Coordinating the use of independent radio receivers associated with multiple different transmitters

A computer program product for coordinating the use of independent and unrelated radio receivers, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a client device to cause the client device to:

• discover, from a decentralized shared database that is implemented as a blockchain, a plurality of available host computing devices each implementing a respective radio receiver, wherein the respective radio receivers collectively receive radio signals from multiple different transmitters, the discovering further comprising filtering the blockchain based on a set of criteria;
• establish a relationship with the plurality of host computing devices based on discovering the host computing devices from the decentralized shared database;
• receive application data from the plurality of host computing devices based on establishing the relationship, wherein the application data is associated with radio signals received by the respective radio receiver from the multiple different transmitters;
• store, output, or display, by the client device, the application data;
• and
• provide the plurality of host computing devices with information regarding an application code for execution on the plurality of host computing devices,
• wherein receiving the application data from the plurality of host computing devices is based on providing the information regarding the application code,
• wherein the application data identifies a signal reception strength of respective radio signals received by the respective radio receiver from multiple different transmitters,
• wherein execution of the application code causes the host computing device to:
• vary the reception frequency of the respective radio receiver to transmission frequencies of the multiple transmitters,
• receive radio signals from the multiple different transmitters, and
• provide the application data to the client device,
• wherein the application data includes aircraft location information, and
• the multiple different transmitters include Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitters implemented with aircraft.

A system comprising:

• a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a host computing device implementing a radio receiver that receives radio signals from multiple different transmitters;
• program instructions to provide information regarding the availability of the host computing device and the radio receiver of the host computing device to be used by a client device, wherein the information regarding the availability is provided via a decentralized shared blockchain, wherein the information regarding the availability is provided based on the host computing device being discovered by filtering the blockchain based on a set of criteria;
• program instructions to receive a request from the client device to access data associated with radio signals received by the radio receiver from the multiple different transmitters based on providing the availability of the host computing device;
• program instructions to receive information for obtaining an application code associated with the host computing device;
• program instructions to obtain the application code based on receiving the information for obtaining the application code;
• and
• program instructions to execute the application code, wherein executing the application code includes processing data associated with the radio signals received by the radio receiver and provide the processed data to the client device,
• wherein the data associated with radio signals identifies a signal reception strength of respective radio signals received by the radio receiver from the multiple different transmitters,
• wherein execution of the application code causes the host computing device to:
• vary the reception frequency of the radio receiver to transmission frequencies of the multiple transmitters,
• receive radio signals from the multiple different transmitters, and
• provide the application data to the client device,
• wherein the application data includes aircraft location information, and the multiple different transmitters include Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitters implemented with aircraft, and
• wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.