Apparatus and method for visualizing environmental conditions in a data center using wireless sensor networks
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- establishing communication with a plurality of networked environmental sensors deployed at sensor points in one of a plurality of pre-defined layers for a facility, each of the plurality of networked environmental sensors being a node in a wireless sensor network and configured to dynamically join the wireless sensor network, automatically discover neighbor nodes, and self-configure communication paths for routing messages between nodes of the wireless sensor-network;
periodically obtaining measured environmental data values from each of the plurality of networked environmental sensors at the sensor points and routing the measured environmental data values in messages between nodes of the wireless sensor network;
using the measured environmental data values at the sensor points to interpolate computed environmental data values at intermediate points in the facility, the intermediate points being between the sensor points;
associating the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values with particular visual representations; and
using the particular visual representations, the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values to generate a visualization of environmental conditions in the facility.
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for visualizing environmental conditions in a data center using wireless sensor networks. An example embodiment includes: establishing communication with a plurality of networked environmental sensors deployed at particular points in one of a plurality of pre-defined layers for a facility; periodically obtaining measured environmental data values from each of the plurality of networked environmental sensors using a wireless sensor network; using the measured environmental data values at the particular points to extrapolate computed environmental data values at intermediate points in the facility; and using the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values to generate a visualization of environmental conditions in the facility.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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establishing communication with a plurality of networked environmental sensors deployed at sensor points in one of a plurality of pre-defined layers for a facility, each of the plurality of networked environmental sensors being a node in a wireless sensor network and configured to dynamically join the wireless sensor network, automatically discover neighbor nodes, and self-configure communication paths for routing messages between nodes of the wireless sensor-network; periodically obtaining measured environmental data values from each of the plurality of networked environmental sensors at the sensor points and routing the measured environmental data values in messages between nodes of the wireless sensor network; using the measured environmental data values at the sensor points to interpolate computed environmental data values at intermediate points in the facility, the intermediate points being between the sensor points; associating the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values with particular visual representations; and using the particular visual representations, the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values to generate a visualization of environmental conditions in the facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having machine executable instruction embedded thereon, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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establish communication with a plurality of networked environmental sensors deployed at sensor points in one of a plurality of pre-defined layers for a facility, each of the plurality of networked environmental sensors being a node in a wireless sensor network and configured to dynamically join the wireless sensor network, automatically discover neighbor nodes, and self-configure communication paths for routing messages between nodes of the wireless sensor network; periodically obtain measured environmental data values from each of the plurality of networked environmental sensors at the sensor points and route the measured environmental data values in messages between nodes of the wireless sensor network; use the measured environmental data values at the sensor points to interpolate computed environmental data values at intermediate points in the facility, the intermediate points being between the sensor points; associate the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values with particular visual representations; and use the particular visual representations, the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values to generate a visualization of environmental conditions in the facility. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a wireless sensor network; a visualization generator in data communication via the wireless sensor network; and a plurality of networked sensing devices deployed at sensor points in one of a plurality of pre-defined layers for a facility, each of the plurality of networked sensing devices being a node in the wireless sensor network and configured to dynamically join the wireless sensor network, automatically discover neighbor nodes, and self-configure communication paths for routing messages between nodes of the wireless sensor network, the plurality of networked sensing devices in data communication with the visualization generator via the wireless sensor network, each of the plurality of networked sensing devices being configured to periodically communicate to the visualization generator a measured environmental data value at the sensor point by routing the measured environmental data value in a message between nodes of the the wireless sensor network; the visualization generator being configured to use the measured environmental data values at the sensor points to interpolate computed environmental data values at intermediate points in the facility, the intermediate points being between the sensor points, to associate the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values with particular visual representations, and to use the particular visual representations, the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values to generate a visualization of environmental conditions in the facility. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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