Prioritized-routing for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer, mobile radio access system
First Claim
1. In an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system comprising a series of terminals where each said terminal is capable of making at least one of an outgoing call or receiving an incoming call, each said terminal comprising a battery, each said terminal further comprising computer means and memory means for storing program software means therein, said memory means comprising software means for generating a routing table for use by other terminals in determining the routing path of a call to be made or received thereby, and where said at least one of an outgoing call or an incoming call is routed to its destination by routing said call along a route utilizing at least some of said terminals of said series of terminals as links, the improvement comprising:
- said software means of said memory means of each said terminal comprises means for checking the status of the respective said battery in order to include said battery-status in said routing table, whereby each terminal may calculate the most optimal routing path of terminals based on battery status.
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Abstract
An ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio access system having a series of remote terminals, where each remote terminal is capable of forming a link, or hop, of the routing of a call made by one of the series of terminals. The status of the battery of each terminal which may potentially form part of the routing path of a call is reported to other terminals, whereby the routing path for a call will be decided also based on the status of the battery-charge of each terminal along the routing path.
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30 Claims
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1. In an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system comprising a series of terminals where each said terminal is capable of making at least one of an outgoing call or receiving an incoming call, each said terminal comprising a battery, each said terminal further comprising computer means and memory means for storing program software means therein, said memory means comprising software means for generating a routing table for use by other terminals in determining the routing path of a call to be made or received thereby, and where said at least one of an outgoing call or an incoming call is routed to its destination by routing said call along a route utilizing at least some of said terminals of said series of terminals as links, the improvement comprising:
said software means of said memory means of each said terminal comprises means for checking the status of the respective said battery in order to include said battery-status in said routing table, whereby each terminal may calculate the most optimal routing path of terminals based on battery status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 28)
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10. In an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system comprising a series of terminals where each said terminal is capable of making at least one of an outgoing call or receiving an incoming call, each said terminal comprising a battery, each said terminal further comprising computer means and memory means for storing program software means therein, the method comprising:
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(a) generating at each said terminal a routing table for use by other said terminals in determining the routing path of a call to be made or received thereby;
(b) routing a call to its destination using said routing tables by selecting a path utilizing at least some of said terminals of said series of terminals as links;
(c) said step (a) comprising including in each said routing table informational data about the status of the battery of the respective said terminal;
(d) said step (b) comprising selecting a path for said routing at least partially based on said informational data about the status of the batteries of potential terminal-links. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 29)
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16. In a radio terminal used in an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system, which radio system comprising a series of radio terminals each capable of making at least one of an outgoing call or receiving an incoming call;
- said radio terminal comprising a battery, computer means, and memory means for storing program software means therein, said memory means comprising software means for generating a routing table for use by other terminals in determining the routing path of a call along a route utilizing at least some of said radio terminals of said series of terminals as links, the improvement comprising;
said software means of said memory means of said radio terminal comprising means for checking the status of said battery in order to include said battery-status in said routing table, whereby each said radio terminal of said radio system may calculate the most optimal routing path of terminals based on battery status. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30)
- said radio terminal comprising a battery, computer means, and memory means for storing program software means therein, said memory means comprising software means for generating a routing table for use by other terminals in determining the routing path of a call along a route utilizing at least some of said radio terminals of said series of terminals as links, the improvement comprising;
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25. A method of routing a call in an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system, which radio system comprising a series of radio terminals each capable of making at least one of an outgoing call or receiving an incoming call, and where each said terminal is capable of being a link to a call made from a source-terminal, said method comprising:
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(a) transmitting one of voice or data over a routing path of said terminals;
(b) determining the class of service (COS) of the call;
(c) said step(b) comprising determining which of said voice or data is being transmitted by the call;
(d) selecting a routing path based on said step (b);
(e) said step (c) comprising basing its decision of a routing path based on latency, bit error rate, and battery level of each potential terminal of a selected said routing path. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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