Sensor node identification method for hierarchical sensor network, and component therefor

• US 8,576,746 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2009
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kaifi, LLC (Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Jun Seob, Kim, Yong-Woon
• Primary Examiner(s): Chriss, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAMARA, MOHAMED A
• Application Number:
  US12/477,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20090303905A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,616 Days
• Field of Search: 370254-257, 370/338, 455/574, 701/200, 707/10, 709/221, 709/237
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2836 Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/604 Address structures or formats
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/35 involving non-standard use of addresses for implementing network functionalities, e.g. coding subscription information within the address or functional addressing, i.e. assigning an address to a function
• 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

Abstract

A sensor node identification method by a first component of a first layer in a hierarchical sensor network includes: receiving a sensing request including sensor node identification information from a second component of a second layer prior to the first layer; modifying the sensor node identification information by removing an identifier of the first layer from the sensor node identification information when an identifier of the first layer matches an identifier of the first component among the sensor node identification information; and transmitting a sensing request including the modified sensor node identification information to a third component of a third layer subsequent to the first layer.

Claims

1. A sensor node identification method by a first component of a first layer in a hierarchical sensor network, comprising:

receiving a sensing request including sensor node identification information from a second component of a second layer prior to the first layer, the sensor node identification information including an identifier of the first layer and an identifier of a third layer subsequent to the first layer;

modifying the sensor node identification information by removing the identifier of the first layer from the sensor node identification information when the identifier of the first layer matches an identifier of the first component among the sensor node identification information; and

transmitting the sensing request including the modified sensor node identification information to a third component of the third layer.

2. The sensor node identification method of claim 1, wherein the first component includes at least one of a client, a service provider, and a gateway.

3. The sensor node identification method of claim 2, wherein,

when the first component is the service provider, the second component is the client, and the third component is the gateway,

the sensor node identification information includes information formed by a combination of the service provider identifier, the gateway identifier, and the sensor node identifier.

4. The sensor node identification method of claim 2, wherein,

when the first component is the gateway, the second component is the service provider, and the third component is the sensor node,

the sensor node identification information includes information formed by a combination of the gateway identifier and the sensor node identifier.

5. A component of a hierarchical sensor network for

identifying a first sensor node of a first layer in the hierarchical sensor network, comprising:

a receiving unit that receives a sensing request including sensor node identification information from a second component of a second layer prior to the first layer, the sensor node identification information including an identifier of the first layer and an identifier of a third layer subsequent to the first layer;

an identification information analyzing unit that modifies the sensor node identification information by removing the identifier of the first layer from the sensor node identification information when the identifier of the first layer matches an identifier of the first component among the sensor node identification information; and

a transmitting unit that transmits a sensing request including the modified sensor node identification information to a third component of the third layer.

6. The component of the hierarchical sensor network of claim 5, wherein the first component includes at least one of a client and a gateway.

7. The component of the hierarchical sensor network of claim 6, wherein,

when the first component is the gateway, the second component is the client, and the third component is the sensor node,

the sensor node identification information is formed by a combination of the gateway identifier and the sensor node identifier.