Traffic-aware group reformation in a multi-group P2P network
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsPrakash Chaki, Masato Yasuda, Kazuaki Nakajima
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Abstract
A mechanism which can achieve enhanced network performance in wireless P2P groups is disclosed. A method for group reformation in wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, includes: monitoring traffic of a first device of a first P2P group, the first device communicating with a second device of at least one second P2P group; and altering group formation of the first and second P2P groups so as to put the first device and the second device together in a single P2P group, based on monitored traffic of the first device.
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A method for group reformation in wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, comprising:
- monitoring traffic of a first device of a first P2P group, the first device communicating with a second device of at least one second P2P group;
- and
- altering group formation of the first and second P2P groups so as to put the first device and the second device together in a single P2P group, based on monitored traffic of the first device including inter-group traffic of the first device,
- wherein the altering comprises swapping, by the first P2P group and the second P2P group, at least one pair of devices including the first device of the first P2P group and a third device of the second P2P group, wherein the third device is a fourth device having inter-group traffic greater than a first predetermined threshold with another device of the first P2P group or the third device is a fifth device having intra-group traffic lower than a second predetermined threshold.
A wireless device in wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, comprising:
- a monitor configured to monitor traffic of the wireless device of a first P2P group, the wireless device communicating with another device of at least one second P2P group;
- and
- a controller configured to alter group formation of the first and the one second P2P groups so as to put the wireless device and the another device together in a single P2P group, based on monitored traffic of the wireless device including inter-group traffic of the wireless device,
- wherein the controller is configured to alter group formation by swapping, by the first P2P group and the one second P2P group, at least one pair of devices including the wireless device of the first P2P group and a suitable device of the one second P2P group, wherein the suitable device is a first device having inter-group traffic greater than a first predetermined threshold with a fourth device of the first P2P group or the suitable device is a second device having intra-group traffic lower than a second predetermined threshold.
A non-transitory recording medium that stores a computer-readable program to make a computer function as a wireless device operable in wireless P2P networks, the computer-readable program comprising a set of instructions to:
- monitor traffic of the wireless device of a first P2P group, the wireless device communicating with another device of at least one second P2P group;
- and
- alter group formation of the first and the one second P2P group, as to put the wireless device and the another device together in a single P2P group, based on monitored traffic of the wireless device including inter-group traffic of the wireless device, by swapping, by the first P2P group and the one second P2P group, at least one pair of devices including the wireless device of the first P2P group and a suitable device of the one second P2P group, wherein the suitable device is a first device having inter-group traffic greater than a first predetermined threshold with a fourth device of the first P2P group or the suitable device is a second device having intra-group traffic lower than a second predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.