Authenticated Edge Device Status via Signed Event Bus Signals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional edge compute endpoint (ECE) management techniques for determining online status are error-prone and resource-intensive, particularly in non-trusted network environments with unreliable connectivity.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method that authenticates edge device connections through signed event communications, stores these events in a database, and compares them with responses from application programming interfaces to determine authenticated online statuses, thereby reducing errors and resource usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional ECE management techniques are used to determine online status, then the system can operate with simple monitoring mechanisms, but the accuracy and reliability of online status determination deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where edge devices send heartbeat signals to the control plane, and the control plane queries the event bus for authenticated status information. This feedback loop ensures accurate online status determination by continuously monitoring both connectivity and authenticated events from edge devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The event bus serves as an intermediary component between edge devices and the control plane. It authenticates events from edge devices and provides status information to the control plane, enabling reliable online status determination without requiring direct complex monitoring of all edge device states.
2Use of energy by moving object
If heartbeat monitoring and persistent connections are used to track edge devices, then connectivity can be maintained, but resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the authentication and status verification function from the control plane by using the event bus as an intermediary. This allows the control plane to reduce resource consumption by querying authenticated status information from the event bus rather than maintaining complex persistent connections and continuous monitoring of all edge devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The event bus autonomously handles authentication of edge device events and maintenance of trusted connections. By leveraging the event bus's self-service authentication mechanism, the control plane can determine online status without expending significant resources on direct verification of each edge device's trustworthiness.
3Ease of operation
If simple monitoring mechanisms are used for edge devices, then device complexity is reduced, but error-prone behavior increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary authentication of edge device events through the event bus before using them for status determination. This preliminary action ensures that only authenticated events are considered when determining online status, preventing errors from untrusted or fraudulent status reports while maintaining operational simplicity.
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AI summary
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically determining authenticated online statuses of edge devices are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes authenticating at least one connection of at least one edge device to at least one event bus by processing at least one event communication signed by the at least one edge device; storing the at least one signed event communication in at least one database; requesting online status of the at least one edge device by querying one or more APIs associated with the at least one event bus in accordance with one or more temporal parameters; comparing one or more responses from the one or more APIs associated with the at least one event bus with at least a portion of the at least one signed event communication stored in the at least one database; and performing automated actions based on the comparing.