KR20170130745A - System for m2m adaptive platform - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an M2M service platform system capable of supporting a service by integrating heterogeneous communication networks. The present invention relates to an M2M service platform system. It includes a device, and a coordinator. The device can communicate with a coordinator through a heterogeneous communication network. The coordinator may group the device to create a service profile, and may include a gateway to transmit a service corresponding to the service profile to a device via a gateway.

Description

M2M Service Platform System {SYSTEM FOR M2M ADAPTIVE PLATFORM}

The present invention relates to an M2M service platform system capable of supporting services by integrating heterogeneous communication networks.

The present invention also relates to a device, And a coordinator, wherein the device is capable of communicating with a coordinator via a heterogeneous communication network, wherein the coordinator is capable of grouping the devices to create a service profile, To a device via a gateway, and to a M2M service platform system.

Machine-to-machine (M2M) refers to communication for providing object information to a person or an intelligent device by using a broadcast communication network, or for controlling a state of an object by a person or an intelligent device. M2M is also called the Internet of Things (IOT) and Object to Object Intelligent Network (O2N).

In the past, M2M communication in the past 1990s meant a one-to-one or many-to-many communication for simple P2P (Point-to-Point) connection. Ultimately, what we are aiming for in M2M communication is location awareness, situation recognition, introduction of augmented reality It aims at the quality and safety of the improved M2M communication service by automatically operating without human control or with human intervention minimally, individually or according to circumstances.

M2M network communication can be utilized as an essential infrastructure to solve social problems, prevent disasters and disasters, and save energy through conventional u-City, u-Health, u-transportation and u-environment projects. Currently, a wide variety of services such as remote meter reading, building and facility management, vending machine management, interior lighting control service, traffic information and vehicle control, emergency dispatch, fire alarm, security alarm system, vending machine, telematics and wireless payment service .

However, the conventional M2M service requires a gateway (modem) capable of communicating with the M2M service in order to use a heterogeneous communication network, and thus there is a problem in that a large amount of cost is required for providing the gateway.

That is, since the conventional gateway provides only one communication network, it is difficult to efficiently use the communication network. Thus, there is a problem that the M2M service only provides the local communication network and the local service.

In addition, the conventional M2M service has a limitation in that a service concept of a passive concept, which processes information collected from a single device and provides the information to a user, is mainly limited.

Hereinafter, the prior art related to the present invention will be briefly described. Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 10-0625781 discloses a home network system and a control method using a mobile communication terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a remote control function in a home network environment, comprising the steps of: receiving a beacon signal and converting the ZigBee chip into an active mode, sending its MIN information to a ZigBee signal, A beacon signal is periodically transmitted to a connection area of the mobile communication terminal, the beacon signal is received from a mobile communication terminal that enters the connection area of the mobile communication terminal and detects the beacon signal, A PAN coordinator for obtaining MIN information which is identification information of the communication terminal, a remote controller function of the mobile communication terminal based on MIN information, which is identification information of the mobile communication terminal secured through the PAN coordinator, Based on the control signal received from the mobile communication terminal The home network system using a mobile communication terminal obtained by including a gateway for instructing the operation to control the control target device via a group PAN coordinator. " Quot;

The present invention relates to a home network system and a control method using a mobile communication terminal that enables a mobile communication terminal to control a home network system without using a CDMA network in a home network environment using ZigBee, which is a local low-power wireless network transmission technology.

However, the above technology does not provide a technology for selectively supporting a communication network according to an application service type, and a technology for grouping terminals according to services, or a technology for automatically configuring services according to the grouped terminal characteristics and providing them to terminals There is no description about it.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a technology to provide services by integrating heterogeneous networks, to enable information collected from M2M terminals to be utilized in IoT information services, to automatically configure services according to terminal characteristics, Is required.

Patent Registration No. 10-0625781 (September 20, 2006)

An object of the present invention is to provide a service by integrating a heterogeneous communication network (ZigBee, WiFi, Bluetooth), and to provide a service by selectively providing ZigBee, Bluetooth, ZigBee, WiFi, ZigBee, WiFi, Service platform system.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an M2M service platform system capable of grouping devices.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an M2M service platform system capable of creating and managing a service profile based on device information.

An object of the present invention is to provide an M2M service platform system capable of transmitting a service corresponding to the service profile based on the service profile.

