Communication Nodes for Use with an Ad-Hoc Network
First Claim
1. A node comprising:
- a processor;
a transceiver in communication with the processor for receiving and transmitting signals, the transmitted and received signals being via a wireless transmission medium;
wherein the processor for identifying the received signals as including either a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node or not including a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node;
whereinwhen the received signals include a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node the processor;
extracting information from the received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node and determining whether the another node has capacity to add the node as a member of a group coordinated by the another node acting as a central node;
transmitting a signal to the another node acting as a central node indicating that the node wishes to become a member of the group coordinated by the another node acting as a central node when the extracted information indicates capacity to add the node;
receiving a signal from the another node acting as a central node indicating that the request for the node to become a member of the group coordinated by the another node acting as a central node has been accepted and configuring upon acceptance a first aspect of the node in dependence upon information contained with the acceptance signal; and
when the received signals do not include a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node the processor for at least one of;
determining to become at least one of a further central node and an unassigned node;
generating a signal for transmission from the transceiver indicating that the node is acting a central node when the determination to become a central node; and
configuring a second aspect of the node upon the determination.
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Abstract
Communication nodes for use with a wireless ad-hoc communication network are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, the communication node comprises a transducer, which generates a signal in response to an external signal. The ad-hoc network communication is supported in part by static communication nodes, which defined an organized infrastructure network in order to achieve the various functions of the transducers. In another embodiment, the communication node for use with a wireless ad-hoc network does not include a transducer. Such communication nodes are preferred for use with a less structured network with virtually no infrastructure and allow for being used with expanding and contracting networks. Mobile communication nodes mostly support the propagation of signals. However, pseudo-static or static communication nodes are also used in wireless communication ad-hoc networks.
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20 Claims
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1. A node comprising:
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a processor; a transceiver in communication with the processor for receiving and transmitting signals, the transmitted and received signals being via a wireless transmission medium; wherein the processor for identifying the received signals as including either a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node or not including a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node;
whereinwhen the received signals include a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node the processor; extracting information from the received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node and determining whether the another node has capacity to add the node as a member of a group coordinated by the another node acting as a central node; transmitting a signal to the another node acting as a central node indicating that the node wishes to become a member of the group coordinated by the another node acting as a central node when the extracted information indicates capacity to add the node; receiving a signal from the another node acting as a central node indicating that the request for the node to become a member of the group coordinated by the another node acting as a central node has been accepted and configuring upon acceptance a first aspect of the node in dependence upon information contained with the acceptance signal; and when the received signals do not include a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node the processor for at least one of; determining to become at least one of a further central node and an unassigned node; generating a signal for transmission from the transceiver indicating that the node is acting a central node when the determination to become a central node; and configuring a second aspect of the node upon the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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providing a processor; providing a transceiver in communication with the processor for receiving and transmitting signals, the transmitted and received signals being via a wireless transmission medium; determining with the processor whether the received signals include either a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node or do not include a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node;
whereinperforming a first set of actions when the received signals include a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node the processor, the first actions comprising; extracting information from the received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node and determining whether the another node has capacity to add the node as a member of a group coordinated by the another node acting as a central node; transmitting a signal to the another node acting as a central node indicating that the node wishes to become a member of the group coordinated by the another node acting as a central node when the extracted information indicates capacity to add the node; and receiving a signal from the another node acting as a central node indicating that the request for the node to become a member of the group coordinated by the another node acting as a central node has been accepted and configuring upon acceptance a first aspect of the node in dependence upon information contained with the acceptance signal; performing a second set of actions when the received signals do not include a received signal transmitted by another node acting as a central node the processor for at least one of, the second set of actions comprising; determining to become at least one of a further central node and an unassigned node; generating a signal for transmission from the transceiver indicating that the node is acting a central node when the determination is made to become a central node; configuring a second aspect of the node upon the determination. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A network comprising:
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a plurality of communication nodes including at least a first communication node in wireless transmission range with a predetermined subset of the plurality of communication nodes, each communication node comprising; a processor; a transceiver in communication with the processor for receiving and transmitting signals, the transmitted and received signals being via a wireless transmission medium; wherein the processor within the first communication nodes identifies received signals from the predetermined subset of the plurality of communication nodes as either including a signal transmitted by a communication node acting as a central node or not including a signal transmitted by a communication node acting as a central node and establishes the first communication node as operating in one of a first protocol and a second protocol and upon a failure of the first communication node in respect of the first protocol defaults the first communication node to the second protocol. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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