Method and system for group communication, group server, and group member device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a group communication method, system, group server, and group member device. A group server receives notification messages sent by a group member device, aggregates, according to an address of a subscription device, the notification messages destined for the same subscription device, and sends a notification message obtained after aggregation to the subscription device. By aggregating multiple messages sent by the group member device to the subscription device, messages exchanged between the group member device and the subscription device are reduced, thereby reducing communication traffic between the group member device and the subscription device.
1. A group communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a subgroup server, a first subscription request message for subscribing a group member resource of a group server;
sending, by the subgroup server, a second subscription request message for subscribing a group member resource of the group server to group member devices that belong to the group server, wherein the second subscription request message carries an address of the subgroup server for aggregating notification messages and an address of a subscription device;
receiving, by the subgroup server, notification messages sent by group member devices, wherein the notification messages are sent to the subgroup server after a resource of the group member device meets a subscription condition, and a number of notification messages is at least two;
aggregating, by the subgroup server, the notification messages into one notification message according to the address of the subscription device included in the notification messages; and
sending, by the subgroup server, the one notification message to the group server.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the notification message sent by group member device further comprises a forwarding identifier, and the aggregating the notification messages into one notification message comprises:
determining, by the subgroup server, according to the forwarding identifier, that notification messages destined for a same subscription device need to be aggregated; and
aggregating, by the subgroup server, the notification messages into one notification message according to the address of the subscription device included in the notification messages.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the one notification message further comprises a forwarding identifier and the address of the subscription device, wherein the forwarding identifier is used to trigger the group server to aggregate notification messages destined for a same subscription device.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the address of the subgroup server is an Universal Resource Identifier (URI) address.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the aggregating the notification messages into one notification message comprises:
aggregating, by the subgroup server, the notification messages which comprise the same address of the subscription device into a single notification message.
6. A subgroup server, comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a first subscription request message for subscribing a group member resource of a group server;
a transmitter, configured to send a second subscription request message for subscribing a group member resource of the group server to group member devices that belongs to the group server, wherein the second subscription request message carries an address of the subgroup server for aggregating notification messages and an address of a subscription device;
wherein the receiver is further configured to receive notification messages sent by group member devices, wherein the notification messages are sent to the subgroup server after a resource of the group member device meets a subscription condition, and a number of notification messages is at least two;
a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions;
one or more hardware processors in communication with the non-transitory memory storage, wherein the one or more hardware processors execute the instructions to: aggregate the plurality of notification messages into one notification message according to the address of the subscription device included in the notification messages; and
wherein the transmitter is further configured to send the one notification message to the group server.
7. The group server according to claim 6 , wherein the notification message sent by group member device further comprises a forwarding identifier, and the one or more hardware processors execute the instructions to determine, according to the forwarding identifier, that notification messages destined for a same subscription device need to be aggregated.
8. The group server according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more hardware processors execute the instructions to aggregate the notification messages which comprise the same address of the subscription device into a single notification message.