In order to solve the above problems, an M2M service platform system according to the present invention comprises: a device; And a coordinator, wherein the device is capable of communicating with a coordinator via a heterogeneous communication network, wherein the coordinator is capable of grouping the devices to create a service profile, To a device via a gateway, and to solve the technical problem by providing an M2M service platform system.

The present invention provides a service by integrating a heterogeneous communication network (Zigbee, Wifi, Bluetooth), and selectively supports Zigbee, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Wifi or Zigbee, Wifi and Bluetooth depending on the type of service profile, It is possible to provide an optimized service by blocking the connection.

The present invention provides security of transmission / reception data by providing a communication connection with an authorized device, and it is possible to minimize a security problem because a communication connection can be performed without a separate authentication upon reconnection of a device to which communication connection is permitted .

The present invention can have an effect of supporting intelligent services by actively accepting a variety of devices and a variety of service functions.

The present invention can support the grouping of device service areas according to service characteristics, thereby providing various services to the same devices.

1 is a configuration diagram of an M2M service platform system according to the present invention.
2 shows a device configuration of an M2M service platform system according to the present invention.
3 illustrates a coordinator configuration of an M2M service platform system according to the present invention.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms and the inventor may properly define the concept of the term in order to best describe its invention It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, various equivalents It should be understood that water and variations may be present.

Before describing the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be noted that the present invention is not described or specifically described with respect to a known configuration that can be easily added by a person skilled in the art, Let the sound be revealed.

Prior to the description, the applicant of the present invention identifies the location of an object based on an event signal with an AP and a tag integrated terminal as described in Japanese Patent No. 10-1482789 (smart shipping and dispatch management communication supporting terminal) And smart delivery and dispatch management communication support terminals related to what is generated as a signal to the tag.

The present applicant has also proposed a system and a method for managing one-stop service from order receipt of an informant to issuance of an invoice, shipping and dispatch, as described in Patent No. 10-1495262 (Remicon Vehicle Smart Shipping and Dispatch Management System and Method) I have implemented it.

The Applicant has also implemented a system for an M2M gateway that supports services by integrating heterogeneous networks, as described in Korean Patent No. 10-1523581 (Gateway for Supporting Heterogeneous Network Integrated Control).

The present applicant has also proposed a method and apparatus for routing and shipment of vehicles based on a gateway capable of integrating protocols between heterogeneous networks, as described in Japanese Patent No. 10-1521970 (gateway-based dispatch and dispatch management system capable of integrating heterogeneous networks) And a dispatch and shipment management system capable of managing the dispatch and shipment management system.

Depending on the design conditions, the present invention may be applied to the technical aspects of the above-mentioned system.

In the present invention, a service profile is a unit of work for connecting one or more devices and providing an integrated control service to a user, and may be composed of a plurality of services.

In addition, the present invention provides a coordinator for supporting services by integrating all communication modules belonging to WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network), for example, ZigBee, WiFi, and Bluetooth. In addition, ZigBee, Bluetooth, ZigBee and WiFi By selectively supporting ZigBee, WiFi and Bluetooth, it is possible to provide an optimized service by blocking unnecessary connection between the coordinator and the heterogeneous communication module.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an M2M service platform system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the M2M service platform system includes a device 100 and a coordinator 200.

The device 100 may be a user terminal or a separately prepared reader to be used for various application services.

Herein, the device 100 means that it can communicate with a coordinator 200, which will be described later, through a heterogeneous communication network (Zigbee, Wifi and Bluetooth as well as all communication modules belonging to the WPAN) , Video communication, and SNS communication, and may be a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA, or the like.

The coordinator 200 may include a gateway to perform a function of communicating with the device 100 by integrating a heterogeneous communication network (Zigbee, Wifi and Bluetooth as well as all communication modules belonging to WPAN) through the gateway, A plurality of devices 100 may be grouped to create and manage a service profile.

In addition, the gateway can automatically configure a service corresponding to the service profile based on the created service profile, and deliver the service to the device 100. A detailed description of the gateway will be given later in 3.

2 shows a device configuration of an M2M service platform system according to the present invention.

The device 100 according to FIG. 2 may include an authentication request unit 110, a data storage unit 120, a display unit 130, a control unit 140, and a transceiver unit 150.

