METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR MULTIPLEXING SERVICE INFORMATION FROM SENSOR DATA

• US 20180248953A1
• Filed: 02/27/2017
• Published: 08/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson, Dowlatkhah, Sangar
• Granted Patent: US 10,264,075 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4588 containing mobile subscriber information, e.g. home subscriber server [HSS]
• 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: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• 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

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments a service multiplexer identifying a service associated with each of a group of sensors resulting in a group of services. Further embodiments include the service multiplexer creating a service portfolio according to the group of services. Additional embodiments include service multiplexer communicatively coupling to nodes over a 5th Generation (5G) network according to the service portfolio. The 5G network includes a control plane and user plane. Also, embodiments include service multiplexer continuously connecting to the control plane. Further embodiments include receiving data from the sensors. Additional embodiments include service multiplexer determining that the received data is associated with the service portfolio. Also, embodiments include service multiplexer identifying one or more of the nodes according to the service portfolio and sending the received data to the one or more of the nodes over the user plane. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

identifying at least one service associated with a plurality of sensors resulting in a group of services, wherein each of plurality of sensors is associated with at least one of the group of services;

creating a service portfolio according to the group of services;

communicatively coupling to a plurality of network services nodes over a wireless network according to the service portfolio, wherein the wireless network includes equipment operating in at least one of a control plane and user plane;

continuously connecting to the control plane of the wireless network;

receiving data from the plurality of sensors resulting in received data;

determining that the received data is associated with the service portfolio;

identifying a target network services node from the plurality of network services nodes according to the service portfolio; and

sending the received data to the target network services node over the user plane of the wireless network.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise creating a tailored application according to the group of services.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise identifying capabilities of the plurality of sensors, and wherein creating the service portfolio comprises dynamically grouping one or more of the plurality of sensors.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise creating a user configurable definable module according to the group of services.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise communicatively coupling to the plurality of sensors over a communication network, wherein the communication network does not support an Internet Protocol (IP).

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the wireless network supports IP.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the wireless network comprises at least one of a cellular network, WiFi network, and a Bluetooth network, and wherein a first portion of the equipment supports connectivity to the control plane and a second portion of the equipment supports connectivity to the control plane and user plane.

8. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

identifying at least one service associated with a plurality of sensors resulting in a group of services, wherein each of plurality of sensors is associated with at least one of the group of services;

creating a tailored application according to the group of services;

communicatively coupling to a plurality of network services nodes over a wireless network according to the tailored application, wherein the wireless network includes equipment operating in at least one of a control plane and user plane;

continuously connecting to the control plane of the wireless network;

receiving data from the plurality of sensors resulting in received data;

determining that the received data is associated with the tailored application;

identifying a target network services node from the plurality of network services nodes according to the tailored application; and

sending the received data to the target network services node over the user plane of the wireless network.

9. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise creating a service portfolio according to the group of services.

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise identifying capabilities of the plurality of sensors, and wherein creating the service portfolio comprises dynamically grouping one or more of the plurality of sensors.

11. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise creating a user configurable definable module according to the group of services.

12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise communicatively coupling to the plurality of sensors over a communication network, wherein the communication network does not support an Internet Protocol (IP).

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the wireless network supports IP.

14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the wireless network comprises at least one of a cellular network, WiFi network, and a Bluetooth network, and wherein a first portion of the equipment supports connectivity to the control plane and a second portion of the equipment supports connectivity to the control plane and user plane.

15. A method, comprising:

identifying, by a processing system including a processor, at least one service associated with a plurality of sensors resulting in a group of services, wherein each of plurality of sensors is associated with at least one of the group of services;

creating, by the processing system, a user configurable definable module according to the group of services;

communicatively coupling, by the processing system, to a plurality of network services nodes over a wireless network according to the user configurable definable module, wherein the wireless network includes equipment operating in at least one of a control plane and user plane;

continuously connecting, by the processing system, to the control plane of the wireless network;

receiving, by the processing system, data from the plurality of sensors resulting in received data;

determining, by the processing system, that the received data is associated with the user configurable definable module;

identifying, by the processing system, a target network services node from the plurality of network services nodes according to the user configurable definable module; and

sending, by the processing system, the received data to the target network services node over the user plane of the wireless network.

16. The method of claim 15, comprising creating, by the processing system, a service portfolio according to the group of services.

17. The method of claim 16, comprising identifying, by the processing system, capabilities of the plurality of sensors, and wherein creating the service portfolio comprises dynamically grouping, by the processing system, one or more of the plurality of sensors.

18. The method of claim 15, comprising creating, by the processing system, a tailored application according to the group of services.

19. The method of claim 15, communicatively coupling, by the processing system, to the plurality of sensors over a communication network, wherein the communication network does not support an Internet Protocol (IP).

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the wireless network supports IP, and wherein the wireless network comprises at least one of a cellular network, WiFi network, and a Bluetooth network, and wherein a first portion of the equipment supports connectivity to the control plane and a second portion of the equipment supports connectivity to the control plane and user plane.