Back-end host server unit for remote ecological environment monitoring system

• US 20090251314A1
• Filed: 08/19/2008
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Yang, En-Cheng, Jiang, Joe-Air, Tseng, Chwan-Lu, Lu, Fu-Ming, Lin, Shih-Hsiang, Chen, Chia-Pang, Lin, Tzu-Shiang, Yen, Chung-Wei, Wu, Yung-Cheng, Wu, Zong-Siou, Liao, Chih-Sheng, Lin, Kuang-Chang, Tseng, Chu-Ping, Lin, Chen-Ying, Szu, Shih-Hao
• Application Number:
  US12/229,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20090251314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.160
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A back-end host server unit for remote ecological environment monitoring system is designed to provide a back-end host server function for a front-end gateway unit and sensor network, such as WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) installed at a remote site such as farmland. This back-end host server unit is characterized by the capability of using a public wireless communication system, such as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), for receiving ecological data from the front-end gateway unit and WSN system, and the capability of compiling received ecological data into webpages for posting on a website that allows the research/management personnel to browse the ecological data via a network system such as the Internet. This feature allows the research/management personnel at the local site to conveniently gather ecological data and learn the ecological conditions of the remote site.

Claims

1. A back-end host server unit for use with a remote ecological environment monitoring system that is constructed on a sensor network, a front-end gateway unit, and a wireless communication system, and a network system;

wherein the sensor network is capable of producing a collection of ecological data about the ecological conditions of the surrounding environment where the sensor network is installed, and the front-end gateway unit is capable of providing a front-end gateway function for the sensor network to exchange data with the back-end host server via the wireless communication system;

the back-end host server unit comprising;

a wireless communication linking module, which is used for linking to the wireless communication system for wireless data communication with the front-end gateway unit by using a specific data transmission format;

a network linking module, which is used for linking to the network system for data communication with a network workstation linked to the network system;

a database management module, which includes a database and which is capable of managing each set of ecological data received by the wireless communication linking module via the wireless communication system from the front-end gateway unit for storage of the received ecological data into the database;

a webpage creating module, which is capable of automatically producing at least one webpage based on the ecological data stored in the database; and

a website hosting module, which is capable of posting the webpage produced by the webpage creating module on a specific website, so as to allow a network workstation to download the webpage via the network system for user-browsing of the ecological data on the network workstation.

2. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the network system is Internet.

3. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the network system is an intranet system.

4. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the network system is an extranet system.

5. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the network system is a LAN (Local Area Network) system.

6. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication system is GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications).

7. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the sensor network is a WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) type of sensor network.

8. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the data transmission format utilized by the wireless communication linking module for data exchange with the front-end gateway unit is SMS (Short Message Service).

9. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the data transmission format utilized by the wireless communication linking module for data exchange with the front-end gateway unit is GPRS (General Packet Radio Service).

10. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the database of the database management module is MySQL.

11. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the ecological data include geographical location data, temperature data, humidity data, sunlight data, wind speed data, and pest number data.

12. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, further comprising:

a remote management control module, which is capable of performing a set of remote management control operations on the sensor network.

13. The back-end host server unit of claim 12, wherein the remote management control module includes an optimized routing path computation function for determining an optimized routing path for each sensor node of the sensor network.

14. The back-end host server unit of claim 1, wherein the webpage creating module further includes an interactive database query and search function in the dynamic webpage for user query of the ecological data stored in the database.

15. A back-end host server unit for use with a remote ecological environment monitoring system that is constructed on a WSN (wireless sensor network) system, a front-end gateway unit, and a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) system, and a network system;

wherein the WSN system is capable of producing a collection of ecological data about the ecological conditions of the surrounding environment where the WSN system is installed, and the front-end gateway unit is capable of providing a front-end gateway function for the WSN system to exchange data with the back-end host server via the GSM system;

the back-end host server unit comprising;

a wireless communication linking module, which is used for linking to the GSM system for wireless data communication with the front-end gateway unit by using a specific data transmission format;

a network linking module, which is used for linking to the network system for data communication with a network workstation linked to the network system;

a database management module, which includes a database and which is capable of managing each set of ecological data received by the wireless communication linking module via the GSM system from the front-end gateway unit for storage of the received ecological data into the database;

a webpage creating module, which is capable of automatically producing at least one webpage based on the ecological data stored in the database;

a website hosting module, which is capable of posting the webpage produced by the webpage creating module on a specific website, so as to allow a network workstation to download the webpage via the network system for user-browsing of the ecological data on the network workstation; and

a remote management control module, which is capable of performing a set of remote management control operations on the WSN system.

16. The back-end host server unit of claim 15, wherein the network system is Internet, an intranet system, an extranet system, or a LAN (Local Area Network) system.

17. The back-end host server unit of claim 15, wherein the data transmission format utilized by the wireless communication linking module for data exchange with the front-end gateway unit is SMS (Short Message Service).

18. The back-end host server unit of claim 15, wherein the data transmission format utilized by the wireless communication linking module for data exchange with the front-end gateway unit is GPRS (General Packet Radio Service).

19. The back-end host server unit of claim 15, wherein the database of the database management module is MySQL.

20. The back-end host server unit of claim 15, wherein the remote management control module includes an optimized routing path computation function for determining an optimized routing path for each sensor node of the sensor network.

21. The back-end host server unit of claim 15, wherein the webpage creating module further includes an interactive database query and search function in the dynamic webpage for user query of the ecological data stored in the database.