Intelligent communication node object beacon framework including neighbor discovery in a mobile ad hoc network
First Claim
1. A method for detecting variable beacon signals in a mobile ad hoc network comprising a plurality of wireless mobile nodes and a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the nodes together, each of the mobile nodes transmitting node condition information using the variable beacon signals, the variable beacon signals being varied based upon a node condition, the method comprising:
- defining an initial detection rate;
defining an initial detection frequency;
defining a maximum detection rate;
searching for the variable beacon signals at a given mobile node using the initial detection rate and at the initial detection frequency; and
increasing a detection rate from the initial detection rate up to the maximum detection rate while searching for the variable beacon signals at the initial detection frequency.
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Abstract
The mobile ad hoc network includes a plurality of wireless mobile nodes and a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the nodes together. The nodes advertise using variable beacon signals. The method includes neighbor discovery with beacon signal detection. The method includes searching for the variable beacon signals at a given mobile node using an initial detection rate and at an initial detection frequency, and increasing a detection rate from the initial detection rate up to a maximum detection rate while searching for the variable beacon signals at the initial detection frequency. The detection frequency may also be varied.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for detecting variable beacon signals in a mobile ad hoc network comprising a plurality of wireless mobile nodes and a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the nodes together, each of the mobile nodes transmitting node condition information using the variable beacon signals, the variable beacon signals being varied based upon a node condition, the method comprising:
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defining an initial detection rate;
defining an initial detection frequency;
defining a maximum detection rate;
searching for the variable beacon signals at a given mobile node using the initial detection rate and at the initial detection frequency; and
increasing a detection rate from the initial detection rate up to the maximum detection rate while searching for the variable beacon signals at the initial detection frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for detecting variable beacon signals in a mobile ad hoc network comprising a plurality of wireless mobile nodes and a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the nodes together, each of the mobile nodes transmitting node condition information using the variable beacon signals, the variable beacon signals being varied based upon a node condition, the method comprising:
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defining an initial detection rate;
defining an initial detection frequency;
searching for the variable beacon signals at a given mobile node using the initial detection rate and at the initial detection frequency; and
increasing a detection rate from the initial detection rate according to a function defining time varying properties of the variable beacon signal of a neighboring mobile node while searching for the variable beacon signals at the initial detection frequency. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A mobile ad hoc network comprising:
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a plurality of wireless mobile nodes;
a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the nodes together;
each mobile node comprising a communications device to wirelessly communicate with other nodes of the plurality of nodes via the wireless communication links, and a controller to route communications via the communications device, and comprising a beacon signal generator to generate and transmit node condition information using a variable beacon signal, the variable beacon signals being varied based upon a node condition; and
a beacon signal detector to search for the variable beacon signals at a detection rate, which is increased from an initial detection rate up to a maximum detection rate, and at an initial detection frequency. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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