Using a signal route dependent on a node speed change prediction

• US 8,495,239 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2009
• Issued: 07/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US12/592,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20100128657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,343 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/233
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/18 based on predicted events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A device, method, computer program product, and network subsystem are described for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route and relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

Claims

1. A communication method performed in a wireless communication network that comprises one or more mobile nodes, the method comprising:

at least in part with one or more processing devices, predicting at least one of a physical movement of or a predicted change in a physical movement of one or more mobile destination nodes, the one or more mobile destination nodes being associated with one or more motor vehicles, the predicting being based at least in part on state information relating to motor vehicle traffic;

determining a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route for the transmission of wireless data to the one or more mobile destination nodes, the determining being at least partly based on the predicting at least one of the physical movement or the change in physical movement of the one or more mobile destination nodes;

receiving wireless data via the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

2. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

receiving at least an estimate of a destination-node-movement speed in the wireless data, wherein the destination-node-movement speed includes a speed of one or more physical objects.

3. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

displaying at least an indication of the wireless data in a mobile node within the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the state information relating to motor vehicle traffic includes at least one of measured speeds of motor vehicle traffic, one or more traffic reports, one or more motor vehicle schedules, one or more vehicular traffic predictions, one or more vehicular speed limits.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the state information relating to motor vehicle traffic includes at least one of state information relating to aircraft traffic or state information relating to automobile traffic.

6. A network subsystem comprising:

means for automatically predicting at least one of a physical movement of or a predicted change in a physical movement of one or more mobile destination nodes, the one or more mobile destination nodes being associated with one or more motor vehicles, the predicting being based at least in part on state information relating to motor vehicle traffic;

means for determining a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route for the transmission of wireless data to the one or more mobile destination nodes, the means for determining to perform the determining at least partly based on the predicting at least one of the physical movement or the change in physical movement of the one or more mobile destination nodes;

means for receiving wireless data via the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

7. A network subsystem comprising:

circuitry for automatically predicting at least one of a physical movement of or a predicted change in a physical movement of one or more mobile destination nodes, the one or more mobile destination nodes being associated with one or more motor vehicles, the predicting being based at least in part on state information relating to motor vehicle traffic;

circuitry for determining a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route for the transmission of wireless data to the one or more mobile destination nodes, the circuitry for determining to perform the determining at least partly based on the predicting at least one of the physical movement or the change in physical movement of the one or more mobile destination nodes;

a module for receiving wireless data from the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

circuitry for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

8. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the module comprises:

an antenna operable to receive the wireless data; and

a driver configured to adapt a directionality of the antenna.

9. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the module comprises:

a user interface operable to display at least the portion of the wireless data.

10. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the module comprises:

a controller operable to transmit at least the portion of the received wireless data to the circuitry for relaying.

11. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the module comprises:

a controller having a memory operable to hold at least some of the portion of the received wireless data.

12. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

a controller having a memory operable to contain one or more instructions that when executed cause the controller to process at least some of the wireless data.

13. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

logic for implementing a look-up table.

14. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein at least one of the circuitry for relaying or the circuitry for determing comprise:

circuitry for implementing a look-up table having as operands a speed of a mobile physical object, a heading of a mobile physical object, and a location of a mobile physical object; and

circuitry for determining a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route, at least in part, with a look-up table implemented with the circuitry for implementing.

15. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

circuitry for implementing a look-up table having a time as an operand.

16. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

circuitry for implementing a time-dependent traffic model of motor vehicle traffic.

17. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

circuitry for implementing a location-dependent speed model.

18. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

circuitry for implementing a vehicle-dependent speed model.

19. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

means for detecting a node speed change, wherein the node speed change includes a change in speed of one or more physical objects.

20. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

means for receiving a prediction of a node speed change, wherein the node speed change to includes a change in speed of one or more physical objects.

21. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

means for predicting a node speed change, wherein the node speed change includes a change in speed of one or more physical objects.

22. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

means for requesting a prediction of a node speed.

23. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for relaying comprises:

means for responding to a prediction of a node speed change.

24. The network subsystem of claim 7, further comprising:

a drive mechanism; and

a power source operable to provide power selectively to the drive mechanism or to the circuitry for relaying.

25. The network subsystem of claim 7, further comprising:

a controller including the circuitry for relaying.

26. The network subsystem of claim 7, further comprising:

an electrical supply operatively coupled to the circuitry for relaying.

27. The network subsystem of claim 7, further comprising:

a photovoltaic cell operatively coupled to provide power to the circuitry for relaying.

28. The network subsystem of claim 7, further comprising:

a fuel cell operatively coupled to provide power to the circuitry for relaying.

29. The network subsystem of claim 7, further comprising:

a combustion engine operatively coupled to provide power to the circuitry.

30. The network subsystem of claim 7, further comprising:

a drive mechanism operable to start at least a portion of the network subsystem moving.

31. The network subsystem of claim 7, further comprising:

a vehicle containing the module, wherein the vehicle containing the module includes a motor-propelled vehicle containing the module.

32. The network subsystem of claim 7, wherein the circuitry for determining a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route for the transmission of wireless data to the one or more mobile destination nodes, the circuitry for determining to perform the determining at least partly based on the predicting of at least one of the physical movement or the change in physical movement of the one or more mobile destination nodes comprises:

circuitry for determining a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route, the circuitry for determining to perform the determining at least partly based on at least one of;

a prediction of a node speed, wherein the node speed includes a speed of one or more physical objects;

a prediction of a node heading, wherein the node heading includes a heading of one or more physical objects;

a prediction of a node arrival time, wherein the node arrival time includes an arrival time of one or more physical objects;

or

a prediction of a node acceleration or deceleration, wherein the node acceleration or deceleration includes an acceleration or deceleration of one or more physical objects.