NETWORKING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOME NETWORK WITH UNIVERSAL WIRED MEDIA NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY

• US 20170093679A1
• Filed: 08/21/2014
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Xu, Aijun, Li, Xinlong, Zhang, Weiliang, Chen, Wu
• Application Number:
  US15/312,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20170093679A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/28 characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] wireless communication networks H04W ; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2843 Mains power line
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a networking method and apparatus for a home network with a universal wired medium networking technology. The method includes: receiving, by a G.hn network device, a key-press operation; broadcasting a notice of open registration of a current domain and receiving joining application information of applying for joining in the current domain from an extra-domain node in a first preset time window, by the G.hn network device; determining, by the G.hn network device, whether a signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than a first preset threshold; and allowing, by the G.hn network device, the extra-domain node to join in the current domain if the signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than the first preset threshold.

Claims

1. A networking method for a home network with a universal wired medium networking technology G.hn, comprising:

receiving, by a G.hn network device, a key-press operation;

broadcasting a notice of open registration of a current domain and receiving joining application information of applying for joining in the current domain from an extra-domain node in a first preset time window, by the G.hn network device;

determining, by the G.hn network device, whether a signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than a first preset threshold; and

allowing, by the G.hn network device, the extra-domain node to join in the current domain if the signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than the first preset threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the step of receiving, by a G.hn network device, a key-press operation, the method further comprises:

detecting, by the G.hn network device which is non-networked, whether there currently exists an intra-domain node of which a signal intensity is not less than a second preset threshold; and

adopting the G.hn network device as a domain master of the current domain if there does not exist the intra-domain node of which the signal intensity is not less than the second preset threshold.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein before the step of receiving, by a G.hn network device, a key-press operation, the method further comprises one of the following:

if there exists the intra-domain node of which the signal intensity is not less than the second preset threshold, transmitting the joining application information to the intra-domain node by the G.hn network device which is non-networked; and

if an notice of open registration broadcasted by the intra-domain node, of which the signal intensity is not less than the second preset threshold, is received by the G.hn network device which is non-networked, transmitting the joining application information to the intra-domain node by the G.hn network device which is non-networked.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein after the step of transmitting the joining application information to the intra-domain node by the G.hn network device which is non-networked, the method further comprises:

the G.hn network device being allowed to join in the current domain; and

setting domain parameters according to parameters of the current domain and saving the set parameters into the G.hn network device'"'"'s own database, by the G.hn network device.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving, by the G.hn network device, a password PW in an encryption manner in the case that the current domain is operated in a security mode; and

setting the PW and saving the PW into the G.hn network device'"'"'s own database by the G.hn network device.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving joining application information of applying for joining in the current domain from an extra-domain node in a first preset time window by the G.hn network device comprises:

changing a networking lamp of the G.hn network device in the first preset time window.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the step of receiving, by a G.hn network device, a key-press operation, the method further comprises:

in the case that the joining application information of applying for joining in the current domain from the extra-domain node is received by the G.hn network device outside the first preset time window or when the notice of open registration of the current domain is not broadcasted by the G.hn network device, determining, by the G.hn network device, whether the signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than the first preset threshold;

changing the networking lamp of the G.hn network device in a second present time window when the signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than the first preset threshold; and

allowing the extra-domain node to join in the current domain, if the key-press operation is received by the G.hn network device when changing the networking lamp.

8. A networking apparatus for a home network with a universal wired medium networking technology G.hn, located in a G.hn network device, comprising:

a first reception module, configured to receive a key-press operation;

a second reception module, configured to broadcast an notice of open registration of current domain, and receive joining application information of applying for joining in the current domain from an extra-domain node in a preset first time window;

a first determination module, configured to determine whether a signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than a first preset threshold; and

a processing module, configured to allow the extra-domain node to join in the current domain in the case that a determination result of the first determination module is yes.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a transmission module, configured to detect whether there currently exists an intra-domain node of which the signal intensity is not less than a second preset threshold, and transmit the joining application information to the intra-domain node of which the signal intensity is not less than the second preset threshold if a detection result is that there exists the intra-domain node.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a second determination module, configured to, in the case that the joining application information of applying for joining the current domain from the extra-domain node is received outside the first preset time window or when the notice of open registration of the current domain is not broadcasted by the G.hn network device, determine whether the signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than the first preset threshold;

a control module, configured to control the networking lamp to change in a second preset time window in the case that a determination result of the second determination module is yes; and

an input module, configured to allow the extra-domain node to join in the current domain if the key-press operation is received when the networking lamp is changed.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a transmission module, configured to transmit the joining application information to the intra-domain node of which the signal intensity is not less than the second preset threshold when an notice of open registration broadcasted by the intra-domain node is received.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a second determination module, configured to, in the case that the joining application information of applying for joining the current domain from the extra-domain node is received outside the first preset time window or when the notice of open registration of the current domain is not broadcasted by the G.hn network device, determine whether the signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than the first preset threshold;

a control module, configured to control the networking lamp to change in a second preset time window in the case that a determination result of the second determination module is yes; and

an input module, configured to allow the extra-domain node to join in the current domain if the key-press operation is received when the networking lamp is changed.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a second determination module, configured to, in the case that the joining application information of applying for joining the current domain from the extra-domain node is received outside the first preset time window or when the notice of open registration of the current domain is not broadcasted by the G.hn network device, determine whether the signal intensity of the extra-domain node transmitting the joining application information is not less than the first preset threshold;

a control module, configured to control the networking lamp to change in a second preset time window in the case that a determination result of the second determination module is yes; and

an input module, configured to allow the extra-domain node to join in the current domain if the key-press operation is received when the networking lamp is changed.