IMS-BASED DISCOVERY AND CONTROL OF REMOTE DEVICES

摘要

The present invention faces the issues of remotely controlling multiple LAN-attachable devices (1a - 1m) and provides for means and method of controlling the LAN-attachable devices from a CP-terminal (2) through an IMS network (51, 52). Basically, the invention provides for the allocation of unique identifiers to each LAN-attachable device (S-020), the exposure of these identifiers in an appropriate entity under control of a SIP network operator (S-045), fetching these identifiers from the CP-terminal (S-050), the submission of control commands from the CP-terminal through the IMS network towards a Remote Gateway (S-055), where the LAN- attachable devices are accessible through a home LAN network, and the submission of corresponding control command from the Remote Gateway towards the LAN-attachable devices (S-060).