CN106937410B

CN106937410B - Network side device and communication control method thereof, Internet of things device and communication method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN106937410B
Application number: CN201511025051.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 师延山; 康一
Original assignee: Spreadtrum Communications Shanghai Co Ltd
Current assignee: Spreadtrum Communications Shanghai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-12-30
Filing date: 2015-12-30
Publication date: 2020-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 2035-12-30
Also published as: CN106937410A

Abstract

The communication control method of the Internet of things equipment comprises the following steps: when communication information of source equipment in the Internet of things is received, whether target equipment is first type equipment or second type equipment is judged; when the target device is determined to be a first type device, acquiring information of a second type device in an associated user group to which the target device belongs, wherein the devices in the associated user group perform near field communication in a point-to-point mode; communicating with the target device through a second type of device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group. By the scheme, the operation process can be simplified and resources can be saved when the Internet of things equipment uses the mobile communication network for communication.

Description

Network side device and communication control method thereof, Internet of things device and communication method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of internet of things, in particular to network side equipment and a communication control method thereof, and internet of things equipment and a communication method thereof.

Background

Wireless cellular networks, after undergoing evolution from 2G, 3G to 4G, the inter-person communication needs are substantially met. The 5G technology defined by the requirement is specially designed for three typical scenes, namely wireless broadband, low power consumption, large link, low time delay, high reliability and the like. The low-power consumption and large-link, even the low-time delay and high-reliability scene, relates to the category of the Internet of things.

In the internet of things, the number of things is usually much larger than the number of people. For example, a family has 4 people, but has multiple televisions, refrigerators, multiple air conditioners, cars, curtains, alarms, intercom doorbells, wearable devices, etc., so that the number of "things" is greater than the number of "people". Because the internet of things finally needs to communicate with people, the 'things' and the 'people' jointly access the public mobile communication network, and the communication requirement can be better solved. This means that networks operated by mobile operators of cellular networks face several times the amount of human device access.

However, in the prior art, the "things" and the "people" in the internet of things jointly access to the public mobile communication network, that is, a corresponding Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) or a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) needs to be applied for each "thing" first, so that each "thing" can use the corresponding SIM/USIM to access the network and communicate, which is a problem of complex operation and resource waste.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention solves the problems of simplifying the operation process and saving resources when the Internet of things equipment uses the mobile communication network for communication.

In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a communication control method for an internet of things device, where the method includes:

When communication information of source equipment in the Internet of things is received, whether target equipment is first type equipment or second type equipment is judged, wherein the first type equipment does not have the capacity of residing in a public mobile communication network, and the second type equipment has the capacity of residing in the public mobile communication network;

When the target device is determined to be a first type device, acquiring information of a second type device in an associated user group to which the target device belongs, wherein the devices in the associated user group perform near field communication in a point-to-point mode;

Communicating with the target device through a second type of device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

Optionally, the communicating with the target device through a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group includes:

And sending the communication information and the identification information of the target equipment to second type equipment residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group, so that the second type equipment residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group identifies the target equipment through the identification information of the target equipment, and sends the communication information to the target equipment in a point-to-point mode.

Optionally, the identification information of the target device is allocated to the network side.

optionally, the identification information of the first type device is stored in a device list of the associated user group in the H lr.

Optionally, when receiving a call forwarding call of a first type device in the associated user group, the method further includes:

Acquiring information of second type equipment residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group;

And connecting the call transfer call of the first type equipment to second type equipment residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group, and sending the identification information of the first type equipment to the second type equipment residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

Optionally, the sending the identification information of the first type device to a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group includes: and sending identification information signaling added with the first type equipment to second type equipment residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group in a call forwarding process.

Optionally, the identification information of the first type device is an MSISDN.

Optionally, the associated user group includes more than two devices of the second type.

And selecting one second type device residing in the public mobile communication network from the second type devices in the associated user group, and communicating with the target user device through the selected second type device.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

When the target equipment is determined to be the second type equipment, judging whether the target equipment resides in a public mobile communication network;

When the target device is determined to reside in a public mobile communication network, sending the communication information to the target device;

When the target equipment is determined not to reside in the public mobile communication network, acquiring other second type equipment residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group;

And communicating with the target device through other second type devices.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and uniformly charging the communication cost of the user equipment in the associated user group.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a communication method of the Internet of things equipment, which comprises the following steps:

When communication information sent by source equipment in the Internet of things through a public mobile communication network is received, judging whether target equipment of the communication information is first-type equipment in an affiliated associated user group, wherein the affiliated associated user group comprises at least one second-type equipment and at least one first-type equipment, the first-type equipment does not have the capacity of residing in the public mobile communication network, the second-type equipment has the capacity of residing in the public mobile communication network, and the equipment in the associated user group is in close-range communication in a point-to-point mode;

When the target device of the communication information is determined to be a first type device in the associated user group, the communication information is forwarded to the first type device through the peer-to-peer communication mode, and the communication information of the first type device is received through the peer-to-peer communication mode and forwarded to a public mobile communication network.

Optionally, when receiving a call forwarding call of a first type device in the associated user group, the method further includes: receiving a call forwarding call of a target device sent by a public mobile communication network, and receiving identification information of the first type device sent by the public mobile communication network.