The authentication request unit 110 transmits the terminal information (ID and identification number) to the coordinator 200 to request the coordinator 200 to establish a connection. The device 100 may include a separate button for establishing a connection to the coordinator 200. When the user presses the corresponding button, the authentication request unit 110 may establish connection to the neighbor coordinator 200 I. E., Device 100 authentication.

The data storage unit 120 may store data received from the coordinator 200 (for example, service information), and may display data on the display unit 130, which will be described later, based on the data. Can be performed.

The display unit 130 may display information (e.g., terminal information) that can be displayed on the device 100 and data received from the coordinator 200 on a display.

The control unit 140 includes an authentication management unit 210 for allowing the device 100 to perform connection setup with the coordinator 200 and performing connection authentication and service profile reception to the coordinator 200, 220, the service profile management unit 230, and the data management unit 240.

The transceiver unit 150 may perform a function of transmitting and receiving data to and from the coordinator 200.

3 illustrates a coordinator configuration of an M2M service platform system according to the present invention.

The coordinator 200 according to FIG. 3 may include an authentication management unit 210, a device management unit 220, a service profile management unit 230, a data management unit 240, a control unit 250, and a transmission / have.

The authentication management unit 210 may approve the authentication based on the terminal information received from the device 100 and manage the terminal information.

Here, the authentication management unit 210 may store or delete the terminal information, and update and manage the terminal information.

The device management unit 220 may perform a function of grouping the devices that are approved for authentication through the authentication management unit 210 for each service.

Here, the grouping may be tied to devices that match the service model for seamless connection of services, and the device management unit 220 may include device information such as manufacturer and model name.

The service profile management unit 230 may perform a function of generating a service profile from the device information recognized by the device management unit 220. [ The service profile may perform a function of providing an integrated control service to a user by connecting one or more devices and may be composed of a plurality of services.

In addition, the service profile management unit 230 can store and manage the generated service profile, and can perform a function of integrally controlling a plurality of devices based on the service profile.

Here, the service profile generated by the service profile management unit 230 may be connected to the service corresponding to the service profile through the gateway.

The gateway connects the service based on the service profile generated by the service profile management unit 230, and selectively transmits the service to the device 100 through the communication network (Zigbee, Wifi and Bluetooth) Can be performed.

For example, smart attendance management service, U-guide service, taxi / bus vehicle control and access control control provide network service using Zigbee and Bluetooth, smart grid, U-Home service, meter reading / control service and environment Monitoring services provide network services using Zigbee and Wifi, and the smart small business advertisement service, U-Catalog service and bus information service can be configured to provide network service using Zigbee, Wifi and Bluetooth. have.

That is, by providing a customized network to the types of services classified through the gateway based on the service profile generated by the service profile management unit 230, it is possible to provide an optimized service by blocking unnecessary connection between the device 100 and the heterogeneous communication network have.

The data management unit 240 may store data received from the device 100, data generated from the coordinator 200, and the like.

The control unit 250 controls the authentication management unit 210, the device management unit 220, the service profile management unit 230, and the data management unit 240 so that the coordinator 200 can be connected to the device 100 can do.

The transmission / reception unit 260 may perform a function of transmitting and receiving data with the device 100. [

1 to 3 described above only describe the essential matters of the present invention. As various designs can be made within the technical scope of the present invention, the present invention is limited to the configurations of Figs. 1 to 3 It is self-evident.

100: device 110: authentication request unit
120: Data storage unit 130: Display unit
140: Controller 150: Transmitting /
200: Coordinator 210: Authentication manager
220: Device management unit 230: Service profile management unit
240: Data management unit 250:
260: Transmitting /

Claims (4)

device; And a coordinator, the system comprising:
The device comprising:
And can communicate with the coordinator through the heterogeneous communication network,
Wherein the coordinator comprises:
The service profile can be generated by grouping the devices, and a service corresponding to the service profile including the gateway can be transmitted to the device through the gateway.
The method according to claim 1,
The gateway comprises:
And a communication module (e.g., ZigBee, Bluetooth, and WiFi) that is provided in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) to provide a network service based on a service profile received from the terminal, Service platform system.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the coordinator comprises:
And grouping the devices according to services based on the device information.
The method according to claim 1,
The service profile includes:
The M2M service platform system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one service is a plurality of services.

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