Macro grid governance and communication

• US 9,154,362 B1
• Filed: 12/09/2010
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Oakenfull, Ian Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Chaki, Kakali
• Assistant Examiner(s): HANCHAK, WALTER P
• Application Number:
  US12/963,777
• Time in Patent Office: 1,762 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/047 Pattern matching networks; Rete networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1416 Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/145 the attack involving the propagation of malware through the network, e.g. viruses, trojans or worms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/161 Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A governance apparatus and a communication method for communicating within the governance apparatus. The governance apparatus includes a Government and micro grid apparatuses. The Government includes Councils such that a macro grid including an artificial intelligence and the Government is configured to respond to an alert pertaining to an event through use of the artificial intelligence and the Government. Each governmental component of the Government is either an Executive or a Parliament. Each micro grid apparatus is either a simple micro grid apparatus or a complex micro grid apparatus. Each Executive is a unique processor disposed in a unique simple micro grid apparatus. Each Parliament is a unique processor disposed in a unique complex micro grid apparatus. Each unique processor is a Council. The communication method includes communication between Councils in accordance with an enhanced Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) communication stack and an enhanced TCP/IP packet header structure.

Claims

1. A governance apparatus, comprising:

a Government comprising a plurality of governmental components, said governmental components collectively comprising a plurality of Councils such that a macro grid comprising an artificial intelligence and the Government is configured to respond to an alert pertaining to an event through use of the artificial intelligence and the Government, each governmental component being an either an Executive or a Parliament;

a plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each micro grid apparatus being either a simple micro grid apparatus or a complex micro grid apparatus, each complex micro grid apparatus being a connectivity structure, each micro grid apparatus being wirelessly connected to another micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each micro grid apparatus comprising a unique governmental component of the plurality of governmental components, each Executive consisting of a unique processor of a plurality of processors disposed in a unique simple micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each Parliament consisting of a unique processor of each plurality of processors of at least two pluralities of processors disposed in a unique complex micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each processor of each plurality of processors of each micro grid apparatus having its own operating system, each unique processor in each Executive or Parliament in the Government being a Council of the plurality of Councils and having a unique operating system differing from the operating system of each other processor in the plurality of processors that comprises said each unique processor; and

an enhanced Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) communication stack of layers comprising a Governance Layer and an Intelligence Layer, wherein the Intelligence Layer comprises intelligence software configured to process data pertaining to the event, data pertaining to the alert, and data pertaining to the Government, and wherein the Governance Layer comprises governance software configured to filter data in a TCP/IP packet header structure through data security and data integrity algorithms, both to and from the intelligence software in the Intelligence Layer, to protect the artificial intelligence from attack.

2. The governance apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the plurality of micro grid apparatuses consists of a plurality of simple micro grid apparatuses;

wherein the plurality of governmental components consists of a plurality of Executives; and

wherein each simple micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses comprises a respective Executive of the plurality of Executives.

3. The governance apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the plurality of micro grid apparatuses comprise a first complex micro grid apparatus consisting of a first connectivity structure;

wherein the Government comprises a first Parliament within the first connectivity structure.

4. The governance apparatus of claim 3,

wherein the first connectivity structure is a bridge structure that comprises a first micro grid system and a second micro grid system physically linked together by a bridge module;

wherein the first micro grid system and the second micro grid system each comprise at least one Council of the plurality of Councils;

wherein the first Parliament comprises the at least one Council in the first micro grid system and the at least one Council in the second micro grid system;

wherein the bridge module comprises a first bridge unit and a second bridge unit connected together by a bridge hinge; and

wherein the bridge hinge provides the bridge module with sufficient physical flexibility to enable the first bridge unit to dock and be ensconced into a first bridge docking bay of the first micro grid system and the second bridge unit to dock and be ensconced into a second bridge docking bay of the second micro grid system.

