Personal network management method in an environment with multiple carriers

摘要

A method for accessing a Personal Network (PN) from a Guest device. In this method, the Guest device (18) receives a service key from a Master device (16) of the Personal Network (15) to which the Guest device wishes to access. The Guest device (18) then sends the Device ID of the Master device (16) to a Proxy (12). The Proxy (12) associates a route for accessing the Master device (16) from the Guest device (18) based on the Device ID of the Master device (16) and the Device ID of the Guest device (18), and sends an acknowledgement to the Guest device (18). The Proxy (12) may use its Proxy data (123) to further filter requests based on pre-registration status of requesting Guest Devices (18). If already pre-registered, the Proxy (12) routes the PN request of the Guest Device (18) to the Personal Network Management (11). The Personal Network Management (11) verifies the service key to authenticate the Guest device(18).