Hosted Network Management for Wireless Mesh Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
The management of wireless mesh networks is complex and time-consuming, requiring significant technical expertise for setup, configuration, and maintenance, as network owners need to handle hardware and software configuration, address allocation, security settings, and performance monitoring across multiple tools.
Innovation Solution
A hosted network management solution that enables self-configuration of node devices, maintains persistent connections for network packet messages, and provides a user management interface to network owners, simplifying setup and configuration through a centralized management system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a hosted network management solution is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a hosted network management server as an intermediary between network owners and the complex mesh network infrastructure. This server handles all configuration, monitoring, and management tasks remotely, allowing network owners to operate simple client applications while the complex management functions are performed by the hosted service, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The mesh network nodes automatically perform self-configuration and self-management when joining the network. They autonomously establish connections, configure routing, and manage their own settings without requiring manual intervention from network owners, thereby improving ease of operation while the actual complexity is handled automatically by the nodes themselves
2Productivity
If self-configuration of node devices is enabled, then productivity is improved, but reliability may worsen due to automated processes
Solution Approach 1:
The hosted management server continuously monitors the status and performance of self-configuring mesh nodes through persistent connections. It receives feedback from nodes about their configuration state and network conditions, allowing the server to detect and correct any issues with automated configuration, thus maintaining reliability while enabling fast self-configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary validation and preparation of configuration parameters before applying them to mesh nodes. The hosted server pre-processes configuration data, validates it against network policies, and prepares correction strategies in advance, ensuring that automated self-configuration proceeds quickly while maintaining reliability through pre-planned error handling
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AI summary
A hosted network management solution for communications over a computer network supports data communication across a network in accordance with a network message protocol such that communications are established between a network host and a node device. The and the node device performs a self-configuring operation in which the network host identifies a network owner associated with the hosted network, and maintains a persistent network connection path between the network host and the node device for the exchange of network packet messages. The network host retrieves message data from the network packet messages it receives from the node device and performs network management operations to provide a user management interface to the identified network owner. The hosted network management enables more convenient setup and configuration for the network owner and provides more complete and effective network management tools.