Method and system of providing internet protocol (IP) data communication in a NFC peer to peer communication environment

• US 9,325,382 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2012
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Arunan, Thenmozhi, Badvel, Jayabharath Reddy, Kota, Venkata subba reddy, Won, Eun-Tae
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Hoang-Chuong
• Application Number:
  US14/000,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20130322296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,530 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/50 Address allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5038 for local use, e.g. in LAN or USB networks, or in a controller area network [CAN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system of providing Internet Protocol data communication in a NFC peer-to-peer mode communication environment, wherein a NFC peer to peer link is established between an initiator NFC device and a target NFC device, a first configuration frame containing IP configuration parameters associated with the initiator NFC device is transmitted to the target NFC device via a NFC interface, a second configuration frame containing IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device is received from the target NFC device via the NFC interface in response to the first configuration frame, and an IP communication is set up with the target NFC device over the NFC interface based on the IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device and IP data is exchanged with the target NFC device over the NFC interface in a NFC peer to peer mode.

Claims

1. A method of providing internet protocol (IP) data communication in a near field communication (NFC) peer-to-peer communication environment, comprising:

establishing an NFC peer-to-peer link between an initiator NFC device and a target NFC device;

transmitting, by the initiator NFC device, a first configuration frame comprising IP configuration parameters associated with the initiator NFC device to the target NFC device via a NFC interface;

receiving, by the initiator NFC device, a second configuration frame comprising IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device via the NFC interface in response to the first configuration frame;

identifying, by the initiator NFC device, whether a first IP address of the initiator NFC device comprised in the first configuration frame is identical to a second IP address of the target NFC device comprised in the second configuration frame;

if the first IP address of the initiator NFC device is identical to the second IP address of the target NFC device, transmitting, by the initiator NFC device, a message indicating failure to the target NFC device and identifying, by the initiator NFC device, a third IP address of the initiator NFC device to transmit the third IP address to the target NFC device;

setting up, by the initiator NFC device, an IP communication with the target NFC device over the NFC interface based on the IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device; and

exchanging by the initiator NFC device, IP data with the target NFC device over the NFC interface in an NFC peer-to-peer mode if the IP communication is set up.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the IP configuration parameters associated with the initiator NFC device comprise a configuration frame type, the first IP address of the initiator NFC device, a role associated with the initiator NFC device, and a network interface type supported by the initiator NFC device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device comprise a configuration frame type, the second IP address of the target NFC device, a role associated with the target NFC device, and a network interface type supported by the target NFC device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein exchanging the IP data with the target NFC device over the NFC interface if the IP communication is set up comprises:

transmitting at least one IP data packet comprising IP data to the target NFC device over the NFC interface in the NFC peer-to-peer mode using the IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein transmitting the at least one IP data packet comprising the IP data to the target NFC device over the NFC interface in the NFC peer-to-peer mode comprises:

receiving a request to provide access to a global network from the target NFC device;

fetching IP data from the global network based on the request received from the target NFC device;

encapsulating the fetched IP data in a payload of a packet data unit; and

transmitting the packet data unit comprising the fetched IP data to the target NFC device over the NFC interface in the NFC peer-to-peer mode.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein exchanging the IP data with the target NFC device over the NFC interface if the IP communication is set up comprises:

receiving at least one IP data packet comprising IP data from the target NFC device over the NFC interface.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving the at least one IP data packet comprising the IP data from the target NFC device over the NFC interface in the NFC peer-to-peer mode comprises:

determining whether the target NFC device is connected to a global network based on the IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device;

sending a request to provide access to the global network to the target NFC device if the target NFC device is connected to the global network; and

receiving at least one IP data packet comprising IP data from the target NFC device over the NFC interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein setting up the IP communication with the target NFC device over the NFC interface based on the IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device comprises:

dynamically generating an ARP table based on the IP configuration parameters in the second configuration frame.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein setting up the IP communication with the target NFC device over the NFC interface based on the IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device comprises:

dynamically resolving duplicate addresses based on the IP configuration parameters in the second configuration frame.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

encapsulating, by the initiator NFC device, the first configuration frame comprising the IP configuration parameters associated with the initiator NFC device in a payload of a first packet data unit,

wherein the first packet data unit including the first configuration frame is transmitted to the target NFC device via an NFC interface.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second configuration frame is comprised in a second packet data unit.

12. An initiator near field communication (NFC) device configured to provide internet protocol (IP) data communication in an NFC peer-to-peer communication environment, the initiator NFC device comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor, wherein the processor is configured to;

establish an NFC peer to peer link with a target NFC device;

transmit a first configuration frame comprising IP configuration parameters associated with the initiator NFC device to the target NFC device via the transceiver;

receive a second configuration frame comprising IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device via the transceiver in response to the first configuration frame;

identify whether a first IP address of the initiator NFC device comprised in the first configuration frame is identical to a second IP address of the target NFC device comprised in the second configuration frame;

transmit, if the first IP address of the initiator NFC device is identical to the second IP address of the target NFC device, a message indicating failure to the target NFC device and identify a third IP address of the initiator NFC device to transmit the third IP address to the target NEC device;

set up an IP communication with the target NFC device over the transceiver based on the IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device; and

exchange IP data with the target NFC device over the transceiver in an NFC peer-to-peer mode if the IP communication is set up.

13. The initiator NFC device of claim 12, wherein IP configuration parameters associated with the initiator NFC device comprise a configuration frame type, the first IP address, a role, and a network interface type.

14. The initiator NFC device of claim 13, wherein the role is selected from the group consisting of an Adhoc, and device with wider network connectivity.

15. The initiator NFC device of claim 13, wherein the first IP address comprises one of an IPV4 address and IPv6 address.

16. The initiator NFC device of claim 12, wherein the IP configuration parameters associated with the initiator NFC device comprise a configuration frame type, the first IP address of the initiator NFC device, a role associated with the initiator NFC device, and a network interface type supported by the initiator NFC device.

17. The initiator NFC device of claim 16, wherein the IP configuration parameters associated with the target NFC device comprise a configuration frame type, the second IP address of the target NFC device, a role associated with the target NFC device, and a network interface type supported by the target NFC device.

18. The initiator NFC device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit at least one IP data packet comprising IP data to the initiator NFC device over the transceiver in the NFC peer-to-peer mode using the IP configuration parameters associated with the initiator NFC device.

19. The initiator NFC device of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a request to provide access to a global network from the initiator NFC device;

fetch IP data from the global network based on the request received from the initiator NFC device;

encapsulate the fetched IP data in a payload of a packet data unfit; and

transmit the packet data unit comprising the fetched IP data to the initiator NFC device over the transceiver in the NFC peer-to-peer mode.

20. The initiator NFC device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the initiator NFC device is connected to a global network based on the IP configuration parameters associated with the initiator NFC device;

send a request to provide access to the global network to the initiator NFC device if the initiator NFC device is connected to the global network; and

receive at least one IP data packet comprising IP data from the initiator NFC device over the transceiver.

21. The initiator NFC device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to dynamically generate an address resolution protocol (ARP) table based on the IP configuration parameters in the first configuration frame.

22. The initiator NFC device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to dynamically resolve duplicate addresses based on the IP configuration parameters in the first configuration frame.