US 12,363,767 B2
Method, device, and computer program product for communication of internet of things
Bin He, Shanghai (CN); Jiacheng Ni, Shanghai (CN); Wenlei Wu, Shanghai (CN); Zijia Wang, WeiFang (CN); and Zhen Jia, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,203.
Claims priority of application No. 202210864099.4 (CN), filed on Jul. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032117 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04W 92/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H04W 92/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving data of a first protocol from an access point of a first network, the data of the first protocol coming from an Internet of Things device wirelessly connected to the access point;
converting the data of the first protocol into data of a second protocol through a gateway, the gateway being arranged between the access point of the first network and a core network node in a second network, the gateway having a first protocol stack corresponding to the first protocol and a second protocol stack corresponding to the second protocol, the first and second protocol stacks being arranged in parallel with one another within the gateway, the first protocol stack supporting communication between the gateway and the access point of the first network, the second protocol stack supporting communication between the gateway and the second network, wherein the core network node in the second network implements a mobility management function of the second network, and wherein the gateway further comprises an additional protocol stack supporting communication between the gateway and an additional network node of the second network, separate from the core network node, the additional network node implementing a user plane function of the second network; and
sending the data of the second protocol from the gateway to the core network node in the second network;
wherein the first protocol stack of the gateway comprises a first certification layer of a first type configured for communication with a corresponding certification layer of the first type in a protocol stack of the access point of the first network in accordance with the first protocol; and
wherein the second protocol stack of the gateway comprises a second certification layer of a second type different than the first type, the second certification layer being configured for communication with a corresponding certification layer of the second type in a control plane protocol stack of a management function entity of the second network.