Data integration apparatus for use in sensor network

• US 9,232,009 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Huang, Tzu-Che, Hou, Pei-Lin, Teng, Chi-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuongchau Ba
• Application Number:
  US14/105,116
• Publication Number:
  US 20150163099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/241, 370/256, 370/329, 370/338, 370/431, 455/11.1, 455/452.1, 455/509
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40 Bus networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40013 Details regarding a bus controller
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• 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 28/0252 per individual bearer or channel dynamic wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12

Abstract

A data integration apparatus for use in a sensor network system is provided. The sensor network system includes a sensor network and an application server. The data integration apparatus receives text commands associated with access of the sensor network from the application server, and accomplishes the operations of the tabled data provided by the network node of the sensor network by using the text commands and the hardware configurations of the sensor network cooperatively.

Claims

1. A data integration apparatus for use in a sensor network system, the sensor network system comprising a sensor network and an application server, and the data integration apparatus comprising:

a resource allocation module, being stored with a sensor configuration which comprises a sensor resource profile, a bus profile and a resource-bus mapping profile;

a data processing module connected with the application server and the sensor network, comprising;

a data interface processing unit, being configured to;

receive a sensor query command from the application server;

query the sensor resource profile of the sensor configuration according to the sensor query command and retrieve a sensor type configuration from the sensor resource profile; and

transmit a sensor bus query command according to the sensor type configuration;

a resource attribute processing unit, being configured to;

query the resource-bus mapping profile according to the sensor bus query command and retrieve a bus mapping configuration from the resource-bus mapping profile;

query the bus profile according to the bus mapping configuration and retrieve a bus type configuration from the bus profile; and

transmit a network node query command according to the bus type configuration;

a logic bus processing unit, being configured to;

transmit a node support query command according to the network node query command;

a network interface processing unit connected with the sensor network, being configured to;

query the sensor network according to the node support query command and transmit a query response back to the application server, wherein the query response comprises a network node identification code and a piece of network node sensor information;

wherein the sensor configuration records configuration data which are associated with sensors of the sensor network and the configuration data associated with the sensors are updated after being accessed.

2. The data integration apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data interface processing unit is further configured to:

receive a sensor attribute query command from the application server for the piece of network node sensor information;

query the sensor resource profile according to the sensor attribute query command and retrieve a piece of sensor attribute information from the sensor resource profile; and

transmit the piece of sensor attribute information back to the application server.

3. The data integration apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sensor configuration further comprises a network node profile, and the data interface processing unit is further configured to:

receive a sensor attribute reading command from the application server for the network node identification code and the piece of sensor attribute information;

query the sensor resource profile according to the sensor attribute reading command and retrieve a sensor attribute configuration from the sensor resource profile; and

transmit a sensor bus output/input query command according to the sensor attribute configuration;

wherein the resource attribute processing unit is further configured to;

query the resource-bus mapping profile according to the sensor bus output/input query command and retrieve the bus mapping configuration from the resource-bus mapping profile;

query the bus profile according to the bus mapping configuration and retrieve a bus output/input configuration from the bus profile; and

transmit a network node reading command according to the bus output/input configuration;

wherein the logic bus processing unit is further configured to;

query the network node profile according to the network node reading command and retrieve a memory address from the network node profile; and

issue a network node reading command according to the memory address;

wherein the network interface processing unit is further configured to;

for a network node represented by the network node identification node, read a data table provided by the network node at the memory address according to the network node reading command and obtain a sensor numeric value; and

transmit the sensor numeric value back to the application server.

4. The data integration apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sensor configuration further comprises a network node profile, and the data interface processing unit is further configured to:

receive a sensor attribute writing command from the application server for the network node identification code and the sensor attribute information;

query the sensor resource profile according to the sensor attribute writing command and retrieve a sensor attribute configuration from the sensor resource profile; and

transmit a sensor bus output/input query command according to the sensor attribute configuration;

wherein the resource attribute processing unit is further configured to;

query the resource-bus mapping profile according to the sensor bus output/input query command and retrieve the bus mapping configuration from the resource-bus mapping profile;

query the bus profile according to the bus mapping configuration and retrieve a bus output/input configuration from the bus profile; and

transmit a network node writing command according to the bus output/input configuration;

wherein the logic bus processing unit is further configured to;

query the network node profile according to the network node writing command and retrieve a memory address from the network node profile; and

transmit a network node writing command according to the memory address;

wherein the network interface processing unit is further configured to;

for a network node represented by the network node identification node, write in a data table provided by the network node at the memory address according to the network node writing command; and

transmit a writing response back to the application server.

