Method and apparatus for locating communities over an ad-hoc mesh network
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying a community of a plurality of wireless nodes using a community identifier corresponding to the community by broadcasting a community search message over a wireless ad-hoc mesh network, wherein the community is active among one or more neighboring wireless nodes over the ad-hoc mesh network, and the community search message propagates to all devices that are in proximity of the community whether the devices belong to the community or not; and
updating a list of active communities based on the identification, wherein the community is part of a connectionless low-power awareness information network, the community search message searches for the presence of multiple communities by including a set of pseudonym,the community search message is transmitted to the neighboring nodes in connectionless manner without a need to send any prior control signals or messages to the neighboring nodes before the transmission and without knowledge of the addresses of the neighboring nodes, andreception and processing of the community search message does not require any prior knowledge about a sending node.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for locating communities over an ad-hoc mesh network. Community identifiers are used to locate communities and community members over an ad-hoc mesh network. The community identifiers are also associated with keys to authenticate members of the community and to protect the privacy and anonymity of information exchanged between the members.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying a community of a plurality of wireless nodes using a community identifier corresponding to the community by broadcasting a community search message over a wireless ad-hoc mesh network, wherein the community is active among one or more neighboring wireless nodes over the ad-hoc mesh network, and the community search message propagates to all devices that are in proximity of the community whether the devices belong to the community or not; and updating a list of active communities based on the identification, wherein the community is part of a connectionless low-power awareness information network, the community search message searches for the presence of multiple communities by including a set of pseudonym, the community search message is transmitted to the neighboring nodes in connectionless manner without a need to send any prior control signals or messages to the neighboring nodes before the transmission and without knowledge of the addresses of the neighboring nodes, and reception and processing of the community search message does not require any prior knowledge about a sending node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, identify a community of a plurality of wireless nodes using a community identifier corresponding to the community by broadcasting a community search message over a wireless ad-hoc mesh network, wherein the community is active among one or more neighboring wireless nodes over an ad-hoc mesh network, and the community search message propagates to all devices that are in proximity of the community whether the devices belong to the community or not, and update a list of active communities based on the identification, wherein the community is part of a connectionless low-power awareness information network, the community search message searches for the presence of multiple communities by including a set of pseudonym, the community search message is transmitted to the neighboring nodes in connectionless manner without a need to send any prior control signals or messages to the neighboring nodes before the transmission and without knowledge of the addresses of the neighboring nodes, and reception and processing of the community search message does not require any prior knowledge about a sending node. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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