METHOD FOR UPLOADING DATA BY STATION, METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING DATA BY STATION AND METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING BY TRANSPORTER

• US 20130322245A1
• Filed: 05/15/2013
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: SEO, Hanbyul, KIM, Dongku, KIM, Byounghoon, HUANG, Kaibin, PARK, Jihong
• Granted Patent: US 9,603,046 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0247 based on conditions of the access network or the infrastructure network central resource management H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

The present invention provides methods and devices for transporting data from a station (hereinafter source station) to another station (hereinafter target station) by using a transporter. According to the present invention, route information of the transporter is provided to the source station, and the source station determines whether to use the transporter for transporting the data from the source station to the target station.

Claims

1. A method for uploading data by a station, the method comprising:

broadcasting, by the station, a wake-up signal;

receiving, by the station, a response signal including route information of a transporter in response to the wake-up signal; and

uploading data destined for a specific station on the transporter when the route information includes the specific station.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a message indicating transportation initiation of the data destined for the specific station to a control center.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving an optimal route of the transporter from a control center,

wherein the data destined for the specific station is uploaded on the transporter when the optimal route of the transporter is the same as the route information and the route information includes the route information includes the specific station.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving an optimal route of the transporter from a control center; and

updating the route information with the optimal route of the transporter when the route information and the optimal route of the transporter are different,

wherein the data destined for the specific station is uploaded on the transporter when the updated route information includes the route information includes the specific station.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a control signal requesting the station to re-transport a part of data destined for the specific station via a re-transporter;

uploading the part of the data destined for the specific station on the re-transporter.

6. A method for downloading data by a station, the method comprising:

broadcasting, by the station, a wake-up signal;

receiving, by the station, a response signal from a transporter in response to the wake-up signal; and

performing data downloading from the transporter when the transporter has data destined for the station.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

transmitting a message indicating transportation completion to a control center when the data downloading is complete.

8. A method for downloading data by a transporter, the method comprising:

receiving, by the transporter, a wake-up signal;

transmitting, by the transporter, a response signal including route information of the transporter to a station in response to the wake-up signal; and

downloading, by the transporter, data destined for a specific station from the station,

wherein the route information includes the specific station.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the wake-up signal is received from the station or a control center to which the station and the transporter is connected.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

uploading, by the transporter, the data destined for the specific station to the specific station when the transporter arrives at the specific station.