Measurement Data Traceability Using Configuration-Result UIDs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack an effective and traceable scheme for managing and reporting historical measurement data from RF measurement devices, making it difficult to record and verify the circumstances and parameters under which the data was obtained.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize configuration and result unique identifiers (UIDs) with checksums and signing certificates to ensure traceability and consistency of measurement results, allowing seamless cloud integration and online reporting, while reducing hardware utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If distributed and network based data processing is used for convenient mobile and collaborated data management, then accessibility and processing capability of measurement data is improved, but traceability and verification of measurement circumstances and parameters deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a digital twin of the measurement configuration and environment before the actual measurement takes place. This digital twin includes all relevant parameters, device settings, and environmental conditions, stored in a database with a unique identifier. When measurement occurs, the actual configuration is compared against this pre-stored digital twin to verify consistency, ensuring traceability is established in advance rather than attempted after the fact.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a digital twin as an intermediary entity that mediates between the physical measurement system and the distributed data processing network. This digital twin serves as a verified reference copy that travels with the measurement data through the network, allowing remote access and processing while maintaining an unalterable record of the original measurement circumstances and parameters.
2Productivity
If historical measurement results are stored and re-processed, then analysis capability is improved, but hardware utilization and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates digital twins - simplified digital representations - of the original measurement configurations and results. These digital twins can be stored, copied, and re-processed multiple times without requiring the original measurement hardware. The digital twin contains all essential information (measurement parameters, device settings, environmental conditions) in a lightweight format that can be efficiently distributed and analyzed across multiple systems without heavy hardware requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If measurement data is made accessible remotely through network processing, then collaboration and mobility are improved, but consistency and legal binding of measurement results deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a verification mechanism where the actual measurement configuration is fed back and compared against the pre-stored digital twin. This feedback loop ensures that the measurement was performed under the exact conditions specified in the digital twin. The comparison verifies consistency between the planned measurement (digital twin) and actual measurement, providing legal binding assurance even when data is accessed and processed remotely through the network.
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AI summary
A system for measurement management is configured to obtain a configuration set and an associated configuration unique identifier (UID) . The system is also configured to obtain at least one measurement result and an associated result UID. A relation between the configuration UID and the result UID is determined, and the relation is stored.