SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING A NETWORK OF MOVING THINGS

• US 20170085437A1
• Filed: 06/06/2016
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Veniam Inc.
• Original Assignee: Veniam Inc.
• Inventors: Condeixa, Tiago, Cabral, Henrique, Matos, Ricardo, Costa, Rui, Carreira, Diogo
• Granted Patent: US 10,462,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/06 Generation of reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/06 Testing, supervising or monitoring using simulated traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide configurable systems and methods for monitoring various operational characteristics of a network of moving things, determining a reporting strategy for the monitored characteristics, and/or implementing the determined reporting strategy.

Claims

1. A network probe comprising:

at least one module operable to, at least;

wait for a triggering event;

determine a monitoring strategy;

monitor network operation in accordance with the determined strategy;

prepare one or more reports regarding the monitored network operation;

determine a manner in which to communicate the one or more reports to a destination; and

communicate the one or more reports in the determined manner.

2. The network probe of claim 1, wherein the triggering event comprises an event message received from a node of the network.

3. The network probe of claim 2, wherein the event message comprises a message indicative of a network reconfiguration.

4. The network probe of claim 1, wherein the triggering event is based, at least in part, on vehicle context.

5. The network probe of claim 1, wherein the at least one module is operable to determine the monitoring strategy based, at least in part, on the triggering event.

6. The network probe of claim 1, wherein the at least one module is operable to determine the monitoring strategy based, at least in part, on downloaded configuration information.

7. The network probe of claim 6, wherein the downloaded configuration information comprises:

trigger information, time information, duration information, periodicity information, and/or resolution information.

8. The network probe of claim 6, wherein the downloaded configuration information comprises information identifying messages to capture.

9. The network probe of claim 6, wherein the downloaded configuration information comprises urgency information.

10. The network probe of claim 9, wherein the urgency information indicates that a first report is to be delivered in real-time, and a second report is to be delivered in a delay-tolerant manner.

11. The network probe of claim 1, wherein the at least one module is operable to determine the monitoring strategy in real-time in response to the triggering event.

12. The network probe of claim 1, wherein the at least one module is operable to:

calculate a metric based, at least in part, on the monitored network operation; and

include the calculated metric in at least one of the prepared one or more reports.

13. The network probe of claim 12, wherein the metric comprises:

an indication of success or failure of an operation; and

/or

an amount of time associated with performance of an operation.

14. The network probe of claim 1, wherein the at least one module is operable to determine a manner in which to communicate the one or more reports to a destination by, at least in part, operating to determine whether to communicate the one or more reports in a real-time manner or in a delay-tolerant manner.

15. The network probe of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more reports comprise a plurality of reports; and

the at least one module is operable to determine a respective manner in which to communicate each of the plurality of reports.

16. A network probe comprising:

at least one module operable to, at least;

monitor network operation;

prepare one or more reports regarding the monitored network operation;

determine a manner in which to communicate the one or more reports to a destination by, at least in part, determining whether to communicate the one or more reports in a real-time manner or in a delay-tolerant manner.

17. The network probe of claim 16, wherein:

the one or more reports comprise a plurality of reports; and

the at least one module is operable to independently determine a respective manner in which to communicate each of the plurality of reports.

18. The network probe of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is operable to determine a manner in which to communicate the one or more reports to a destination based, at least in part, on a respective urgency associated with each of the one or more reports.

19. The network probe of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is operable to determine a manner in which to communicate the one or more reports to a destination by, at least in part, operating to determine a communication network through which the one or more reports is to be communicated.

20. The network probe of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is operable to determine a respective communication network through which each of the one or more reports is to be communicated by, at least in part, selecting a communication network from a set of communication networks comprising a cellular network and a vehicle network.

21. A network probe comprising:

a plug through which electrical connection is established between the network probe and a node of a communication network; and

at least one module operable to, at least;

wait for a triggering event;

determine a monitoring strategy;

monitor network operation in accordance with the determined strategy;

prepare one or more reports regarding the monitored network operation; and

communicate the one or more reports to a destination.

22. The network probe of claim 21, wherein the at least one module is operable to:

determine a manner in which to communicate the one or more reports to a destination; and

communicate the one or more reports to the destination in the determined manner.

23. The network probe of claim 21, wherein the plug comprises a USB plug and/or an Ethernet plug.

24. The network probe of claim 21, wherein the network probe is pluggable into a mobile access point.

25. The network probe of claim 21, wherein the at least one module is operable to receive a trigger message concerning the triggering event through the plug.

26. The network probe of claim 21, wherein the at least one module is operable to:

receive first monitored information from the node through the plug; and

receive second monitored information from the node wirelessly.