SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING NETWORK LOCATIONS FOR DATA ANALYSIS IN A DISTRIBUTED ECOSYSTEM

• US 20160323198A1
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Nelson, David, Rencher, Robert J., Wang, Guijun, Wang, Haiqin, Arroyo, Sharon F., Schachter, Paul J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,788,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/74 measures in reaction to resource unavailability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A distributed ecosystem including an analysis computing resource and a network is disclosed. The distributed ecosystem also includes at least one sensor for monitoring a characteristic of the distributed ecosystem, at least one localized computing resource in communication with the at least one sensor, and a gateway controller. The gateway controller is in communication with the at least one sensor, the at least one localized computing resource, and the analysis computing resource. The gateway control includes control logic for monitoring the at least one sensor for a data transmit function. The gateway controller also includes control logic for determining if the at least one localized computing resource has requisite resource capabilities for processing data generated by the at least one sensor in response to the data transmit function being transmitted by the at least one sensor.

Claims

1. A distributed ecosystem including an analysis computing resource and a network, the distributed ecosystem comprising:

at least one sensor for monitoring a characteristic of the distributed ecosystem;

at least one localized computing resource in communication with the at least one sensor; and

a gateway controller in communication with the at least one sensor, the at least one localized computing resource, and the analysis computing resource, the gateway controller including control logic for;

monitoring the at least one sensor for a data transmit function;

determining if the at least one localized computing resource has requisite resource capabilities for processing data generated by the at least one sensor in response to the data transmit function being transmitted by the at least one sensor; and

transmitting the data generated by the at least one sensor over the network to the analysis computing resource in response to determining the at least one localized computing resource does not have the requisite resource capabilities.

2. The distributed ecosystem of claim 1, wherein determining if the at least one localized computing resource has the requisite resource capabilities is based on a cost of the at least one localized computing resource analyzing the data generated by the at least one sensor.

3. The distributed ecosystem of claim 1, wherein determining if the at least one localized computing resource has the requisite resource capabilities is based on a risk of the at least one localized computing resource analyzing the data generated by the at least one sensor.

4. The distributed ecosystem of claim 1, wherein determining if the at least one localized computing resource has the requisite resource capabilities is based on an effect window.

5. The distributed ecosystem of claim 4, wherein the effect window is a set amount of time allotted for performing an analysis of the data generated by the at least one sensor.

6. The distributed ecosystem of claim 1, comprising a centralized computing resource and a remote computing resource that are both in communication with the network.

7. The distributed ecosystem of claim 6, wherein in response to receiving the data generated by the at least one sensor over the network, the analysis computing resource selects the centralized computing resource or the remote computing resource for processing the data generated by the at least one sensor.

8. The distributed ecosystem of claim 1, wherein the data transmit function is based on an exception event occurring, and wherein the exception event indicates the at least one sensor has detected operating conditions within the distributed ecosystem that require analysis.

9. The distributed ecosystem of claim 1, wherein the data transmit function is periodically triggered.

10. The distributed ecosystem of claim 1, wherein the gateway controller is assigned to a zone of operation within the distributed ecosystem.

11. The distributed ecosystem of claim 10, wherein the zone of operation includes a defined set of sensors and the at least one localized computing resource.

12. The distributed ecosystem of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is used to monitor operating conditions of an aircraft.

13. A method of determining at least one ideal network location for analyzing data, performing decision making tasks, and deterministic guidance in a distributed ecosystem, the method comprising:

monitoring at least one sensor by a gateway controller for a data transmit function, wherein the gateway controller is in communication with the at least one sensor, at least one localized computing resource, and an analysis computing resource;

determining if the at least one localized computing resource has requisite resource capabilities for processing data generated by the at least one sensor by the gateway controller in response to the data transmit function being transmitted by the at least one sensor; and

transmitting the data generated by the at least one sensor over the network to the analysis computing resource by the gateway controller in response to determining the at least one localized computing resource does not have the requisite resource capabilities.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein determining if the at least one localized computing resource has the requisite resource capabilities is based on a cost of the at least one localized computing resource analyzing the data generated by the at least one sensor.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein determining if the at least one localized computing resource has the requisite resource capabilities is based on a risk of the at least one localized computing resource analyzing the data generated by the at least one sensor.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein determining if the at least one localized computing resource has the requisite resource capabilities is based on an effect window.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the effect window is a set amount of time allotted for performing the analysis of the data generated by the at least one sensor.

18. The method of claim 13, comprising a centralized computing resource and a remote computing resource that are both in communication with the network.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein in response to receiving the data generated by the at least one sensor over the network, the analysis computing resource selects the centralized computing resource or the remote computing resource for processing the data generated by the at least one sensor.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the data transmit function is based on an exception event occurring, and wherein the exception event indicates the at least one sensor has detected operating conditions within the distributed ecosystem that require analysis.