CN102833817B - Network access method and system based on home gateway and home gateway - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a network access method and system based on a home gateway and a home gateway, wherein the method includes: the home gateway receives a message sent by a user terminal for requesting access to a shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by a remote management platform The network access request message, the network access request message includes: the media access control address of the user terminal, and the user identification corresponding to the media access control address; determine whether to include the media access control address and user ID according to the local public user list If the corresponding relationship is identified, if it is, then the user terminal is instructed to access the shared wireless local area network. Through the home gateway-based network access method and system and the home gateway provided by the present invention, on the basis of not increasing the hardware cost, the coverage of the public wireless network is increased through the sharing of the home gateway, and the user's network service is improved. reliability.

Description

Network access method and system based on home gateway and home gateway

technical field

The embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of communication, and in particular, to a network access method and system based on a home gateway and a home gateway.

Background technique

With the wide application of wireless network technologies, users' demands on wireless networks continue to increase. In order to improve their own competitiveness, operators are also constantly improving the coverage of wireless networks.

At present, the construction of a wireless city is to build a separate wireless access point, and users use random or fixed passwords to access the network. However, this solution is expensive to build and does not cover indoors, corridors and other areas.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above-mentioned defects in the prior art, embodiments of the present invention provide a network access method and system based on a home gateway and a home gateway.

One aspect of the present invention provides a network access method based on a home gateway, including:

The home gateway receives the network access request message sent by the user terminal for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by the remote management platform, and the network access request message includes: the media access control address of the user terminal , and a user identifier corresponding to the media access control address;

The home gateway determines whether the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identifier is included according to the local public user list, and if so, instructs the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network to pass the The shared wireless local area network communicates with the Internet.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a home gateway, including:

The receiving module is configured to receive a network access request message sent by the user terminal for requesting access to a shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by the remote management platform, the network access request message including: the media access of the user terminal An ingress control address, and a user identifier corresponding to the media access control address;

A judging module, configured to determine whether the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identifier is included according to the local public user list;

An access module, configured to instruct the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network if the judging module determines the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier according to the local public user list, To communicate and interact with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a network access system based on a home gateway, including a user terminal, a remote management platform, and the aforementioned home gateway.

The home gateway-based network access method and system and the home gateway provided by the embodiments of the present invention receive, through the home gateway, a network access request from a user terminal for accessing a shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by a remote management platform. After the request message, if the corresponding relationship between the media access control address of the user terminal and the user identifier is known according to the local public user list, the user terminal is instructed to access the shared wireless local area network, so as to communicate with the user through the shared wireless local area network. Internet for communication and interaction. Therefore, on the basis of not increasing the hardware cost, the coverage of the public wireless network is increased through the sharing of the home gateway, and the reliability of network services performed by users is improved.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the flow chart of an embodiment of the network access method based on home gateway of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the home gateway-based network access method of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the home gateway of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the home gateway of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the home gateway-based network access system of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Fig. 1 is the flow chart of an embodiment of the network access method based on home gateway of the present invention, as shown in Fig. 1, this method comprises:

Step 100, the home gateway receives the network access request message sent by the user terminal for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by the remote management platform, the network access request message includes: the media interface of the user terminal An ingress control address, and a user identifier corresponding to the media access control address;

The home gateway in the embodiment of the present invention has applied for the network sharing service on the remote management platform of the operator in advance. Specifically, when the home gateway is turned on, the remote management platform will remove the user's own service set identifier from the home gateway through remote control. Any service set identifier other than Service Set Identifier (SSID) is named as the shared network identifier of the shared wireless local area network provided to public users. For example, the shared network identifier of the shared wireless local area network provided by China Unicom operator is "chinaunicom". It should be noted that the home gateway that supports the shared wireless local area network provided by the operator can be realized after the home gateway that does not share the network is upgraded on the operator's remote management platform, or the equipment manufacturer is the home gateway that leaves the factory. According to the needs of the operator, the network sharing service is set for the home gateway on the remote management platform in advance. When the user terminal searches for the shared wireless local area network provided by the home gateway, the shared network identification of the shared wireless local area network is displayed to the user to prompt the user to access, and the user enters the pre-registered media access with the user terminal on the user terminal. control the user ID corresponding to the address, and send a network access request message for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network to the home gateway, where the network access request message includes the media access control address of the user terminal, and The user identifier corresponding to the media access control address, so that the home gateway parses the received network access request message to obtain the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier.