Optionally, the receiving the identification information of the first type device sent by the public mobile communication network includes: and receiving signaling which is added with the identification information of the first type equipment and sent by the public mobile communication network in a call transfer process.

Optionally, the first type device in the associated user group polls the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group by means of peer-to-peer communication.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

Judging whether the target equipment of the communication information is other second type equipment which does not reside in a public mobile communication network in the affiliated associated user group;

And when determining that the target equipment of the communication information is other second type equipment which is not resident in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group, forwarding the communication information to other second type equipment in the peer-to-peer communication mode, receiving the communication information sent by other second type equipment in the peer-to-peer communication mode, and forwarding the communication information to a network side.

Optionally, the first type devices in the associated user group poll the second type devices residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group by means of peer-to-peer communication.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a network side device, where the device includes:

The receiving and sending unit is suitable for receiving communication information sent by source equipment in the Internet of things;

The first judging unit is suitable for judging whether a target device of communication information sent by a source device in the Internet of things is a first type device or a second type device, wherein the first type device does not have the capability of residing in a public mobile communication network, and the second type device has the capability of residing in the public mobile communication network;

The device comprises an acquisition unit, a processing unit and a processing unit, wherein the acquisition unit is suitable for acquiring information of a second type device in an associated user group to which the target device belongs when the target device is determined to be a first type device, and the devices in the associated user group carry out near field communication in a point-to-point mode;

A first communication unit adapted to communicate with the target device via a second type of device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

Optionally, the first communication unit is adapted to send the communication information and the identification information of the target device to a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group, so that the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group identifies the target device through the identification information of the target device, and sends the communication information to the target device in a peer-to-peer manner.

Optionally, the obtaining unit is further adapted to obtain information of a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group when receiving a call forwarding call of a first type device in the associated user group;

The first communication unit is further adapted to connect the call forwarding call of the first type device to a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group, and send the identification information of the first type device to the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

Optionally, the first communication unit is further adapted to send, during call forwarding, an identification information signaling added with the first type device to a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

Optionally, the communication unit is adapted to select one second type device residing in a public mobile communication network from the second type devices in the associated user group and communicate with the target user equipment through the selected second type device.

Optionally, the first determining unit is further adapted to determine whether the target device resides in a public mobile communication network when it is determined that the target device is a second type device;

The first communication unit is further adapted to send the communication information to the target device when the target device is determined to reside in a public mobile communication network; when the target equipment is determined not to reside in the public mobile communication network, acquiring other second type equipment residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group; and communicating with the target device through other second type devices.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: and the charging unit is suitable for uniformly charging the communication cost of the user equipment in the associated user group.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an internet of things device, where the device includes:

The second judging unit is suitable for judging whether a target device of the communication information is a first type device in an affiliated associated user group when the communication information sent by a public mobile communication network is received, wherein the affiliated associated user group comprises at least one second type device and at least one first type device, the first type device does not have the capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, the second type device has the capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, and the devices in the associated user group are in close-range communication in a point-to-point mode;

And the second communication unit is suitable for forwarding the communication information to the first type equipment in the associated user group in the peer-to-peer communication mode when the target equipment of the communication information is determined to be the first type equipment, receiving the communication information of the first type equipment in the peer-to-peer communication mode and forwarding the communication information to a public mobile communication network.

Optionally, the second communication unit is further adapted to receive a call forwarding call of a target device sent by a public mobile communication network, and receive identification information of the first type device sent by the public mobile communication network.

Optionally, the second communication unit is further adapted to receive signaling sent by the public mobile communication network with the identification information of the first type device added during call forwarding.

Optionally, the second type devices in the associated user group not residing in the public mobile communication network poll the second type devices residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group by means of peer-to-peer communication.

Optionally, the second determining unit is further adapted to determine whether the target device of the communication information is another second type device that does not reside in the public mobile communication network in the affiliated associated user group;

The second communication unit is further adapted to forward the communication information to other second-type devices in the associated user group through the peer-to-peer communication mode, receive the communication information sent by other second-type devices through the peer-to-peer communication mode, and forward the communication information to the network side when it is determined that the target device of the communication information is other second-type devices that do not reside in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group to which the target device belongs.

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the invention has the following advantages:

According to the scheme, the second type equipment and the first type equipment which can reside in the public communication network are placed in the same associated user group, the first type equipment cannot reside in the public mobile communication network and communicate, the first type equipment and the second type equipment are communicated in a close range in a point-to-point mode, and the second type equipment is used for transferring communication information between the first type equipment and the public mobile communication network, so that the first type equipment can be indirectly accessed to the network without a corresponding SIM/USIM card, resources can be saved, and the operation is simple and convenient.

