Design of an Extended Architecture for Sharing DLNA Compliant Home Media from Outside the Home

Abstract

This paper proposes an extended DLNA media sharing architecture as a methodology to provide services for accessing and sharing various media contents distributed over DLNA-capable devices, via not only a home network but also the Internet. The proposed architecture helps users search and view media contents distributed in the DLNA-networked home from public IP networks. Our architecture uses the SIP in order to transmit messages of information exchange between DLNA-capable devices within and outside of the home and to support secure user-authentication. The proposed system was implemented on a home server that acts as a gateway for establishing connections between the home network and external networks.