Prioritized rule set identification and on-demand constrained deployment in constrained network devices

An apparatus comprising:

• a device interface circuit configured for communication in a constrained network comprising constrained network devices;
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• a processor circuit configured for identifying for each constrained network device all available rules for execution by the corresponding constrained network device;
• the processor circuit further configured for generating a prioritized rule set for each constrained network device, each prioritized rule set having selected available rules ordered relative to priority of execution by the corresponding constrained network device relative to a corresponding device context and a corresponding network context of the corresponding constrained network device;
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• the processor circuit further configured for executing, for each constrained network device, a corresponding constrained deployment of the corresponding prioritized rule set based on identifying, from the corresponding prioritized rule set, a lifetimed rule set relative to the corresponding device context and network context, and causing the device interface circuit to output the lifetimed rule set to the corresponding constrained network device.

One or more non-transitory tangible media encoded with logic for execution by a machine and when executed by the machine operable for:

• the machine, implemented as a management device in a constrained network comprising constrained network devices, identifying for each constrained network device all available rules for execution by the corresponding constrained network device;
• the management device generating a prioritized rule set for each constrained network device, each prioritized rule set having selected available rules ordered relative to priority of execution by the corresponding constrained network device relative to a corresponding device context and a corresponding network context of the corresponding constrained network device;
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• the management device executing, for each constrained network device, a corresponding constrained deployment of the corresponding prioritized rule set based on identifying, from the corresponding prioritized rule set, a lifetimed rule set relative to the corresponding device context and network context, and supplying the lifetimed rule set to the corresponding constrained network device.