Methods and systems of an all purpose broadband network with publish subscribe broker network
A system including a server and a wireless RF access node connected to a communication network is provided. The server provides a first publish-subscribe broker of one or more publish-subscribe brokers forming part of a publish-subscribe broker network. The server connects to the wireless RF access node. A first entity connects via the wireless RF access node to the first publish-subscribe broker using a unicast IP address and thereafter publishes data packets. A second entity connects to the publish-subscribe broker network via any of the one or more publish-subscribe brokers. The server provides packet distribution services via the first publish-subscribe broker for the first entity, the publish-subscribe broker network routes communications from the first entity to the second entity when the second entity is subscribed; and the data packets published by the first entity are routed through the publish-subscribe broker to which the second entity is connected.
1. A system comprising:
a wireless RF access node having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with a first entity that is a transceiver device in the RF coverage area, wherein the wireless RF access node is communicatively connected to one or more servers through a communication network, wherein the one or more servers are adapted to provide streaming data distribution services for the transceiver device via the wireless RF access node, wherein the one or more servers comprise a first publish-subscribe broker that is part of a publish-subscribe broker network that comprises one or more additional publish-subscribe brokers, wherein the publish-subscribe broker network is operable to distribute published streaming data between entities that have published streaming data and entities that have subscribed to receive the published streaming data via the publish-subscribe broker network, wherein the first entity is connected to the publish-subscribe broker network via the first publish-subscribe broker;
wherein the one or more servers are further adapted to subscribe to streaming data provided by the transceiver device, encode the received streaming data at different encoding rates, and publish the streaming data at each of the different encoding rates via one or more publish-subscribe brokers to which the one or more servers are connected to the publish-subscribe broker network; and
wherein a second entity connected via an air interface to a second publish-subscribe broker in the publish-subscribe broker network accepts communications from the one or more servers at an encoding rate, of the different encoding rates, selected based at least in part on a transmission ability of the air interface by subscribing, via the second publish-subscribe broker, to streaming data published by the one or more servers at the selected encoding rate.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless RF access node is part of a wireless network with one or more wireless RF access nodes for packet routing.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more publish-subscribe brokers is located in a public network.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second entity is at least one of a computer-based user communication device, a mobile transceiver device, a sensor-based communication device, and an application.
5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of sensor devices with associated sensor data in communication with the publish-subscribe broker network, and wherein the publish-subscribe broker network enables collection and distribution of sensor data among a plurality of entities that provide and receive data related to functions performed by the plurality of sensor devices.
6. A method comprising:
receiving published streaming data from a first entity via a wireless RF access node; and
communicating, by the wireless RF access node, the published streaming data to one or more servers, wherein the one or more servers are adapted to provide streaming data distribution services for the first entity via the wireless RF access node by subscribing to the published streaming data from the first entity, encoding the received published streaming data at different encoding rates, and re-publishing the received published streaming data at each of the different encoding rates via one or more publish-subscribe brokers to which the one or more servers are connected to a publish subscribe broker network;
wherein the publish-subscribe broker network is operable to distribute published streaming data between entities that published data and entities that subscribed to receive the published streaming data via the publish-subscribe broker network,
wherein the publish-subscribe broker network routes the re-published streaming data to a second entity at an encoding rate, of the different encoding rates, selected based at least in part on a transmission ability of an air interface that connects the second entity to a second publish-subscribe broker that is part of the publish-subscribe broker network, and
wherein the second entity is able to accepts the re-published streaming data after the second entity subscribes to the re-published streaming data via the second publish-subscribe broker.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first entity is a transceiver device configured for RF communication with the wireless RF access node having an RF coverage area.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the wireless RF access node is communicatively connected to the one or more servers through a communication network.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the wireless RF access node is part of a wireless network with one or more wireless RF access nodes for packet routing.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second publish-subscribe broker is located in a public network.
11. A system comprising:
a first entity that is a transceiver device configured for RF communication with a wireless RF access node having an RF coverage area, wherein the wireless RF access node is communicatively connected to one or more servers through a communication network, wherein the one or more servers are adapted to provide streaming data distribution services for the first entity via the wireless RF access node,
wherein the one or more servers comprise a first publish-subscribe broker that is part of and connects the first entity to a publish-subscribe broker network that comprises one or more additional publish-subscribe brokers, wherein the publish-subscribe broker network is operable to distribute published streaming data between entities that have published streaming data and entities that have subscribed to receive the published streaming data via the publish-subscribe broker network, wherein the one or more servers are further adapted to subscribe to streaming data provided by the transceiver device, encode the received streaming data at different encoding rates, and re-publish the streaming data at each of the different encoding rates via one or publish-subscribe brokers to which the one or more servers are connected to the publish subscribe broker network, and
wherein a second entity connected via an air interface to a second publish-subscribe broker in the publish-subscribe broker network accepts communications from the one or more servers at an encoding rate, of the different encoding rates, selected based at least in part on a transmission ability of the air interface by subscribing, via the second publish-subscribe broker, to streaming data re-published by the one or more servers at the selected encoding rate.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the wireless RF access node is part of a wireless network with one or more wireless RF access nodes for packet routing.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the one or more publish-subscribe brokers is located in a public network.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second entity is at least one of a computer-based user communication device, a mobile transceiver device, a sensor-based communication device, and an application.
15. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of sensor devices with associated sensor data in communication with the publish-subscribe broker network, and wherein the publish-subscribe broker network enables collection and distribution of sensor data among a plurality of entities that provide and receive data related to functions performed by the plurality of sensor devices.
16. A method comprising:
subscribing one or more servers to published streaming data from a first entity, wherein the one or more servers are adapted to provide streaming data distribution services for the first entity;
communicating the published streaming data by the first entity via a wireless RF access node;
receiving, at the one or more servers, the published streaming data;
encoding, at the one or more servers, the received streaming data at different encoding rates, and re-publishing, by the one or more servers, the streaming data at each of the different encoding rates via one or more publish-subscribe brokers to which the one or more servers are connected to a publish-subscribe broker network;
wherein the publish-subscribe broker network is operable to distribute published streaming data between entities that published streaming data and entities that subscribed to receive the published streaming data via the publish-subscribe broker network;
subscribing, via an air interface and a second publish-subscribe broker of the publish-subscribe broker network, to the streaming data re-published by the one or more servers at an encoding rate, of the different encoding rates, selected based at least in part on a transmission ability of the air interface;
and
communicating the re-published streaming data at the selected encoding rate to the second entity.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first entity is a transceiver device configured for RF communication with the wireless RF access node having an RF coverage area.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the wireless RF access node is communicatively connected to the one or more servers through a communication network.
19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the wireless RF access node is part of a wireless network with one or more wireless RF access nodes for packet routing.
20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second publish-subscribe broker is located in a public network.
21. A system comprising:
one or more servers communicatively connected to a wireless RF access node having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with a first entity that is a transceiver device in the RF coverage area, wherein the one or more servers are adapted to provide streaming data distribution services for the transceiver device via the wireless RF access node by subscribing to streaming data provided by the transceiver device, encoding the received streaming data at different encoding rates, and re-publishing the streaming data at each of the different encoding rates via one or more publish-subscribe brokers to which the one or more servers are connected to a publish-subscribe broker network, wherein the one or more servers comprise a first publish-subscribe broker that is part of and connects the first entity to the publish-subscribe broker network, wherein the publish-subscribe broker network comprises one or more additional publish-subscribe brokers, wherein the publish-subscribe broker network is operable to distribute published streaming data between entities that have published streaming data and entities that have subscribed to receive the published streaming data via the publish-subscribe broker network, and
wherein a second entity connected via an air interface to a second publish-subscribe broker in the publish-subscribe broker network accepts communications from the one or more servers at an encoding rate, of the different encoding rates, selected based at least in part on a transmission ability of the air interface by subscribing, via the second publish-subscribe broker, to the streaming data re-published by the one or more servers.
22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the wireless RF access node is part of a wireless network with one or more wireless RF access nodes for packet routing.
23. The system of claim 21 , wherein at least one of the one or more publish-subscribe brokers is located in a public network.
24. The system of claim 21 , wherein the second entity is at least one of a computer-based user communication device, a mobile transceiver device, a sensor-based communication device, and an application.
25. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a plurality of sensor devices with associated sensor data in communication with the publish-subscribe broker network, and wherein the publish-subscribe broker network enables collection and distribution of sensor data among a plurality of entities that provide and receive data related to functions performed by the plurality of sensor devices.
26. A method comprising:
subscribing one or more servers to published streaming data provided to a wireless RF access node by a first entity, wherein the one or more servers provide packet distribution services for the first entity via the wireless RF access node;
receiving, by one or more servers, the published streaming data;
encoding, by the one or more servers, the published streaming data at different encoding rates;
re-publishing, by the one or more servers, the streaming data at each of the different encoding rates via one or more publish-subscribe brokers to which the one or more servers are connected to a publish-subscribe broker network, wherein the publish-subscribe broker network is operable to distribute published streaming data between entities that published streaming data and entities that subscribed to receive the published streaming data via the publish-subscribe broker network; and
wherein the publish-subscribe broker network routes the re-published streaming data at a selected encoding rate, of the different encoding rates, to a second entity connected via an air interface to a second publish-subscribe broker that is part of the publish-subscribe broker network, and the selected encoding rate is based at least in part on a transmission ability of the air interface,
wherein the second entity is able to accept the re-published streaming data after subscribing to the re-published streaming data via the second publish-subscribe broker.
