Frequency reuse techniques in mote-appropriate networks

• US 8,284,689 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2009
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alarm.com Inc. (Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, KENNY S
• Application Number:
  US12/584,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20100062780A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 455/447
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• 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: H04W 16/02 Resource partitioning among network components, e.g. reuse partitioning

Abstract

Mote appropriate networks employing multiple frequencies, such as those utilized in frequency reuse techniques.

Claims

1. A method of making a system comprising:

operably coupling at least two parts of a mote network, wherein operably coupling at least two parts of a mote network includes but is not limited to;

operably coupling at least one part of the mote network with a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency;

operably coupling at least one part of the mote network with a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency, said second-administered set of motes proximate to said first-administered set of motes; and

operably coupling at least one part of the mote network with a processor configured to receive one or more content logs from said first-administered set of motes and one or more content logs from said second-administered set of motes, and to combine at least part of the one or more content logs from said first-administered set of motes and at least part of the one or more content logs from said second-administered set of motes to form a federated content log in association with said first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and said second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

2. The method of making a system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first-administered set of motes and the second-administered set of motes includes an aggregating mote having a multi-mote log creation agent configured to:

receive a first content log from a first mote;

receive a second content log from a second mote; and

combine at least part of the first content log and at least part of the second content log into a multi-mote content log.

3. The method of making a system of claim 2, wherein said multi-mote content log comprises a first aggregation of content logs in association with said first-administered set of motes having the first-administered set of motes, said first aggregation of content logs resident within electrical circuitry.

4. The method of making a system of claim 3, wherein said first aggregation of content logs in association with said first-administered set of motes having the first-administered set of motes further comprises:

a first antenna operably tuned to the first defined carrier frequency operably coupled with said first aggregation of content logs.

5. The method of making a system of claim 4, wherein said first content log includes a first time stamp, and said second content log includes a second time stamp corresponding to a different time than the first time stamp.

6. The method of making a system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more content logs from said first-administered and second-administered sets of motes comprises:

a sensing/control log that includes a query command format.

7. The method of making a system of claim 6, wherein said sensing/control log that includes a query command format further comprises:

a sensing/control log that includes a query command format that indicates one or more control functions associated with one or more devices available on one or more motes of the first-administered or second-administered sets of motes.

8. A first method comprising:

performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second method that includes at least;

acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency;

acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency; and

at an aggregating mote of at least one of the first-administered set of motes and the second-administered set of motes, combining at least part of two or more content logs into a multi-mote content log.

9. The first method of claim 8, wherein said second method that includes at least acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

10. The first method of claim 9, wherein said second method that includes at least receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from at least one aggregation of one or more logs.

11. The first method of claim 9, wherein said second method that includes at least receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from at least one aggregation of one or more logs.

12. The first method of claim 8, wherein said second method that includes at least acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

13. The first method of claim 8, wherein said second method that includes at least acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

14. The first method of claim 8, wherein said second method that includes at least acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

15. The first method of claim 8, wherein said second method that includes at least combining at least part of two or more content logs into a multi-mote content log includes combining at least part of two or more content logs from a single mote corresponding to two or more different times.

16. The first method of claim 8, wherein said second method that includes at least combining at least part of two or more content logs into a multi-mote content log includes combining at least part of two or more content logs using a multi-mote log creation agent, the second method further comprising:

transmitting the multi-mote content log on the first defined carrier frequency using the multi-mote log creation agent.

17. The first method of claim 8, wherein said second method that includes at least acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a reporting entity at a mote of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

18. The first method of claim 8, wherein said second method further comprises:

creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

19. The first method of claim 18, wherein said second method that includes at least creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

creating the federated log from at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

20. The first method of claim 18, wherein said second method that includes at least creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

creating the federated log from at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

21. The first method of claim 18, wherein said second method that includes at least creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

creating the federated log from at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

22. The first method of claim 18, wherein said second method that includes at least creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

creating the federated log from at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

23. The first method of claim 18, wherein said second method that includes at least creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

generating the federated log to have metadata pertaining to an administrative domain, wherein the metadata includes at least one of an ownership indicator, an access right indicator, a log refresh indicator, or a predefined policy indicator.

24. The first method of claim 18, wherein said second method that includes at least creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

generating the federated log to have an administrative domain-specific query string generated for or supplied by an administrative domain to produce an updated content log for that domain.

25. The first method of claim 18, wherein the performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second method comprises:

receiving the one or more instructions; and

replacing a portion of a representation of the second method in response to the one or more instructions.

