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TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ROUTING

  • US 20130218469A1
  • Filed: 09/27/2011
  • Published: 08/22/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network controller for controlling a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of vehicles each including a telecommunications device, the network controller comprising:

  • a network configuration database, containing data representing the configuration of the network;

    an assets database, containing for each vehicle (i) data representing planned movements of the vehicle in a geographic area, the vehicle having a planned route from a first location to a second location, and (ii) data representing parameters for acceptable variation in said route;

    an information exchange requirement (IER) database, containing data representing expected future network loading;

    an optimisation engine configured to calculate from the data stored in the network configuration database, assets database and IER database, a set of routes for the vehicles that optimises, subject to the parameters for acceptable variation, the availability of the telecommunications network in the geographic area; and

    a tasking-order dispatcher, configured to generate tasking orders for transmitting to the vehicles from the set of routes calculated by the optimisation engine.

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