MOBILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MOBILE MANAGEMENT SERVER, MOBILE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MOBILE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

• US 20140018099A1
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kami, Nobuharu
• Granted Patent: US 10,341,978 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/022 with dynamic range variability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A mobile node includes: a status acquiring unit for acquiring status information; and a communication module for transmitting the status information to a mobile management server. The mobile management server includes: an input/output unit for receiving the status information from the mobile node; a management data creating unit for analyzing changes in the distribution of the status information, thereby calculating, as characteristic parts, parts having high distribution densities; and a request processing unit for outputting information about the calculated characteristic part. The management data creating unit includes: a node data registering function for storing the status information; a label calculating function for calculating a label in which the status information is multiplexed; and a characteristic part extracting function for extracting, in descending order of distribution density, characteristic parts representative of parts having high label distribution densities.

Claims

1. A mobile management system comprising a plurality of mobile nodes and a mobile management server connected to each other, the mobile management server receiving status information acquired by the mobile nodes and analyzing changes in distribution of the status information, wherein:

the mobile node comprises a status acquiring module which acquires the status information, and a communication module which transmits the status information to the mobile management server;

the mobile management server comprises an input/output unit which receives the status information from the mobile nodes, a management data creating unit which executes processing for analyzing the changes in the distribution of the status information and calculating a part with a particularly high distribution density in the distribution as a characteristic part, and a request processing unit which outputs information regarding the calculated characteristic part; and

the management data creating unit comprises a node data registering function which stores the status information along with identifiers of each of the mobile nodes to a storing module provided in advance, a label calculating function which calculates a label in which the status information is multiplexed, and a characteristic part extracting function which extracts characteristic parts showing high distribution density of the label in order from the part with the higher distribution density.

2. The mobile management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the label calculating function of the mobile management server calculates the label from the status information by utilizing a function which maps the status information to discriminable values by reflecting locality of status distribution.

3. The mobile management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the characteristic part extracting function of the mobile management server stores, to the storing module, a characteristic information set in which the characteristic parts showing the parts with high distribution density of the label are clustered.

4. The mobile management system as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the mobile management server comprises a fixed point observing unit which outputs information regarding distribution density of the status information at a specific observing point designated from the mobile node.

5. The mobile management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the mobile management server comprises, instead of the label calculating function, a label calculation parameter management function which calculates a parameter required for calculating the label; and

each of the mobile nodes comprises a label calculating module which calculates the label by receiving the parameter from the mobile management server.

6. The mobile management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the status information includes at least positional information of the mobile node.

7. The mobile management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the request processing unit of the mobile management server outputs information regarding the characteristic part to the mobile node; and

the mobile node comprises a display module which displays the received information regarding the characteristic part.

8. A mobile management server connected mutually to a plurality of mobile nodes comprising a status information acquiring module for acquiring status information, which receives the status information acquired by the mobile nodes and analyzes changes in distribution of the status information, the mobile management server comprising:

an input/output unit which receives the status information from the mobile nodes;

a management data creating unit which executes processing for analyzing the changes in the distribution of the status information and calculating a part with a particularly high distribution density in the distribution as a characteristic part; and

a request processing unit which outputs information regarding the calculated characteristic part, wherein

the management data creating unit comprises;

a node data registering function which stores the status information along with identifiers of each of the mobile nodes to a storing module provided in advance;

a label calculating function which calculates a label in which the status information is multiplexed; and

a characteristic part extracting function which extracts characteristic parts showing high distribution density of the label in order from the part with the higher distribution density.

9. A mobile management method used in a mobile management system comprising a plurality of mobile nodes and a mobile management server connected to each other, the mobile management server receiving status information acquired by the mobile nodes and analyzing changes in distribution of the status information, wherein:

a status acquiring module of the mobile node acquires the status information;

a communication module of the mobile node transmits the status information to the mobile management server;

an input/output unit of the mobile management server receives the transmitted status information;

a management data creating unit of the mobile management server stores, to a storing module provided in advance, the status information along with identifiers of each of the mobile nodes;

the management data creating unit of the mobile management server calculates a label in which the status information is multiplexed;

the management data creating unit of the mobile management server extracts a characteristic parts showing parts with a high distribution density of the label in order from the part with the higher distribution density; and

a request processing unit of the mobile management server outputs information regarding the extracted characteristic part.

10. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a mobile management program used in a mobile management system comprising a plurality of mobile nodes and a mobile management server connected to each other, the mobile management server receiving status information acquired by the mobile nodes and analyzing changes in distribution of the status information, the program causing a computer provided to the mobile management server to execute:

a procedure for receiving the status information transmitted from the mobile nodes;

a procedure for storing, to a storing module provided in advance, the status information along with identifiers of each of the mobile nodes;

a procedure for calculating a label in which the status information is multiplexed;

a procedure for extracting characteristic parts showing parts with a high distribution density of the label in order from the part with the higher distribution density; and

a procedure for outputting information regarding the extracted characteristic part.

11. A mobile management system comprising a plurality of mobile nodes and a mobile management server connected to each other, the mobile management server receiving status information acquired by the mobile nodes and analyzing changes in distribution of the status information, wherein:

the mobile node comprises status acquiring means for acquiring the status information, and communication means for transmitting the status information to the mobile management server;

the mobile management server comprises input/output means for receiving the status information from the mobile nodes, management data creating means for executing processing for analyzing the changes in the distribution of the status information and calculating a part with a particularly high distribution density in the distribution as a characteristic part, and request processing means for outputting information regarding the calculated characteristic part; and

the management data creating means comprises a node data registering function which stores the status information along with identifiers of each of the mobile nodes to a storing module provided in advance, a label calculating function which calculates a label in which the status information is multiplexed, and a characteristic part extracting function which extracts characteristic parts showing high distribution density of the label in order from the part with the higher distribution density.