DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20150131486A1
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Takahisa, YAMASHITA, Koichiro, YAMAUCHI, Hiromasa, KURIHARA, Koji, OTOMO, Toshiya, TERANISHI, Yuta
• Granted Patent: US 9,794,858 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• 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 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A data processing apparatus that is installed in plural in an installation area and processes data of each installation site, includes a processor that based on a combination of identification information included in calibration information respectively transmitted by calibration nodes and self-identification generation information that is included in the calibration information and for identifying the data processing apparatus among the plural data processing apparatuses, generates self-identification information; a memory device that retains the self-identification information; and a wireless communications circuit that receives the calibration information from the calibration nodes and performs transmission and reception of the data with an adjacent data processing apparatus provided in the installation area.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus that is installed in plural in an installation area and processes data of each installation site, the data processing apparatus comprising:

a processor that based on a combination of identification information included in calibration information respectively transmitted by a plurality of calibration nodes and self-identification generation information that is included in the calibration information and for identifying the data processing apparatus among the plurality of the data processing apparatuses, generates self-identification information;

a memory device that retains the self-identification information; and

a wireless communications circuit that receives the calibration information from the plurality of calibration nodes and performs transmission and reception of the data with an adjacent data processing apparatus provided in the installation area.

2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of the data processing apparatuses transmit by the wireless communications circuit, a radio wave that can reach the adjacent data processing apparatus and transfer the calibration information and the data to the adjacent data processing apparatus,

the processor:

generates the self-identification information from a combination the identification information that is of the plurality of calibration nodes and included in the calibration information, and a hop count of the self-identification generation information when the calibration information is transferred, and

transmits to the adjacent data processing apparatus, the calibration information that includes the self-identification generation information having a value of the hop count to which a hop count that corresponds to a transfer performed by the data processing apparatus for each of the identification information.

3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the processor, when the identification information of the calibration information received on multiple occasions is identical and the hop counts of the corresponding self-identification generation information differ, generates the self-identification information based on the calibration information having the hop count that is smaller.

4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of the calibration nodes transmit a radio wave that can reach the installation area and each includes the identification information thereof in the calibration information,

the plurality of data processing apparatuses transmit by the wireless communications circuit, a radio wave that can reach the adjacent data processing apparatus and transfer the data to the adjacent data processing apparatus, and

the processor generates the self-identification information from a combination of the identification information that is of the plurality of calibration nodes and included in the calibration information, and a radio wave intensity of a received radio wave.

5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the processor appends the self-identification information to the processed data and transmits the processed data to the adjacent data processing apparatus.

6. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a sensor that detects a displacement at the installation site, wherein

the processor data-processes the displacement detected by the sensor.

7. The data processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the processor, when the displacement detected by the sensor exceeds a given threshold, transmits the processed data to the adjacent data processing apparatus.

8. A data processing system in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses are provided in an installation area and that processes data of each installation site and transmits the processed data to a data aggregating apparatus, the data processing system comprising:

a plurality of calibration nodes that are temporarily installed at mutually different positions when self-identification information is provided to the plurality of data processing apparatuses and that transmit to the installation area, calibration information that includes a plurality of identification information, and self-identification generation information for identifying the plurality of data processing apparatuses respectively; and

the plurality of data processing apparatuses that each includes;

a processor that generates self-identification information, based on a combination of the identification information included in the calibration information respectively transmitted by the plurality of calibration nodes and a plurality of the self-identification generation information,

a memory device that retains the self-identification information, and

a wireless communications circuit that receives the calibration information from the plurality of calibration nodes and performs transmission and reception of the data with an adjacent data processing apparatus provided in the installation area.

9. The data processing system according to claim 8, wherein

the plurality of data processing apparatuses transmit by the wireless communications circuit, a radio wave that can reach the adjacent data processing apparatus and through the adjacent data processing apparatus, transfer and transmit the data to the data aggregating apparatus.

10. A data processing method of installing a plurality of data processing apparatuses in an installation area, processing data of each installation site, and transmitting the data to a data aggregating apparatus, the data processing method comprising:

when self-identification information is provided to the plurality of data processing apparatuses;

installing a plurality of calibration nodes that transmit to the installation area, calibration information that includes identification information and self-identification generation information for respectively identifying the plurality of data processing apparatuses;

generating the self-identification information at the plurality of data processing apparatuses, based on a combination of the identification information included in the calibration information respectively transmitted by the plurality of calibration nodes and a plurality of the self-identification generation information; and

retaining the self-identification information in a memory device.

11. The data processing method according to claim 10, wherein

the plurality of data processing apparatuses, after generating the self-identification information, append the self-identification information to the processed data and transmit the processed data to the data aggregating apparatus.