5. A data integration method for use in a data integration apparatus, wherein the data integration apparatus is for use in a sensor network system and comprises a resource allocation module and a data processing module, the sensor network system comprises a sensor network and an application server, the data allocation module is stored with a sensor configuration which comprises a sensor resource profile, a bus profile and a resource-bus mapping profile, the data processing module, which comprises a data interface processing unit, a resource attribute processing unit, a logic bus processing unit and a network interface processing unit, is connected with the application server and the sensor network, and the data integration method comprises the following steps of:

(a) enabling the data interface processing unit to receive a sensor query command from the application server;

(b1) enabling the data interface processing unit to query the sensor resource profile according to the sensor query command and retrieve a sensor type configuration from the sensor resource profile;

(b2) enabling the data interface processing unit to transmit a sensor bus query command according to the sensor type configuration;

(b3) enabling the resource attribute processing unit to query the resource-bus mapping profile according to the sensor bus query command and retrieve a bus mapping configuration from the resource-bus mapping profile;

(b4) enabling the resource attribute processing unit to query the bus profile according to the bus mapping configuration and retrieve a bus type configuration from the bus profile;

(b5) enabling the resource attribute processing unit to transmit a network node query command according to the bus type configuration;

(b6) enabling the logic bus processing unit to transmit a node support query command according to the network node query command;

(b7) enabling the network interface processing unit to query the sensor network according to the node support query command, wherein the query response comprises a network node identification code and a piece of network node sensor information; and

(c) enabling the network interface processing unit to transmit a query response back to the application server;

wherein the sensor configuration records configuration data which are associated with sensors of the sensor network and the configuration data associated with the sensors are updated after being accessed.

6. The data integration method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the following steps of:

(d) enabling the data interface processing unit to receive a sensor attribute query command from the application server for the piece of network node sensor information;

(e) enabling the data interface processing unit to query the sensor resource profile according to the sensor attribute query command and retrieve a piece of sensor attribute information from the sensor resource profile; and

(f) enabling the data interface processing unit to transmit the piece of sensor attribute information back to the application server.

7. The data integration method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the sensor configuration further comprises a network node profile, and the data integration method further comprises the following steps of:

(g) enabling the data interface processing unit to receive a sensor attribute reading command from the application server for the network node identification code and the piece of sensor attribute information;

(h) enabling the data interface processing unit to query the sensor resource profile according to the sensor attribute reading command and retrieve a sensor attribute configuration from the sensor resource profile;

(i) enabling the data interface processing unit to transmit a sensor bus output/input query command according to the sensor attribute configuration;

(j) enabling the resource attribute processing unit to query the resource-bus mapping profile according to the sensor bus output/input query command and retrieve the bus mapping configuration from the resource-bus mapping profile;

(k) enabling the resource attribute processing unit to query the bus profile according to the bus mapping configuration and retrieve a bus output/input configuration from the bus profile;

(l) enabling the resource attribute processing unit to transmit a network node reading command according to the bus output/input configuration;

(m) enabling the logic bus processing unit to query the network node profile according to the network node reading command and retrieve a memory address from the network node profile;

(n) enabling the logic bus processing unit to issue a network node reading command according to the memory address;

(o) enabling the network interface processing unit to, for a network node represented by the network node identification code, read a data table provided by the network node at the memory address according to the network node reading command and obtain a sensor numeric value; and

(p) enabling the network interface processing unit to transmit the sensor numeric value back to the application server.

8. The data integration method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the sensor configuration further comprises a network node profile, and the data integration method further comprises the following steps of:

(g) enabling the data interface processing unit to receive a sensor attribute writing command from the application server for the network node identification code and the piece of sensor attribute information;

(h) enabling the data interface processing unit to query the sensor resource profile according to the sensor attribute writing command and retrieve a sensor attribute configuration from the sensor resource profile;

(i) enabling the data interface processing unit to transmit a sensor bus output/input query command according to the sensor attribute configuration;

(j) enabling the resource attribute processing unit to query the resource-bus mapping profile according to the sensor bus output/input query command and retrieve the bus mapping configuration from the resource-bus mapping profile;

(k) enabling the resource attribute processing unit to query the bus profile according to the bus mapping configuration and retrieve a bus output/input configuration from the bus profile;

(l) enabling the resource attribute processing unit to transmit a network node writing command according to the bus output/input configuration;

(m) enabling the logic bus processing unit to query the network node profile according to the network node writing command and retrieve a memory address from the network node profile;

(n) enabling the logic bus processing unit to issue a network node writing command according to the memory address;

(o) enabling the network interface processing unit to, for a network node represented by the network node identification code, write in a data table provided by the network node at the memory address according to the network node writing command; and

(p) enabling the network interface processing unit to transmit a writing response back to the application server after the step (o).