Updating parameters in a bridged multistandard home network

• Main Author: HUETTER INGO,WEBER MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.02.2006
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The invention relates to the field of home networks, in particular to the connection of two home network stations via a gateway (14). A first network station is intended to be able to control a second network station in the network. It communicates to a gateway with a network protocol of a first type. The second network station communicates to a third network station with a network protocol of a second type. One problem that occurs when controlling the second network station is that an input parameter which is known in the second network protocol may not be changed as required because it is permanently set. The invention provides a way in which an input parameter such as this can nevertheless be likewise updated in the network. For this purpose, the network station which relates to the input parameter is first of all logged-off in the network. The changed input parameter is then converted to an information element that is known in the network protocol of the second type. The network station which relates to the input parameter is then logged on again in the network of the second type. This results in the network stations in the network being able to newly read the appliance description (25) for the network station which relates to the input parameter. This then also results in the input parameter being updated in the network.