Universal plug and play method and apparatus to provide remote access service

• US 20090180468A1
• Filed: 01/13/2009
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Se-hee, Kim, Sang-hyeon, Cho, Seong-ho
• Granted Patent: US 8,345,564 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0809 Plug-and-play configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2564 for a higher-layer protocol, e.g. for session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

Disclosed are a universal plug and play (UPnP) method and a UPnP apparatus providing remote access service. The method includes receiving external inputs of an identifier of a remote access server (RAS) to generate a credential and a session initiation protocol (SIP) identifier of the RAS, generating a payload of a SIP packet including a credential identifier (ID) generated based on the identifier of the RAS, remote access transport agent (RATA) capability information, and a transport address (TA) set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access a remote access client (RAC), and transmitting the SIP packet to the RAS.

Claims

1. A communication method of a universal plug and play (UpnP) remote access client (RAC) providing remote access service, the communication method comprising:

receiving external inputs of an identifier of a remote access server (RAS) to generate a credential, and a session initiation protocol (SIP) identifier of the RAS;

generating a payload of a first SIP packet including a credential identifier (ID) generated based on the identifier of the RAS, remote access transport agent (RATA) capability information, and a transport address (TA) set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAC; and

transmitting the first SIP packet to the RAS.

2. The communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second SIP packet including a RATA profile for remote access and a TA set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAS in the form of a payload of the second SIP packet, from the RAS;

extracting the payload from the second SIP packet; and

setting the RATA profile and the TA set of the RAS within the RAC.

3. The communication method of claim 1, wherein a TA set of the RAC includes a TA, a reflexive TA, and a relaying TA, the TA including a pair of an IP address allocated to the RAC and a port number of a service to access, the reflexive TA including, when the RAC is in a network address translation (NAT)-based private network, a pair of a public IP address allocated to the NAT-based private network and a port number allocated to either a terminal or a service to access, and the relaying TA including, when the RAC is in the NAT-based private network and packets destined for the NAT-based private network are relayed by a traversal using relays around a NAT (TURN) server, a pair of a public IP address allocated to the TURN server and a port number of a service to access.

4. The communication method of claim 2, wherein a TA set of the RAS includes a TA, a reflexive TA, and a relaying TA, the TA including a pair of an IP address allocated to the RAS and a port number of a service to access, the reflexive TA including, when the RAS is in a network address translation (NAT)-based private network, a pair of a public IP address allocated to the NAT-based private network and a port number allocated to either a terminal or a service to access, and the relaying TA includes, when the RAS is in the NAT-based private network and packets destined for the NAT-based private network are relayed by a traversal using relays around a NAT (TURN) server, a pair of a public IP address allocated to the TURN server and a port number of a service to access.

5. The communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a credential by using the identifier of the RAS; and

determining the credential ID with respect to the generated credential; and

generating the TA set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAC.

6. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the payload of the first SIP packet is in either extensible markup language (XML) format or session description protocol (SDP) format.

21. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program to cause a computer to execute the method of claim 1.

7. A communication method of a universal plug and play (UPnP) remote access server (RAS) providing remote access service, the communication method comprising:

receiving a first session initiation protocol (SIP) packet including a credential identifier (ID), remote access transport agent (RATA) capability information, and a transport address (TA) set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access a remote access client (RAC) in the form of a payload of the first SIP packet, from the RAC;

extracting the payload from the first SIP packet;

setting the TA set of the RAC within the RAS; and

transmitting the credential ID and the RATA capability information to a management console which has subscribed to receive events in advance.

8. The communication method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving RATA profiles with regard to the RAC and the RAS from the management console; and

setting the RATA profile regarding the RAS within the RAS.

9. The communication method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating a payload of a second SIP packet including the RATA profile regarding the RAC and a TA set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAS; and

transmitting the second SIP packet to the RAC.

10. The communication method of claim 9, further comprising generating a TA set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAS.

22. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program to cause a computer to execute the method of claim 7.

11. A universal plug and play (UPnP) remote access client (RAC) providing remote access service, the UPnP RAC comprising:

a user interface unit receiving external inputs of an identifier of a remote access server (RAS) to generate a credential, and a session initiation protocol (SIP) identifier of the RAS;

a SIP payload generating unit generating a payload of a first SIP packet including a credential identifier (ID) generated based on the identifier of the RAS, remote access transport agent (RATA) capability information, and a transport address (TA) set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAC; and

a SIP packet transmitting unit transmitting the first SIP packet to the RAS.

12. The UPnP RAC of claim 11, further comprising:

a SIP packet receiving unit receiving a second SIP packet including a RATA profile for remote access and a TA set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAS in the form of a payload of the second SIP packet, from the RAS;

a SIP packet extracting unit extracting the payload from the second SIP packet;

a RATA profile configuring unit setting the RATA profile within the RAC; and

a RAS TA configuring unit setting the TA set of the RAS within the RAC.

13. The UPnP RAC of claim 11, wherein a TA set of the RAC includes a TA, a reflexive TA, and a relaying TA, the TA including a pair of an IP address allocated to the RAC and a port number of a service to access, the reflexive TA including, when the RAC is in a network address translation (NAT)-based private network, a pair of a public IP address allocated to the NAT-based private network and a port number allocated to either a terminal or a service to access, and the relaying TA including, when the RAC is in the NAT-based private network and packets destined for the NAT-based private network are relayed by a traversal using relays around a NAT (TURN) server, a pair of a public IP address allocated to the TURN server and a port number of a service to access.

14. The UPnP RAC of claim 12, wherein a TA set of the RAS includes a TA, a reflexive TA, and a relaying TA, the TA including a pair of an IP address allocated to the RAS and a port number of a service to access, the reflexive TA including, when the RAS is in a network address translation (NAT)-based private network, a pair of a public IP address allocated to the NAT-based private network and a port number allocated to either a terminal or a service to access, and the relaying TA including, when the RAS is in the NAT-based private network and packets destined for the NAT-based private network are relayed by a traversal using relays around a NAT (TURN) server, a pair of a public IP address allocated to the TURN server and a port number of a service to access.

15. The UPnP RAC of claim 11, further comprising:

a RATA credential managing unit generating a credential by using the identifier of the RAS and determining a credential identifier (ID) with respect to the generated credential; and

a RAC TA managing unit generating the TA set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAC.

16. The UPnP RAC of claim 11, wherein the payload of the first SIP packet is in either extensible markup language (XML) format or session description protocol (SDP) format.

17. A universal plug and play (UPnP) remote access server (RAS) providing remote access service, the UPnP RAS comprising:

a session initiation protocol (SIP) packet receiving unit receiving a first SIP packet including a credential identifier (ID), remote access transport agent (RATA) capability information, and a transport address (TA) set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access a remote access client (RAC) in the form of a payload of the first SIP packet, from the RAC;

a SIP payload extracting unit extracting the payload from the first SIP packet;

a RAC TA configuring unit setting the TA set of the RAC within the RAS; and

a management console transmitting interface transmitting the credential ID and the RATA capability information to a management console subscribed to receive events in advance.

18. The UPnP RAS of claim 17, further comprising:

a management console receiving interface unit receiving RATA profiles with regard to the RAC and the RAS from the management console; and

a RATA profile configuring unit setting the RATA profile regarding the RAS within the RAS.

19. The UPnP RAS of claim 18, further comprising:

a SIP payload generating unit generating a payload of a second SIP packet including the RATA profile regarding the RAC and a TA set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAS; and

a SIP packet transmitting unit transmitting the SIP packet to the RAC.

20. The UPnP RAS of claim 19, further comprising a RAS TA managing unit generating the TA set corresponding to candidate IP addresses to access the RAS.