Ad hoc telecommunications network management and routing
First Claim
1. An ad hoc telecommunications network comprising:
- a plurality of devices, in which downloaded user data is distributed and cached amongst the devices, each device communicates a data reference for data it caches;
a device designated as manager device for managing the cached, user-downloaded distributed data, wherein the manager device designation is carried out dynamically based on a received signal strength value for each device from the other plurality of devices in the network, and wherein the manager device determines where the data is cached and stores a record of the data reference and data location for data distributed amongst the devices; and
a designated vice manager device, in which, if the manager device transfers the record of data to the designated vice manager and leaves the network, the vice manager device is designated as the new manager device, wherein the first device that communicates with the new manager device is automatically elected as vice manager after which an assessment loop is entered such that any subsequent device more eligible than the current vice manager is identified upon communication with the manager device.
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Abstract
An ad hoc telecommunications network comprises a plurality of mobile devices, cached data being distributed amongst the devices. A manager device is elected for example based on highest compared received signal strength amongst the devices to manage the distributed data. The manager election can by dynamically up-dated to compensate for changes in the network parameter for example devices entering or leaving the network, or physical relocation of the devices within the network. In addition, the ad hoc network can communicate with a fixed infrastructure, the fixed infrastructure maintaining a table identifying a gateway device for direct communication with the fixed infrastructure, allowing communication with a mobile device within the ad hoc network. Yet further the ad hoc network can provide a communications route between two remote fixed infrastructures.
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12 Claims
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1. An ad hoc telecommunications network comprising:
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a plurality of devices, in which downloaded user data is distributed and cached amongst the devices, each device communicates a data reference for data it caches; a device designated as manager device for managing the cached, user-downloaded distributed data, wherein the manager device designation is carried out dynamically based on a received signal strength value for each device from the other plurality of devices in the network, and wherein the manager device determines where the data is cached and stores a record of the data reference and data location for data distributed amongst the devices; and a designated vice manager device, in which, if the manager device transfers the record of data to the designated vice manager and leaves the network, the vice manager device is designated as the new manager device, wherein the first device that communicates with the new manager device is automatically elected as vice manager after which an assessment loop is entered such that any subsequent device more eligible than the current vice manager is identified upon communication with the manager device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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