Edge-Cloud Virtualized I/O for Remote System Redundancy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remotely operated systems, such as satellites and industrial offshore systems, face complexity and inflexibility in redundancy and failure recovery due to reliance on hardware replication and dedicated software functions, limiting their ability to handle unforeseen failures and new requirements.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of edge computing technologies for function virtualization, enabling a remotely operated system with a virtualized edge-cloud system, I/O interfaces, communication module, and edge-network to provide multi-purpose computing, flexible resource sharing, and dynamic failure handling, allowing for simplified hardware design and increased flexibility in fail-safe operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hardware replication and dedicated software functions are used for redundancy and failure recovery, then system reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by implementing a virtualized I/O interface that can dynamically serve multiple hardware resources and software functions. Instead of dedicating specific hardware to single functions, the virtualized interface allows any hardware resource to be allocated to any software function as needed, enabling one hardware component to fulfill multiple roles and reducing the need for redundant dedicated hardware.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating virtual copies of I/O interfaces rather than physical hardware copies. The virtualized I/O interface can be replicated and assigned to different software functions, providing redundancy at the software level without requiring duplicate physical hardware components. This allows failure recovery through virtual interface redirection while avoiding the complexity of hardware replication.
2Reliability
If hardware replication is used for failure recovery, then failure mitigation is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of I/O interfaces through software rather than manufacturing physical hardware copies. The virtualized I/O interface can be rapidly instantiated and assigned to different hardware resources without additional manufacturing steps, simplifying production while maintaining failure mitigation capabilities through software-based redundancy.
Solution Approach 2:
By designing a universal virtualized I/O interface that can work with multiple hardware types, the system reduces manufacturing complexity. Instead of manufacturing dedicated hardware for each function, a single universal interface design can serve multiple purposes, reducing the variety of components that need to be manufactured and assembled.
3Stability of the object's composition
If dedicated hardware with static function assignment is used, then system stability is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the I/O interface assignment flexible and changeable through virtualization. The virtualized I/O interface can be dynamically reassigned to different hardware resources and software functions based on operational needs, allowing the system to adapt to new requirements and unforeseen failures while maintaining stable operation through controlled virtual interface management.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtualized I/O interface acts as an intermediary layer between hardware resources and software functions. This mediator enables stable hardware connections while providing flexible software-level control over resource allocation. The virtual interface decouples the stable hardware layer from the adaptable software layer, allowing changes in one without affecting the other.
4Adaptability or versatility
If virtualized I/O interfaces are used in edge-cloud system, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The virtualized I/O interface implementation enables self-service by allowing the system to automatically manage and allocate hardware resources through software control. The virtualized interface can be dynamically configured and reassigned without manual hardware reconfiguration, enabling the system to self-adapt to changing requirements while the virtualization layer abstracts the complexity from upper-level software.
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AI summary
The invention discloses a remotely operated system, comprising: —at least one edge-cloud system designed as a computing and storage system and designed to run virtualized applications, —at least one I/O interfaces designed to access, control, configure and operate hardware resources of the remotely operated system, —at least one virtualized I/O interface implemented in the edge-cloud system and designed to virtualize the I/O interface and to be available inside the edge-cloud system in such a way, that functions realized in the edge-cloud system only use the virtualized I/O interfaces, —a communication module configured to externally communicate and connect the remotely operated system to further systems, and —an edge-network designed to interconnect different edge-cloud systems and to provide a communication link to the communication module of the remotely operated system. The invention further discloses a use of the remotely operated system.