Wireless Device Provisioning via Join History Database
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current provisioning methods for wireless communication systems, such as ISA100.11a, require repetitive and error-prone processes for multiple wireless devices, leading to low work efficiency and potential erroneous operations during provisioning and reprovisioning.
Innovation Solution
A wireless communication system comprising a setting device, a control device, and a management device that manages join history information for each wireless device, allowing efficient provisioning and reprovisioning by automating the process and reducing operator intervention through a centralized database for provisioning information and results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If provisioning is performed manually for multiple wireless devices using traditional methods, then each device can be provisioned individually, but work efficiency is low and the process is repetitive and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically acquiring identification information from wireless devices and retrieving corresponding provisioning information from a database before manual input is required. This eliminates the repetitive manual steps of acquiring device IDs and looking up provisioning information, significantly improving work efficiency while reducing operator intervention.
2Reliability
If provisioning information is manually input and set for each wireless device, then provisioning can be completed, but erroneous operations may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a database to store and manage provisioning information templates associated with device types. Instead of manually creating and inputting provisioning information for each device, the system copies pre-configured provisioning information from the database based on device identification, ensuring accuracy while simplifying the provisioning process.
3Productivity
If reprovisioning is performed on wireless devices that fail to join the network, then network participation can be restored, but the process requires repeated manual intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by monitoring whether wireless devices successfully join the network after provisioning. When a device fails to join, the system automatically triggers reprovisioning by retrieving the device's identification information, acquiring its provisioning information from the database, and re-applying the provisioning without requiring repeated manual intervention, thus improving efficiency and reducing time loss.
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AI summary
A wireless communication system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a provisioning device, a gateway, and a management device. The provisioning device sets to a wireless device, provisioning information required for the wireless device to join a wireless communication network. The gateway determines, using the provisioning information set by the provisioning device, whether or not to allow the wireless device to join the wireless communication network. The management device manages join history information including the provisioning information set by the provisioning device and join information associated with the provisioning information, the join information indicating a result of the determination by the gateway, and provides the join history information to the provisioning device in response to a request from the setting device.