1. The Abstracted Network
Disruption Tolerant Networks
Strategies for IIOT and M2M Networking
Francis daCosta
CTO, Meshdynamics
Santa Clara CA 95051
2017-12-05

2. Traditional Networks Separate
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3. Abstracted Network Emulates Separate Networks
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4. Disruption Tolerance Maintains Connections
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Nodes may move, disappear, change
Applications must still run

5. SPAWAR Disruption Tolerant Networks
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6. Sharp Network Example
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7. (Autonomous) Applications Running on Mesh Node
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NMS Displays Machine Status HistoryMesh Tables maintain these “ports”
.. Clients connected to “Ports”
.. Applications resident in Network
.. Intermittent Cloud Applications

8. (Autonomous) Applications Running on Mesh Node
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NMS Displays Machine Status History
M2M Pub/Sub Network
Mesh Tables maintain these “ports”
.. Clients connected to “Ports”
.. Applications resident in Network
.. Intermittent Cloud Applications

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M2M Pub/Sub Network
MachineStatusUpdates
Periodic Supervisory Control
NMS Displays Machine Status HistoryMesh Tables maintain these “ports”
.. Clients connected to “Ports”
.. Applications resident in Network
.. Intermittent Cloud Applications

10. Scalable Pub/Sub Shuttles for Application Communities
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Packets to-and-from end devices
Shuttles to/from
different destinations
Propagator Node (Edge Router)
“Shuttles” to/from
different integrator
functions
Chirps
unloaded/
reloaded

11. (Autonomous) Applications Running on Mesh Node
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Monitor
DB
Rule DBApp Management
Applications/IFTTT
Mesh Nodes NMS (Java + Eclipse)
Machine Controller Snap ins
Non IP Device Gateways (through App)
External Audit Server
Machine Controllers
Machine Diagnostics
IOT Chirp Shuttles
NMS Cloud Connect
App Provisioning
Application Coupling Layer
Meshap + CFG8011/MAC80211.
Mesh Node Stack
“PORTS”: Radios,, Ethernet Ports, DIO, AIO Serial etc.
Pub/Sub
Device Heart Beats sent based on Pub/Sub
KernelSpaceUserSpace
Agent
Device

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The Abstracted Network Concept
http://meshdynamics.com/Abstracted-Network-For-IOT.html
Disruption Tolerant Mesh Networks
www.meshdynamics.com/Patents/US09258765_B1_CN_020916.PDF
Rethinking the Internet of Things (APress Publications)
www.meshdynamics.com/documents/Rethinking-Internet-Of-Things-Book.pdf

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