METHOD AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING OPERATION ON DEVICE RESOURCE

• US 20130179557A1
• Filed: 03/04/2013
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: BIAN, Yonggang, ZHANG, Yongjing, MU, Lunjian, JIN, Lei, XU, Ke, WANG, Jue
• Granted Patent: US 9,467,499 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0293 for accessing web services by means of a binding identification of the management service or element
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/78 Architectures of resource allocation
• 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 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A method for performing an operation on a device resource includes: receiving a first request, which is requests an operation on a device resource, where a destination address of the first request is a mapped address of the device resource on a management apparatus; determining, that the device resource is created on a device corresponding to the device resource; generating a second request for performing an operation on the device resource on the device; and transmitting the second request to the device. A management apparatus for performing an operation on a device resource is also provided. By using the present invention, the complexity for the network application to perform an operation on the device resource can be reduced, and the convenience for the network application to perform an operation on the device resource can be improved. Therefore, extensive application of M2M can further be promoted.

Claims

1. A method for performing an operation on a device resource, comprising:

receiving a first request, which is from a network application and requests the operation on the device resource, wherein a destination address of the first request is a mapped address of the device resource on a management apparatus;

determining, according to the mapped address, that the device resource is created on a device corresponding to the device resource;

based on a description resource of the device resource, generating a second request for performing the operation on the device resource on the device, wherein a destination address of the second request is an address of the device resource on the device; and

transmitting the second request to the device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before receiving the first request that the network application requests the operation on the device resource, the method further comprises:

receiving a description resource creating request transmitted by the device; and

based on the description resource creating request, creating the description resource, wherein the description resource comprises the address of the device resource on the device and an identifier of the device resource.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting, to the device, a description resource creation success reply for replying to the description resource creating request, wherein the description resource creation success reply comprises an address of the description resource.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after receiving the first request that the network application requests the operation on the device resource, performing an authorization check to determine that the first request is allowed.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generating the second request for performing the operation on the device resource on the device comprises:

based on a protocol for communication between the management apparatus and the device, generating the second request.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second response, which is transmitted by the device and responds to the second request; and

based on the second response, transmitting, to the network application, a first response for responding to the first request.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein after receiving the first request that the network application requests the operation on the device resource, the method further comprises:

determining, according to the mapped address, that the device resource is created on the management apparatus; and

performing a corresponding operation on the device resource according to the first request, and transmitting, to the network application, a third response for responding to the first request.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the first request that the network application requests the operation on the device resource comprises:

receiving the first request that the network application requests acquiring the device resource.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein when the second response indicates that the device resource is successfully acquired, the method further comprises:

updating an application data instance that corresponds to the device and is in a logic model of a device resource interface of the management apparatus.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the first request that the network application requests the operation on the device resource comprises:

receiving the first request that the network application requests transmitting a control command to the device resource.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein when the second response indicates that the control command is successfully transmitted to the device resource, the method further comprises:

recording the control command on the management apparatus.

12. A management apparatus for performing an operation on a device resource, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a first request, which is from a network application and requests the operation on the device resource, wherein a destination address of the first request is a mapped address of the device resource on the management apparatus;

a first determining module, configured to determine, according to the mapped address, that the device resource is created on a device corresponding to the device resource;

a generating module, configured to generate, based on a description resource of the device resource, a second request for performing the operation on the device resource on the device, wherein a destination address of the second request is an address of the device resource on the device; and

a first transmitting module, configured to transmit the second request to the device.

13. The management apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a description resource creating request transmitted by the device; and

a creating module, configured to create, based on the description resource creating request, the description resource, wherein the description resource comprises the address of the device resource on the device and an identifier of the device resource.

14. The management apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a second transmitting module, configured to transmit, to the device, a description resource creation success reply for replying to the description resource creating request, wherein the description resource creation success reply comprises an address of the description resource.

15. The management apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a checking module, configured to perform an authorization check to determine that the first request is allowed.

16. The management apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the generating module is further configured to generate, based on a protocol for communication between the management apparatus and the device, the second request.

17. The management apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a third receiving module, configured to receive a second response, which is transmitted by the device and responds to the second request; and

a third transmitting module, configured to transmit, based on the second response, a first response for responding to the first request to the network application.

18. The management apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a second determining module, configured to determine, according to the mapped address, that the device resource is created on the management apparatus; and

a fourth transmitting module, configured to perform a corresponding operation on the device resource according to the first request, and transmit, to the network application, a third response for responding to the first request.

19. The management apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

an updating module, configured to update an application data instance that corresponds to the device and is in a logic model of a device resource interface of the management apparatus when the first request comprises requesting acquiring the device resource, and the second response indicates that the device resource is successfully acquired.

20. The management apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a recording module, configured to;

when the first request comprises requesting transmitting a control command to the device resource and the second response indicates that the control command is successfully transmitted to the device resource, record the control command on the management apparatus.