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Surveillance system and method

  • US 7,978,061 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2010
  • Issued: 07/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a first module of a network for relaying data from a source to a destination via a network of adaptive modules, comprising:

  • receiving information via wireless communication for computing an amount of energy consumed by a plurality of modules in the network for communicating data between the plurality of modules;

    selecting a second module of the network to relay data from the first module to the destination based on an amount of energy consumed by a subset of the plurality of modules in the network for wirelessly relaying the data from the first module to the destination via the second module, wherein the amount of energy consumed is determined based on a percentage of packets successfully transmitted between the subset of the plurality of the modules; and

    transmitting the data to the second module via wireless communication.

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