Network Relay Device Data Integration for Congestion Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing systems face inefficiencies in acquiring specific data from a vast amount of data stored in database servers, leading to long processing times and network congestion due to the large volume and varying frequency of data transmission from sensing devices.
Innovation Solution
A network management technique that employs a relay device to temporarily fetch and integrate data items from sensing devices, allowing direct transmission to destination devices, thereby reducing the need for database retrieval and minimizing network traffic, with a management device controlling data transmission to alleviate congestion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If data is stored in a database server and retrieved when needed, then data can be accumulated and stored indefinitely, but processing time increases and network congestion occurs due to large volume of data transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by having the relay device integrate data items before they are requested by destination devices. The relay device proactively collects and combines data from multiple sensing devices, so that when a destination device needs the data, it is already prepared and integrated, eliminating the need for time-consuming retrieval and processing at the destination.
Solution Approach 2:
The relay device serves as an intermediary between sensing devices and destination devices. It receives data from sensing devices, integrates it according to integration rules, and then provides the integrated data to destination devices. This intermediary approach prevents direct querying of the database server and reduces network traffic by handling data integration locally.
2Reliability
If all data items from sensing devices are transmitted to destination devices, then complete data is available, but network congestion increases due to large transmission volume
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the extraction principle by having the relay device selectively extract and integrate only the data items that are needed by destination devices. Instead of transmitting all data from sensing devices, the relay device identifies relevant data based on integration rules and transmits only that integrated data, thereby reducing network traffic while maintaining data completeness for the specific application needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The relay device merges multiple data items from different sensing devices into a single integrated data structure. By combining related data items and transmitting them together, the system reduces the total number of transmissions and network traffic volume while ensuring that destination devices receive complete sets of related data in one operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If destination devices directly acquire data from database servers, then data can be retrieved on demand, but processing load on destination devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The relay device acts as an intermediary that handles the complexity of data integration and retrieval logic. Instead of destination devices directly querying the database server and processing integration themselves, the relay device performs these functions centrally, reducing the processing load on destination devices while maintaining flexible data retrieval capabilities through the relay's coordination.
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AI summary
The present invention offers a network management technique that can realize effective acquisition of various data transmitted from terminals, while reducing the network congestion. In a network management system including a plurality of terminals that can transmit data, a plurality of destination devices that perform respective predetermined processes based on the data, a relay device arranged between them, and a management device communicable with the terminals, the destination devices, and the relay device, the management device receives a request regarding required data from the destination devices; and, in response to the request, instructs to integrate data items that are to be relayed to individual destination devices. Upon receipt of the instruction, the relay device identifies and integrates data items that are to be relayed to the individual destination devices from among data items transmitted from the terminals, and transmits the integrated data to corresponding ones of the destination devices, based on the instruction.