Policy-Based Sensor Data Filtering for Bandwidth Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current sensor data management systems face inefficiencies as analysts spend excessive time reviewing mundane video footage from sensor platforms, leading to wasted resources and time, highlighting the need for improved data filtering and transmission strategies.
Innovation Solution
A policy-based data management system that selects and transmits only relevant sensor data to computing devices based on mission parameters and platform types, using screening policies to generate and reduce data sets dynamically, enabling real-time adaptation and efficient data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all sensor data is transmitted to computing devices for analysis, then complete information is available for decision-making, but data overload increases and processing time is excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor platform performs preliminary screening and filtering of sensor data before transmission, identifying and retaining only mission-relevant information. This preliminary action at the data source reduces the volume of transmitted data while preserving critical information, thereby decreasing processing time without sacrificing information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts and transmits only the essential mission-relevant data from the complete sensor data stream. By separating critical information from mundane data, the system maintains information completeness for decision-making while significantly reducing the overall data volume that requires processing.
2Loss of information
If all sensor data is transmitted to computing devices, then comprehensive analysis is possible, but bandwidth requirements increase and resources are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and transmits only mission-relevant data subsets from the complete sensor data stream. This extraction process maintains data completeness for essential analysis while significantly reducing bandwidth consumption by eliminating transmission of mundane, non-critical data.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor platform performs preliminary data reduction and filtering before transmission, identifying mission-relevant information in advance. This preliminary action reduces the data volume requiring bandwidth consumption while ensuring complete transmission of critical information needed for mission success.
3Reliability
If analysts review all video footage from sensor platforms, then no valuable information is missed, but time and resources are wasted on mundane footage
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and prioritizes mission-relevant data from the complete sensor stream, presenting only critical information to analysts. This extraction maintains detection reliability by ensuring valuable information is captured while improving analyst productivity by eliminating mundane footage review.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor platform performs preliminary identification and filtering of mission-relevant information before analyst review. This preliminary action ensures reliable detection of critical events while significantly improving analyst productivity by reducing review time spent on non-essential footage.
4Productivity
If screening policies are applied at the sensor platform, then data transmission efficiency increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor platform autonomously applies screening policies and performs data filtering without requiring external control systems. This self-service approach improves data transmission efficiency by enabling real-time filtering at the source while managing system complexity through decentralized, independent operation.
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AI summary
The technology described herein includes a system and/or a method for policy-based data management. The method includes receiving, by a sensor platform device, sensor data from one or more sensors; selecting, by the sensor platform device, one or more screening policies from a plurality of screening policies based on one or more mission parameters and a platform type associated with the sensor platform device; generating, by the sensor platform device, a data set from the sensor data based on the selected one or more screening policies; and transmitting, by the sensor platform device, the data set to one or more computing devices.