Interoperable Wireless Network Architecture via Protocol Translation Gateway
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless networks employing different communication standards are often incompatible, limiting the ability to integrate multiple communication standards for wireless networks and hindering seamless communication between heterogeneous devices.
Innovation Solution
The development of techniques that allow for the wireless interconnection of devices using various communication standards, enabling them to communicate regardless of their standards, through a network architecture that routes communications based on available standards and proximity, with user-operated access devices for monitoring and control, and multiple security modes for securing communications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple wireless communication standards are employed in a network, then interoperability and flexibility are improved, but compatibility and integration difficulty worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a gateway device as an intermediary that bridges different wireless communication standards. The gateway translates communications between standards, allowing devices using different protocols (e.g., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee) to interoperate without direct compatibility. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by enabling multi-standard interoperability while isolating the complexity within the gateway rather than requiring all devices to handle all standards.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway device is designed with multi-functionality to handle multiple wireless communication standards simultaneously. It can receive communications from devices using different standards, translate them appropriately, and forward to the destination device. This universal capability allows a single device to perform multiple protocol translation functions, improving network interoperability without requiring each device to support all standards.
2Reliability
If security features are enhanced to secure communications, then communication security is improved, but response time and power consumption worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary security actions by establishing security contexts and exchanging cryptographic keys during device pairing and network joining phases, before actual data communications begin. Security associations are pre-negotiated and stored, allowing subsequent communications to use pre-established security parameters rather than performing full authentication each time. This preliminary security setup improves response time for ongoing communications while maintaining strong security through pre-configured encryption and authentication mechanisms.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and devices for forming networks of interconnected devices are provided. Individual devices of the network are configured to utilize multiple wireless communication standards which may include wireless LAN communication standards, short-range wireless communication standards, and low-power wireless communication standards. User utilize access devices to monitor and control the devices of the network. Communications transmitted to devices of the network may be routed through a server located remotely relative to the network as well as through other devices of the network.