WO2005036821A1 - Commande repartie de differents dispositifs d'un reseau domestique - Google Patents

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WO2005036821A1
WO2005036821A1 PCT/DE2004/000473 DE2004000473W WO2005036821A1 WO 2005036821 A1 WO2005036821 A1 WO 2005036821A1 DE 2004000473 W DE2004000473 W DE 2004000473W WO 2005036821 A1 WO2005036821 A1 WO 2005036821A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W76/00—Connection management
    • H04W76/10—Connection setup
    • H04W76/14—Direct-mode setup
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08C—TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS
    • G08C17/00—Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
    • G08C17/02—Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link using a radio link
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08C—TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS
    • G08C23/00—Non-electrical signal transmission systems, e.g. optical systems
    • G08C23/04—Non-electrical signal transmission systems, e.g. optical systems using light waves, e.g. infrared
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W84/00—Network topologies
    • H04W84/02—Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
    • H04W84/10—Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
    • H04W84/12—WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/02—Terminal devices
    • H04W88/06—Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W92/00—Interfaces specially adapted for wireless communication networks
    • H04W92/16—Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices
    • H04W92/18—Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices between terminal devices

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  • the invention relates to a network with electronic devices, each device having an interface for communication with an electronic functional unit.
  • the invention relates to a network of home electronic devices such as entertainment devices and household appliances or home office devices.
  • home electronic devices such as entertainment devices and household appliances or home office devices.
  • entertainment devices such as television sets, home cinema projectors, video devices, DVD devices, hi-fi devices, game consoles, camcorders, mobile phones, device remote controls, home computers and home servers.
  • Device remote controls and mobile phones are considered to be fully-fledged home devices.
  • Most of such devices have an interface for communication with an electronic functional unit.
  • Such a functional unit could, for example, provide an adaptation to a network server.
  • home networks are known in which the home device management and the home device control is carried out centrally by or via a home server.
  • the network architecture always consists of a star-shaped structure in which each home device only communicates with the server. A data flow always runs centrally via the server.
  • the activation of a specific home device can only be carried out directly on the affected home device or it can only take place via the central server to the affected home device.
  • home devices in home networks are equipped with additional devices or functional units which essentially only have the task of establishing the connection to a central server.
  • Infrared adapters, radio cards for Bluetooth or WLL cards in the case of wireless networks or Ethernet converters or adapters or powerline modules in the case of cable connections are known as additional devices.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a network of the type mentioned at the beginning, in which a secure data transmission and versatile communication between the devices is made possible in a simple manner.
  • the above object is achieved by a network having the features of patent claim 1.
  • the network is then designed and developed in such a way that each device has a functional unit via the interface is assigned and that each functional unit has a direct communication link with every other functional unit in the network.
  • a functional unit is then assigned to each device via the interface.
  • each functional unit has a direct communication link with every other functional unit in the network.
  • the network according to the invention it is now possible, on the one hand, to control the respectively assigned device and, on the other hand, other devices via the network via the functional units assigned to the individual devices. Until now, this was only possible with the device itself or from a central server. It is now possible to control all devices from all different device locations. In other words, one or more devices can be controlled directly from another device - without control via a central server.
  • larger and / or different data flows can be transmitted over different routes in the network.
  • the individual data flows can be transmitted from different video devices over different distances to the desired TV devices without overlaps or bottleneck effects.
  • the network according to the invention enables secure data transmission and versatile communication between the devices in a simple manner.
  • the communication between each device and its assigned functional unit could be carried out optically and / or electronically. More specifically, the communication between the device and its functional unit could take place via a cable connection, a radio connection, an optical connection or an infrared connection. All existing connection standards can be used, whereby here, for example, the standard hardware standards Chen plug standards video, Scart, BNC, SUB-D, USB, Fire Wire, Western, RJ-11, RJ-45 etc. or interface standards RS232, RS422, RS485, IEEE, USB, Fire Wire etc. are mentioned.
  • cable-based or radio-based transmission standards or transmission technologies such as Ethernet, USB 1.0, USB 2.0, Bluetooth, WLL, GSM, UMTS, etc. come into question.
  • the combination of an Ethemet interface, infrared interface and an RJ-45 connector for connecting the functional unit to the device is particularly promising, since the majority of communication-capable or externally controllable devices are equipped with this combination.