It should be noted that the user terminal in this embodiment refers to a terminal device capable of accessing a wireless local area network, such as a smart phone, a notebook computer, an iPAD, and the like. The user can access the wireless local area network through different user terminals according to the specific situation, and the media access control address of the user terminal is used as the identifier of the user terminal. The user uses different user terminals to use different user identifiers for network access, for example, If the user terminal is a smart phone, the user ID can be the user's mobile phone number. If the user terminal is an iPAD, the user ID can be a user-defined user name. When sharing the service of the wireless local area network, it is necessary to provide the media access control address of the user terminal and the user ID corresponding to the media access control address, and the operator stores the corresponding relationship between the media access control address provided by the user and the user ID in the Remote management platform.

Step 101, the home gateway determines whether the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user ID is included according to the local public user list, and if so, instructs the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network to Communicating and interacting with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network.

After the home gateway obtains the correspondence between the user's media access control address and the user ID, it queries the locally stored public user list to determine whether it contains the correspondence between the user's media access control address and the user ID. If the home gateway determines that the public user list contains the corresponding relationship between the user's media access control address and the user ID, it will instruct the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network, so that the user terminal can pass the shared wireless local area network provided by itself. Communicate and interact with the Internet. It should be noted that the public user list in this application stores the relevant information of the user terminals that are allowed to access the shared wireless local area network provided by itself. The relevant information is the media access control address of the user terminal and the The user ID corresponding to the control address, the information in the public user list can be issued by the remote management platform, or can be pre-stored by users with management authority.

In the network access method based on the home gateway provided in this embodiment, after the home gateway receives the network access request message sent by the user terminal for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by the remote management platform, if according to The local public user list judges and learns the correspondence between the MAC address of the user terminal and the user ID, and instructs the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network, so as to communicate and interact with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network. Therefore, on the basis of not increasing the hardware cost, the coverage of the public wireless network is increased through the sharing of the home gateway, and the reliability of network services performed by users is improved.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the home gateway-based network access method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method specifically includes:

Step 200, the home gateway receives the network access request message sent by the user terminal for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by the remote management platform, the network access request message includes: the media interface of the user terminal An ingress control address, and a user identifier corresponding to the media access control address;

The home gateway in the embodiment of the present invention has applied for the network sharing service on the remote management platform of the operator in advance. Specifically, when the home gateway is turned on, the remote management platform will remove the user's own service set identifier from the home gateway through remote control. Any service set identifier other than Service Set Identifier (SSID) is named as the shared network identifier of the shared wireless local area network provided to public users. For example, the shared network identifier of the shared wireless local area network provided by China Unicom operator is "chinaunicom". It should be noted that the home gateway that supports the shared wireless local area network provided by the operator can be realized after the home gateway that does not share the network is upgraded on the operator's remote management platform, or the equipment manufacturer is the home gateway that leaves the factory. According to the needs of the operator, the network sharing service is set for the home gateway on the remote management platform in advance. When the user terminal searches for the shared wireless local area network provided by the home gateway, the shared network identification of the shared wireless local area network is displayed to the user to prompt the user to access, and the user enters the pre-registered media access with the user terminal on the user terminal. control the user ID corresponding to the address, and send a network access request message for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network to the home gateway, where the network access request message includes the media access control address of the user terminal, and The user identifier corresponding to the media access control address, so that the home gateway parses the received network access request message to obtain the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier.

It should be noted that the user terminal in this embodiment refers to a terminal device capable of accessing a wireless local area network, such as a smart phone, a notebook computer, an iPAD, and the like. The user can access the wireless local area network through different user terminals according to the specific situation, and the media access control address of the user terminal is used as the identifier of the user terminal. The user uses different user terminals to use different user identifiers for network access, for example, If the user terminal is a smart phone, the user ID can be the user's mobile phone number. If the user terminal is an iPAD, the user ID can be a user-defined user name. When sharing the service of the wireless local area network, it is necessary to provide the media access control address of the user terminal and the user ID corresponding to the media access control address, and the operator stores the corresponding relationship between the media access control address provided by the user and the user ID in the Remote management platform.

Step 201, the home gateway determines whether the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identifier is included according to the local public user list, if so, then execute step 202, otherwise, execute step 203;

After the home gateway obtains the correspondence between the user's media access control address and the user ID, it queries the locally stored public user list to determine whether it contains the correspondence between the user's media access control address and the user ID. If the home gateway determines that the public user list contains the corresponding relationship between the user's media access control address and the user identifier, it executes step 202; if it determines that the public user list does not contain the user's media access control address and If the corresponding relationship between the user IDs is determined, step 203 is executed.

Step 202, the home gateway instructs the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network, so as to communicate and interact with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network;

Step 203, the home gateway sends an access indication request message to the remote management platform, and the access indication request message includes: the home gateway identifier, the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier;

The home gateway sends an access indication request message to the remote management platform, and the access indication request message includes: the home gateway identification of the home gateway, the media access control address of the user terminal, and the user identification corresponding to the media access control address , for the remote management platform to indicate whether to allow the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network provided by itself.