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Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a communication control method of an internet of things device in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a communication method of an internet of things device in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of an internet of things system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of an internet of things system in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an internet of things device in the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

currently, mobile network operators operate cellular communication networks, such as GSM, L TE, 3G, etc. networks operated by china mobile and china unicom, which use Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) or Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) cards to identify a Subscriber.

on the network side, there is a network element for managing users, such as a Home location register (H L R), which is a database responsible for mobile subscriber management, stores and records the subscription data of users in the governed area, and dynamically updates the location information of users, so as to provide the network route of the called user in the call service, and a data center of the system, which stores all the location information, service data, account management and other information of the mobile subscribers subscribed in the Home location register, and can provide the inquiry and modification of the location information of users in real time, and implement various service operations, including location update, call processing, authentication, supplementary services and the like, to complete the mobility management of users in the mobile communication network.

unlike the Visitor location Register (vl R), which records all the original account information of the user and does not delete the number and subscription information of the user when the user goes from beijing to shanghai, from this point of view, the Visitor location Register is a temporary database and the home location Register is a permanent database of the user, the Visitor location Register also records the basic service and supplementary service information signed by the user, i.e., the basic service indicates the ability of the prepaid user to make calls, e.g., the ability of the prepaid user to limit all calls if the prepaid user has a default, the supplementary service information is whether a number display service is signed, whether unconditional forwarding is activated, the information of the forwarded number, whether there are services such as call waiting, call holding, or multi-party call, which are recorded by the Visitor location Register element, after that the MSCS performs different processing according to the prompting information of the Visitor location Register, and is generally used as a policy control policy and policy selection policy of the charging unit (PCRF) and the policy control unit, which provides the policy and policy control policy for the policy of the IP bearer policy.

in the prior art, the interworking mobile switching center (IW MSC) of the short Message Service Center (MSC) upon receiving the MAP mo-forwarded SM message, transmits the SMs-PP APDU (Application Protocol Data Unit, APDU of SMSPP) containing the text message to the actual Service Center (SC) of the short message service center, and then forwards or delivers the text message to the destination address and the service center returns an acknowledgement indicating success or failure.

the home location register sets a mark on an account of a destination to indicate that short Message delivery is unavailable, and stores the address of a short Message service center in a Message Waiting Data (Message Waiting Data) list of the destination, wherein the effective marks comprise a Mobile Not Reachable (MNRF) Memory space full (MCEF) and a Mobile Not Reachable (MNRG) home location register (V L R) fails a response request SendRoutetInfoForSM (SRI-for-SM), indicates the failure reason, and automatically adds the address of the short Message service center sending the request into the Message Waiting Data list of the destination.

The home location register may learn that the user may receive the short message in several ways:

a. When the subscriber re-accesses the network after detaching from the network, a location update message is triggered to the home location register.

b. The user leaves the network coverage area but has not yet completely left the network and is responding to page requests from the visitor location register while returning to the coverage area. The visitor location register then sends a Ready-for-SM message to the home location register.

c. When the user deletes some information while the Mobile Station (MS) memory is full, a message memory available (Ready-for-SM) will be sent from the visitor mobile switching center/visitor location register to the home location register.

Upon receiving an indication that the destination is now available to receive short messages, the home location register sends an alert sc MAP message to each of the short message service centers registered on the subscriber's message waiting data list, prompting the short message service center to begin the short message delivery process over again. In addition, the short message service center enters a retransmission process to attempt to deliver the short message periodically without warning. The retransmission time interval depends on the initial failure reason, and if the network failure is temporary, the retransmission interval is small; while not in the service area will typically result in a longer retransmission interval.

Once the short message is delivered to the destination terminal, the visiting mobile switching center/GPRS service support node (SGSN) sends a confirmation message to tell the short message service center that the short message has been delivered successfully. The gateway mobile switching center of the short message service center transmits the result of the short message delivery to the service center. In the case of such successful delivery, the delivered text message is deleted from the Store and Forward Engine (SFE), and if required, a sending report is sent to the sender of the short message. If the delivery fails, the SMS service center will start a retransmission mechanism of the periodic attempted delivery. Additionally, the SMS center may register with the home location register to receive notification when B-Party is available.

The communication demand of the Internet of things is different from that of traditional people, and the number of the communication demands is large, and the communication demands relate to a plurality of traditional vertical industries. If the traditional SIM/USIM card issuing flow and the user management mode are adopted, the poor user experience can be brought. For example, if a user has seven devices to access the network, seven SIM cards are needed to process seven bills.

As can be seen from the above description, in the prior art, the "things" and the "people" in the internet of things jointly access the public mobile communication network, that is, a corresponding SIM or USIM card needs to be applied for each "thing" first, so that each "thing" can use the corresponding SIM/USIM to access the network and communicate, and therefore, there is a problem that the operation is cumbersome and resources are wasted.

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, in the technical scheme adopted in the embodiment of the present invention, the second type device and the first type device that can reside in the public communication network are placed in the same associated user group, so that resources can be saved, and the operation is simple and convenient.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a communication control method for an internet of things device in an embodiment of the present invention. The communication control method of the internet of things device shown in fig. 1 may include the following steps:

Step S101: and receiving communication information of source equipment in the Internet of things.

In a specific implementation, the source device may be a remote device from the internet of things or another communication device controlling the internet of things, and may send corresponding communication information through the public mobile communication network to control another device in the internet of things.

Step S102: judging whether the target device is a first type device or a second type device; when the determination result is the first type device, step S103 may be performed; otherwise, step S105 may be performed.

