Method and a system for identifying operating modes of communications in mobile edge computing environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10104672-B2
Application number	US-201615232578-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2016
Priority date	Aug 9, 2016
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A method for communication between one or more IoT sensor nodes associated with one or more IoT sensor devices, and one or more mobile edge computing (MEC) devices associated with one or more edge users is disclosed. The method comprises defining, by a mobile edge computing (MEC) server, one or more business verticals and one or more dimensions associated with each of the one or more business verticals. The method further comprises identifying, by the MEC server, one or more operating modes associated with the one or more IoT sensor nodes based on the one or more dimensions, wherein each of the one or more operating modes are associated with one or more communication channels. The method further comprises receiving, by the MEC server, information captured by the one or more IoT sensor nodes based on the one or more operating modes, via the associated one or more communication channels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for communication between one or more IoT sensor nodes associated with one or more IoT sensor devices, and one or more mobile edge computing (MEC) devices associated with one or more edge users, the method comprising:
defining, by a mobile edge computing (MEC) server, one or more business verticals and one or more dimensions associated with each of the one or more business verticals, each of the one or more business verticals comprises one of a plurality of business market categories and each of the one or more dimensions comprises a value associated with each of the one or more business verticals;
identifying, by the MEC server, one or more operating modes associated with the one or more IoT sensor nodes based on the one or more dimensions, wherein each of the one or more operating modes are associated with one or more communication channels;
receiving, by the MEC server, information captured by the one or more IoT sensor nodes associated with the one or more IoT sensor devices based on the identified one or more operating modes, via the associated one or more communication channels;
creating, by the MEC server, one or more edge services associated with the one or more communication channels for the one or more MEC devices based on the received information, wherein the created one or more edge services comprise metadata of the one or more operating modes and the associated one or more communication channels, wherein the metadata comprises one or more of a service identification number, a message sequence number, a number of IoT sensor nodes, a channel number associated with each of the one or more communication channels, a serial number of the one or more IoT sensor nodes, or a timestamp; and
providing, by the MEC server, a subscription offer for the created one or more edge services to the one or more MEC devices.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising extending the metadata to include one or more updates necessary to identify the one or more edge services and the one or more operating modes.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the metadata based on an association between each of the one or more operating modes and the one or more communication channels.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the association between the one or more operating modes and the one or more edge services associated with the one or more communication channels is determined based on the metadata.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a subscription request for one or more edge services associated with the one or more communication channels from the one or more MEC devices associated with the one or more edge users.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising transmitting the information captured by the one or more IoT sensor nodes to the one or more MEC devices associated with the one or more edge users via the one or more communication channels based on the subscription request and the metadata in the one or more edge services, wherein the information associated with the subscription request for the one or more edge services associated with the one or more communication channels is transmitted via the one or more communication channels associated with the one or more edge services.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising
monitoring a change in the one or more business verticals and one or more dimensions; and
updating the one or more operating modes associated with the one or more IoT sensor nodes based on the monitoring.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating the identified one or more operating modes to the one or more IoT sensor nodes.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more dimensions correspond to a set of values obtained from the one or more IoT sensor nodes, wherein the one or more dimensions are specific to each of the one or more business verticals, and wherein the one or more business verticals comprise at least one of smart grid, smart healthcare, smart cars, or smart homes.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more operating modes specify the information that is to be transmitted across the one or more communication channels.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises type of each of the one or more IoT sensor nodes, device specification of each of the one or more MEC devices, data captured by each of the one or more IoT sensor nodes, and type of data captured by each of the one or more IoT sensor nodes.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more IoT sensor nodes transmit the information captured by the one or more IoT sensor nodes based on the one or more operating modes.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the one or more business verticals and one or more dimensions associated with each of the one or more business verticals based on user inputs.

14. A mobile edge computing (MEC) server configured to communicate between one or more IoT sensor nodes associated with one or more IoT sensor devices, and one or more mobile edge computing (MEC) devices associated with one or more edge users, the MEC server comprising
a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to:
define one or more business verticals and one or more dimensions associated with each of the one or more business verticals, each of the one or more business verticals comprises one of a plurality of business market categories and each of the one or more dimensions comprises a value associated with each of the one or more business verticals;
identify one or more operating modes associated with the one or more IoT sensor nodes based on the one or more dimensions, wherein each of the one or more operating modes are associated with one or more communication channels;
receive information captured by the one or more IoT sensor nodes associated with the one or more IoT sensor devices based on the identified one or more operating modes, via the associated one or more communication channels;
create one or more edge services associated with the one or more communication channels for the one or more MEC devices based on the received information, wherein the created one or more edge services comprise metadata of the one or more operating modes and the associated one or more communication channels, wherein the metadata comprises one or more of a service identification number, a message sequence number, a number of IoT sensor nodes, a channel number associated with each of the one or more communication channels, a serial number of the one or more IoT sensor nodes, or a timestamp; and
provide a subscription offer for the created one or more edge services to the one or more MEC devices.

15. The MEC server of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to extend the metadata to include one or more updates necessary to identify the one or more edge services and the one or more operating modes.

16. The MEC server of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to update the metadata based on an association between each of the one or more operating modes and the one or more communication channels.

17. The MEC server of claim 16 , wherein the association between the one or more operating modes and the one or more edge services associated with the one or more communication channels is determined based on the metadata.

18. The MEC server of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive a subscription request f

Assignees

• Wipro Ltd

Inventors

• Shah Vikas

Classifications

• Y04S40/18

  Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04W72/51 Primary

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04W72/048 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/38 Primary

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title