CN101409703B - Method for discovering network middle/remote terminal server by terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for a terminal device to discover a remote server in a network, including: (1) the terminal device sets a description of the remote server, saves the description of the remote server on the access authentication server, and communicates with the Indicate the corresponding remote server address; (2) the terminal device sends an access authentication request message to the access authentication server, and the optional field of the request message includes the description of the remote server; (3) access authentication After receiving the request message, the server finds the corresponding remote server address according to the description of the remote server, sends a response message to the terminal device, and adds The remote server address; (4) After receiving the response message, the terminal device logs in to the remote server according to the remote server address therein. This method enables the terminal device to discover the remote server, log in and automatically configure it.

Description

A method for a terminal device to discover a remote server in a network

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of broadband access communication in the Internet, and more specifically, relates to a method for a terminal device to discover a remote server in a network.

Background technique

With the continuous development and popularization of broadband networks, more and more user families have various terminal devices for broadband Internet access and multimedia services. With the increase of terminal devices in users' homes, how to build a digital home network, how to effectively manage and configure numerous terminal devices at the remote end, and provide users with various multimedia services has become increasingly important.

Currently in remote management systems, service providers and system integrators usually require end users to manually configure their systems, which creates trouble for customers and requires hotline service calls or even door-to-door service to solve problems. As operators invest more and more effort and resources in becoming full-service providers offering a full range of broadband entertainment services, managing peripherals is becoming increasingly important.

Therefore, how the terminal device discovers the remote server is a very critical link and function. How to enable the terminal device to discover the remote server simply and efficiently is a problem that technicians must consider.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for a terminal device to discover a remote server in a network, and to solve the problem of how a user's terminal device discovers a remote server in a broadband network, performs login and automatically configures it.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a method for a terminal device to discover a remote server in a network, the method comprising the following steps:

(1) The terminal device sets the description to the remote server, saves the description of the remote server on the access authentication server, and the remote server address corresponding to the description;

(2) The terminal device sends an access authentication request message to the access authentication server, and the optional field of the request message includes the description of the remote server;

(3) After the access authentication server receives the request message, according to the description of the remote server therein, after finding the corresponding remote server address, it sends a response message to the terminal device, and in the response message Add the remote server address in the optional field of ;

(4) After receiving the response message, the terminal device logs in to the remote server according to the remote server address therein.

Further, the description of the remote server includes: the service type requested by the user or the identifier of the remote server.

Further, the description of the remote server also includes priorities of multiple remote servers.

Further, the setting of the terminal device in step (1) to describe the remote server includes: setting through the configuration interface of the terminal device.

Further, the description of the remote server stored on the access authentication server in step (1), and the address of the remote server corresponding to the description, include: from the operation and management system of the broadband network through the communication interface Obtain descriptions of various remote servers and corresponding remote server addresses.

Further, a point-to-point protocol over Ethernet or a dynamic host configuration protocol is implemented between the terminal device and the access authentication server.

Further, logging in to the remote server according to the remote server address in step (4) includes: if the remote server address is an Internet Protocol address, then directly communicate with the remote server; if it is a unified The resource location address uses the domain name server in the network to resolve the Internet address and then communicates with the remote server.

After this method is implemented, in the broadband network, the user's terminal device can discover the remote server, log in and configure it automatically, and at the same time, the remote server can realize remote management and configuration of the broadband user's terminal device, thereby providing users with Provide broadband Internet access and various multimedia services. The method of the invention has the characteristics of simple and convenient implementation.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system network applicable to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for a terminal device to discover a remote server in a network according to the present invention.

Detailed ways

The method designed by the present invention is that, in the terminal equipment of the user, when the terminal equipment initiates an access authentication request, an explanation of the remote server is added in the optional field of the request message; the access authentication server receives the request message After the text, according to the description of the terminal device to the remote server, add the address of the corresponding remote server in the optional field of the response message; when the terminal device receives the response message, it can automatically log in with the address of the remote server The remote server, so that the remote server manages and configures the terminal device accordingly.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 , it is a schematic diagram of a network system applicable to the present invention. The system includes a remote server 11 , an access authentication server 12 , and a terminal device 13 , and the remote server 11 is connected to the access authentication server 12 through a broadband network 14 .

