US 12,010,189 B2
Roadside edge node central management
Tyler S. Worman, Ypsilanti, MI (US)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed by The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/889,484.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,948, filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0056744 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/53 (2022.05) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing third-party software packages at a roadside edge node, comprising the steps of:
receiving a third-party software package at an edge node management controller that is located at a roadside edge node, wherein the edge node management controller is used to execute a software manager application;
using the software manager application, installing the third-party software package at the roadside edge node, wherein the software manager application is configured to receive sensor data requests from the third-party software package and one or more other third-party software packages installed at the roadside edge node, and wherein each sensor data request of the sensor data requests is formed according to an application programming interface (API);
executing the third-party software package at the roadside edge node; and
providing sensor information to the third-party software package indicating information concerning one or more sensors that are present at the roadside edge node.