In one implementation, the first type of device does not have the capability to reside in a public mobile communications network, and the second type of device does have the capability to reside in the public mobile communications network.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second type device has a corresponding SIM/USIM card, that is, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and a Mobile Station Identity (MSISDN) assigned by a corresponding network operator, so that the second type device can obtain a signal of the public Mobile communication network through the activated SIM/USIM card, that is, can directly reside in the public Mobile communication network. The first type of device does not have a corresponding SIM/USIM card, it only has information of a corresponding virtual MSISDN, it cannot directly acquire a signal of the MSISDN public mobile communication network and reside in the public mobile communication network, and thus it cannot directly communicate with other devices through the public mobile communication network.

in a specific implementation, the first type device in the associated subscriber group may be identified by using a specific virtual identifier, where the virtual identifier may be a serial number, or a device name, a device code, or associated with an IMSI and/or an MSISDN of the first type device in the associated subscriber group to which the first type device belongs, such as an IMSI and/or an MSISDN of the second type device plus a serial number and/or a device name, a device code, or may be a virtual MSISDN assigned by the public mobile communication network, that is, the first type device corresponds to a virtual telephone number assigned, and the virtual identifier of the first type device is consistent with an identifier in a device list in the associated subscriber group stored in the H L R, so that the public mobile communication network can identify communication information of the first type device.

Step S103: and acquiring information of second type equipment residing in a public mobile communication network in an associated user group to which the target equipment belongs.

In a specific implementation, when it is determined that the target device is a first type device in the associated user group, the target device may not directly perform information interaction with the source device through the public mobile communication network, and needs to perform relay through a second type device in the same associated user group, so when it is determined that the target device is the first type device, information of the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group to which the target device belongs may be first acquired.

Step S104: communicating with the target device through a second type of device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

In a specific implementation, when the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group to which the target user device belongs is acquired, the public mobile communication network may communicate with the first type device in the associated user group through the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network, that is, the communication information sent by the source device, including short messages, pages, and the like, is sent to the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network, and then the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network sends the received communication to the target device.

Step S105: and communicating with the target device through the public mobile communication network.

In a specific implementation, when the target device is a second type device, the second type device has a capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, and therefore, when it is determined that the target device is the second type device and resides in the public mobile communication network, the public mobile communication network may directly send the source device to the target user.

In specific implementation, the devices in each associated user group adopt a unified charging mode, that is, the data flow, voice, short message and other charges of each device are combined for calculation, so that the problem of inconvenient operation caused by charging and paying for each device is avoided, and the use experience of a user can be improved.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a communication control method of an internet of things device in an embodiment of the present invention. The communication control method of the internet of things device shown in fig. 2 may include the following steps:

Step S201: and receiving the communication information sent by the source equipment through the public mobile communication network.

In a specific implementation, the second type device in the associated user group, when residing in the public mobile communication network, may receive the communication information sent by the source device directly through the public mobile communication network.

Step S202: judging whether the target equipment of the communication information is other equipment in the affiliated associated user group; when the judgment result is yes, step S203 may be performed; when it is determined that the target device of the communication information is a second type device in the associated user group, step S204 may be executed.

In a specific implementation, the associated user group includes at least one second type device and at least one first type device. Wherein the first type device does not have the capability of residing in a public mobile communications network and cannot communicate with the source device directly through the public mobile network. However, since the second type device in the associated user organization has the capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, it can communicate with the source device directly through the public mobile network.

Meanwhile, the devices in the associated user group can perform short-distance communication in a point-to-point mode. Therefore, the first type device in the associated user group can relay the communication information with the source device through the second type device in the associated user group to which the first type device belongs and the public mobile communication network, so as to realize the communication between the source device and the target device.

Therefore, when determining that the target device of the communication information is the first type device, the public mobile communication network may acquire the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group to which the public mobile communication network belongs, and forward the received communication information from the source device to the second type device. When receiving the communication information sent by the public mobile communication network, the second type device may analyze the identification information of the corresponding first type device from the second type device, and forward the received communication information to the corresponding first type device in the affiliated associated user group, so as to implement communication between the source device and the target device.

Step S203: and forwarding the communication information to the target equipment in the point-to-point communication mode, receiving the communication information of the target equipment in the point-to-point communication mode, and forwarding the communication information to a public mobile communication network, so that the public mobile communication network sends the communication information of the target equipment to the source equipment.

In a specific implementation, when determining that a target device of the received communication information is communication information of other devices (whether the device is a first type device or a second type device) in an associated user group to which the target device belongs, the second type device may forward the received communication information to the target device in a peer-to-peer manner, and forward the communication information sent by the target device in the peer-to-peer manner to a public mobile communication network, so that the public mobile communication network forwards the communication information to the corresponding source device, so as to implement communication between the source device and the target device.

In a specific implementation, when a first type of device in the associated user group needs to communicate with the source device, it may first poll the associated user group for second type devices residing in the public mobile communication network by means of a peer-to-peer communication, and transmitting the communication information to be transmitted and the identification information of the receiver (source device) of the communication information to the inquired second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group, and the second type equipment residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group sends the communication information required to be sent by the first type equipment and the identification information of the receiver of the communication information to the public mobile communication network, and the public mobile communication network can identify the corresponding receiver through the identification information of the receiver and send the communication information of the first type equipment to the receiver.

