Method and apparatus for establishing ad hoc communications pathways between source and destination nodes in a communications network
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a communication pathway between a source node in an ad hoc communications network and a destination node in said ad hoc communications network for transmission of a predetermined quantity of data, comprising:
- establishing a communications link between said source node and an intermediate node, where said source node and/or said intermediate node move into and out of range of each other but stay in wireless communication range of each other in a selected wireless transmission modality long enough to permit transmission of said predetermined quantity of data from said source node to said intermediate node; and
dynamically reconfiguring an ad hoc communications pathway between said intermediate node and said destination node based on dynamically changing transmission conditions and available transmission modalities therebetween as said intermediate node and a next intermediate node or said destination node move into and out of range of each other by dynamically selecting dynamically selectable communications links between said intermediate node and said next intermediate node or said destination node in respective dynamically available transmission modalities whereby each dynamically selectable communications link allows transfer of said predetermined quantity of data to a next dynamically selected communications link in said communications pathway,wherein respective communications between said source node and said destination node may pass through one or more different dynamically selectable communications links due to different transmission conditions at different times and/or different dynamically available transmission modalities in communications range of said source node and/or said destination node at different communication times as the source node, the destination node and/or any destination nodes move into and out of range of each other.
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Abstract
Autoband'"'"'s distributed networking intelligence provides a novel architecture capable of dynamically reconfiguring communications pathways consisting of links whose transmission media are opportunistically and dynamically selectable. At least one constituent node in such automatically configurable transient pathways is mobile, for example, information (source) server, intervening router node(s), gateway server and/or client device. Additionally, Autoband'"'"'s ad hoc communications pathways may seamlessly and dynamically integrate (i.e., “graft”) into standard fixed node networks such as terrestrial networks, other wireless networks or combinations thereof. These communications may consist of point-to-point or multicast links. An economic market-based approach further assures allocation of available network resources (i.e., bandwidth and processing) needed to achieve the most optimally resource efficient communications pathway configurations for the totality of communications. Consequently, optimal network resource allocation and efficiency at a system-wide level is continuously achieved.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of establishing a communication pathway between a source node in an ad hoc communications network and a destination node in said ad hoc communications network for transmission of a predetermined quantity of data, comprising:
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establishing a communications link between said source node and an intermediate node, where said source node and/or said intermediate node move into and out of range of each other but stay in wireless communication range of each other in a selected wireless transmission modality long enough to permit transmission of said predetermined quantity of data from said source node to said intermediate node; and dynamically reconfiguring an ad hoc communications pathway between said intermediate node and said destination node based on dynamically changing transmission conditions and available transmission modalities therebetween as said intermediate node and a next intermediate node or said destination node move into and out of range of each other by dynamically selecting dynamically selectable communications links between said intermediate node and said next intermediate node or said destination node in respective dynamically available transmission modalities whereby each dynamically selectable communications link allows transfer of said predetermined quantity of data to a next dynamically selected communications link in said communications pathway, wherein respective communications between said source node and said destination node may pass through one or more different dynamically selectable communications links due to different transmission conditions at different times and/or different dynamically available transmission modalities in communications range of said source node and/or said destination node at different communication times as the source node, the destination node and/or any destination nodes move into and out of range of each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An intermediate node in a communication pathway between a source node and a destination node in an ad hoc communications network configured for transmission of a predetermined quantity of data between said source node and said destination node, comprising:
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means for establishing a communications link between said source node and said intermediate node when said source node and/or said intermediate node move into and out of range of each other, said communications link establishing means maintaining said source node and said intermediate node in wireless communication range of each other in a selected wireless transmission modality for a time interval sufficient to permit transmission of said predetermined quantity of data from said source node to said intermediate node; and means for dynamically reconfiguring an ad hoc communications pathway between said intermediate node and said destination node based on dynamically changing transmission conditions and available transmission modalities therebetween as said intermediate node and a next intermediate node or said destination node move into and out of range of each other in said ad hoc communications pathway by dynamically selecting dynamically selectable communications links between said intermediate node and a next intermediate node or said destination node in respective dynamically available transmission modalities whereby each dynamically selectable communications link allows transfer of said predetermined quantity of data to a next dynamically selected communications link in said communications pathway, wherein respective communications between said source node and said destination node may pass through one or more different dynamically selectable communications links due to different transmission conditions at different times and/or different dynamically available transmission modalities in communications range of said source node and/or said destination node at different communication times as the source node, the destination node and/or any destination nodes move into and out of range of each other. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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