27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the first entity is a transceiver device configured for RF communication with the wireless RF access node having an RF coverage area.
28. The method of claim 26 , wherein the wireless RF access node is communicatively connected to the one or more servers through a communication network.
29. The method of claim 26 , wherein the wireless RF access node is part of a wireless network with one or more wireless RF access nodes for packet routing.
30. The method of claim 26 , wherein the second publish-subscribe broker is located in a public network.
31. A system comprising:
a second entity connected via an air interface to a second publish-subscribe broker that is part of a publish-subscribe broker network, wherein the publish-subscribe broker network comprises one or more additional publish-subscribe brokers, wherein the publish-subscribe broker network is operable to distribute published streaming data between entities that have published streaming data and entities that have subscribed to receive the published streaming data via the publish-subscribe broker network,
wherein the second entity is communicatively connected via an air interface to one or more servers through the publish-subscribe broker network, the one or more servers comprising a first publish-subscribe broker on the publish-subscribe broker network, wherein the one or more servers are communicatively connected to a wireless RF access node having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with a first entity that is a transceiver device in the RF coverage area, wherein the first entity is connected to the publish-subscribe broker network via the first publish-subscribe broker, and wherein the one or more servers are adapted to provide streaming data distribution services for the transceiver device via the wireless RF access node by subscribing to streaming data published by the transceiver device, encode the received streaming data at different encoding rates, and re-publish the streaming data at each of the different encoding rates via one or more publish-subscribe brokers to which the one or more servers are connected to the publish subscribe broker network, and
wherein the second entity accepts communications from the one or more servers, at an encoding rate, of the different encoding rates, selected based at least in part on a transmission ability of the air interface after subscribing, via the second publish-subscribe broker, to the streaming data re-published by the one or more servers.
32. The system of claim 31 , wherein the wireless RF access node is part of a wireless network with one or more wireless RF access nodes for packet routing.
33. The system of claim 31 , wherein at least one of the one or more publish-subscribe brokers is located in a public network.
34. The system of claim 31 , wherein the second entity is at least one of a computer-based user communication device, a mobile transceiver device, a sensor-based communication device, and an application.
35. The system of claim 31 , further comprising a plurality of sensor devices with associated sensor data in communication with the publish-subscribe broker network, and wherein the publish-subscribe broker network enables collection and distribution of sensor data among a plurality of entities that provide and receive data related to functions performed by the plurality of sensor devices.
36. A method comprising:
subscribing, by a second entity via a second publish-subscribe broker that is part of and connects the second entity to a publish-subscribe broker network via an air interface, to streaming data re-published by one or more servers and published by a first entity connected to the publish-subscribe broker network via a first publish-subscribe broker, wherein the one or more servers are adapted to subscribe to the streaming data published by the first entity, encode the received streaming data at different encoding rates, and re-publish the streaming data at each of the different encoding rates via one or more publish-subscribe brokers to which the one or more servers are connected to the publish-subscribe broker network; and
receiving, by the second entity via the second publish-subscribe broker, the re-published streaming data from the publish-subscribe broker network at an encoding rate, of the different encoding rates, selected based at least in part on a transmission ability of the air interface, wherein the publish-subscribe broker network is operable to distribute published streaming data between entities that published streaming data and entities that subscribed to receive the published streaming data via the publish-subscribe broker network,
wherein the one or more servers are adapted to provide streaming data distribution services for the publishing entity via a wireless RF access node.
37. The method of claim 36 , wherein the first entity is a transceiver device configured for RF communication with the wireless RF access node having an RF coverage area.
38. The method of claim 36 , wherein the wireless RF access node is communicatively connected to the one or more servers through a communication network.
39. The method of claim 36 , wherein the wireless RF access node is part of a wireless network with one or more wireless RF access nodes for packet routing.
40. The method of claim 36 , wherein the second publish-subscribe broker is located in a public network.
41. The system of claim 1 , wherein; an encoding rate that can be received over the air interface by the second entity is determined by the second entity from real-time knowledge of the air interface;
and the second entity selects the encoding rate for the communications from the one or more servers based at least in part on the encoding rate that can be received over the air interface.
42. The system of claim 1 , wherein a third entity connected to the publish-subscribe broker network via a third publish-subscribe broker in the publish-subscribe broker network accepts communications from the transceiver device after the third entity subscribes, via the third publish-subscribe broker, to the streaming data published by the one or more servers at a different time than when the one or more servers published the streaming data for receipt by the second entity.
43. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more servers are further adapted to:
store the streaming data in a memory device for publication to a third entity at a different time than when the streaming data is published to the second entity.