DETERMINISTIC POWER-AWARE WIRELESS NETWORK
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1. A method to manage an application-layer-managed network, the method comprising:
- receiving a received signal strength indication at an application layer of an access node from a media access control layer of the access node;
determining if one of the received signal strength indication and an averaged received signal strength indication is within a selected range of received signal strength indication; and
transmitting a power-level-adjustment signal to the media access control layer based on the determination, the power-level-adjustment signal adapted to adjust a transmission power level of at least one of a plurality of network nodes.
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Abstract
A method to manage an application-layer-managed network. The method includes receiving a received signal strength indication at an application layer of an access node from a media access control layer of the access node, determining if the received signal strength indication or an averaged received signal strength indication are within a selected range of received signal strength indication. The method also includes transmitting a power-level-adjustment signal to the media access control layer based on the determination. The power-level-adjustment signal adjusts a transmission power level of at least one of a plurality of network nodes.
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1. A method to manage an application-layer-managed network, the method comprising:
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receiving a received signal strength indication at an application layer of an access node from a media access control layer of the access node;
determining if one of the received signal strength indication and an averaged received signal strength indication is within a selected range of received signal strength indication; and
transmitting a power-level-adjustment signal to the media access control layer based on the determination, the power-level-adjustment signal adapted to adjust a transmission power level of at least one of a plurality of network nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An application-layer-managed network, the network comprising:
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a plurality of network nodes;
an access node having an application layer, the access node communicatively coupled to the plurality of network nodes;
wherein the application layer includes a transmit-power control protocol adapted to control transmission power levels of the plurality of network nodes and the application layer further includes an encryption protocol adapted to provide secure, symmetric cryptography with dynamic key derivation; and
a media access control layer in communication with the application layer of the access node, the media access control layer including protocol for a time division multiple access scheme to prevent signal collisions among the linked network nodes, wherein the application layer managed network provides energy aware priority and dynamic band width allocation for the linked network nodes communicating encrypted signals. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A program-product comprising program instructions, embodied on a storage medium, that are adapted to cause a programmable processor to:
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receive a received signal strength indication at an application layer of an access node from a media access control layer of the access node;
determine if one of the received signal strength indication and an averaged received signal strength indication is within a selected range of received signal strength indication; and
transmit a power-level-adjustment signal to the media access control layer based on the determination, the power-level-adjustment signal adapted to adjust a transmission power level of at least one of a plurality of network nodes. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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