In the present invention, the terminal device 13 is any device that can be connected to the external broadband network in the user's home network; the access authentication server 12 is a server that can provide the user with an online access authentication function; the remote server 11 can perform user terminal device The server for remote configuration and management and resource guarantee for multimedia services can be placed in any accessible location on the network.

Referring to FIG. 2 , it is a flowchart of a method for a terminal device to discover a remote server in a network according to the present invention. The method comprises the steps of:

Step 201: After the user terminal device is connected to the broadband network, according to the requirements of which remote server needs to be used for remote management and configuration, set instructions or instructions for the corresponding remote server; the access authentication server saves various remote Description of the end server and the corresponding communication address;

Wherein, the description of the remote server can be parameters such as the identifier of the remote server or the type of service requested by the user. Of course, the description of the remote server can also be any other The parameter of the present invention is not limited to this, and any other parameters that can realize the purpose of the present invention and can describe the remote server are within the scope of protection of the present invention, and are not listed here.

Step 202: When the terminal device initiates an access authentication request message, it adds an explanation or indication to the remote server in the optional field of the request message, so as to obtain the address of the remote server;

Step 203: After receiving the request message, the access authentication server takes out the description of the terminal device to the remote server;

Step 204: The access authentication server finds the corresponding remote server address according to the description of the user terminal device to the remote server;

Step 205: the access authentication server adds the address of the corresponding remote server to the optional field in the response message to the user terminal device;

Step 206: After receiving the response message, the terminal device takes out the address of the remote server;

Step 207: The terminal device uses the address of the remote server to log in to the remote server to perform corresponding management and configuration.

In this method, the description or instruction of the user's terminal equipment to the remote server can be pre-set by the operator when the terminal equipment is provided to the user, or it can be set through the configuration interface of the terminal equipment. The user's terminal device can explain or instruct multiple remote servers, and indicate the priority of each remote server, and connect to the remote server according to the priority. When the remote server with the highest priority cannot be connected, it can turn to For connecting to the remote server with the second priority, and so on.

In this method, there may be multiple ways for the user terminal equipment to perform access authentication. Example has PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet, point-to-point protocol on Ethernet) mode and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, dynamic host configuration protocol) mode etc., certainly also can be other access that can realize the purpose of the present invention verification method.

In this method, the instructions and corresponding communication addresses of various remote servers stored in the access authentication server can be pre-configured by the administrator, or obtained from the operation and management system of the broadband network through the communication interface.

In this method, after the terminal device obtains the address of the remote server, if it is an IP (Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol) address, it can directly communicate with the remote server; if it is a URL address, it needs to first use the DNS in the network ( Domain Name Server (Domain Name Server) performs IP address resolution to communicate with the remote server.

Of course, the above specific implementation methods are not further limitations on the technical solution of the present invention, and any equivalent replacement or corresponding improvement to the technical features of the present invention by those skilled in the art is still within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

1. the method for far-end server in the terminal equipment discovering network is characterized in that, said method comprising the steps of:

(1) terminal equipment arranges the explanation to far-end server, preserves the explanation of described far-end server on the access authentication server, and the far-end server address corresponding with described explanation;

(2) terminal equipment sends the access authentication request message to the access authentication server, comprises the explanation of described far-end server in the Optional Field of described request message;

(3) after the access authentication server receives the described request message, explanation according to wherein described far-end server, after finding corresponding far-end server address, send response message to terminal equipment, and in the Optional Field of response message, add described far-end server address;

(4) after terminal equipment receives described response message, log in far-end server according to wherein far-end server address;

The explanation of described far-end server comprises: the type of service of user's request or the identifier of far-end server.

2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, the explanation of described far-end server also comprises the priority of a plurality of far-end servers.

3. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, terminal equipment arranges the explanation to far-end server described in the step (1), comprising: the configuration interface by terminal equipment arranges.

4. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that, preserve the explanation of described far-end server described in the step (1) on the access authentication server, and the far-end server address corresponding with described explanation, comprising: the explanation and the corresponding far-end server address that from the operation management system of broadband network, obtain far-end server by communication interface.

5. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, carries out peer-peer protocol or DHCP on the Ethernet between described terminal equipment and the described access authentication server.

6. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that, the far-end server address wherein of basis described in the step (4) logs in far-end server, comprising: if described far-end server address is Internet protocol address, then directly communicate with described far-end server; If the unified resource positioning address then utilizes the name server in the network to carry out communicating with described far-end server after internet address is resolved.

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