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

• US 20130238779A1
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: YOO, Sang-Keun, KIM, Yong-Woon, LEE, Jun-Seob, LEE, Byoung-Nam, KIM, Hyoung-Jun
• Application Number:
  US13/873,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20130238779A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• 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 method of relaying between a sensor network management system and a sensor network by a network management relay agent, comprising:

receiving a management protocol message including a sensor node information of a sensor node belonging to the sensor network and OID information on a management object of the sensor node from the sensor network management system;

converting the management protocol message to a sensor network protocol message;

delivering the sensor network protocol message to the sensor node based upon the sensor node information;

receiving a response message to the sensor network protocol message from the sensor node; and

sending the response message to the sensor network management system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a network between the network management relay agent and the sensor network management system is an IP based network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a network between the network management relay agent and the sensor node is a non-IP-based network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor network is an IP based network and the sensor node information comprises IP address of the sensor node.