  • each device could be controllable via its assigned functional unit.
  • each functional unit could be assignable to any device.
  • each functional unit could be designed such that it fits every device or can be adapted to each device, so that problem-free communication between the functional unit and the assigned device is made possible.
  • the functional units could have means for understanding the device-specific command set or control codes of the respectively associated device.
  • the functional units could have means for converting the device-specific command set or control code of the respectively associated device into a uniform command set or control code. This ensures secure communication between the functional units and other devices or functional units in the network.
  • the functional units could have means for converting a uniform command set or control code into a device-specific command set or control code of the respective associated device. This enables the secure transmission of uniform command sets or control codes from the network to a specific device.
  • the functional units could have means for transmitting a device-specific command set or control codes of the respective associated device to the device.
  • the functional units could have means for transmitting a device-specific command set or control codes of the respective associated device to other functional units and / or devices.
  • the device-specific command set or control code of the respective associated device could preferably be transmitted in the form of a converted uniform command set or control code.
  • the functional units could have means for transmitting uniform or arbitrary command sets or control codes to other functional units and / or devices.
  • the functional units could have means for transmitting uniform or arbitrary command sets or control codes between other functional units and / or devices.
  • the functional units could serve as transmission relays.
  • command sets or control codes that are uniform across the group could be transmitted further.
  • the functional units could be controllable and / or controllable by their respective associated devices.
  • the functional units could alternatively or additionally be controlled and / or controlled by other devices. This could easily enable remote control of devices that are not arranged in the same room or floor in a house, for example.
  • the functional units could be controllable and / or controllable by at least one other functional unit. This also ensures a high level of versatility with regard to remote control.
  • the functional units could have means for establishing a communication connection to each device in the network. have factory. Alternatively or in addition to this, the functional units could have means for establishing a communication connection to any other functional unit of the network.
  • At least one functional unit and preferably all functional units could have means for establishing a communication connection to at least one other network. This would enable communication with another network and / or control over another network. For example, a connection to a telephone network could take place.
  • At least one functional unit and preferably all functional units could be assignable to several devices in parallel or simultaneously. This would allow multiple devices to be operated using just one functional unit.
  • the functional unit could advantageously combine the functions of a control device, a transmission device and a network interface. However, this does not result in a classic central network server, since the functions of the router and a data memory or a database that are typical of a network server may be missing.
  • the entirety of the functional units or at least some of the functional units could jointly form a conventional network server.
  • This could also be used to implement conventional network server functions.
  • this is virtually a server distributed over the entire network, which is in contrast to a conventional central server.
  • the classic network server tasks could be separated and partially assigned to the functional units, which in turn do not need and have all the classic server properties and functions and therefore cannot be understood as individual servers.
  • at least one functional unit could have a WLAN chip and / or an Ethernet chip and / or an infrared module. This ensures that the functional unit functions and communicates safely.
  • the WLAN chip and / or the Ethernet chip and / or the infrared module could be controlled by a CPU. This CPU could use a MOTERAN-ROM, a DRAM and a FRAM.
  • different devices can be coupled in the network according to the invention.
  • the devices could be formed in particular by home electronics devices and / or device remote controls and / or mobile phones.
  • the network according to the invention could be an information and / or control network.
  • Any device in particular a mobile home device, could access any electronic functional unit that is connected to a preferably stationary home device. Each functional unit could thus operate more than just a home device or device.
  • each device with an electronic functional unit automatically leads to the establishment of a network or home network. It is essential that information or data flows in connections between any two devices can be transmitted directly, or that data flows can take place over several steps via the functional units as a transmission relay or transmission chain between two or more devices. In principle, these communication connections can take place via any relay paths or functional unit connections.
  • This has the essential and great advantage that, in the network according to the invention, large data flows within the scope of, for example, different but simultaneous video transmissions between, for example, video or DVD devices and TV / beamer devices or interactive computer game transmissions between several different game consoles and TV devices are possible are.
  • the invention therefore enables home networks with a data stream distributed over the network, as a result of which a significantly higher throughput capacity for network data and thereby the simultaneous use of different home network applications with a very high data flow volume is made possible.