Similarly, when a second type device not residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group needs to communicate with the source device, it may first poll the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group by means of peer-to-peer communication, and send the communication information to be sent and identification information of a recipient (source device) of the communication information to the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the queried associated user group, and then send the communication information that the second type device not residing in the public mobile communication network needs to send and identification information of the recipient of the communication information to the public mobile communication network, and the public mobile communication network may identify the recipient by the identification information of the recipient, and sending the communication information of the second type device which does not reside in the public mobile communication network to the receiving party.

Step S204: communicating with the source device over the public mobile communications network.

In a specific implementation, when the second type device in the associated user group determines that the communication information sent by the public mobile communication network is the communication information sent by the source device to itself, the second type device may directly receive the communication information sent by the public mobile communication network, and send the communication information to the source device through the public mobile communication network, so as to perform communication with the source device through the public mobile communication network.

the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that in the call forwarding process, the H L R simultaneously sends the number of the subscriber initiating the call forwarding, such as MSISDN, and sends the number to the call forwarding target, so that between the devices in the associated subscriber group, a call forwarding service corresponding to the activation of the unsure forwarding target number is activated, and during the communication process, the call sent to the first type device is forwarded to the second type device which is already in the resident state at that time.

The communication method of the internet of things device in the embodiment of the present invention will be described in further detail below.

For the convenience of understanding, the internet of things system in the embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described below.

Referring to fig. 3, the internet of things system in the embodiment of the present invention includes at least one associated user group 300, where the associated user group 300 may include at least one first type device 301 and at least one second type device 302, and a public mobile communication network 303.

The devices in the same associated user group, i.e. the first-type devices 301, the second-type devices 302, and the first-type devices 301 and the second-type devices 302, may communicate in a close range in a peer-to-peer manner. Meanwhile, the first type device 301 does not have the capability of residing in the public mobile communication network 303, and the second type device 302 has the capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, so that the first type device 301 may not directly access the public mobile communication network 303, and the second type device 302 may directly access the public mobile communication network 303.

Referring to fig. 4, a workflow of the internet of things system in the embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

Step S401: and the source equipment of the Internet of things sends communication information to the target equipment.

In a specific implementation, the internet of things includes a plurality of devices, such as User Equipment (UE) and other household appliances, such as a refrigerator, a television, an air conditioner and the like. The source device is a device initiating communication in the internet of things, and the device communicating with the source device in the internet of things can become a target device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the devices in the internet of things may be further divided into devices in an associated user group and remote user devices. The devices in the associated user group may include a first type device and a second type device, and the first type device has no capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, and the second type device has capability of residing in the public mobile communication network. Remote user equipment in the internet of things can communicate with devices in the associated user equipment group through a public mobile communication network.

Step S402: the public mobile communication network receives the communication information and judges whether the target equipment of the communication information is first type equipment or second type equipment; when it is determined that the target device is a first type device, step S403 may be performed; otherwise, step S405 may be performed.

In a specific implementation, the devices in the associated user group may include a first type device and a second type device, and the first type device has no capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, and the second type device has a capability of residing in the public mobile communication network. Therefore, when receiving communication information sent by a source device in the internet of things device, the public mobile communication network may first determine whether a target device of the received communication information is a first type device or a second type device.

Step S403: and the public mobile communication network acquires the information of the associated user group to which the target equipment belongs, and selects the second type equipment residing in the public mobile communication network from the acquired associated user group.

In a specific implementation, when it is determined that the received communication information is the first type device in the associated user group, the public mobile communication network cannot directly send the received communication information of the source device to the target user device because the first type device does not have the capability of residing in the public mobile communication network.

meanwhile, the second type devices in the associated user group have the capability of residing in the public mobile Communication network, and the devices in the associated user group, i.e. between the first type devices, between the second type devices, and between the first type devices and the second type devices, can perform Near Field Communication in a peer-to-peer manner, such as Bluetooth (BT), WI-FI, bluetooth low energy (B L E), Near Field Communication (NFC), etc. therefore, when receiving the Communication information sent by the source device to the target device, the public mobile Communication network can first acquire the information of the second type devices residing in the public mobile Communication network in the associated user group to which the target device belongs, so as to send the received Communication information sent by the source device to the second type devices.

Step S404: and the source equipment communicates with the target equipment through the public mobile communication network and the selected second type equipment.

In a specific implementation, when the public mobile communication network acquires the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group to which the target user device belongs, the communication information from the source device may be sent to the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in a peer-to-peer manner, and the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network sends the received communication information to the target device in a peer-to-peer manner.

Meanwhile, when the target device needs to send communication information to the source device, the corresponding communication information can be sent to the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network firstly, the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network sends the communication information from the target device to the public mobile communication network, and the public mobile communication network sends the received communication information to the source device, so that the two-way communication between the source device and the target device can be realized.

It should be noted here that, when the second type device in the associated user group to which the target device belongs may be more than two and all reside in the public mobile communication network, the public mobile communication network needs to select one second type device from the plurality of second type devices when receiving the communication information sent by the source device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the public mobile communication network may select one second type device from all second type devices residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group to implement communication between the source device and the first type device as the target device.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the public mobile communication network may also select, according to a preset priority, the second type device with the highest priority from all the second type devices residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group, so as to implement remote communication between the source device and the first type device serving as the target device. The preset priority can be determined from high to low according to the signal strength of the public mobile communication network acquired by all the second type devices residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group, so as to improve the reliability of the communication between the source device and the target device.

