METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF NETWORK-SENSITIVE DATA COLLECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL DRILLING ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

An apparatus, methods and systems for network-sensitive data collection in an industrial drilling environment are disclosed. The system can include a data storage circuit to store a data collector route and a sensor specification, wherein the data collector route includes a sensor collection routine, a data collector providing a plurality of detection values from the input channels in response to the sensor collection routine and the sensor specification, a network coding circuit to provide a plurality of network coding value, a storage implementation circuit to store a first portion of detection values according to a first network coding value. The network coding circuit also determines a performance indicator related to the first network coding value and provides a second network coding value based on the performance indicator. The storage implementation circuit then stores a second portion of the detection values according to the second network coding value.

Claims

1. A monitoring system for network-sensitive data collection in an industrial drilling environment, the system comprising: a data storage circuit structured to store at least one data collector route and at least one sensor specification, wherein each sensor specification corresponds to at least one of a plurality of input channels, and wherein the at least one data collector route comprises a corresponding sensor collection routine; a data collector communicatively coupled to the plurality of input channels and providing a plurality of detection values from the plurality of input channels in response the at least one sensor collection routine and the at least one sensor specification; a network coding circuit structured to provide a plurality of network coding values; a sensor data storage implementation circuit structured to store at least a first portion of the plurality of detection values according to a first network coding value of the plurality of network coding values; and wherein the network coding circuit is further structured to: determine a performance indicator related to the first network coding value; provide a second network coding value of the plurality of network coding values based on the performance indicator, and wherein the sensor data storage implementation circuit is further structured to store at least a second portion of the plurality of detection values according to the second network coding value.

2. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the performance indicator comprises at least one performance indicator selected from the a consisting of: a network feedback value, a network condition value, a network topology value, an intermittently available network device value, and a network cost description value.

3. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of network coding values each comprise at least one network definition value selected from a list consisting of: a packet sizing value, a packet distribution value, a combination of the plurality of detection values within packets, an encoding algorithm for packets, and a decoding algorithm for packets.

4. The monitoring system of claim 1, further comprising an analysis circuit structured to adjust at least one of the data collector route or the sensor specification, in response to the performance indicator.

5. The monitoring system of claim 4, wherein adjusting the data collector route comprises modifying at least one of: activating a sensor, deactivating a sensor, modifying a sensor's sensitivity, modifying a sensor's capabilities, switching between sensors with different capabilities, and switching between sensors with different locations.

6. The monitoring system of claim 4, wherein the analysis circuit is distributed between the data collector and a remote infrastructure.

7. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the data storage circuit is further structured to modify the storage of at least a portion of the plurality of detection values, wherein the modifying the storage comprises modifying at least one of: a data storage device, a data storage density, and a data storage trajectory.

8. A computer-implemented method for network-sensitive data collection in an industrial drilling environment, the method comprising: storing at least one data collector route and at least one sensor specification, wherein each sensor specification corresponds to at least one of a plurality of input channels, and wherein the at least one data collector route comprises a corresponding sensor collection routine; providing, using a data collector communicatively coupled to the plurality of input channels, a plurality of detection values from the plurality of input channels in response the at least one sensor collection routine and the at least one sensor specification; providing a plurality of network coding values; storing at least a portion of the plurality of detection values according to a first network coding value of the plurality of network coding values; determining a performance indicator related to the first network coding value; providing a second network coding value of the plurality of network coding values based on the performance indicator; and storing at least a second portion of the plurality of detection values according to the second network coding value.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one of the plurality of detection values comprises a continuously monitored detection value.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the performance indicator comprises an ability to provide the continuously monitored detection value.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the performance indicator further comprises at least one performance indicator selected from a list consisting of: a network feedback value, a network condition value, a network topology value, an intermittently available network device value, and a network cost description value.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising adjusting at least one of the data collector route or the sensor specification, in response to the performance indicator.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein adjusting the data collector route comprises modifying at least one of: activating a sensor, deactivating a sensor, modifying a sensor's sensitivity, modifying a sensor's scaling, modifying a sensor's sampling frequency, modifying a sensor's capabilities, switching between sensors with different capabilities, and switching between sensors with different locations.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising modifying at least one of: a data storage device, a data storage density, and a data storage trajectory, used for storing the at least a portion of the detection values.

15. A monitoring apparatus for network-sensitive data collection in an industrial drilling environment, the apparatus comprising: a data storage component configured to store at least one data collector route and at least one sensor specification, wherein each sensor specification corresponds to at least one of a plurality of input channels, and wherein the at least one data collector route comprises a corresponding sensor collection routine; a data collector component, communicatively coupled to the plurality of input channels, configured to provide a plurality of detection values from the plurality of input channels in response the at least one sensor collection routine and the at least one sensor specification; a network coding component configured to provide a plurality of network coding values; a sensor data storage implementation component configured to store at least a portion of the plurality of detection values according to a first network coding value of the plurality of network coding values; wherein the network coding component is further configured to: determine a performance indicator related to the first network coding value; provide a second network coding value of the plurality of network coding values based on the performance indicator, and wherein the sensor data storage implementation component is further configured to store at least a second portion of the plurality of detection values according to the second network coding value.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plurality of network coding values each comprise at least one value selected from the values consisting of: a network type selection, a network selection, a network coding selection, a network timing selection, a network feature selection, a network protocol selection, a packet size selection, and a packet ordering selection.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the performance indicator comprises at least one performance indicator selected from a list consisting of: a network feedback value, a network condition value, a network topology value, an intermittently available network device value, and a network cost description value.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the network coding component further comprises a self-organizing network coding system configured to self-organize network coding data in response to the performance indicator.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein at least one of the plurality of detection values comprises a continuously monitored detection value, and the performance indicator comprises an ability to provide the continuously monitored detection value.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a response circuit structured to provide feedback to a haptic device in response to the continuously monitored detection value.