Application Management Service for Smart Sensor Agent Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing management solutions for smart utility meters are inefficient due to the need for repetitive and redundant software installations across millions of devices, causing unnecessary network strain and traffic.
Innovation Solution
An application management service that maps which smart sensors are associated with which applications and agents, allowing for the efficient installation of only the necessary software components by identifying and transmitting instructions for delta agents and features that are not already installed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If repetitive and redundant software installation instructions are transmitted to multiple smart sensors, then complete software installation is achieved, but network traffic and processor load increase unnecessarily
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by maintaining a mapping storage that records which agents are already installed on each smart sensor before transmission attempts. This allows the system to identify and avoid transmitting redundant installation instructions, thereby reducing network traffic while ensuring complete software deployment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms by continuously updating the mapping storage with installation status information. This feedback loop enables the system to track which sensors have which agents installed, allowing intelligent decision-making about what software needs to be transmitted to each sensor, thus reducing redundant network traffic.
2Reliability
If repetitive and redundant software installation instructions are transmitted to multiple smart sensors, then complete software installation is achieved, but processor load increases unnecessarily
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by maintaining a mapping storage that records which agents are already installed on each smart sensor before transmission attempts. This allows the system to identify and avoid transmitting redundant installation instructions, thereby reducing processor load while ensuring complete software deployment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms by continuously updating the mapping storage with installation status information. This feedback loop enables the system to track which sensors have which agents installed, allowing intelligent decision-making about what software needs to be transmitted to each sensor, thus reducing redundant processor load.
3Ease of operation
If software is installed on smart sensors without tracking existing installations, then installation process is simplified, but redundant transmissions occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary component - the mapping storage - that mediates between the software installation process and the smart sensors. This mapping storage tracks existing installations and provides intelligent routing information, eliminating redundant transmissions while maintaining operational simplicity through automated tracking and decision-making.
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AI summary
An application management service may be used to determine which agents of an application need to be installed and/or licensed on one or more smart sensors. The application management service may determine which agents are associated with a given application and may determine which agents are currently installed and/or licensed on the one or more smart sensors. The application management service may determine which agents are not currently installed or licensed on the one or more smart sensors and that are associated with the application and may cause those agents to be installed or licensed on the one or more smart sensors.