Step 204, if the home gateway receives the access indication message returned by the remote management platform, instruct the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network, so as to communicate and interact with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network , wherein the access indication message is sent by the remote management platform after querying the local user information list to determine the correspondence between the media access control address and the user ID.

The remote management platform parses the received access indication request message to obtain the home gateway identifier of the home gateway, the media access control address of the user terminal, and the user identifier corresponding to the media access control address. Then the remote management platform queries the local user information list to determine whether it contains the corresponding relationship between the media access control address to be requested for access and the user ID, wherein the user information list includes all users who apply for access to the home gateway through the user terminal at the operator The provided MAC address of the user terminal used by the shared wireless local area network service and the user identifier corresponding to the MAC address. If the remote management platform judges that the user information list contains the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identification to be requested for access, it will send an access indication message to the home gateway corresponding to the home gateway identification, so that the home gateway Then instruct the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network provided by itself according to the access indication message returned by the remote management platform, so that the user terminal communicates and interacts with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network.

In the network access method based on the home gateway provided in this embodiment, after the home gateway receives the network access request message sent by the user terminal for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network, if the home gateway determines and knows the Including the corresponding relationship between the media access control address of the user terminal and the user identifier, it indicates that the user terminal is connected to the shared wireless local area network; Information list for instructions. Therefore, on the basis of not increasing the hardware cost, the coverage of the public wireless network is increased through the sharing of the home gateway, and the reliability of network services performed by users is improved.

Further, the method also includes:

Step 205, the home gateway receives the data update message returned by the remote management platform including the correspondence between the media access control address and the user ID, wherein the data update message is obtained by the remote management platform according to the access log . Corresponding to the residential gateway identifier of the residential gateway, the correspondence between media access control addresses and user identifiers that are greater than or equal to a preset access frequency.

The remote management platform establishes an access log according to each access indication message sent by the home gateway, and the access log includes: the corresponding relationship between the user ID, the media access control address, the access time and the ID of the home gateway, and any home gateway To illustrate, obtain all user identifiers, media access control addresses, and access time corresponding to the home gateway identifier of the home gateway from the access log, and determine user terminals that are greater than or equal to the preset access frequency according to the access time, Then send the media access control address of the user terminal and the user identification corresponding to the media access control address as update data to the home gateway.

Step 206, the home gateway updates the public user list according to the data update message.

The home gateway parses the received data update message to obtain the corresponding relationship between the media access control address to be updated and the user ID, and updates the information in the local public user list according to the information, that is, the information in the local public user list is stored locally. Enter the relevant information of the user terminals sharing the wireless local area network provided by itself, so that when these user terminals send network access request messages to themselves, since the relevant information of these user terminals is stored in the public user list, these user terminals can be directly allowed Access to the shared wireless local area network does not require instructions through the remote management platform.

Further, the method also includes:

Step 207, the home gateway starts the automatic search function, and reports the searched home gateway identifier of the home gateway with the shared wireless local area network to the remote management platform, so that the remote management platform can search according to the preset network topology. The policy adjusts the working status of each home gateway.

The home gateway starts the automatic search function according to the actual application needs or the preset time, and reports the home gateway identification of the searched home gateway with the shared wireless local area network to the remote management platform, so that the remote management platform optimizes the network topology according to the preset network topology. The policy analyzes all received reported home gateway identities, for example, if the number of home gateway identities reported by home gateways is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, it instructs one or more home gateways to shut down to save network resources.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps for realizing the above-mentioned method embodiments can be completed by hardware related to program instructions, and the aforementioned program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program is executed, the It includes the steps of the above method embodiments; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: ROM, RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk and other various media that can store program codes.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the home gateway of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the home gateway includes: a receiving module 11, a judging module 12 and an access module 13, wherein the receiving module 11 is used to receive the . A network access request message for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by the remote management platform. The network access request message includes: the media access control address of the user terminal, and the user terminal corresponding to the media access control address Identification; the judging module 12 is used to determine whether to include the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identifier according to the local public user list; the access module 13 is used to determine whether the judging module 12 includes the media access control according to the local public user list. The correspondence between the address and the user identifier indicates that the user terminal accesses the shared wireless local area network, so as to communicate and interact with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network.

For the functions and processing flow of each module in the home gateway provided in this embodiment, refer to the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 above. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated here.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the home gateway of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, based on the embodiment shown in FIG. Does not include the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identification, then send an access indication request message to the remote management platform, and the access indication request message includes: the corresponding relationship between the home gateway identification, the media access control address and the user identification; Module 11 is also configured to instruct the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network to communicate and interact with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network if the access indication message returned by the remote management platform is received, wherein the access indication message is a remote management The platform sends it after querying the local user information list to determine the correspondence between the media access control address and the user ID.