In a specific implementation, the associated user group includes two or more second-type devices, and a workflow of the internet of things system in the embodiment of the present invention may further include:

Step S405: the public mobile communication network judging whether the target device resides in the public mobile communication network; when the judgment result is yes, step S406 may be performed; otherwise, step S407 may be executed;

In a specific implementation, when the public mobile communication network determines that the target device of the communication information is the second type device, since the second type device currently resides in the public mobile communication network, and may also have turned off the cellular communication module, but does not reside in the public mobile communication network, it needs to first determine whether the second type device as the target device resides in the public mobile communication network.

Step S406: and the source equipment and the target equipment are communicated through the public mobile communication network.

In a specific implementation, since the second type device has a capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, it may directly perform communication with the source device through the public mobile communication network, and therefore, when it is determined that the target device is the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network, the public mobile communication network may directly send the received communication information of the source device to the target device, and may directly receive and forward the communication information sent by the target device to the source device, that is, the source device and the target device directly perform bidirectional communication through the public mobile communication network.

Step S407: and the public mobile communication network acquires the information of the associated user group to which the target equipment belongs, and selects other second type equipment residing in the public mobile communication network from the acquired associated user group.

In a specific implementation, when only one of the other second type devices in the associated user group to which the target device belongs is camped on the public mobile communication network, the public mobile communication network may directly select the second type device camped on the public mobile communication network.

However, when the second type device in the associated user group to which the target device belongs may be two or more devices and both reside in the public mobile communication network, when the public mobile communication network receives the communication information sent by the source device, one second type device needs to be selected from the multiple second type devices.

In an embodiment of the invention, the public mobile communication network may select one second type device from all other second type devices residing in the public mobile communication network in said associated user group for enabling telecommunication between the source device and the second type device as the target device.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the public mobile communication network may also select, according to a preset priority, the second type device with the highest priority from all other second type devices residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group, so as to implement remote communication between the source device and the second type device serving as the target device.

The preset priority can be determined from high to low according to the signal strength of the public mobile communication network acquired by all the second type devices residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group, so as to improve the reliability of the communication between the source device and the target device.

Step S408: and the source equipment and the target equipment communicate with the other second type equipment through the public mobile communication network.

In a specific implementation, when it is determined that the other second type devices in the associated user group are devices, the public mobile communication network may send the communication information from the source device to the selected other second type devices, and the selected other second type devices send the received communication information to the target device in a peer-to-peer manner.

Meanwhile, when the target device needs to send communication information to the source device, the corresponding communication information can be sent to the selected other second type devices, the selected other second type devices send the communication information from the target device to the public mobile communication network, and the public mobile communication network sends the received communication information to the source device, so that bidirectional communication between the source device and the target device can be achieved.

in specific implementation, the devices in the associated user group perform close-range communication in a point-to-point mode, including that the devices in the associated user group perform communication in at least one communication mode of Bluetooth, zigbee, NFC, WI-FI and BLE.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the network side device 500 may include a transceiver 501, a first determining unit 502, an obtaining unit 503, and a first communication unit 504, where:

The transceiver unit 501 is adapted to receive communication information sent by a source device in the internet of things;

The first determining unit 502 is adapted to determine whether a target device of communication information sent by a source device in the internet of things is a first type device or a second type device, where the first type device does not have a capability of residing in a public mobile communication network, and the second type device has a capability of residing in the public mobile communication network;

In a specific implementation, the first determining unit 502 is further adapted to determine whether the target device resides in a public mobile communication network when it is determined that the target device is a second type device;

The obtaining unit 503 is adapted to, when it is determined that the target device is a first type device, obtain information of a second type device in an associated user group to which the target device belongs, where devices in the associated user group perform short-distance communication in a peer-to-peer manner;

The first communication unit 504 is adapted to communicate with the target device via a second type of device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

In a specific implementation, the first communication unit 504 is adapted to send the communication information and the identification information of the target device to a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group, so that the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group identifies the target device through the identification information of the target device and sends the communication information to the target device in a peer-to-peer manner.

In specific implementation, the identification information of the target device is allocated to the network side.

in a specific implementation, the identification information of the first type device is stored in the device list of the associated user group in the H lr.

In a specific implementation, in the network side device 500 as shown in fig. 5:

The obtaining unit 503 is adapted to obtain information of a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group when receiving a call forwarding call of a first type device in the associated user group;

The first communication unit 504 is further adapted to connect the call forwarding call of the first type device to the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group, and send the identification information of the first type device to the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

In a specific implementation, the first communication unit 504 is adapted to send, during a call forwarding procedure, an identification information signaling added with the first type device to a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the identification information of the first type device is an MSISDN.

In a specific implementation, the associated user group includes more than two second-type devices.

In a specific implementation, the first communication unit 504 is adapted to select one second type device residing in a public mobile communication network from the second type devices in the associated user group, and communicate with the target user device through the selected second type device.

