Internet of Building Equipment System Based on Thread Network and Methods for Managing End Devices
Bin Shen, Guiqing Zhang, Ming Wang, Chengdong Li · 2018
In order to solve the internal networking, remote communication and optimization control of the end devices in the Internet of Building Equipment, this paper presents an Internet of Building Equipment system based on the Thread network and a series of methods for managing end devices. In this system the single point of failure can be effectively avoided both within the intranet and from the intranet to Internet, and the whole communication process from end devices to the remote server is based on the Internet Protocol and the User Datagram Protocol, without the need for gateways to carry out the protocol conversion. This paper also proposes a method of persisting bidirectional communication between each end device and the server, by which the server can send control commands to end devices at any time. Finally, based on the communication capability among end devices, this paper puts forward an optimization control method for end devices to save energy, or to improve the comfort and security of the occupants' environment.