Further, the home gateway also includes: an update module 15, wherein the receiving module 11 is also used to receive a data update message including the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier returned by the remote management platform, wherein the data update message is a remote The corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identification obtained by the management platform according to the access log, corresponding to the home gateway identification of the home gateway, and greater than or equal to the preset access frequency; the update module 15 is used to update according to the data update message List of public users.

Further, the home gateway also includes: a search module 16, configured to enable the automatic search function, and report the searched home gateway identification of the home gateway with the shared wireless local area network to the remote management platform through the request module 14, for remote The management platform adjusts the working status of each home gateway according to the preset network topology strategy.

For the functions and processing flow of each module in the home gateway provided in this embodiment, refer to the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 above. The implementation principles and technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated here.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a network access system based on a home gateway in the present invention. As shown in Fig. 5, the system includes: a user terminal 1, a remote management platform 2 and a home gateway 3, wherein the home gateway 3 can use The home gateway provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 1 and the remote management platform 2 are the user terminal and the remote management platform involved in the embodiment of the present invention.

For the functions and processing flow of each module in the home gateway-based network access system provided by this embodiment, refer to the above-mentioned method embodiment, and its implementation principle and technical effect are similar, and will not be repeated here.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: it can still be Modifications are made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent replacements are made to some of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. A network access method based on a home gateway, characterized in that, comprising: The home gateway receives the network access request message sent by the user terminal for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by the remote management platform, and the network access request message includes: the media access control address of the user terminal , and a user identifier corresponding to the media access control address; The home gateway determines whether the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identifier is included according to the local public user list, and if so, instructs the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network to pass the Shared wireless local area network and Internet for communication and interaction; After the home gateway receives the network access request message sent by the user terminal for requesting access to the shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by the remote management platform, the method further includes: If the home gateway determines that the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier is not included according to the public user list, it sends an access instruction request message to the remote management platform, and the access instruction The request message includes: the home gateway identifier, the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier; If the home gateway receives the access indication message returned by the remote management platform, it instructs the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network, so as to communicate and interact with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network, wherein, The access indication message is sent by the remote management platform after querying the local user information list to determine the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier. 2. The network access method based on the home gateway according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: The home gateway receives the data update message returned by the remote management platform including the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier, wherein the data update message is obtained by the remote management platform according to the access log and is consistent with the The corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identification corresponding to the home gateway identification of the home gateway, which is greater than or equal to the preset access frequency; The home gateway updates the public user list according to the data update message. 3. The network access method based on a home gateway according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the method further comprises: The home gateway starts the automatic search function, and reports the searched home gateway identification of the home gateway with the shared wireless local area network to the remote management platform, so that the remote management platform can search each network according to the preset network topology policy. Adjust the working status of the home gateway. 4. A home gateway, characterized in that, comprising: The receiving module is configured to receive a network access request message sent by the user terminal for requesting access to a shared wireless local area network controlled and opened by the remote management platform, the network access request message including: the media access of the user terminal An ingress control address, and a user identifier corresponding to the media access control address; A judging module, configured to determine whether the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identifier is included according to the local public user list; An access module, configured to instruct the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network if the judging module determines the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier according to the local public user list, communicate and interact with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network; The request module is configured to send an access instruction request message to the remote management platform if the judging module judges according to the public user list that the corresponding relationship between the media access control address and the user identifier is not included, The access indication request message includes: the correspondence between the home gateway identifier, the media access control address, and the user identifier; The receiving module is further configured to instruct the user terminal to access the shared wireless local area network to communicate with the Internet through the shared wireless local area network if the access indication message returned by the remote management platform is received. interaction, wherein the access indication message is sent by the remote management platform after querying the local user information list to determine the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier. 5. The home gateway according to claim 4, further comprising: an update module; The receiving module is further configured to receive a data update message returned by the remote management platform including the correspondence between the media access control address and the user identifier, wherein the data update message is obtained by the remote management platform according to the access log Corresponding relationship between media access control addresses and user identifiers corresponding to the residential gateway identifier of the residential gateway and greater than or equal to the preset access frequency; The update module is configured to update the public user list according to the data update message. 6. The home gateway according to any one of claims 4-5, further comprising: The search module is configured to enable the automatic search function, and report the searched home gateway identification of the home gateway with the shared wireless local area network to the remote management platform, so that the remote management platform can search for the home gateway according to the preset network topology policy. The working status of each home gateway is adjusted. 7. A network access system based on a home gateway, comprising: a user terminal, a remote management platform, and the home gateway according to any one of claims 4-6.