The first communication unit 504 is further adapted to send the communication information to the target device when it is determined that the target device resides in a public mobile communication network; when the target equipment is determined not to reside in the public mobile communication network, acquiring other second type equipment residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group; and communicating with the target device through other second type devices.

In a specific implementation, the network side device 500 shown in fig. 5 may further include a charging unit 505, where:

The charging unit 505 is adapted to charge communication charges of the user equipments in the associated user group uniformly.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic structural diagram of an internet of things device in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the internet of things device 600 may include a second determination unit 601, a second communication unit 602:

A second determining unit 601, adapted to determine, when receiving communication information sent by a public mobile communication network, whether a target device of the communication information is a second type device in an affiliated associated user group, where the affiliated associated user group includes at least one first type device and at least one second type device, the first type device does not have a capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, the second type device has a capability of residing in the public mobile communication network, and devices in the associated user group perform short-distance communication in a peer-to-peer manner;

A second communication unit 602, adapted to, when it is determined that the target device of the communication information is a second type device in the associated user group, forward the communication information to the second type device through the peer-to-peer communication manner, and receive the communication information of the second type device through the peer-to-peer communication manner and forward the communication information to a public mobile communication network.

In a specific implementation, the second communication unit 602 is further adapted to receive a call forwarding call of a target device sent by a public mobile communication network, and receive identification information of the first type device sent by the public mobile communication network.

In a specific implementation, the second communication unit 602 receives a signaling that the public mobile communication network sends the identification information added with the first type device during a call forwarding process.

In a specific implementation, the second type devices in the associated user group that do not reside in the public mobile communication network poll the second type devices in the associated user group that reside in the public mobile communication network through a peer-to-peer communication manner.

In a specific implementation, the second determining unit 601 is further adapted to determine whether the target device of the communication information is a second type device that does not reside in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group to which the target device belongs;

The second communication unit 602 is further adapted to, when it is determined that the target device of the communication information is another second type device that does not reside in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group to which the target device belongs, forward the communication information to the other second type device in the peer-to-peer communication manner, receive the communication information sent by the other second type device in the peer-to-peer communication manner, and forward the communication information to the network side.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by instructions associated with hardware via a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: ROM, RAM, magnetic or optical disks, and the like.

The method and system of the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A communication control method for Internet of things equipment is characterized by comprising the following steps:

When communication information of source equipment in the Internet of things is received, whether target equipment is first type equipment or second type equipment is judged, wherein the first type equipment does not have the capacity of residing in a public mobile communication network, and the second type equipment has the capacity of residing in the public mobile communication network; the second type equipment is provided with a corresponding SIM/USIM card; the first type of equipment does not have a corresponding SIM/USIM card;

2. The communication control method of the internet of things device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the communicating with the target device through the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group comprises:

3. The communication control method of the internet of things equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the identification information of the target equipment is allocated to a network side.

4. the communication control method for the devices of the internet of things according to claim 3, wherein the identification information of the first type of device is stored in the device list of the associated user group in the H lr.

5. The communication control method of the internet of things equipment according to claim 4, further comprising:

When receiving a call forwarding call of a first type device in the associated user group, acquiring information of a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group;

6. The communication control method of the internet of things equipment as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sending the identification information of the first type of equipment to a second type of equipment residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group comprises: and in the call forwarding process, sending a signaling added with the identification information of the first type equipment to second type equipment residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

7. The communication control method of the internet-of-things equipment as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the identification information of the first type of equipment is an MSISDN.

8. The communication control method of the internet-of-things device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the associated user group includes two or more second-type devices.

9. The communication control method of the internet of things device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the communicating with the target device through the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group comprises:

And selecting one second type device residing in the public mobile communication network from the second type devices in the associated user group, and communicating with the target device through the selected second type device.

10. The communication control method of the internet of things equipment according to claim 8, further comprising:

And communicating with the target device through other second type devices.

11. The communication control method for the internet of things equipment according to claim 1, further comprising:

And uniformly charging the communication cost of the user equipment in the associated user group.

12. A communication method of Internet of things equipment is characterized by comprising the following steps:

When communication information sent by source equipment in the Internet of things through a public mobile communication network is received, judging whether target equipment of the communication information is first-type equipment in an affiliated associated user group, wherein the affiliated associated user group comprises at least one second-type equipment and at least one first-type equipment, the first-type equipment does not have the capacity of residing in the public mobile communication network, the second-type equipment has the capacity of residing in the public mobile communication network, and the equipment in the associated user group is in close-range communication in a point-to-point mode; the second type equipment is provided with a corresponding SIM/USIM card; the first type of equipment does not have a corresponding SIM/USIM card;

When the target device of the communication information is determined to be a first type device in the associated user group, the communication information is forwarded to the first type device through the peer-to-peer communication mode, and the communication information of the second type device is received through the peer-to-peer communication mode and forwarded to a public mobile communication network.

13. the communication method of internet of things devices of claim 12, wherein the identification information of the first type of device is stored in the H lr in the device list of the associated user group.

14. The communication method of the internet of things equipment according to claim 13, further comprising:

And when receiving the call forwarding call of the first type equipment in the associated user group, receiving the call forwarding call of the target equipment sent by the public mobile communication network, and receiving the identification information of the first type equipment sent by the public mobile communication network.

