Mesh Version Control Lifecycle Service for Network State Rollback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mesh networks face challenges in updating service versions, leading to potential service failures and misdiagnosis due to lack of backwards compatibility, resulting in network congestion and increased power consumption when rolling back individual nodes without considering interactions with other nodes.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a Mesh Version Control Lifecycle Service (VCLS) that maintains a manifest of service and firmware versions across the network, allowing for snapshotting and rolling back or forward of the entire network or specific portions to diagnose and resolve issues while ensuring compatibility and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If individual nodes update service versions independently, then each node can have the latest version, but network compatibility and service reliability deteriorate due to lack of coordination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges individual node version management into a unified network-level version control system. The version control service aggregates version information from all nodes and coordinates updates across the entire mesh network, ensuring that nodes update together rather than independently. This resolves the contradiction by combining distributed autonomy with centralized coordination to maintain both update speed and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The version control service implements feedback mechanisms by monitoring service health and compatibility across the network. When a version update causes compatibility issues or service failures, the system detects these problems and can coordinate rollbacks across affected nodes. This feedback loop ensures that productivity gains from rapid updates do not compromise service reliability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If service versions are updated frequently, then the latest features and security patches are available, but service failures and compatibility issues increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by maintaining version manifests and compatibility information before updates are deployed. The version control service prepares rollback plans and validates compatibility across the network before committing to version changes. This preliminary preparation allows frequent updates to occur while maintaining reliability through pre-planned safety mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements beforehand cushioning by creating version snapshots and maintaining historical version records before updates occur. These snapshots serve as a safety cushion that allows the system to recover if an update causes service failures. The cushioning mechanism protects against the inherent risks of frequent version changes while preserving adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If version information is tracked for each node individually, then detailed version control is achieved, but network-wide compatibility and interaction consistency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The version control service implements a universal manifest format that serves multiple functions simultaneously. The same manifest structure tracks individual node versions while also enforcing network-wide compatibility rules. This multi-functional approach allows detailed node-level tracking without compromising overall network consistency, as the manifest serves both granular and aggregate version management needs.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method of performing a version control in a mesh network of nodes is disclosed. The method includes executing, by a processing device, a mesh version control life cycle service (VCLS) to maintain a manifest of a mesh network. The manifest comprises, for each node in the mesh network, a history of one or more services executing on a node and a service version for each service of the one or more services. The method includes performing a version control of the mesh network based on the manifest, comprising sending a message to a first node of the mesh network to instruct the first node to change a version of a service executing on the first node from a first version to a second version.