Method for handling inconsistencies in a home wireless system

• US 9,763,119 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2013
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verisure Sarl (Verisure Midholding AB)
• Original Assignee: Verisure Sarl (Verisure Midholding AB)
• Inventors: Hederstierna, Fredrik, Munts, Philip Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Belur, Deepa
• Application Number:
  US14/383,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20150023211A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,649 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2823 Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

A method of handling inconsistencies in a home wireless system wherein the home wireless system comprises a plurality of peripheral wireless nodes (14; 16; 19; 21; 23), a first gateway (12) having wireless communication means for communicating with and controlling associated peripheral wireless nodes, at least one second gateway (12′; 32), and a Remote Central Monitoring Station, RCMS. The method comprises generating in said RCMS an updated home wireless system configuration characteristic on the basis of the number of and characteristics of peripheral wireless nodes in said home wireless system, transmitting from said RCMS said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic to and storing said home wireless system configuration characteristic in said first gateway (12), repeatedly forwarding said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic from said first gateway (12) to said at least one second gateway (12′; 32), and comparing said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic with a previously stored home wireless system configuration characteristic.

Claims

1. A method of handling inconsistencies in a home wireless system wherein the home wireless system comprises a plurality of peripheral wireless nodes, a first gateway having wireless communication means for communicating with and controlling associated peripheral wireless nodes, and a Remote Central Monitoring Station, RCMS, the method comprising the steps:

a. installing at least one second gateway in said home wireless system,

b. generating in said RCMS an updated home wireless system configuration characteristic on the basis of the number of and characteristics of peripheral wireless nodes in said home wireless system,

c. transmitting from said RCMS to said first and second gateway said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic wherein only the first gateway is able to receive and store said home wireless system configuration characteristic in said first gateway (12) whereas the second gateway is blocked from receiving said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic,

d. repeatedly forwarding said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic from said first gateway to said at least one second gateway, and

e. comparing in said at least one second gateway said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic with a previously stored home wireless system configuration characteristic and requesting updating of the home wireless system configuration characteristic with the RCMS when said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic is not identical to said previously stored home wireless system configuration characteristic.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising adding an increasing configuration revision number when generating said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising calculating in each gateway a configuration checksum and including said configuration checksum when communicating with another gateway.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising requesting updating of the home wireless system configuration characteristic when a configuration checksum received from another gateway is not identical to a previously calculated checksum.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising obtaining in said first gateway a time stamp when receiving an updated home wireless system configuration characteristic and including said time stamp when forwarding said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic from said first gateway to said at least one second gateway.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising obtaining in said first gateway a time stamp when receiving an updated home wireless system configuration characteristic and including said time stamp when forwarding said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic from said first gateway to said at least one second gateway.

7. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising obtaining in said first gateway a time stamp when receiving an updated home wireless system configuration characteristic and including said time stamp when forwarding said updated home wireless system configuration characteristic from said first gateway to said at least one second gateway.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising requesting updating of the home wireless system configuration characteristic when a time stamp received from another gateway is not identical to a previously obtained timestamp.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising requesting updating of the home wireless system configuration characteristic when a time stamp received from another gateway is not identical to a previously obtained timestamp.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising requesting updating of the home wireless system configuration characteristic by initially establishing contact with the RCMS.

11. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising requesting updating of the home wireless system configuration characteristic by initially establishing contact with the RCMS.

12. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising requesting updating of the home wireless system configuration characteristic by initially establishing contact with the RCMS.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising requesting updating of the home wireless system configuration characteristic by initially establishing contact with the RCMS.