18956928. Network Device and Communication System (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.)

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Network Device and Communication System

Organization Name

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Inventor(s)

Qingping Yang of Nanjing (CN)

Liangchuan Gao of Shenzhen (CN)

Jian Hu of Nanjing (CN)

Network Device and Communication System

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18956928 titled 'Network Device and Communication System

Original Abstract Submitted

This application discloses a network device and a communication system, to centrally manage terminal-side devices. The network device includes at least one of a terminal discovery unit, a terminal registration unit, and a terminal authentication unit. The terminal discovery unit is configured to discover a plurality of terminal-side devices connected to the network device, where the plurality of terminal-side devices include a first terminal and a second terminal, and the first terminal and the second terminal use different communication protocols. The terminal registration unit is configured to register the first terminal and the second terminal with a controller. The terminal authentication unit is configured to perform at least one of authentication, certificate distribution, and secondary authentication on the first terminal and the second terminal.