26. The first method of claim 18, wherein the performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second method comprises:

receiving the one or more instructions; and

patching a representation of the second method in response to the one or more instructions.

27. The first method of claim 18, wherein the performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second method comprises:

receiving the one or more instructions; and

forming a representation of the second method in response to the one or more instructions.

28. The first method of claim 18, wherein the performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second method comprises:

transmitting at least one indicator representative of the second method.

29. The first method of claim 18, wherein the performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second method comprises:

transmitting at least one instruction representative of a patch generated in response to a representation of the second method.

30. The first method of claim 18, wherein the performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second method comprises:

transmitting at least one instruction representative of an upgrade generated in response to a representation of the second method.

31. A first system comprising:

means for performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second system that includes at least;

means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency;

means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency; and

multi-mote log creation means for combining at least part of a first content log and at least part of a second content log to form a multi-mote content log.

32. The first system of claim 31, wherein said second system that includes at least means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

33. The first system of claim 32, wherein said second system that includes at least means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from at least one aggregation of one or more logs.

34. The first system of claim 32, wherein said second system that includes at least means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from at least one aggregation of one or more logs.

35. The first system of claim 32, wherein said second system that includes at least means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log from a multi-mote reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

36. The first system of claim 32, wherein said second system that includes at least means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a first-administered set of motes having a first defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of a mote-addressed routing/spatial log from a reporting entity at a mote of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

37. The first system of claim 32, wherein said second system that includes at least means for acquiring at least a part of one or more content logs from a second-administered set of motes having a second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for receiving at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

38. The first system of claim 32, wherein said second system that includes at least multi-mote log creation means comprises means for combining at least part of the first content log having a first time stamp and at least part of the second content log having a second time stamp corresponding to a different time than the first time stamp.

39. The first system of claim 32, wherein said second system that includes at least multi-mote log creation means comprises an aggregating mote of at least one of the first-administered set of motes and the second-administered set of motes.

40. The first system of claim 39, wherein said second system that includes at least an aggregating mote is further configured to transmit said multi-mote log on at least one of the first and second defined carrier frequencies.

41. The first system of claim 32, further comprising:

means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

42. The first system of claim 41, wherein said second system that includes at least means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for creating the federated log from at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

43. The first system of claim 41, wherein said second system that includes at least means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for creating the federated log from at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency.

44. The first system of claim 41, wherein said second system that includes at least means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for creating the federated log from at least a part of one or more multi-mote content logs of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

45. The first system of claim 41, wherein said second system that includes at least means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for creating the federated log from at least a part of at least one of a mote-addressed sensing/control log or a mote-addressed routing/spatial log of the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency.

46. The first system of claim 41, wherein said second system that includes at least means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for generating the federated log to have metadata pertaining to an administrative domain, wherein the metadata includes at least one of an ownership indicator, an access right indicator, a log refresh indicator, or a predefined policy indicator.

47. The first system of claim 41, wherein said second system that includes at least means for creating a federated log having the at least a part of one or more content logs from the first-administered set of motes having the first defined carrier frequency and the at least a part of one or more content logs from the second-administered set of motes having the second defined carrier frequency further comprises:

means for generating the federated log to have an administrative domain-specific query string generated for or supplied by an administrative domain to produce an updated content log for that domain.

48. The first system of claim 31, further comprising:

means for receiving a user authorization for performing the reception of or the transmission of the one or more instructions in relation to the second system.

49. The first system of claim 31, wherein the means for performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second system comprises:

means for receiving the one or more instructions; and

means for replacing a portion of a representation of the second system responsive to the one or more instructions.

50. The first system of claim 31, wherein the means for performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second system comprises:

means for receiving the one or more instructions; and

means for patching a representation of the second system responsive to the one or more instructions.

51. The first system of claim 31, wherein the means for performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second system comprises:

means for receiving the one or more instructions; and

means for forming a representation of the second system responsive to the one or more instructions.

52. The first system of claim 51, wherein the means for performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second system comprises:

means for transmitting at least one indicator representative of the second system.

53. The first system of claim 51, wherein the means for performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second system comprises:

means for transmitting at least one instruction representative of a patch generated responsive to a representation of the second system.

54. The first system of claim 51, wherein the means for performing a reception of or a transmission of one or more instructions in relation to a second system comprises:

means for transmitting at least one instruction representative of an upgrade generated responsive to a representation of the second system.