Bridging system for interoperation of remote groups of devices

摘要

A bridging system for a communication system comprises a first gateway ( 107 ) and a second gateway ( 108 ) arranged to communicate with each other. Each gateway ( 107, 108 ) is connectable to a different bus ( 100, 105 ) of the communication system. The first gateway ( 107 ) is operative to communicate details of available devices ( 102, 103 ) on its respective bus ( 100 ) to the second gateway ( 108 ). The second gateway ( 108 ) is operative to generate at least one proxy element corresponding to each of said available devices ( 102, 103 ). Each proxy element is operative to communicate data and messages between devices ( 130 ) on the bus ( 105 ) of the second gateway ( 108 ) and the device on the first gateway ( 100 ) corresponding to the proxy element.