Personal IoT Network Gateway Assignment for Reliable Data Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
In personal IoT networks (PINs) where no suitable Personal IoT Network Element with Gateway Capability (PEGC) is present, existing systems may incorrectly designate a Personal IoT Network Element with Management Capability (PEMC) as PEGC, leading to devices being unable to route data or communicate effectively.
Innovation Solution
The PIN server obtains information about PEGC availability and performs operations such as rejecting PIN creation requests, deactivating the PIN, or updating PINE information to ensure a suitable PEGC is designated, thereby ensuring proper data routing and communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the PIN server designates a PEMC as PEGC when no suitable PEGC is available, then the PIN can be created and managed, but the devices in the PIN cannot route data or communicate effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by checking PEGC availability before finalizing PIN creation. The PIN server queries whether a suitable PEGC exists prior to designating any element as PEGC, and only proceeds with PIN creation if a capable PEGC is confirmed available. This prevents the creation of non-functional PINs while still allowing PIN management capabilities.
2Reliability
If the PIN server rejects PIN creation requests when no PEGC is available, then data routing reliability is maintained, but PIN creation functionality is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the PIN server acts as a mediator between the PEMC's PIN creation request and the actual PIN formation. The server queries PEGC availability as an intermediate step, and based on the response, either permits or rejects the creation. This intermediary check ensures reliability without completely blocking functionality when conditions are met.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system designates any PINE as PEGC to enable PIN creation, then PIN management is achieved, but communication reliability deteriorates due to unsuitable PEGC designation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the PEGC designation conditional on specific capabilities. Instead of uniformly designating any PINE as PEGC, the system checks for specific gateway capabilities at the local level of individual PINE elements. Only PINEs with the appropriate local quality (gateway capability) are designated as PEGC, ensuring both adaptability and communication reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
This application discloses an information processing method and apparatus, an information transmission method and apparatus, and a related device. The information processing method includes: receiving, by a PIN server, first information, where the first information meets at least one of the following: the first information is related to a PIN element with gateway capability PEGC, or the first information includes a first request for requesting creation of a PIN; and performing, by the PIN server, a first operation based on the first information, where the first operation includes at least one of the following: determining PEGC information in the PIN; rejecting the first request; deactivating the PIN; updating personal IoT network element PINE information of a PEGC in the PIN; or sending second information to a PIN element with management capability PEMC.