Sensing network system, nodes and data processing method thereof

• US 9,705,981 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2015
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, Todd
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US14/810,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20160323370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 709223, 709203, 709204, 709224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• 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 4/38 for collecting sensor information

Abstract

Disclosed are a sensing network system, and nodes and a data processing method thereof. The sensing network system comprises a plurality of nodes that are connected with each other. Each node has a sensing device and a storage device. The storage device of each node is divided into a first storage area and a second storage area. The first storage area stores data sensed by the sensing device of the node. The second storage area stores at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of at least one of other nodes. The node transmits at least a part of the data sensed by its sensing device to at least one of other nodes, in order to store at least a part of the data sensed by its sensing device in the second storage area in the storage device of at least one of other nodes.

Claims

1. A sensing network system, comprising:

a plurality of nodes, connected with each other, and each node having a sensing device and a storage device;

wherein the storage device of each node is divided into a first storage area and a second storage area, the first storage area stores data sensed by the sensing device of the node, the second storage area stores at least a part of data sensed by the sensing device of at least one of other nodes, and the node transmits at least a part of the data sensed by its sensing device to at least one of other nodes, to store at least a part of the data sensed by its sensing device in the second storage area in the storage device of at least one of other nodes.

2. The sensing network system according to claim 1, wherein the data transmitted between the nodes is a Peer to Peer (P2P) transmission.

3. The sensing network system according to claim 1, wherein the node divides the data sensed by its sensing device into a plurality of data fragments, and transmits at least a part of the data fragments of the data sensed by its sensing device to at least one of other nodes.

4. The sensing network system according to claim 1, wherein the node receives at least a part of a plurality of data fragments of the data sensed by the sensing device of at least one of other nodes.

5. The sensing network system according to claim 1, wherein the number of the nodes is N, and the node transmits at least a part of the data sensed by its sensing device to other M nodes, wherein N is an integer greater than 2 and M is an integer greater than N/2.

6. The sensing network system according to claim 5, wherein as the node fails or is stolen, via reading the second storage areas of the storage devices of at least a part of other L nodes storing the data sensed by the sensing device of the failed or stolen node, the data sensed by the sensing device of the failed or stolen node is obtained, and wherein L is an integer greater than M/2.

7. A node in a sensing network system, comprising:

a sensing device, configured to sense for obtaining data;

a transmission device, configured to receive at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of at least one of other nodes;

a storage device, comprising a first storage area and a second storage area, wherein the first storage area of the storage device is configured to store the data sensed by the sensing device of the node, and the second storage area of the storage device is configured to store at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of at least one of other nodes; and

a processing device, electrically connected to the sensing device, the transmission device and the storage device;

wherein the transmission device is further configured to transmit at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of the node to at least one of other nodes, so as to store at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of the node in the second storage area of the storage device of at least one of other nodes.

8. The node according to claim 7, wherein the data transmitted between the nodes is a Peer to Peer (P2P) transmission.

9. The node according to claim 7, wherein the node divides the data sensed by its sensing device into a plurality of data fragments, and transmits at least a part of the data fragments of the data sensed by its sensing device to at least one of other nodes.

10. The node according to claim 7, wherein the node receives at least a part of a plurality of data fragments of the data sensed by the sensing device of at least one of other nodes.

11. The node according to claim 7, wherein the number of the nodes is N, and the node transmits at least a part of the data sensed by its sensing device to other M nodes, wherein N is an integer greater than 2 and M is an integer greater than N/2.

12. The node according to claim 11, wherein as the node fails or is stolen, via reading the second storage areas of the storage devices of at least a part of other L nodes storing the data sensed by the sensing device of the failed or stolen node, the data sensed by the sensing device of the failed or stolen node is obtained, and wherein L is an integer greater than M/2.

13. A data processing method, used in each of a plurality of nodes connected with each other in a sensing network system, wherein each of the nodes has a sensing device and a storage device, and the storage device comprises a first storage area and a second storage area, the data processing method comprising:

sensing to obtain data via the sensing device of the node;

storing the data sensed by the sensing device of the node in the first storage area of the storage device of the node;

receiving at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of at least one of other nodes in the sensing network system via the node; and

storing at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of at least one of other nodes in the second storage area of the storage device of the node.

14. The data processing method, according to claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of the node to at least one of other nodes, to store at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of the node in the second storage area of the storage of at least one of other nodes.

15. The data processing method, according to claim 13, wherein the number of the nodes is N, and the node transmits at least a part of the data sensed by its sensing device to other M nodes, wherein N is an integer greater than 2 and M is an integer greater than N/2.

16. The data processing method, according to claim 15, wherein as the node fails or is stolen, via reading the second storage areas of the storage devices of at least a part of other L nodes storing the data sensed by the sensing device of the failed or stolen node, the data sensed by the sensing device of the failed or stolen node is obtained, and wherein L is an integer greater than M/2.