Design of Network Architecture Using Mobile Gateways for DLNA Devices in Wide Area Networks

Hiroaki Goto, Hideki Shimada, Kenya Sato

Department of Information Systems Design, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

DOI: 10.4236/cn.2012.44037                

Abstract

The prevalence of information appliances supporting DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) such as televisions, recorders, and mobile phones has made it possible to share digital contents (e.g. videos, music and pictures) among appliances connected to a local network. However, DLNA does not let you share contents over different networks via the Internet. In this paper, we propose a network architecture where we adopt our SOAP method to mobile devices and use them as mobile gateways to consume digital contents from remote networks. We also confirm its practicality with a prototype.

Keywords

Network Architecture; DLNA; Mobile Network; Home Appliances

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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