Formation and rearrangement of ad hoc networks
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChristopher J. Dawson, Peter G. Finn, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Jenny S. Li
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Abstract
Systems and methods for the formation and rearrangement of ad hoc networks and more particularly to systems and methods for sharing bandwidth in ad hoc networks. The method comprises broadcasting a table to at least one potential lender requesting pertinent lender information and receiving the table from the at least one potential lender with the pertinent lender information. The method further includes selecting one or more lenders of the at least one potential lender which meet preset criteria and establishing an ad hoc network with the one or more lenders based on the selecting.
Claims28
A method, comprising:
- broadcasting a table to at least one potential lender requesting pertinent lender information;
- receiving the table from the at least one potential lender with the pertinent lender information;
- selecting one or more lenders of the at least one potential lender which meet preset criteria;
- and
- establishing an ad hoc network with the one or more lenders based on the selecting.
A method for forming and rearranging an ad hoc network, comprising:
- providing a computer infrastructure being operable to establish an ad hoc network between a borrower and at least one lender of bandwidth by broadcasting and tabulating a table with lender and borrower information, and to select the at least one lender for the ad hoc network based on pertinent information of the at least one lender which matches criteria.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component to:
- broadcast a table to at least one potential lender requesting pertinent lender information;
- receive the table from the at least one potential lender with the pertinent lender information;
- select one or more lenders of the at least one potential lender which meet preset criteria;
- and
- establish an ad hoc network with the one or more lenders based on the selecting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.