Edge Sensor Kit Data Compression for Industrial IoT Reliability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Industrial IoT deployments face challenges such as communication disruptions due to heavy machinery and dense structures, bandwidth strain from numerous sensors, and security vulnerabilities, which deter organizations from integrating IoT systems into industrial environments.
Innovation Solution
A self-configuring sensor kit network that includes edge devices and various sensors, capable of transmitting data via multiple communication protocols, including satellite and cellular, with built-in machine-learned models for data processing and encoding, to efficiently manage and secure data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple sensors are deployed to capture comprehensive data in industrial settings, then measurement precision and data quantity improve, but bandwidth strain and network load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and processes data at the edge device level rather than transmitting all raw sensor data to the cloud. Edge computing devices perform local data processing, filtering, and aggregation, extracting only essential information for transmission. This reduces the quantity of data transmitted while maintaining measurement precision through selective data extraction and processing at the source.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional communication protocols (cellular, Wi-Fi) are used in industrial settings, then network connectivity is achieved, but communication reliability deteriorates due to heavy machinery and dense structures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by supporting multiple communication protocols (cellular, Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, satellite) within the same sensor kit architecture. The system can selectively activate appropriate protocols based on environmental conditions, ensuring both versatility in protocol support and reliability in communication by choosing the most suitable protocol for the given industrial setting.
3Ease of operation
If sensor kits are made easily deployable with automated configuration, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases to handle self-configuration and multiple protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service through automated configuration capabilities where sensor kits automatically detect available communication protocols, configure network parameters, and establish connections without manual intervention. The system performs self-diagnosis and self-configuration, reducing ease of operation barriers while managing complexity through automated processes rather than manual setup procedures.
4Quantity of substance
If edge computing is implemented for data processing, then bandwidth utilization improves, but device complexity increases due to additional processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by implementing selective data processing at the edge - not all data is processed locally, but only essential portions requiring immediate attention or containing critical information. The edge computing device performs partial processing operations such as filtering, aggregation, and anomaly detection on subsets of data, reducing bandwidth requirements while avoiding the complexity of comprehensive full-data processing.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for monitoring an industrial setting using a sensor kit having a plurality of sensors and an edge device including a processing system can include receiving, by the processing system, reporting packets from one or more respective sensors of the plurality of sensors, wherein each reporting packet includes routing data and one or more instances of sensor data; generating, by the processing system, a block of media content frames, wherein each media content frame includes a plurality of frame values, each frame value being indicative of a respective instance of sensor data; compressing, by the processing system, the block of media content frames using a media codec to obtain a compressed block; generating, by the processing system, one or more server kit packets based on the compressed block; and transmitting, by the processing system, the one or more server kit packets to a backend system via a public network.