15. The communication method of the internet-of-things device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the receiving the identification information of the first type device sent by the public mobile communication network comprises: and receiving signaling which is added with the identification information of the first type equipment and sent by the public mobile communication network in a call transfer process.

16. The communication method of the internet-of-things equipment as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein the identification information of the first type of equipment is MSISDN.

17. The method of communicating among internet of things devices of claim 16, wherein the first type of device in the associated user group polls among the associated user group for the second type of device residing in the public mobile communication network via peer-to-peer communication.

18. The communication method of the internet-of-things device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the associated user group comprises more than two second-type devices.

19. The communication method of the internet-of-things device as claimed in claim 18, further comprising:

When the target device of the communication information is determined to be other second type devices which are not resident in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group, the communication information is forwarded to the other second type devices in the peer-to-peer communication mode, and the communication information sent by the other second type devices is received in the peer-to-peer communication mode and forwarded to the network side.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the second type devices in the associated user group that are not resident in the public mobile communication network poll the associated user group for the second type devices that are resident in the public mobile communication network via peer-to-peer communication.

21. A network-side device, comprising:

The first judging unit is suitable for judging whether target equipment of communication information sent by source equipment in the Internet of things is first type equipment or second type equipment, wherein the first type equipment does not have the capacity of residing in a public mobile communication network, the second type equipment has the capacity of residing in the public mobile communication network, and the second type equipment has a corresponding SIM/USIM card; the first type of equipment does not have a corresponding SIM/USIM card;

22. The network-side device of claim 21, wherein the first communication unit is adapted to send the communication information and the identification information of the target device to a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group, so that the second type device residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group identifies the target device through the identification information of the target device and sends the communication information to the target device in a peer-to-peer manner.

23. The network-side device of claim 22, wherein the identification information of the target device is allocated for the network side.

24. the network-side device of claim 23, wherein the identification information of the first type device is stored in the H lr in the device list of the associated subscriber group.

25. The network-side device of claim 24,

The obtaining unit is further adapted to obtain information of a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group when receiving a call forwarding call of a first type device in the associated user group;

The first communication unit is suitable for connecting the call forwarding call of the first type equipment to second type equipment residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group and sending the identification information of the first type equipment to the second type equipment residing in the public mobile communication network in the associated user group.

26. The network-side device of claim 25, wherein the first communication unit is adapted to send an identification information signaling added with the first type device to a second type device residing in a public mobile communication network in the associated user group during a call forwarding procedure.

27. The network-side device of any one of claims 22-26, wherein the identification information of the first type of device is an MSISDN.

28. The network-side device of claim 21, wherein more than two second-type devices are included in the associated user group.

29. The network-side device of claim 28, wherein the communication unit is adapted to select one second type device residing in a public mobile communication network from the second type devices in the associated user group, and communicate with the target device through the selected second type device.

30. The network-side device of claim 29,

The first judging unit is further adapted to judge whether the target device resides in a public mobile communication network when the target device is determined to be a second type device;

31. The network-side device of claim 21, further comprising: and the charging unit is suitable for uniformly charging the communication cost of the user equipment in the associated user group.

32. An internet of things device, comprising:

The second judging unit is suitable for judging whether a target device of the communication information is a second type device in an affiliated associated user group when the communication information sent by a source device in the Internet of things through a public mobile communication network is received, the affiliated associated user group comprises at least one second type device and at least one first type device, the first type device does not have the capacity of residing in the public mobile communication network, the second type device has the capacity of residing in the public mobile communication network, and the devices in the associated user group are communicated with each other in a near distance mode in a point-to-point mode; the second type equipment is provided with a corresponding SIM/USIM card; the first type device does not have a corresponding SIM/USIM card second communication unit, and is suitable for forwarding the communication information to the second type device in the peer-to-peer communication mode when the target device of the communication information is determined to be the second type device in the associated user group, receiving the communication information of the second type device in the peer-to-peer communication mode, and forwarding the communication information to a public mobile communication network.

33. an internet of things device as claimed in claim 32, wherein the identification information of the first type of device is stored in the H lr in a device list of the associated user group.

34. The internet-of-things device of claim 33, wherein the second communication unit is further adapted to receive a call forwarding call of a target device sent by a public mobile communication network, and receive identification information of the first type device sent by the public mobile communication network.

35. The internet of things device of claim 33, wherein the second communication unit is further adapted to receive signaling sent by the public mobile communication network with the identification information of the first type device added thereto during call forwarding.

36. An internet of things device as claimed in any one of claims 33 to 35, wherein the identification information of the first type of device is an MSISDN.

37. The internet of things device of claim 36, wherein the second type of device in the associated user group that is not resident in the public mobile communication network polls the associated user group for the second type of device resident in the public mobile communication network via peer-to-peer communication.

38. An internet of things device as claimed in claim 37, wherein more than two second type devices are included in the associated group of users.

39. The Internet of things device of claim 38,

The second judging unit is further adapted to judge whether the target device of the communication information is another second type device that does not reside in the public mobile communication network in the affiliated associated user group;

40. An internet of things device as claimed in claim 39, wherein the second type of device in the associated user group not residing in the public mobile communication network polls the associated user group for the second type of device residing in the public mobile communication network via peer-to-peer communication.