Data validation in a mobile communication network

Network equipment, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• in response to determining that an Internet-enabled sensor has not provided sensor data associated with a tangible asset that is in transit within a threshold period of time, sending, via a mobile communications network, an instruction that initiates the Internet-enabled sensor to revive from a standby mode, connect to the mobile communications network, and obtain the sensor data from a sensing element of the Internet-enabled sensor;
• receiving, via the mobile communications network, a transmission comprising the sensor data from the Internet-enabled sensor, wherein the Internet-enabled sensor is associated with the tangible asset;
• determining a compliance threshold associated with a contract corresponding to the Internet-enabled sensor;
• validating the sensor data, wherein the validating is based on a comparison of the sensor data with the compliance threshold;
• in response to determining, based on a result of the comparison, that the sensor data is outside of the compliance threshold, modifying the contract resulting in a modified contract, wherein the determining that the sensor data is outside of the compliance threshold comprises:
• comparing a first geographical location captured at a first time in the sensor data to a second geographical location captured at a second time in historical data associated with the Internet-enabled sensor, and
• determining that a distance between the first geographical location and the second geographical location is greater than a capability of a vehicle transporting the tangible asset to travel within a time period between the first time and the second time;
• and
• directing the modified contract to be sent to a device associated with a party of the contract.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of network equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• in response to determining that a radio-enabled device has not provided sensor data associated with a tangible asset that is in transit within a threshold period of time, sending, via a mobile communications network, an instruction that causes the radio-enabled device to revive from a standby mode, connect to the mobile communications network, and obtain the sensor data from a sensor;
• receiving, via the mobile communications network, a message comprising the sensor data from the radio-enabled device associated with the tangible asset;
• identifying a contract corresponding to the radio-enabled device;
• determining a compliance threshold associated with the contract;
• validating the sensor data based on a result of comparing the sensor data with the compliance threshold;
• in response to the validating indicating that the sensor data is outside of the compliance threshold, modifying the contract, resulting in a modified contract, wherein the sensor data comprises a first geographical location captured at a first time, and wherein the validating comprises:
• comparing the first geographical location to a second geographical location captured at a second time in historical data associated with the radio-enabled device, and
• determining that a distance between the first geographical location and the second geographical location is greater than a capability of a vehicle transporting the tangible asset to travel within a time period between the first time and the second time;
• and
• sending the modified contract addressed to a party of the contract via a device associated with the party.