Sending a sensor node a request for sensor data that identifies another node to process the data
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorPeng Zhang
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and computer program code, configured to cause the apparatus to at least transmit to a sensor node a request for processed sensor data, the request comprising an identity of a second node capable of processing sensor data, and receive a message enabling access to the processed sensor data, wherein the second node is comprised in the same peer network as the apparatus. The apparatus may also be configured to receive from the second node an indication that the second node has data processing capability it is willing to provide.
Claims14
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
- originate and transmit, using a first radio access technology, to a sensor node a request for processed sensor data, wherein sensor data represents at least one physical property of surroundings of the sensor node, the request comprising an identity of a second node, distinct from the apparatus and from the sensor node, capable of processing sensor data;
- and
- receive a message enabling the apparatus access to the processed sensor data, wherein the second node and apparatus are both comprised in a mobile cloud which does not comprise the sensor node,
- wherein the apparatus is further caused to receive from the mobile cloud an indication that the second node has data processing capability it is willing to provide, wherein the apparatus is configured to communicate with mobiles in the mobile cloud using a second radio access technology, and
- wherein the apparatus is further configured to define a sequence of processing actions, such that when the processing actions comprised in the sequence are performed in order in the mobile cloud, a correct kind of processed sensor data is produced as an output from the last processing action in the sequence.
A method, comprising:
- originating and transmitting, from an apparatus, using a first radio access technology, to a sensor node a request for processed sensor data, wherein sensor data represents at least one physical property of surroundings of the sensor node, the request comprising an identity of a second node, distinct from the apparatus and from the sensor node, capable of processing sensor data,
- receiving a message enabling the apparatus access to the processed sensor data, wherein the second node and apparatus are comprised in a mobile cloud which does not comprise the sensor node, and
- wherein the apparatus is further caused to receive from the mobile cloud an indication that the second node has data processing capability it is willing to provide, wherein the apparatus is configured to communicate with mobiles in the mobile cloud using a second radio access technology, and
- defining a sequence of processing actions, such that performance of the processing actions comprised in the sequence in order in the mobile cloud, produces a correct kind of processed sensor data is as an output from the last processing action in the sequence.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause an apparatus to at least:
- originate and transmit, from an apparatus, using a first radio access technology, to a sensor node a request for processed sensor data, wherein sensor data represents at least one physical property of surroundings of the sensor node, the request comprising an identity of a second node, distinct from the apparatus and from the sensor node, capable of processing sensor data,
- receive a message enabling the apparatus access to the processed sensor data, wherein the second node and apparatus are comprised in a mobile cloud which does not comprise the sensor node,
- receive from the mobile cloud an indication that the second node has data processing capability it is willing to provide, wherein the apparatus is configured to communicate with mobiles in the mobile cloud using a second radio access technology, and
- define a sequence of processing actions, such that when the processing actions comprised in the sequence are performed in order in the mobile cloud, a correct kind of processed sensor data is produced as an output from the last processing action in the sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.