Service coverage management system and method

Abstract

A Service Coverage Manager (SCM) may receive or retrieve coverage reports for service nodes and generate a global map of the service coverage for the service. The SCM can dynamically adjust service node overlays to accommodate client service requests and provide new service overlays to appropriate clients. The SCM can reduce the service coverage of a service node to reduce overlap with another node or reduce resource waste, or can expand the service coverage of a service node to cover additional clients.

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[0001] This case claims priority to Application No. 61 / 894,977, "SERVICE COVERAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS," filed October 24, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference. Background technique [0002] Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology allows devices to communicate with each other more directly using wired and wireless communication systems. M2M technology enables further realization of the Internet of Things (IoT), which is a system of uniquely identifiable objects and virtual representations of such objects communicated over a network such as the Internet. IoT can facilitate communication with even mundane everyday objects such as products in a grocery store, and thereby reduce costs and waste through improved knowledge of such objects. For example, a store can maintain very accurate inventory data by being able to communicate with, or obtain data from, an object that may be in stock or may have been sold. M2M technology introduces new challenges in determining the se...

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Problems solved by technology

M2M technology introduces new challenges in determining the service area or service coverage of a node providing a service, as the service layer may not have knowledge of, or control over, the service coverage provided by such nodes

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