  • a further essential property of the invention is that various distributed devices or home devices that are to be operated in a connected manner can be controlled or operated from any point in the network via the functional units.
  • a second or third-party TV set that is on a different floor, for example, from the video DVD device, from which a video film is to be played via the second or third-party TV set
  • the video DVD device on the other floor can be controlled via the assigned functional unit of the second or third-party TV set.
  • the user only has to use the necessary manufacturer remote controls on the functional unit of the TV set.
  • the TV functional unit in question can then load the driver software for the device remote controls necessary for it via the built-up home network from the functional unit of the video DVD device.
  • Device remote controls can thus be treated like home devices and integrated into the network.
  • mobile telephones and telephones can be integrated into the network or home network as devices with an assigned functional unit.
  • an electronic functional unit could be assigned to a landline telephone, and a direct connection could be made.
  • a mobile phone on the other hand, could be arranged at the location of any functional unit and connected to it, for example, via a connection cable or an infrared adapter.
  • connection points or access points to other networks such as, for example, a fixed telephone network or a mobile radio network or further via these networks to other or local networks or to the Internet are created.
  • the home network can be contacted via the in-house telephones from another network and tasks in the home network can be carried out via this connection.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an embodiment of a network according to the invention with electronic devices
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of the exemplary embodiment from FIG. 1, an “Mlulti-Hop” between individual devices being additionally indicated by arrows,
  • Fig. 3 shows a schematic representation of the hardware structure of a functional unit
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic illustration of the software structure of a functional unit.
  • each device 1 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of a network according to the invention with electronic devices 1.
  • Each device 1 has an interface for communication with an electronic functional unit 2.
  • each device 1 is assigned a functional unit 2 via the interface.
  • each functional unit 2 has a direct communication link with every other functional unit 2 in the network.
  • the direct communication connections between the functional units 2 enable the control of individual devices 1 from different positions. It is no longer necessary for the user to be in the immediate vicinity of the device 1 to be controlled. Rather, it is sufficient that the User is in the area of any functional unit 2 or in the area of any device 1 in order to control another device 1 via another functional unit 2. Furthermore, data flows can be routed over different routes, so that data overload with transmission delays to, for example, a conventional central network server is avoided.
  • FIG. 2 essentially shows the exemplary embodiment of a network from FIG. 1, wherein the possibility of successive transmission of data via the individual devices 1 is additionally represented by arrows. It is a "multi-hop" process.
  • the devices 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are specifically a DVD / video device, a TV set, a home computer, a surveillance camera, a washing machine and a home server.
  • a mobile phone with an associated functional unit 2 is also shown in FIG. 2.
  • each functional unit can communicate with each functional unit 2.
  • the network can be designed as a MOTERAN network with MOTERAN devices as functional units 2, each interface between the devices 1 and the functional units 2 being an Ethernet interface. Irrespective of complicated building structures or obstacles, each device 1 can be connected or integrated into the network.
  • Fig. 3 shows a schematic representation of the hardware structure of a functional unit 2.
  • the functional unit 2 has, among other things, a WLAN chip, an Ethernet chip and an infrared module, which are controlled by a central CPU, which is based on a MOTERAN -ROM, a DRAM and a FRAM.
  • An RJ-45 connector is also integrated.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of the software structure of a functional unit 2.
  • the software structure is based on an embedded Linux operating system on which MOTERAN functions run as an application.
  • the operating system can be used to communicate with other functional units 2, for which purpose TCP / IP Protocols and MOTERAN WLAN drivers, Ethernet drivers and IR module drivers can be used.
  • MOTERAN functionalities or functions enables the functional units 2 to jointly carry out the routing task in the network.

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L'invention concerne un réseau comportant des dispositifs (1) électroniques, chacun de ces dispositifs (1) présentant une interface pour la communication avec une unité fonctionnelle (2) électronique. Ce réseau, pour garantir une transmission de données sûre et une communication multiple entre les dispositifs (1), est conçu et développé de telle sorte qu'une unité fonctionnelle (2) est associée, par l'intermédiaire de l'interface, à chaque dispositif (1), et que chaque unité fonctionnelle (2) présente une liaison de communication directe avec chaque autre unité fonctionnelle (2) du réseau.
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