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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Paul McKee, London, GB;

Nicholas Davies, London, GB;

Sandra Stin{hacek over (c)}ić-Clarke, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/5009 (2022.01); H04L 67/61 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 67/61 (2022.05); H04W 4/38 (2018.02);
Abstract

An environment of sensors and actuators is operated in accordance with predetermined policies, and the effectiveness of individual policies is monitored by comparing inputs from the sensors () with intended outcomes from policies controlled by previous inputs from one or more of the same sensors. Each policy includes a check function (), wherein a sensor, other than the one that triggers the actions, monitors the actions generated by the policy and generates an output () indicative of whether a system state is approaching a condition specified by the policy.


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