EFFICIENCY AND RESILIENCY ENHANCEMENTS FOR TRANSITION STATES IN AD HOC NETWORKS
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1. A method, comprising:
- establishing an ad hoc network between at least a borrower and at least one lender of bandwidth;
downloading requested data from a data source via the ad hoc network;
leaving the ad hoc network while maintaining some of the downloaded requested data; and
reestablishing a connection to the data source for completing the downloading of the requested data.
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Abstract
A method includes establishing an ad hoc network between at least a borrower and at least one lender of bandwidth and downloading requested data from a data source via the ad hoc network. The method further includes leaving the ad hoc network while maintaining some of the downloaded requested data. The method further includes reestablishing a connection to the data source for completing the downloading of the requested data.
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39 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing an ad hoc network between at least a borrower and at least one lender of bandwidth; downloading requested data from a data source via the ad hoc network; leaving the ad hoc network while maintaining some of the downloaded requested data; and reestablishing a connection to the data source for completing the downloading of the requested data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for deploying an application in a computing environment, comprising:
a computer infrastructure being operable to; establish an ad hoc network between at least a borrower and at least one lender of bandwidth; maintain data which is already downloaded after the borrower in the ad hoc network leaves the ad hoc network; and permit reestablishment of a connection to a data source for completing the downloading of the requested data. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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27. The method of 26, wherein a borrower downloads information from the computer infrastructure.
- 34. A system comprising a server having a database containing data associated with at least one lender and a borrower in an ad hoc network, and at least one of a hardware and software component for establishing an ad hoc network between at least the borrower and the at least one lender of bandwidth, the at least one of a hardware and software component downloading requested data from a data source to the borrower via the ad hoc network and maintaining the downloaded data when the borrower permanently or temporarily leaves the ad hoc network, and, subsequently, downloading a remaining portion of the requested data via a same type or different type connection.
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39. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component to:
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establish an ad hoc network between at least a borrower and at least one lender of bandwidth; download requested data from a data source to the borrower via the ad hoc network; maintain at least a portion of requested data already downloaded; and complete the download of requested data to the borrower without re-downloading the requested data already downloaded.
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