Cyber foraging network system for automatic wireless network access point detection and connection
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1. A network system, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless access points at a particular location or region;
a mobile wireless networking subsystem device having a cyber-foraging client application (CFCA) configured to collect environmental information data from the particular location or region including from the wireless access points;
a wireless networking context service (WNCS) subsystem in communication with the mobile wireless networking subsystem device, wherein the WNCS subsystem receives the environmental information data from the mobile wireless networking subsystem device;
the WNCS subsystem having a networking context aggregation module and a networking context interpolation module, the modules being operable to provide aggregated data to determine an optimal wireless access point for continuous connection with the mobile wireless networking subsystem based on the environmental information data, the aggregated data including an enhanced data set of aggregated environmental information data residing outside a range of on-board sensors of the mobile wireless networking subsystem device;
the CFCA utilizing the aggregated data to make decisions regarding wireless access point detection, selection, and connection, thereby extending the range of the on-board sensors; and
a controller configured to direct the mobile wireless networking subsystem to handoff a connection from a current wireless access point to the optimal wireless access point prior to reaching a connected signal threshold of a connection to the current wireless access point.
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Abstract
A cyber-foraging network system which automatically and intelligently detects, selects, and connects to a wireless networking access point utilizing data obtained from its own environmental observations as well as from a robust wireless networking context aggregation/interpolation service.
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1. A network system, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless access points at a particular location or region; a mobile wireless networking subsystem device having a cyber-foraging client application (CFCA) configured to collect environmental information data from the particular location or region including from the wireless access points; a wireless networking context service (WNCS) subsystem in communication with the mobile wireless networking subsystem device, wherein the WNCS subsystem receives the environmental information data from the mobile wireless networking subsystem device; the WNCS subsystem having a networking context aggregation module and a networking context interpolation module, the modules being operable to provide aggregated data to determine an optimal wireless access point for continuous connection with the mobile wireless networking subsystem based on the environmental information data, the aggregated data including an enhanced data set of aggregated environmental information data residing outside a range of on-board sensors of the mobile wireless networking subsystem device; the CFCA utilizing the aggregated data to make decisions regarding wireless access point detection, selection, and connection, thereby extending the range of the on-board sensors; and a controller configured to direct the mobile wireless networking subsystem to handoff a connection from a current wireless access point to the optimal wireless access point prior to reaching a connected signal threshold of a connection to the current wireless access point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of selecting an optimal wireless access point, comprising:
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communicating with wireless access points at a particular location or region; collecting environmental information data from the particular location or region including from the wireless access points; aggregating the environmental information data from the wireless access points to produce aggregated data, wherein at least a portion of the aggregated data is data received from outside a range of on-board sensors of a connecting mobile device; interpolating the aggregated data to produce interpolated data; selecting, by the connecting mobile device, the optimal wireless access point based on the interpolated data; and communicating with the optimal wireless access point, wherein the communicating comprises the connecting mobile device executing a handoff of a connection from a current wireless access point to connect with the optimal wireless access point prior to a threshold degradation of signal strength of a connection to the current wireless access point is reached. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A mobile device, comprising:
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a cyber-foraging client application (CFCA) configured to collect environmental information data from wireless access points, wherein the CFCA sends the environmental information data to an external service for aggregation; the CFCA receiving the aggregated data including at least an enhanced data set of aggregated environmental information data residing outside a range of on-board sensors of the mobile device and the environmental information data; the CFA determining an optimal wireless access point based on the aggregated data; and a controller for directing the mobile device to handoff a connection from a current wireless access point and to the optimal wireless access point prior to reaching a connected signal threshold to the current wireless access point. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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