Method and monitoring centre for supporting supervision of events
First Claim
1. A method performed by a monitoring center for supporting supervision of events in a monitored area based on sensor data reported by sensors over a communication network, the sensors being distributed in different positions in the monitored area, the method comprising:
- detecting an abnormal event in the monitored area based on received sensor data;
identifying a set of sensors potentially impacted by the detected abnormal event;
identifying network nodes in the communication network that are able to communicate sensor data reported by the identified sensors, wherein the identified network nodes comprise at least one of (i) a base station of a cellular network, (ii) a core node of a cellular network, (iii) a switch, (iv) a relay node, (v) a node interconnecting a radio access network and a core network, and (vi) a packet router, the identified network nodes each being physically separated from the identified sensors by at least a wireless link; and
instructing the identified network nodes to promote communication through the identified network nodes of sensor data reported by the identified sensors by operating such that sensor data reported by the identified sensors takes precedence, within the respective identified network nodes, over other data communicated over the identified network nodes.
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Abstract
A method and monitoring center (304) for supporting supervision of events in a monitored area (300) based on sensor data (D) reported by sensors over a communication network (302). When the monitoring center (304) detects an abnormal event (E), it identifies a set of sensors (S1-S3) which are potentially impacted by the event, and also identifies network nodes (N1-N3, BS) that are able to communicate sensor data reported by the identified sensors (S1-S3). The monitoring center (304) then instructs (In) the identified network nodes to promote the communication of sensor data reported by the identified sensors. Thereby, transport of the sensor data will be enhanced and it will arrive promptly and properly at the monitoring center, to enable any watching staff to take notice and evaluate the abnormal event as soon as possible.
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24 Claims
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1. A method performed by a monitoring center for supporting supervision of events in a monitored area based on sensor data reported by sensors over a communication network, the sensors being distributed in different positions in the monitored area, the method comprising:
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detecting an abnormal event in the monitored area based on received sensor data; identifying a set of sensors potentially impacted by the detected abnormal event; identifying network nodes in the communication network that are able to communicate sensor data reported by the identified sensors, wherein the identified network nodes comprise at least one of (i) a base station of a cellular network, (ii) a core node of a cellular network, (iii) a switch, (iv) a relay node, (v) a node interconnecting a radio access network and a core network, and (vi) a packet router, the identified network nodes each being physically separated from the identified sensors by at least a wireless link; and instructing the identified network nodes to promote communication through the identified network nodes of sensor data reported by the identified sensors by operating such that sensor data reported by the identified sensors takes precedence, within the respective identified network nodes, over other data communicated over the identified network nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A monitoring center arranged to support supervision of events in a monitored area based on sensor data reported by sensors over a communication network, the sensors being distributed in different positions in the monitored area, the monitoring center comprising:
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a data storage device; and a processing circuit configured to collect sensor data reported by the sensors and store the collected sensor data in the data storage device, detect an abnormal event in the monitored area based on received sensor data, identify a set of sensors potentially impacted by the detected abnormal event, identify network nodes in the communication network that are able to communicate sensor data reported from the identified sensors, such that the identified network nodes comprise at least one of (i) a base station of a cellular network, (ii) a core node of a cellular network, (iii) a switch, (iv) a relay node, (v) a node interconnecting a radio access network and a core network, and (vi) a packet router, the identified network nodes each being physically separated from the identified sensors by at least a wireless link, and instruct the identified network nodes to promote communication through the identified network nodes of sensor data reported by the identified sensors by operating such that sensor data reported by the identified sensors takes precedence, within the respective identified network nodes, over other data communicated over the identified network nodes. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method performed by a monitoring center for supporting supervision of events in a monitored area based on sensor data reported by sensors over a communication network, the sensors being distributed in different positions in the monitored area, the method comprising:
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detecting an abnormal event in the monitored area based on received sensor data; identifying a set of sensors potentially impacted by the detected abnormal event; identifying network nodes in the communication network that are able to communicate sensor data reported by the identified sensors, wherein the identified network nodes comprise at least one of (i) a base station of a cellular network, (ii) a core node of a cellular network, (iii) a switch, (iv) a relay node, (v) a node interconnecting a radio access network and a core network, and (vi) a packet router, the identified network nodes each being physically separated from the identified sensors by at least a wireless link; and instructing the identified network nodes to promote the communication of sensor data reported by the identified sensors, wherein the identified network nodes are instructed to promote said communication of sensor data by operating to fulfil at least one of; throughput of the sensor data through the respective identified network node is above a throughput limit; latency of the sensor data in the respective identified network node is below a latency limit; and the amount of lost sensor data in the respective identified network node is below a loss rate limit.
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24. A method performed by a monitoring center for supporting supervision of events in a monitored area based on sensor data reported by sensors over a communication network, the sensors being distributed in different positions in the monitored area, the method comprising:
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detecting an abnormal event in the monitored area based on received sensor data; identifying a set of sensors potentially impacted by the detected abnormal event; identifying network nodes in the communication network that are able to communicate sensor data reported by the identified sensors, wherein the identified network nodes comprise at least one of (i) a base station of a cellular network, (ii) a core node of a cellular network, (iii) a switch, (iv) a relay node, (v) a node interconnecting a radio access network and a core network, and (vi) a packet router, the identified network nodes each being physically separated from the identified sensors by at least a wireless link; and instructing the identified network nodes to promote the communication of sensor data reported by the identified sensors, wherein at least one identified network node is a packet router, which is instructed to increase priority for the sensor data in a buffer of the packet router.
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