US 11,729,078 B2
Method and devices for a load allocation and monitoring for a supply security-critical resource to be allocated in a network
Abhinav Sadu, Aachen (DE); Gianluca Lipari, Aachen (DE); Ferdinanda Ponci, Aachen (DE); and Jindal Akshay, Aachen (DE)
Assigned to RHEINISCH-WESTFÄLISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH) AACHEN, Aachen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/440,892
Filed by RHEINISCH-WESTFÄLISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH) AACHEN, Aachen (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/057777
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/188082, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019203874.3 (DE), filed on Mar. 21, 2019; and application No. LU101163 (LU), filed on Mar. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0166696 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 43/0817 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/0817 (2013.01) [H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for load allocation and monitoring for a resource to be allocated by nodes of a network, wherein the resource to be allocated is a critical resource in terms of supply security of a population group and/or a system, and wherein the nodes of the network comprise network units and each network unit has a network unit controller, the method comprising:
storing network unit control methods, network unit parameter data sets, and subnetwork monitoring methods in at least one blockchain, wherein the at least one blockchain is set up to store static and/or dynamic data;
allocating a subnetwork monitoring unit to a subset of the nodes of the network;
transmitting a network unit control method to each network unit controller of the subset of the nodes of the network;
transmitting a network unit parameter data set to each network unit controller of the subset of the nodes of the network;
wherein the transmitting of the network unit control method and the network unit parameter data sets is cryptographically secured against reading and tampering, and wherein transmitting the network unit control methods and the network unit parameter data sets to the corresponding network unit controllers ensures proper functioning of each network unit controller of the subset of the nodes of the network; and
monitoring the proper functioning of each network unit controller of the subset of the nodes of the network by the subnetwork monitoring unit using a corresponding subnetwork monitoring method,
wherein the at least one blockchain stores quality of service (QoS) parameters that define a required QoS for operating and monitoring each network unit controller, and
wherein, in the event of a failure of the subnetwork monitoring unit, the method comprises:
allocating a respective network unit controllers being monitored by the failed subnetwork monitoring unit to one or more remaining subnetwork monitoring units that are not affected by the failure and that satisfy the QoS parameters for the respective network unit controller,
wherein the at least one blockchain stores network unit control parameters of each network unit controller, regarding the accessibility or responsiveness of the corresponding network unit controller,
wherein the QoS parameters are different for each network unit controller, and
wherein the QoS parameters comprise a bandwidth requirement for the subnetwork monitoring unit, a security requirement for a communication channel between the subnetwork monitoring unit and the respective network unit controller, and a computing capacity requirement for the subnetwork monitoring unit.