Application US20200044918

CONFIGURING RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED DEVICES IN A NETWORK
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US20200044918

1. A method comprising: (7) (1)

at a first fog node of a plurality of fog nodes, the first fog node including a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory: maintaining a distributed ledger in coordination with the remaining fog nodes of the plurality of fog nodes, wherein the distributed ledger stores configuration information associated with one or more devices;

obtaining a request for configuration information from a device that breaches a resource threshold associated with the distributed ledger; and

transmitting, to the device, the configuration information associated with the device in order to allow the device to be configured in accordance with the configuration information while the device breaches the resource threshold associated with the distributed ledger.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource threshold indicates resources to maintain the distributed ledger, and the device does not have one or more of the resources indicated by the resource threshold; and (0) (1)

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (0) (1)

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information satisfies a chain of trust indicating an authenticity of the configuration information. (0)

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (0) (2)

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (1) (1)

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (0) (2)

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the request includes a request for a change in configuration, the method further comprising: (0) (2)

10. A fog node comprising: (7) (2)

a processor provided to execute computer readable instructions included on a non-transitory memory; and

a non-transitory memory including computer readable instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the fog node to: maintain a distributed ledger in coordination with other fog nodes, wherein the distributed ledger stores configuration information associated with one or more devices;

obtain a request for configuration information from a device that breaches a resource threshold associated with the distributed ledger; and

transmit, to the device, the configuration information associated with the device in order to allow the device to be configured in accordance with the configuration information while the device breaches the resource threshold associated with the distributed ledger.

11. The fog node of claim 10, wherein the resource threshold indicates resources to maintain the distributed ledger, and the device does not have one or more of the resources indicated by the resource threshold; and (0) (1)

12. The fog node of claim 10, wherein the instructions further cause the fog node to: (0) (1)

13. The fog node of claim 10, wherein the configuration information satisfies a chain of trust indicating that the configuration information has not been tampered with. (0)

14. The fog node of claim 10, wherein the instructions further cause the fog node to: (0) (2)

15. The fog node of claim 10, wherein the instructions further cause the fog node to: (1) (1)

17. The fog node of claim 10, wherein the instructions further cause the fog node to: (0) (2)

18. The fog node of claim 10, wherein the request includes a request for a change in configuration, the instructions further cause the fog node to: (0) (2)

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by a first fog node of a plurality of fog nodes, cause the first fog node to perform or cause performance of: (1) (3)

maintaining a distributed ledger in coordination with the remaining fog nodes of the plurality of fog nodes, wherein the distributed ledger stores configuration information associated with one or more devices;

obtaining a request for configuration information from a device that breaches a resource threshold associated with the distributed ledger; and

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the resource threshold indicates resources to maintain the distributed ledger, and the device does not have one or more of the resources indicated by the resource threshold; and (0) (1)

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Application US20200044918

CONFIGURING RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED DEVICES IN A NETWORK

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