Method for establishing adaptive mobile cluster network

• US 8,724,459 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2011
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: Chen, Jie-Min, Tien, Kai-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): JAIN, RAJ K
• Application Number:
  US13/277,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20120063322A1
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 370/254, 370/255, 370/257, 370/328, 370/329, 370/331, 370/342, 370/343, 370/229, 370/230, 370/230.1, 370/231, 455/446, 455/447, 455/448, 455/454, 455/456.1, 455/458
• US Class Current: 370/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/28 for reactive routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

The invention discloses a method of establishing an adaptive mobile cluster network. The method comprises the steps of: (a) determining a network service requested by a mobile communication device; (b) according to the requested network service, determining at least one communication parameter needed by the mobile communication device; (c) according to the needed communication parameter, selecting a header device from a plurality of wireless communication devices by the communication device; (d) selecting a plurality of agent devices from the remaining wireless communication devices by the header device; and (e) selecting a plurality of normal devices from the remaining wireless communication devices by the agent devices, so as to establish the adaptive mobile cluster network.

Claims

1. A method for establishing an adaptive mobile cluster network, comprising the following steps:

(a) determining a network service requested by a mobile communication device;

(b) according to the requested network service, determining at least one communication parameter needed by the mobile communication device;

(c) according to the needed communication parameter, selecting a header device from a plurality of wireless communication devices by the mobile communication device;

(d) selecting a plurality of agent devices from the remaining wireless communication devices by the header device; and

(e) selecting a plurality of normal devices from the remained wireless communication devices by the agent devices, so as to establish the adaptive mobile cluster network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one communication parameter comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of signal intensity, antenna pattern, computing ability, network type and network status.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the header device has the best communication quality of the wireless communication devices.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the agent devices to the wireless communication devices is limited to a preset percentage.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the wireless communication devices is selected from the group consisting of a mobile communication device, a base station and a wireless access points.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps:

(f) monitoring the status of the adaptive mobile cluster network and other neighboring mobile cluster networks;

(g) according to the status of step (f), selectively separating the adaptive mobile cluster network into two mobile cluster networks, or combining the adaptive mobile cluster network with the neighboring mobile cluster network; and

(h) inspecting existence of the header device, and selectively adjusting the adaptive mobile cluster network according to step (c) to step (g).

7. The method of claim 6, wherein in step (f), monitoring the status of the adaptive mobile cluster network is through monitoring the status of packet delivering and receiving of the normal devices.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein in step (g), if the status of the adaptive mobile cluster network is busy, separates the adaptive mobile cluster network into two mobile cluster networks;

if the status of the adaptive mobile cluster network is idle and the other mobile cluster networks exist, the header device determines one of the other mobile cluster network for combining with the adaptive mobile cluster network, according to the at least one communication parameter and the network statuses of the other mobile cluster networks.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein in step (h), if the header device exists, returns to step (f);

if the header device does not exist, returns to step (c);

if two header devices exist simultaneously, determining one of the header devices to be a new header device, and changing the other into an agent device according to step (c).