International Business Machines Corporation
SHIPMENT PING RATE MANAGER

Abstract:

A method for managing a ping rate for a shipment tracking device includes determining, a battery life for a power source of a shipment tracking device associated with a shipment between an origin location and a destination location. The method further includes determining a budget of pings for data transfer by the shipment tracking device, where a ping includes various data collected by a plurality of sensors on the shipment tracking device. The method further includes determining, based on the battery life for the power source and the budget of pings for the data transfer, a transit ping rate for an initial portion of a transit route. The method further includes responsive to receiving a first ping from the shipment tracking device with a first set of the various data, updating the transit ping rate based on the first ping with the first set of data.