Pluggable module

• US 9,571,905 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2013
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Forslund, Anders, Von Goes, Hans
• Primary Examiner(s): Flores, Leon
• Application Number:
  US14/403,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20150189406A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,372 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/22 Transmitting seismic signals to recording or processing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/085 Access point devices with remote components

Abstract

A pluggable module is provided which is configured to be connected into a pluggable port of a radio base station. The pluggable module is associated with at least one sensor for collecting external sensor data. The pluggable module comprises at least one communication interface, a processor, and a memory for storing software comprising computer program code which, when run in the processor, causes the pluggable module to collect pre-specified external sensor data from at least one sensor associated with the pluggable module and communicate the collected external sensor data to a centralized server via the at least one communication interface.

Claims

1. A pluggable module configured to be connected into a pluggable port of a Radio Base Station (RBS), the pluggable module being associated with at least one sensor for collecting external sensor data, the pluggable module comprising:

at least one communication interface, wherein the at least one communication interface comprises at least one of an optical fiber interface or an RBS transceiver interface, and the at least one communication interface is configured to be remotely accessible by a centralized server;

a processor; and

a memory for storing software comprising computer program code which, when run in the processor, causes the pluggable module to;

collect pre-specified external sensor data from the at least one sensor associated with the pluggable module; and

communicate the collected external sensor data directly to the centralized server via the at least one communication interface while the pluggable module is connected into a pluggable port of the RBS.

2. The pluggable module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is provided as an internal sensor in the pluggable module.

3. The pluggable module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is provided outside the pluggable module.

4. The pluggable module according to claim 1, wherein the external sensor data is technically independent from the pluggable module.

5. The pluggable module according to claim 1, further comprising a filter for filtering out non pre-specified external sensor data.

6. The pluggable module according to claim 5, wherein the filter is realized by signal processing software storable in the memory and executable by the processor.

7. The pluggable module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor comprises an accelerometer configured to collect movement data.

8. The pluggable module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to collect metrological data.

9. The pluggable module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one communication interface is an optical fiber interface configured to be remotely accessible by the centralized server, and configured to send the collected external sensor data to the centralized server upon request from the centralized server.

10. The pluggable module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one communication interface comprises the RBS transceiver interface, the RBS transceiver interface configured to be remotely accessible by the centralized server, and further configured to send the collected external sensor data to the centralized server upon request from the centralized server.

11. The pluggable module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one communication interface further comprises an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I²C) interface.

12. The pluggable module according to claim 1, wherein the pluggable module is an optical pluggable module.

13. A system for collecting external sensor data comprising:

a pluggable module according to claim 1;

a radio base station into which the pluggable module is plugged; and

a centralized server configured to receive external sensor data communicated directly from the pluggable module while the pluggable module is plugged into the radio base station.