Method and apparatus for managing sensor information
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsTeemu Savolainen, Johanna Nieminen
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising a receiver configured to receive sensor data, a transmitter configured to cause the sensor data, or data derived at least in part from the sensor data, to be transmitted, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a metadata request to a first node. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a sensor node for inclusion in a sensor network, the sensor node capable of measuring at least one physical property to produce the sensor data.
Claims20
A sensor apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive sensor data and, using IPv6 addressing, from a correspondent node, a request to subscribe to information of the sensor apparatus;
- and
- a transmitter configured to cause the sensor data, or data derived at least in part from the sensor data, to be transmitted to the correspondent node,
- wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a metadata request, distinct from the sensor data, to a first node distinct from the correspondent node and distinct from the sensor apparatus, wherein the metadata request comprises a request that the first node add metadata to the sensor data transmitted from the sensor apparatus and wherein the metadata request does not comprise the requested metadata.
A method, comprising:
- receiving sensor data in a sensor apparatus and, using IPv6 addressing, from a correspondent node, a request to subscribe to information of the sensor apparatus;
- transmitting, from the sensor apparatus, the sensor data, or data derived at least in part from the sensor data to the correspondent node, and
- transmitting, from the sensor apparatus, a metadata request, distinct from the sensor data, to a first node distinct from the correspondent node and distinct from the sensor apparatus,
- wherein the metadata request comprises a request that the first node add metadata to the sensor data transmitted from the sensor apparatus and wherein the metadata request does not comprise the requested metadata.
A sensor apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive sensor data and, using IPv6 addressing, from a correspondent node, a request to subscribe to information of the sensor apparatus;
- and
- a transmitter configured to cause the sensor data, or data derived at least in part from the sensor data, to be transmitted to the correspondent node,
- wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a metadata request, distinct from the sensor data, to a first node distinct from the correspondent node and distinct from the sensor apparatus, wherein the metadata request comprises a request that metadata be transmitted to the correspondent node, and wherein the metadata request does not comprise the requested metadata.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.