Method, System, User Equipment and Program For Dynamically Selecting Proxies For Communication With Servers Using Known Paths
First Claim
1. A method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between a plurality of user equipments and a server, the method comprising:
- establishing communication links between a plurality of user equipments based upon a proximity of the plurality of user equipments;
determining a tactical common mission group selected from the linked plurality of user equipments using a mission profile stored in each of the plurality of user equipments; and
selecting a proxy for the tactical common mission group for subsequent communication with a server on behalf of the tactical common mission group based upon a ranking.
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Abstract
Method, User equipment, system and program for limiting an amount of information transmitted between a plurality of user equipments and a server. The method comprising establishing communication links between a plurality of user equipments based upon a proximity of the plurality of user equipments, determining a tactical common mission group selected from the linked plurality of user equipments using a mission profile stored in each of the plurality of user equipments; and selecting a proxy for the tactical common mission group. The proxy communicates with a server on behalf of the tactical common mission group. A proxy is selected based upon a ranking.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between a plurality of user equipments and a server, the method comprising:
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establishing communication links between a plurality of user equipments based upon a proximity of the plurality of user equipments; determining a tactical common mission group selected from the linked plurality of user equipments using a mission profile stored in each of the plurality of user equipments; and selecting a proxy for the tactical common mission group for subsequent communication with a server on behalf of the tactical common mission group based upon a ranking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A user equipment used for wireless communication comprising:
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a wireless transceiver for initially transmitting a user equipment discovery message, receiving messages from each discovered user equipment, the messages including mission identifier and a ranking corresponding to each discovered user equipment and transmitting a message to each discovered user equipment containing a mission identifier and a ranking corresponding to the user equipment; a storage device configured to store at least one mission profile including the mission identifier and a preset ranking criterion corresponding to the user equipment; a processor configured to when executing a program stored in the storage device provide a group controller for establishing a communication link between each discovered user equipment and the user equipment, the communication link is based a proximity of user equipment; and a mission controller for determining whether to create or join a tactical common mission group based upon the mission identifier in the at least one mission profile stored in the storage device of the user equipment and the mission identifiers contained in the messages received by the user equipment from the coupled user equipment, computing mission vectors and a ranking based upon the preset ranking criterion, and determining whether the user equipment is a proxy for the tactical common mission group for subsequent communication with a server on behalf of the communication mission group based upon the computed ranking and rankings in the messages received from each discovered user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer readable storage medium having a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between a plurality of user equipments and a server, the method comprising:
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establishing communication links between a plurality of user equipments based upon a proximity of the plurality of user equipments; determining a tactical common mission group selected from the linked plurality of user equipments using a mission profile stored in each of the plurality of user equipments; and selecting a proxy for the tactical common mission group for subsequent communication with a server on behalf of the tactical common mission group based upon a ranking.
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