Infrastructure Correlation Protocol for M2M Data Integrity
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Solution Overview
Problem
In Machine to Machine (M2M) communication networks, data corruption or loss during transmission can lead to undesirable results, such as incorrect decision-making, as existing systems lack effective mechanisms to correlate infrastructure performance with M2M data, making it difficult to diagnose and address issues like data loss or corruption.
Innovation Solution
A correlation protocol and component that associate M2M data with infrastructure data, enabling operators to investigate and address data corruption by correlating network performance metrics with M2M node data, allowing for actions like retransmitting lost data or adjusting data transmission based on network conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If data is transmitted through network infrastructure from M2M nodes to application server, then data delivery is achieved, but data corruption or loss may occur during transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the application server sends acknowledgment messages back to M2M nodes to confirm successful data receipt. When data is lost or corrupted during transmission, the lack of acknowledgment triggers automatic retransmission, ensuring data integrity while maintaining reliable delivery
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary correlation protocol layer between the M2M nodes and application server that correlates infrastructure data with application data. This intermediary layer monitors transmission status, detects data loss, and coordinates retransmission actions, resolving the contradiction between maintaining data integrity and preventing information loss
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If correlation protocol is implemented to associate M2M data with infrastructure data, then data corruption diagnosis is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The correlation protocol component performs multiple functions simultaneously: it correlates infrastructure data with application data, detects data corruption, monitors transmission status, and triggers retransmission. By consolidating these functions into a single universal component, the patent enables comprehensive data corruption detection without proportionally increasing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service through automatic correlation and diagnosis capabilities. The correlation protocol automatically associates infrastructure data with application data, detects corruption issues, and triggers appropriate actions without requiring manual intervention, reducing the operational complexity despite adding diagnostic functionality
Data Source
AI summary
The performance and/or state of communication infrastructure that transmits data may be correlated with the transmitted data. In one implementation, a method may include receiving infrastructure data relating to a state of communication infrastructure; receiving identifiers corresponding to machine to machine nodes that transmit data using the communication infrastructure; storing the infrastructure data to associate the infrastructure data to the identifiers corresponding to the nodes; generating structured data that represents a correlation of the received data and the infrastructure data; and providing at least a portion of the structured data, to one or more devices relating to the plurality of computing nodes or the communication infrastructure.