A network secure admission method, where, when determining that there is a home network device that needs to join a domain for pairing, a home network device used as a domain master node sends prompt information to a user. The user performs an authorization operation according to the prompt information sent by the domain master node. The domain master node receives the authorization operation of the user, enables a pairing window when determining that the authorization operation of the user is received, and sends, within an effective period of the pairing window, indication information used to indicate that the device is allowed to join the domain for pairing. After receiving the indication information sent by the domain master node, the device that needs to join the domain for pairing may initiate a registration request, to complete a secure admission process.

Techniques are described for using information from a knob sensor of an appliance in a property monitoring system. In some implementations, a monitoring system may be configured to receive sensor information from a knob, receive monitoring device information from a monitoring device and, based on the sensor information from the knob, identify a knob event. The monitoring system may integrate the knob event with the monitoring device information and analyze the integrated knob event and monitoring device information against one or more rules related to usage of the appliance in view of the state of the property. Based on analyzing the integrated knob event and monitoring device information, the monitoring system may determine whether to perform an action, such as notifying a user or activating an appliance.

Embodiments provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for joining a node to a network. The method includes: receiving an access indication that is sent by a joined node and that carries information about at least one joining node; broadcasting, according to the access indication, a MAP frame carrying the information about the at least one joining node, so that a joining node corresponding to the joining node information directly completes registration after receiving the MAP frame; and sending, by a DM, an authentication password to the joining node, so that the joining node completes authentication according to the authentication password and joins the network.

A home monitoring and control system has a base unit, a monitoring system that has at least one monitoring device to output monitoring signals and a portable unit. The base unit has a base unit communications system. The portable unit has an infra red remote device controller, a human I/O interface, a portable unit communications system and a processor. The base unit communications system connects with a telecommunications landline and communicates wirelessly with the portable unit communications system. The processor processes monitoring signals provided by the monitoring system and provides notifications when that processing indicates a predefined event. The human I/O interface displays such notifications. The portable unit communications system communicates with the base unit communications system using a DECT communications protocol and with a Wi-Fi network.

Appliances that use this inventions method of Demand Side Management will be autonomous and intelligently self-controlled and will learn how to manage their own energy use, change with the seasons, and adapt to changing power profiles, without the need of any external control from the power companies, or the user. All this will be done in the background, saving power, with little, or no noticeable change in performance to the user. This method does away with all the infrastructure and cost associated with prior art methods resulting in a method that is so simple and inexpensive that it can be affordably incorporated into almost any electronic device.

Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.

Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.

This application relates to a power consumption grading method for a network-based power supply system. The method includes: when it is detected that power overload protection is not triggered, starting a plurality of power modules of a powered device one by one in a specific order until all the plurality of power modules are started or it is detected that the power overload protection is triggered after a specific power module is started; when it is detected that the power overload protection is triggered, selecting, according to the specific order and based on the specific power module, one or more of the plurality of power modules as a power module combination of the powered device; and determining a load power of the powered device and a corresponding power consumption level based on the power module combination.

Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.

An in-band signaling model media control (MC) terminal for an HPNA network includes a frame classification entity (FCE) and a frame scheduling entity (FSE) and provides end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) by passing the QoS requirements from higher layers to the lower layers of the HPNA network. The FCE is located at an LLC sublayer of the MC terminal, and receives a data frame from a higher layer of the MC terminal that is part of a QoS stream. The FCE classifies the received data frame for a MAC sublayer of the MC terminal based on QoS information contained in the received data frame, and associates the classified data frame with a QoS stream queue corresponding to a classification of the data frame. The FSE is located at the MAC sublayer of the MC terminal, and schedules transmission of the data frame to a destination for the data frame based on a QoS requirement associated with the QoS stream.