Sensor network management

• US 9,432,271 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2009
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Bullard, Gregory T., Brake, Desiree D., Pruetting, Christopher J., Stits, Raymond S., Ryberg, Jason T., Thomas, Jason C., Winchell, Diane M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Assistant Examiner(s): TURRIATE GASTULO, JUAN CARLOS
• Application Number:
  US12/555,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20100318641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,548 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/223, 709/224, 702/1, 340/539.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• 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 methods and apparatuses for managing reports. In certain aspects, an apparatus for managing reports including a processing system is disclosed. The processing system is configured to receive a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses, filter out one or more of the plurality of reports, and forward the remaining plurality of reports to another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium for storing instructions, wherein the instructions, upon execution by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to:

receive a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of reports is for a same sensor type;

receive an instruction from another apparatus, the instruction indicating a portion of the plurality of reports to be filtered out based on a load capacity of the another apparatus;

filter out one or more of the plurality of reports based on the instruction by filtering out a number of the reports over a period of time exceeding a reporting rate set by the load capacity of the another apparatus; and

forward the remaining plurality of reports to the another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.

2. A method performed at an apparatus for managing reports, comprising:

receiving a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of reports is for a same sensor type;

receiving an instruction from another apparatus, the instruction indicating a portion of the plurality of reports to be filtered out based on a load capacity of the another apparatus;

filtering out one or more of the plurality of reports based on the instruction by filtering out a number of the reports over a period of time exceeding a reporting rate set by the load capacity of the another apparatus; and

forwarding the remaining plurality of reports to the another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of reports indicates detection of a contaminate at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the other apparatuses comprise a plurality of mobile wireless devices.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of reports indicates detection of a contaminate at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.

13. The method of claim 2, further comprising identifying the plurality of reports based on an indication of the sensor type in the plurality of reports.

4. An apparatus for managing reports, comprising:

means for receiving a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of reports is for a same sensor type;

means for receiving an instruction from another apparatus, the instruction indicating a portion of the plurality of reports to be filtered out based on a load capacity of the another apparatus;

means for filtering out one or more of the plurality of reports based on the instruction by filtering out a number of the reports over a period of time exceeding a reporting rate set by the load capacity of the another apparatus; and

means for forwarding the remaining plurality of reports to the another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.

5. An apparatus for managing reports, comprising:

processing system configured to;

receive a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses;

receive an instruction from another apparatus, the instruction indicating a percentage of the plurality of reports to be filtered out;

filter out one or more of the plurality of reports based on the instruction; and

forward the remaining plurality of reports to the another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.

6. A method performed at an apparatus for managing reports, comprising:

receiving a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses;

receiving an instruction from another apparatus, the instruction indicating a percentage of the plurality of reports to be filtered out;

filtering out one or more of the plurality of reports based on the instruction; and

forwarding the remaining plurality of reports to the another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.

7. An apparatus for managing reports, comprising:

means for receiving a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses;

means for receiving an instruction from another apparatus, the instruction indicating a percentage of the plurality of reports to be filtered out;

means for filtering out one or more of the plurality of reports based on the instruction; and

means for forwarding the remaining plurality of reports to the another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.

8. An apparatus for managing reports, comprising:

processing system configured to;

receive a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses;

filter out one or more of the plurality of reports;

forward the remaining plurality of reports to another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses; and

send a message to the another apparatus indicating a percentage of the reports being filtered out.

9. A method performed at an apparatus for managing reports, comprising:

receiving a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses;

filtering out one or more of the plurality of reports;

forwarding the remaining plurality of reports to another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses; and

sending a message to the another apparatus indicating a percentage of the reports being filtered out.

10. An apparatus for managing reports, comprising:

means for receiving a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses;

means for filtering out one or more of the plurality of reports;

means for forwarding the remaining plurality of reports to the another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses; and

means for sending a message to the another apparatus indicating a percentage of the reports being filtered out.

14. An apparatus for managing reports, comprising:

processing system configured to;

receive a plurality of reports from a plurality of other apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of reports is for a same sensor type;

receive an instruction from another apparatus, the instruction indicating a portion of the plurality of reports to be filtered out based on a load capacity of another apparatus;

filter out one or more of the plurality of reports based on the instruction by filtering out a number of the reports over a period of time exceeding a reporting rate set by the load capacity of the another apparatus; and

forward the remaining plurality of reports to the another apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of reports comprises data based on a sensor measurement at the respective one of the plurality of other apparatuses.