Method and apparatus for registering terminal

• US 9,479,477 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Hao, Xie, Fang
• Primary Examiner(s): Armouche, Hadi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cribbs, Malcolm
• Application Number:
  US14/431,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20150229605A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,146 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus for registering a terminal. The method includes: after a gateway receives a registration request of a peripheral of a terminal, the gateway authenticating and verifying the peripheral of the terminal; after the authentication and verification are passed, the gateway initiating a remote registration request to a machine-to-machine (M2M) service platform or an M2M application, the remote registration request being used for requesting the M2M service platform or the M2M application to register the peripheral of the terminal to the M2M service platform or the M2M application. Based on the technical solutions, technical problems such as low security and privacy in M2M network communications in the related art are solved, and registration of a terminal is locally verified, thereby further improving the security and privacy in M2M network communications.

Claims

1. A method for registering a terminal, comprising:

after receiving a registration request from a peripheral of a terminal, a gateway authenticating and verifying the peripheral of the terminal; and

after the authentication and verification are passed, the gateway initiating a remote registration request to a Machine-to-Machine, M2M, service platform or an M2M application, wherein the remote registration request is used for requesting the M2M service platform or the M2M application to register the peripheral of the terminal to the M2M service platform or the M2M application,

wherein after the authentication and verification are passed, the method further comprises;

the gateway assigning an address or identification to the peripheral of the terminal, and saving information about the peripheral of the terminal;

wherein the information about the peripheral of the terminal comprises the following information;

an address or identification of the peripheral of the terminal, and a state of the peripheral of the terminal, wherein the state of the peripheral of the terminal comprises one of the following;

local registration state or remote registration state;

wherein before initiating the remote registration request to the M2M service platform or the M2M application, the method comprises;

the gateway acquiring indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating whether the peripheral of the terminal supports remote management, and initiating the remote registration request to the M2M service platform or the M2M application in the case that the indication information indicates the peripheral of the terminal supports the remote management.

2. The method according to claim 1, the gateway acquiring the indication information comprises:

the gateway acquiring the indication information from the registration request.

3. The method according to claim 1, the gateway acquiring the indication information comprises:

the gateway acquiring the indication information from subscription information.

4. The method according to claim 1, after the authentication and verification are passed, the method further comprises:

the gateway acquiring device description information and/or application description information of the peripheral of the terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4, the gateway acquiring the device description information and/or the application description information of the peripheral of the terminal comprises:

the gateway sending a request message to the peripheral of the terminal, wherein the request message is used for requesting the device description information and/or the application description information; and

the gateway receiving the device description information and/or the application description information sent by the peripheral of the terminal according to the request message.

6. The method according to claim 1, after the gateway assigning the address or identification to the peripheral of the terminal, and saving the information about the peripheral of the terminal, the method further comprises:

the gateway sending a registration confirmation message to the peripheral of the terminal, wherein the registration confirmation message comprises;

indication information about successful registration of the peripheral of the terminal, and the address or identification assigned by the gateway to the peripheral of the terminal.

7. The method according to claim 1,

if the authentication and verification performed by the gateway on the peripheral of the terminal fail, then the gateway sending a registration confirmation message to the peripheral of the terminal, wherein the registration confirmation message indicates that local registration of the peripheral of the terminal fails.

8. The method according to claim 1, after the gateway initiating the remote registration request to the M2M service platform or the M2M application, the method further comprises:

after the gateway receives a registration failure message, re-sending the remote registration request within a predetermined time.

9. The method according to claim 8, the method further comprises:

when the number of times that the gateway receives the registration failure message reaches a predetermined number, the gateway stopping sending the remote registration request.

11. The method according to claim 2, after the gateway initiating the remote registration request to the M2M service platform or the M2M application, the method further comprises:

after the gateway receives a registration failure message, re-sending the remote registration request within a predetermined time.

12. The method according to claim 3, after the gateway initiating the remote registration request to the M2M service platform or the M2M application, the method further comprises:

after the gateway receives a registration failure message, re-sending the remote registration request within a predetermined time.

13. The method according to claim 4, after the gateway initiating the remote registration request to the M2M service platform or the M2M application, the method further comprises:

after the gateway receives a registration failure message, re-sending the remote registration request within a predetermined time.

14. The method according to claim 5, after the gateway initiating the remote registration request to the M2M service platform or the M2M application, the method further comprises:

after the gateway receives a registration failure message, re-sending the remote registration request within a predetermined time.

10. An apparatus for registering a terminal, located in a gateway, comprising:

a hardware processor executing instructions to;

after receiving a registration request from a peripheral of a terminal, authenticate and verify the peripheral of the terminal;

after the authentication and verification are passed, initiate a remote registration request to a Machine-to-Machine, M2M, service platform or an M2M application, wherein the remote registration request is used for requesting the M2M service platform or the M2M application to register the peripheral of the terminal to the M2M service platform or the M2M application;

assign an address or identification to the peripheral of the terminal, and save information about the peripheral of the terminal,

wherein the information about the peripheral of the terminal comprises the following information;

an address or identification of the peripheral of the terminal, and a state of the peripheral of the terminal, wherein the state of the peripheral of the terminal comprises one of the following;

local registration state or remote registration state; and

acquire indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating whether the peripheral of the terminal supports remote management, and initiate the remote registration request to the M2M service platform or the M2M application in the case that the indication information indicates the peripheral of the terminal supports the remote management.