Device discovery

A method for device discovery, the method comprising:

• initiating, by a gateway device, discovery in a self-organizing network attached to a first network interface of the gateway device, the gateway device including a second network interface attached to a network that has a discovery protocol different than that of the self-organizing network;
• receiving a reply from a node in the self-organizing network in response to the discovery;
• extracting a device class from the reply, the device class corresponding to the node and selected from a set of device classes defined for the network;
• registering a mapping between the second network interface and the first network interface based on the device class;
• and
• responding to a query from the network using the mapping, wherein responding to the query from the network using the mapping includes:
• retrieving a node identification corresponding to the device class, the node identification present in the reply;
• interrogating the node in the self-organizing network using the node identification, the interrogating specifying a result type;
• receiving a result, in response to the interrogating, corresponding to the result type from the node;
• and
• responding to the query with the result.

At least one non-transitory machine readable medium including instructions for device discovery, the instructions, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:

• initiating, by a gateway device, discovery in a self-organizing network attached to a first network interface of the gateway device, the gateway device including a second network interface attached to a network that has a discovery protocol different than that of the self-organizing network;
• receiving a reply from a node in the self-organizing network in response to the discovery;
• extracting a device class from the reply, the device class corresponding to the node and selected from a set of device classes defined for the network;
• registering a mapping between the second network interface and the first network interface based on the device class;
• and
• responding to a query from the network using the mapping, wherein responding to the query from the network using the mapping includes:
• retrieving a node identification corresponding to the device class, the node identification present in the reply;
• interrogating the node in the self-organizing network using the node identification, the interrogating specifying a result type;
• receiving a result, in response to the interrogating, corresponding to the result type from the node;
• and
• responding to the query with the result.