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Method for propagating messages in a communication network to a satellite network

  • US 9,300,389 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2011
  • Issued: 03/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for propagating messages in a communication network to a satellite network, the communication network being made up of a set of users and the satellite network comprising at least one satellite, the set of users comprising a sender and a recipient, said recipient being intended to send to the satellite network an initial message originating from the sender, at least one satellite of the satellite network being visible to said recipient, said satellite being able to receive messages sent by said recipient, each user in the set of users being able to send a message with a range such that a subset of users, being visible users, can receive said messages, so that a message can be transmitted from user to user, so that, the initial message sent by the sender, can be transmitted to the recipient by passing through a number of intermediary users, the number being between:

  • zero, if the sender and recipient are visible users to each other, and infinite, if there is no chain of intermediate users going to the recipient,each user determining a number of intermediaries needed to reach the recipient and periodically sending a message comprising said number of intermediaries needed to reach the recipient, and wherein said initial message is sent by the sender to a visible user having a lowest number of intermediaries to reach the recipient, being an optimal intermediary, said optimal intermediary becoming, in turn, sender and sending the initial message, the operation being repeated until the recipient is reached.

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