Universal narrow-band internet of things communication node for use with environmental sensors and stations

Abstract

Various arrangements involving environmental sensor gateways are presented. Wire terminals of the environmental sensor gateway may be connected with wires that are electrically connected with environmental sensors. An operator-specific applications may be executed that is mapped to a corresponding environmental sensor. Environmental sensor measurements may be received from the environmental sensors via the wire terminals. Based on a wire terminal through which an environmental sensor measurement is received, the environmental sensor measurement may be processed using the operator-specific application.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An environmental sensor gateway device, comprising:
 a plurality of wire terminals, wherein:
 each wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals is configured to be removably attachable with wires that communicate with an environmental sensor of a plurality of environmental sensors; 
   a plurality of long-range wireless communication interfaces that communicate with one or more remote server systems; and   one or more processors in communication with the plurality of wire terminals, configured to:
 execute one or more operator-specific applications; 
 receive environmental sensor measurements from the plurality of environmental sensors via the plurality of wire terminals; 
 convert an environmental sensor measurement to a standard format and append a header that indicates a wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals from which the environmental sensor measurement was received; 
 determine, based on the wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals through which the environmental sensor measurement was received as indicated in the header, to process the environmental sensor measurement using an operator-specific application based on a locally-stored communication routing table, wherein:
 the locally-stored communication routing table defines whether the received environmental sensor measurements are transmitted or processed locally based on the wire terminal from which each environmental sensor measurement was received; and 
 
 based on determining to process the environmental sensor measurement, process the environmental sensor measurement using the operator-specific application. 
   
     
     
         2 . The environmental sensor gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to select a long-range communication interface from the plurality of long-range communication interfaces to transmit the processed environmental sensor measurement to a remote server system of the one or more remote server systems based on the wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals through which the environmental sensor measurement was received and the locally-stored communication routing table. 
     
     
         3 . The environmental sensor gateway device of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the processed environmental sensor measurement to be transmitted to the remote server system using the selected long-range communication interface. 
     
     
         4 . The environmental sensor gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 cause the processed environmental sensor measurement to be stored by the environmental sensor gateway device based on an instruction of the operator-specific application, wherein the stored environmental sensor measurement is transmitted as part of a batch transfer of environmental sensor measurements to the remote server system.   
     
     
         5 . The environmental sensor gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors being configured to process the environmental sensor measurement comprises:
 combining the environmental sensor measurement with a plurality of other environmental sensor measurements received via the wire terminal.   
     
     
         6 . The environmental sensor gateway device of  claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
 cause the combined environmental sensor measurements to be transmitted to the remote server system.   
     
     
         7 . The environmental sensor gateway device of  claim 6 , wherein the combined environmental sensor measurements are transmitted via a 5G cellular network. 
     
     
         8 . A method for using an environmental sensor gateway, the method comprising:
 connecting a plurality of wire terminals of the environmental sensor gateway with a plurality of wires that are electrically connected with a plurality of environmental sensors;   executing an operator-specific application;   receiving, by the environmental sensor gateway, environmental sensor measurements from the plurality of environmental sensors;   converting, by the environmental sensor gateway, at least some of the received environmental sensor measurements from the plurality of environmental sensors to a standard format and append a header that indicates a wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals from which the environmental sensor measurement was received;   determining, by the environmental sensor gateway, based on the wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals through which an environmental sensor measurement was received as indicated in the header, to process the environmental sensor measurement using the operator-specific application based on a locally-stored communication routing table, wherein:
 the locally-stored communication routing table defines whether the received environmental sensor measurements are transmitted or processed locally based on the wire terminal from which each environmental sensor measurement was received; and 
   based on determining to process the environmental sensor measurement, processing, by the environmental sensor gateway, the environmental sensor measurement using the operator-specific application.   
     
     
         9 . The method for using the environmental sensor gateway of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 selecting, by the environmental sensor gateway, a long-range communication interface from a plurality of long-range communication interfaces to transmit the processed environmental sensor measurement to a remote server based on the wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals through which the environmental sensor measurement was received and the locally-stored communication routing table.   
     
     
         10 . The method for using the environmental sensor gateway of  claim 9 , further comprising transmitting the processed environmental sensor measurement to the remote server using the selected long-range communication interface. 
     
     
         11 . The method for using the environmental sensor gateway of  claim 9 , the method further comprising:
 causing, by the environmental sensor gateway, the environmental sensor measurement to be stored by the environmental sensor gateway based on an instruction of the operator-specific application; and   transmitting, by the environmental sensor gateway, the stored environmental sensor measurement as part of a batch transfer of environmental sensor measurements to the remote server.   
     
     
         12 . The method for using the environmental sensor gateway of  claim 8 , wherein processing the environmental sensor measurement comprises combining the environmental sensor measurement with a plurality of other environmental sensor measurements received via the wire terminal. 
     
     
         13 . The method for using the environmental sensor gateway of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 causing, by the environmental sensor gateway, the combined environmental sensor measurements to be transmitted to the remote server.   
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory processor-readable medium for execution by one or more processors of an environmental sensor gateway, comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:
 execute an operator-specific application;   receive environmental sensor measurements from a plurality of environmental sensors via a plurality of wire terminals;   convert a received environmental sensor measurements from the plurality of environmental sensors to a standard format and append a header that indicates a wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals from which the environmental sensor measurement was received;   determine based on the wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals through which the environmental sensor measurement was received as indicated in the header, to process the environmental sensor measurement using the operator-specific application based on a locally-stored communication routing table, wherein:
 the locally-stored communication routing table defines whether the received environmental sensor measurements are transmitted or processed locally based on the wire terminal from which each environmental sensor measurement was received; and 
   based on determining to process the environmental sensor measurement, process the environmental sensor measurement using the operator-specific application.   
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the processor-readable instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to:
 select a long-range communication interface from a plurality of long-range communication interfaces to transmit the processed environmental sensor measurement to a remote server system based on the wire terminal of the plurality of wire terminals through which the environmental sensor measurement was received and the locally-stored communication routing table.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the processor-readable instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to cause the processed environmental sensor measurement to be transmitting to the remote server system using the selected long-range communication interface. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein transmission is performed via a 5G cellular network. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the processor-readable instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to:
 cause the environmental sensor measurement to be stored by the environmental sensor gateway based on an instruction of the operator-specific application; and   cause the stored environmental sensor measurement to be transmitted as part of a batch transfer of environmental sensor measurements to a remote server system.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the processor-readable instructions wherein processing the environmental sensor measurement comprises combining the environmental sensor measurement with a plurality of other environmental sensor measurements received via the wire terminal. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory processor-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the processor-readable instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to: cause the combined environmental sensor measurements to be transmitted to a remote server system.