System comprising a publish/subscribe broker for a remote management of end-user devices, and respective end-user device

摘要

The present invention provides a method for sending a message to a network device with a specific MAC address, in an IP network implementing a internet group management protocol IGMP, comprising: sending, by a network terminal, to the network device, a multicast group management status message including a destination address set as the specific MAC address A system comprises a multitude of end-user devices coupled via a broadband connection with a service provider network, a publish/subscribe broker adapted to communicate with the multitude of end-user devices and at least a first back-end entity coupled with the service provider network. The first back-end entity includes a first client software application for connecting to the publish/subscribe broker and publishes control data via a control data channel for a device management of the end-user devices. The end-user devices include a second client software application for connecting to the publish/subscribe broker for subscribing to the control data channel and for receiving the control data, and for publishing device data and action data as instructed by the control data. The backend entity authorization is validated in particular by using a control data signature.

主权项

1. A system comprising a multitude of end-user devices coupled via a broadband connection with a service provider network, wherein the system comprises further:
a publish/subscribe broker adapted to communicate with the multitude of end-user devices and at least a first back-end entity coupled with the service provider network, the first back-end entity including a first client software application for connecting to the publish/subscribe broker and for publishing control data via a control data channel for a device management of the end-user devices, and wherein the end-user devices include a second client software application for connecting to the publish/subscribe broker for subscribing to said control data channel and for receiving the control data, and for publishing device data and action data as instructed by the control data, wherein each end-user device subscribes to at least one control data channel for receiving execute commands for its device management, and each end-user device publishes the device data via a device data channel and action data via an action data channel.