Blockchain Edge Server Value Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing a large number of distributed edge servers is challenging due to varying network bandwidth, compute, and storage capabilities, lack of cross-edge value output monitoring, and inability to quantify business benefits or damages, leading to inefficient edge server configurations and security threats.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a blockchain-based edge server value management system that calculates and securely shares the value of edge server configurations across a distributed ledger, enabling cross-edge operational and value contributions visibility, and allowing for decentralized dynamic adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a blockchain-based value management system is implemented, then cross-edge value visibility and security are improved, but system complexity and implementation cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a blockchain-based distributed ledger as an intermediary layer between edge servers and cloud platforms. This mediator enables secure, transparent value tracking and sharing across the distributed edge computing network without requiring direct trust relationships between participants, thereby improving reliability while managing complexity through standardized protocols
2Adaptability or versatility
If centralized management approaches are used, then ease of operation is maintained, but adaptability to varying edge server capabilities deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where edge servers autonomously report their configuration values, operational status, and resource utilization to the blockchain ledger. Each edge server independently manages its own value representation, eliminating the need for complex centralized configuration management while adapting to varying capabilities through standardized self-reporting protocols
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive value tracking is implemented across all edge servers, then measurement precision of business benefits is improved, but loss of time and computational resources increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential value-relevant data elements from edge server operations and stores them on the blockchain, while keeping detailed operational data locally. This selective extraction approach enables precise measurement of business benefits through verified value contributions without the overhead of tracking and processing all operational data centrally, reducing time losses
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AI summary
In a system comprising a set of gateway devices operatively coupled to a set of edge servers, a method obtains data at a given one of the edge servers, wherein at least a portion of the data comprises valuation data attributable to at least one of the one or more gateway devices. The method sends the data from the given one of the edge servers to a blockchain or distributed ledger shared by the set of edge servers for storage of the data on the blockchain. Such a method provides blockchain-based edge server value management that enables a single view of cross-edge operational and value contributions associated with the set of edge servers in the system.