allows terminals to download software from the gateway (local source) rather than directly from wide area network sources, providing download source flexibility while maintaining software management capability through the mapped management objects.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a local area network dimension for software distribution alongside the existing wide area network dimension. By establishing a local software repository on the gateway accessible via LAN, the system creates an additional software download pathway. This dimensional addition allows terminals to choose between wide area network and local area network download sources, thereby increasing adaptability without compromising the existing management capabilities.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a system for device management. The method includes: configuring a relevant identifier at a wide area network WAN side for a management object which is of a gateway and is in a management tree of the gateway, and configuring a relevant identifier at a local area network LAN side for a management object which is mapped by at least one terminal and is in the management tree of the gateway, where the relevant identifier at the WAN side includes a uniform resource locator at the WAN side, a server identifier at the WAN side, or a server address at the WAN side, and the relevant identifier at the LAN side includes a uniform resource locator at the LAN side, an access identifier of the gateway at the LAN side, or an access address of the gateway at the LAN side; and triggering the at least one terminal to perform information interaction with the gateway according to the relevant identifier at the LAN side, and triggering the gateway to perform information interaction with a corresponding server at the WAN side according to the relevant identifier at the WAN side. In this way, the terminal performs information interaction with a gateway side, and does not need to perform information interaction with the WAN side, thereby alleviating the burden of a server at the WAN side and saving a resource of a wide area network.