Mobile telephone network
First Claim
1. A method of routing a specific volume of data in a mobile ad hoc network, comprising finding a relay capacity of each of a plurality of nodes as the product of an instantaneous bit-rate of each said node and a lifetime of the node, wherein the lifetime of the node is determined as a ratio of a residual energy of the node divided by a time rate of energy use at a bit rate of the node, and determining from the relay capacity whether said node will be able to relay said data in a proposed route.
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Abstract
In a mobile ad hoc network, a method of routing data and a mobile unit for use according to the method are arranged to find the relay capacity of a node and the lifetime of the node, and thereby determine whether the node can relay the data. The method and unit can find the relay efficiency of nodes and this information is used to route data traffic efficiently through a number of nodes along a route.
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11 Claims
- 1. A method of routing a specific volume of data in a mobile ad hoc network, comprising finding a relay capacity of each of a plurality of nodes as the product of an instantaneous bit-rate of each said node and a lifetime of the node, wherein the lifetime of the node is determined as a ratio of a residual energy of the node divided by a time rate of energy use at a bit rate of the node, and determining from the relay capacity whether said node will be able to relay said data in a proposed route.
- 8. A mobile unit for use in a mobile ad hoc network, the mobile unit being operable to find a relay capacity of a node as the product of an instantaneous bit-rate of the node and a lifetime of the node, wherein the lifetime of the node is determined as a ratio of a residual energy of the node divided by a time rate of energy use at a bit rate of the node, and to determine from the relay capacity whether said node will be able to relay a specific volume of data.
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11. A method of routing data in a mobile ad hoc network, comprising:
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finding a relay capacity of each of a plurality of nodes, the relay capacity being the product of an instantaneous bit-rate of each said node times a lifetime of the node, wherein the lifetime of the node is determined as a ratio of a residual energy of the node divided by a time rate of energy use at a bit rate of the node, and determining from the relay capacity whether said node will be able to relay a specific volume of data in a proposed route because the relay capacity is at least equal to the specific volume.
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