Method and system for communications using cooperative helper nodes

• US 20110093540A1
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Incorporated (BAE Systems Plc)
• Original Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Incorporated (BAE Systems Plc)
• Inventors: Eisenberg, Yiftach, Learned, Rachel E., Brommer, Karl D.
• Application Number:
  US12/923,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20110093540A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A method and system for communicating a message are disclosed. An exemplary system includes plural nodes and an exemplary information transmitter that includes a processor. The processor can detect a number of the nodes within communication range of the information transmitter as helper nodes. The processor can process a message into a number of portions as a function of the number of helper nodes detected. The processor can transmit at least one of the portions of the message to at least one of the helper nodes for wireless communication of at least one portion by the at least one helper node.

Claims

1. A system for communicating a message, comprising:

plural nodes; and

an information transmitter that includes a processor configured to;

detect a number of the nodes within communication range of the information transmitter as helper nodes;

process a message into a number of portions as a function of the number of helper nodes detected; and

transmit at least one of the portions of the message to at least one of the helper nodes for wireless communication of the at least one portion by the at least one helper node.

2. A system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

assign identifiers for the portions of the message; and

broadcast the message to the helper nodes with the identifiers, wherein the identifiers assign each of the portions of the message to a respective one of the helper nodes.

3. A system of claim 1, wherein the processor of the information transmitter is configured to process the message into the number of portions as a function of predetermined health information of at least one of the nodes.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the helper nodes are each configured to transmit a respective portion of the message via radio such that radio signals containing the respective portions are co-channel interfering signals.

5. The system of claim 4, comprising a receiver configured to:

receive the co-channel interfering signals respectively containing the portions of the message; and

recover the message by demodulating the co-channel interfering digital signals in a MUD receiver to recover the portions and combining the portions of the message.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor of the information transmitter is configured to act as one of the nodes and transmit a respective portion of the message.

7. The system of claim 1, comprising a receiver configured to receive the portions of the message and recover the message by combining the portions of the message.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein:

the information transmitter is configured to receive from a source the message and a designation of a destination,

the information transmitter is configured to transmit the designation for receipt by the receiver, and

the receiver is configured to transmit the recovered message to the destination based on the designation.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the health information comprises at least one of link quality of the respective node, link latency of the respective node, and link speed of the respective node.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the respective portions of the message do not overlap.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the portions of the message to the nodes by individually transmitting the respective portion to each node.

12. An information transmitter, comprising:

a processor configured to;

detect a number of nodes within communication range of the information transmitter as helper nodes;

process a message into a number of portions as a function of the number of helper nodes detected; and

transmit at least one of the portions of the message to at least one of the helper nodes for wireless communication of the at least one portion by the at least one helper node.

13. The information transmitter of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to:

assign identifiers for the portions of the message; and

broadcast the message to the helper nodes with the identifiers, wherein the identifiers assign each of the portions of the message to a respective one of the helper nodes.

14. The information transmitter of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the portions of the message to the nodes by individually transmitting the respective portion to each node.

15. A method for wireless transmission, comprising

detecting a number of the nodes within communication range of the information transmitter as helper nodes;

processing a message into a number of portions as a function of the number of nodes detected; and

transmitting at least one of the portions of the message to at least one of the helper nodes for wireless communication of at least one portion by the at least one helper node.