Signal routing dependent on a loading indicator of a mobile node

• US 20070116016A1
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward, Cohen, Alexander, Tegreene, Clarence, Lord, Robert, Rinaldo, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,711,698 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/400
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/026 Route selection considering the moving speed of individual devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/18 based on predicted events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location

Abstract

A device, method, computer program product, and network subsystem are described for obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node and routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier.

Claims

1. A communication method comprising:

obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node; and

routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier.

2. The communication method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

including at least an estimate of an arrival time in the data.

3. The communication method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

routing at least a portion of the data through a passenger vehicle.

4. The communication method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

updating state information in the data.

5. The communication method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

indicating a position of an intermediate node to a next-upstream-node.

6. The communication method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

broadcasting the load indicator.

7. The communication method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

indicating a suitability of a signal route.

8. The communication method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

indicating a suitability of an intermediate node.

9. The communication method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

performing an operation while routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier.

10. The communication method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

receiving a latitude and a longitude of the mobile node.

11. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

transmitting the data.

12. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

transmitting state information with the data.

13. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

transmitting the data via a free space medium.

14. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

arranging the data into one or more packets.

15. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

arranging the data into one or more packets; and

transmitting the data via a free space medium.

16. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

performing a retry operation.

17. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

performing a retry operation using a compound route.

18. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

displaying at least an indication of the data at the mobile node.

19. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

streaming at least a portion of the data.

20. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

including at least a data priority indication in the data.

21. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

including at least a data ownership indication in the data.

22. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

including at least a destination indication in the data.

23. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

including at least a destination position index in the data.

24. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

encrypting at least a portion of the data.

25. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

reserving a route.

27. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

awaiting an acknowledgment signal before sending a portion of the data.

28. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

converting at least a portion of the data into an optical signal.

29. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

multiplexing at least a portion of the data.

30. The communication method of claim 1, wherein routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

performing one or more error correction operations on at least a portion of the data.

26. (canceled)

31. A network subsystem comprising:

a module for obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node; and

circuitry for routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier.

32. The network subsystem of claim 31, wherein the module for obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

a memory.

33. The network subsystem of claim 31, wherein the module for obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

a processor.

34. The network subsystem of claim 31, wherein the circuitry for routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

a transmitter.

35. A network subsystem comprising:

means for obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node; and

means for routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier.

36. The network subsystem of claim 35, wherein the means for obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprises:

an antenna.

37. The network subsystem of claim 35, wherein the means for routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprises:

a transceiver operable to communicate with the mobile node.

38. A computer program product comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing at least one of

one or more instructions for obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node; and

one or more instructions for routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier.

39. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein the signal-bearing medium comprises:

a computer-readable medium.

40. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein the signal-bearing medium comprises:

a recordable medium.

41. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein the signal-bearing medium comprises:

a disk.

42. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein the one or more instructions for obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprise:

one or more instructions for including at least an estimate of an arrival time in the data.

43. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein the one or more instructions for obtaining a node identifier dependent on at least a position index and a loading indicator of a mobile node comprise:

one or more instructions for updating state information in the data.

44. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein the one or more instructions for routing data through the mobile node responsive to the node identifier comprise:

one or more instructions for streaming at least a portion of the data.