Switching allocation in ad hoc network
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsRamy S. Ayoub, Jeffrey D. Bonta
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Abstract
A method in a wireless communication device (200) capable of functioning as a node in an ad hoc network, including switching packet data, received from a source node, to a destination node, determining a switching capacity utilization of the wireless communication device, and re-allocating at least a portion of the packet switching performed by the wireless communication device with another switching node based upon the switching capacity utilization of the wireless communication device.
Claims17
A method in a wireless communication device capable of functioning as a node in an ad hoc network, the method comprising:
- switching packet data, received from a source node, to a destination node;
- determining a switching capacity utilization of the wireless communication device;
- re-allocating at least a portion of the packet switching performed by the wireless communication device with another switching node based upon the switching capacity utilization of the wireless communication device.
A wireless communication device capable of functioning as a switching node in an ad hoc network, the device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a controller coupled to memory and to the transceiver,
- the controller configured to determine packet switching capacity utilization of the wireless communication device,
- the controller configured transfer the switching of packet data currently switched by the wireless communication device to another switching node when the switching capacity utilization of the wireless communication device over-utilized,
- the controller configured to transfer the switching of packet data currently switched by another switching node to the wireless communication device when the switching capacity utilization of the wireless communication device underutilized.
A method in a node that switches data packets in an ad hoc network, the method comprising:
- receiving a message from neighboring nodes, each message including frequency band information supported by each of the corresponding neighboring nodes;
- instructing the source node to send packets to at least one neighboring node based upon the frequency band information supported by the neighboring node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.