DATA STRUCTURE FOR MANAGING SENSOR NETWORK USING ID OF SENSOR NODE AND METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20090198806A1
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Byoung-Nam, Kim, Hyoung-Jun, Yoo, Sang-Keun, Lee, Jun-Seob, Kim, Yong-Woon
• Application Number:
  US12/306,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20090198806A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/222
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/627 Controller area network [CAN] identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/04 Network management architectures or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/34 Signalling channels for network management communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/106 across networks, e.g. mapping telephone numbers to data network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4541 Directories for service discovery

Abstract

A sensor node address management data structure and a method of managing a sensor network using an identifier of a sensor node can provide a single management system based on ID information used to identify the sensor node even though a sensor network management system does not provide a plurality of management systems based on an individual identification system for sensor networks and sensor nodes that are to be built in a variety of network environments. The sensor node address management data structure that is managed by a network management system for managing a sensor network includes: a first field including an identifier allocated to a sensor node; a second field indicating a network management type of the sensor node to make a connection to the sensor network; and a third field providing address information on the sensor node necessary for the connection to the sensor network.

Claims

1. A sensor node address management data structure that is managed by a network management system for managing a sensor network comprising:

a first field including an identifier allocated to a sensor node;

a second field indicating a network management type of the sensor node to make a connection to the sensor network; and

a third field providing address information on the sensor node necessary for the connection to the sensor network.

2. The sensor node address management data structure of claim 1, wherein the third field comprises:

a fourth field indicating an address type of the sensor network;

a fifth field indicating an address of a relay agent connecting the sensor network and a network to which the network management system belongs; and

a sixth field indicating an address of the sensor node in the sensor network.

3. The sensor node address management data structure of claim 2, wherein the fourth field indicates an Internet Protocol (IP) or non-IP based address.

4. The sensor node address management data structure of claim 1, wherein the second field indicates an end-to-end (E2E) network management tool capable of a direct access or gateway network management tool.

5. The node address management data structure of claim 2, wherein the address of the relay agent is an address of a gateway connecting the sensor network and a network to which the network management system belongs.

6. A method of accessing a sensor node and obtaining information on a management object by a sensor network management system, the method comprising:

building a database including addresses of sensor nodes managed by the sensor network management system based on identifiers allocated to the sensor nodes;

receiving an identifier of the sensor node whose information is to be obtained;

obtaining information corresponding to the identifier of the sensor node from the database and then sending a management function message to the sensor node; and

receiving state information corresponding to the management function message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the database comprises:

a first field including the identifier allocated to the sensor node;

a second field indicating a network management type of the sensor node to make a connection to the sensor network; and

a third field providing address information on the sensor node necessary for the connection to the sensor network.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the third field comprises:

a fourth field indicating an address type of the sensor network;

a fifth field indicating an address of a relay agent connecting the sensor network and a network to which the network management system belongs; and

a sixth field indicating an address of the sensor node in the sensor network.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the obtaining of information corresponding to the identifier of the sensor node comprises:

determining a network management communication type to make connection to the sensor network;

if the network management communication type is E2E, sending the management function message to a network address of the network management agent corresponding to the identifier of the sensor node provided in the database; and

if the network management communication type is gateway, sending the management function message through a network management relay agent installed in the gateway.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the sending of the management function message to the network address of the network management agent comprises:

sending the management function message including an object identifier (OID) of a management object to the network address of the network management agent; and

the network management agent that receives the management function message for obtaining state information on the management object corresponding to the OID and then sending the state information to the sensor network management system.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein, in the E2E network management communication type, the sensor network and a network to which the network management system belongs operate in the same network address system and thus a direct connection to the sensor node is possible.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the sending of the management function message comprises:

sending the management function message including the network address of the network management agent and the OID of the management object to the address of the network management relay agent of the destination;

the network management relay agent that sent the management function message delivering the management function message to the network management agent;

the network management agent that receives the management function message obtaining state information on the management object corresponding to the OID and sending the management function message to the network management agent; and

the network management agent sending the state information on the management object to the network management system of the destination.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the network management relay agent makes different communication protocols consistent if the network to which the network management system belongs and the sensor network use different communication protocols.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the network management relay agent makes different address systems consistent if the network to which the network management system belongs and the sensor network use different address systems.

15. A computer readable recording medium storing a program for executing a method of accessing a sensor node and obtaining information on a management object by a sensor network management system, the method comprising:

building a database including addresses of sensor nodes managed by the sensor network management system based on identifiers allocated to the sensor nodes;

receiving an identifier of the sensor node whose information is to be obtained;

obtaining information corresponding to the identifier of the sensor node from the database and then sending a management function message to the sensor node; and

receiving state information corresponding to the management function message.