5. The governance apparatus of claim 4,

wherein the first micro grid system is a micro grid structure comprising a first central area and radial arms external to and integral with the first central area to define first docking bays that include the first bridge docking bay;

wherein the at least one Council in the first micro grid system consist of a first Council;

wherein the first central area comprises a first plurality of processors that include the first Council;

wherein the second micro grid system is a power hub comprising a second central area and radial arms external to and integral with the second central area to define second docking bays that include the second bridge docking bay;

wherein the at least one Council in the second micro grid system comprises a second Council;

wherein a micro grid processor docking bay of the second docking bays comprises a second plurality of processors that include the second Council;

wherein the power hub comprises a plurality of rechargeable batteries that provide electrical power for at least the second plurality of processors; and

wherein a battery docking bay of the second docking bays comprises a failsafe battery to provide back up power for the rechargeable batteries in the power hub or additional power to supplement the power provided by the rechargeable batteries in the power hub.

6. The governance apparatus of claim 3,

wherein the first connectivity structure is a complex power hub apparatus that comprises a central power hub and a plurality of radial vertical tiers, each radial vertical tier physically connected to the central power hub;

wherein the central power hub comprises a central area and radial arms external to and integral with the central area to define docking bays such that each radial branch is physically connected to the central power hub at a respective docking bay at the central area;

wherein each radial vertical tier comprises a plurality of modules consisting of a same number of modules in each radial vertical tier;

wherein the modules in each radial vertical tier are stacked in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the central area of the central power hub;

wherein the modules in the radial vertical tiers are distributed on circles of a plurality of circles such that a total number of circles in the plurality of circles is equal to the same number of modules in each radial vertical tier, said circles being concentric with respect to a center point in the central power hub; and

wherein corresponding modules in respective radial vertical tier are located on a same circle of the plurality of circles.

7. The governance apparatus of claim 6,

wherein corresponding modules in respective radial vertical tiers located on a same first circle of the plurality of circles comprise micro grid sensor modules and micro grid actuator modules;

wherein corresponding modules in respective radial vertical tiers located on a same second circle of the plurality of circles comprise micro grid processor modules; and

wherein the first circle is at a greater radial distance from the center point than is the second circle.

8. The governance apparatus of claim 3,

wherein the first connectivity structure is a complex mosaic micro grid apparatus comprising a plurality of micro grid structures and a plurality of power hubs;

wherein each micro grid structure comprises a micro grid central area and radial arms external to and integral with the micro grid central area to define micro grid docking bays for accommodating modules to be inserted in the micro grid docking bays;

wherein the micro grid central area comprises a first plurality of processors that include a Council of the plurality of Councils;

wherein each power hub comprises power hub central areas and radial arms external to and integral with each power hub central area to define power hub docking bays for accommodating modules to be inserted in the power hub docking bays, said power hub central areas being coalesced to define an internal structural space configured to accommodate re-chargeable batteries;

wherein each power hub central area comprises a plurality of rechargeable batteries that provide electrical power for the Council in the plurality of micro grid structures; and

wherein the first Parliament comprises the Councils in the plurality of micro grid structures.

9. A communication method, said method comprising:

providing a governance apparatus, said governance apparatus comprising;

a Government comprising a plurality of governmental components, said governmental components collectively comprising a plurality of Councils such that a macro grid comprising an artificial intelligence and the Government is configured to respond to an alert pertaining to an event through use of the artificial intelligence and the Government, each governmental component being an either an Executive or a Parliament; and

a plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each micro grid apparatus being either a simple micro grid apparatus or a complex micro grid apparatus, each complex micro grid apparatus being a connectivity structure, each micro grid apparatus being wirelessly connected to another micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each micro grid apparatus comprising a unique governmental component of the plurality of governmental components, each Executive consisting of a unique processor of a plurality of processors disposed in a unique simple micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each Parliament consisting of a unique processor of each plurality of processors of at least two pluralities of processors disposed in a unique complex micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each processor of each plurality of processors of each micro grid apparatus having its own operating system, each unique processor in each Executive or Parliament in the Government being a Council of the plurality of Councils and having a unique operating system differing from the operating system of each other processor in the plurality of processors that comprises said each unique processor; and

