CONTENT CENTRIC AND LOAD-BALANCING AWARE DYNAMIC DATA AGGREGATION
First Claim
1. A method of determining a communication link for sending communication data from a first communications node to any one of a plurality of neighbouring candidate nodes, comprising:
- i) for each candidate node, determining a marginal processing gain comprising a measure of the communication data reduction available through aggregating the communication data at the candidate node; and
ii) selecting one of the candidate nodes for forming the communication link, wherein the selection is based at least in part on the marginal processing gain determined for each candidate node.
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Abstract
A method of determining a communication link for sending communication data from a first communications node to any one of a plurality of neighbouring candidate nodes, comprising i) for each candidate node, determining a marginal processing gain comprising a measure of the communication data reduction available through aggregating the communication data at the candidate node; and ii) selecting one of the candidate nodes for forming the communication link, wherein the selection is based at least in part on the marginal processing gain determined for each candidate node.
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1. A method of determining a communication link for sending communication data from a first communications node to any one of a plurality of neighbouring candidate nodes, comprising:
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i) for each candidate node, determining a marginal processing gain comprising a measure of the communication data reduction available through aggregating the communication data at the candidate node; and ii) selecting one of the candidate nodes for forming the communication link, wherein the selection is based at least in part on the marginal processing gain determined for each candidate node. - 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, 25)
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24. A communications apparatus operable in a network of communications apparatus, the apparatus being operable to determine a communication link for a communication from said apparatus to any one of a plurality of candidate neighbouring apparatuses, the apparatus comprising a processing gain determiner operable to determine, for each candidate node, a marginal processing gain comprising a measure of communication data reduction available through aggregating communication data at the candidate node;
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a communication link selector operable to select one of the candidate nodes for forming the communication link, the selection being based at least in part on the marginal processing gain determined for each candidate node.
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