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Formation and rearrangement of ad hoc networks

  • US 9,578,538 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2015
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for forming and rearranging a bandwidth sharing ad hoc network for data transfer among mobile computing devices, comprising providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:

  • broadcast a table to at least one potential bandwidth lender requesting pertinent lender information;

    receive the table from the at least one potential bandwidth lender with the pertinent lender information;

    upon receiving the table, select one or more bandwidth lenders of the at least one potential bandwidth lender based on the pertinent lender information in the table meeting preset criteria;

    establish a bandwidth sharing ad hoc network with the one or more bandwidth lenders based on the selecting; and

    waiting a predetermined amount of time (grace period) for quality of service (QoS) update information from the at least one bandwidth lender,wherein the bandwidth sharing ad hoc network is a communication network amongst a mobile computing device of the one or more bandwidth lenders and a mobile computing device of a bandwidth borrower, in which the one or more bandwidth lenders selectively lends bandwidth to the bandwidth borrower for downloading data or uploading data.

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