communicating between governance entities within the governance apparatus, said Government responding to the alert, each governance entity being a Council of the plurality of Councils, said communicating comprising a first Council of the plurality of Councils sending a message to a second Council of the plurality of Councils in accordance with an enhanced Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) communication stack of layers and a TCP/IP packet header structure comprising an enhanced IP header, an enhanced TCP header, and a Data Area, wherein the TCP/IP communication stack of layers comprises a Governance Layer and an Intelligence Layer, wherein the Intelligence Layer comprises intelligence software configured to process data pertaining to the event, data pertaining to the alert, and data pertaining to the Government, and wherein the Governance Layer comprises governance software configured to filter data in the TCP/IP packet header structure through data security and data integrity algorithms, both to and from the intelligence software in the Intelligence Layer, to protect the artificial intelligence from attack.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising assigning the artificial intelligence a primary Class E IP address having its five high order bits set to 1 1 1 1 0, wherein the enhanced IP header comprises a source IP address pertaining to the first Council and being linked as a first sub-IP address to the primary Class E IP address of the artificial intelligence, and wherein the enhanced IP header further comprises a destination IP address pertaining to the second Council and being linked as a second sub-IP address to the primary Class E IP address of the artificial intelligence.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the artificial intelligence is residing in a primary Council of the plurality of Councils having the primary Class E IP address and is under isolation or extinguishment, and wherein the governance software is further configured to relocate the artificial intelligence to another Council of the plurality of Councils.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the artificial intelligence is residing in a primary Council of the plurality of Councils having the primary Class E IP address and having an artificial intelligence responsibility for implementing the artificial intelligence, and wherein the method further comprises:

assigning a first mirror backup Council to the primary Council;

after said assigning the mirror backup Council, ascertaining that the primary Council cannot be located;

responsive to said ascertaining, said mirror backup Council becoming a replacement primary Council by assuming the artificial intelligence responsibility and inheriting the primary Class E IP address; and

assigning a second mirror backup Council to the replacement primary Council.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises said artificial intelligence placing instructive data into the Data Area to request application software to undertake application tasks across the Government for responding to the alert.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the enhanced TCP header comprises a multi bit identifier consisting of a sequence of bits that identify a governance entity type in whose behalf the message is being sent by the first Council.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises said intelligence software writing Kind and Descriptor data into the enhanced TCP header, wherein the Kind and Descriptor data comprises parameters pertaining to the event, the alert, and/or the Government.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises said intelligence software configured to read the Kind and Descriptor data in the TCP header upon being implemented by the second Council after the second Council receives the message.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the Kind and Descriptor data comprise a scale of the event, a scale of the response to the event, and GPS data which identify a location of the event or a location of a source of the event.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the Kind and Descriptor data comprise data pertaining to resource processors which are micro grid processors that have been assigned to the artificial intelligence such that each resource processor is not a Council of the plurality of Councils.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the Kind and Descriptor data comprise data identifying a total number of mobile Councils in the Government, a total number of fixed Councils in the Government, a total number of mobile Parliaments in the Government, and a total number of fixed Parliaments in the Government.

20. A method of using a governance apparatus, said governance apparatus comprising a Government and a plurality of micro grid apparatuses, said method comprising:

forming the Government, said Government comprising a plurality of governmental components, said governmental components collectively comprising a plurality of Councils such that a macro grid comprising an artificial intelligence and the Government is configured to respond to an alert pertaining to an event through use of the artificial intelligence and the Government, each governmental component being an either an Executive or a Parliament;

forming the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each micro grid apparatus being either a simple micro grid apparatus or a complex micro grid apparatus, each complex micro grid apparatus being a connectivity structure, each micro grid apparatus being wirelessly connected to another micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each micro grid apparatus comprising a unique governmental component of the plurality of governmental components, each Executive consisting of a unique processor of a plurality of processors disposed in a unique simple micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each Parliament consisting of a unique processor of each plurality of processors of at least two pluralities of processors disposed in a unique complex micro grid apparatus of the plurality of micro grid apparatuses, each processor of each plurality of processors of each micro grid apparatus having its own operating system, each unique processor in each Executive or Parliament in the Government being a Council of the plurality of Councils and having a unique operating system differing from the operating system of each other processor in the plurality of processors that comprises said each unique processor;

forming an enhanced Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) communication stack of layers comprising a Governance Layer and an Intelligence Layer;

processing, using intelligence software in the Intelligence Layer, data pertaining to the event, data pertaining to the alert, and data pertaining to the Government; and

filtering, using governance software in the Governance Layer, data in a TCP/IP packet header structure through data security and data integrity algorithms, both to and from the intelligence software in the Intelligence Layer, to protect the artificial intelligence from attack.