Personal Network Setup Using Stored Usage Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional Personal Network (PN) setup procedures require users to manually connect Personal Network Elements (PNEs) and Gateways from scratch, lacking the ability to utilize previous PN usage information for efficient network reconfiguration or frequent service access.
Innovation Solution
A method for a Personal Network Element (PNE) or Personal Network Gateway (PN Gateway) to request setup of a new Personal Network (PN) based on stored PN usage information from a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS) server, allowing for the creation, storage, and retrieval of PN usage information, which includes indices, aliases, expiration times, and device IDs, to facilitate simplified PN setup.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If manual PN setup procedure is used, then PN can be established, but setup time and user effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by storing PN usage information (including device IDs, aliases, and configuration data) after each PN establishment. When a user requests PN setup, the system retrieves this pre-stored information to automatically configure the PN, eliminating the need for manual reconfiguration and significantly reducing setup time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates copies of previous PN configuration data and stores them in the server. When setting up a new PN, these copied configuration records are retrieved and used to automatically populate the new PN settings, replacing manual configuration steps with automated data replication from historical records.
2Productivity
If PN usage information is stored and reused, then setup efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a traditional PN establishment coordinator and as a storage repository for PN usage information. This universal approach allows the same server infrastructure to handle both real-time PN setup operations and historical data management, minimizing additional system complexity while enabling efficient PN recreation.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method in which a personal network element (PNE) forming a PN requests a converged personal network service (CPNS) to set up a new personal network (PN) on the basis of PN usage information. The method is performed by the PNE and includes: transmitting, to a PN gateway (PN GW), a message requesting the generation of PN usage information on a currently set PN; and receiving a generation response message including the result of generating the PN usage information corresponding to the generation request message. The PN usage information is created by the CPNS server on the basis of the generation request message and is stored in a PN usage information list of the CPSN. The PN usage information includes a PN usage information index, a PN alias, an expiry, a PN identifier (ID), a PN GW ID, and a PNE ID. The method further includes: transmitting, to the PN GW, a message requesting the setting of a PN using PN usage information corresponding to a new PN, in order to set the new PN and not the currently set PN; and receiving, from the PN GW, a message responding to setting the PN including a response to the PN setting request message, wherein a PN inventory of the CPNS server may be updated by the CPNS on the basis of selected PN usage information.