Bidirectional Network Geography Delivery via Device Key Comparison
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in specifying, discovering, and validating network geographies, particularly in comparing reference and actual network configurations, which hinders the commissioning and compatibility of network systems.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for bidirectional network geography delivery, involving a network gateway that receives, stores, and compares reference and actual device key sets to determine compatibility, allowing for commissioning and updating of network configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If reference network geography is manually specified and stored, then network configuration validation is enabled, but the complexity of defining and storing network geographies increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses device keys as simplified copies representing entire network geographies. Instead of manually specifying complete network topology data, the system creates compact device key representations that can be easily transmitted, stored, and compared, thereby reducing the complexity of defining and storing network geographies while maintaining validation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the essential identifying attributes from complex network geography data into device keys. By taking out only the necessary device identification information and relative geographic location components, the system enables validation without requiring storage or processing of complete network topology details, reducing overall system complexity
2Reliability
If actual network geography is discovered and compared to reference geography, then compatibility validation is achieved, but the time and resources required for discovery and comparison increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates simplified device key copies of actual network geographies that can be rapidly discovered and compared. These compact representations enable quick compatibility validation against reference device keys without requiring time-consuming analysis of complete network topology data, significantly reducing discovery and comparison time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs partial comparison by focusing only on essential device key attributes rather than complete network geography data. This partial action approach achieves sufficient compatibility validation without the excessive time and resources required for comprehensive network topology comparison
3Measurement precision
If complete device key sets with relative geographic location components are used, then network geography representation is accurate, but the data size and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses compact device key copies that contain only essential identifying attributes and relative geographic location components. These simplified representations maintain accurate network geography representation while using minimal data space, avoiding the need to store or transmit complete network topology information
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments network geography information into individual device keys, each containing only the necessary attributes for that specific device. This segmentation allows for efficient storage and processing compared to maintaining a single large network geography data structure, reducing overall data size while preserving representation accuracy
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AI summary
Systems, methods and apparatus for bidirectional network geography delivery are disclosed. The methods include receiving a reference subnet network geography from a main network device, storing the received reference subnet network geography, retrieving an actual subnet network geography of a subnet network, comparing the reference subnet network geography to the actual subnet network geography and determining if they are compatible, and commissioning the subnet network based on the received reference subnet network geography when the received reference subnet network geography is compatible with the actual subnet network geography of the subnet network. The methods also include retrieving an actual subnet network geography of a subnet and sending it a main network device, causing it to become a new reference subnet network geography and sending the new reference subnet network geography to a main network device.