US 2015/0312837 A1 · FACILITATING MESH NETWORKS OF CONNECTED MOVABLE OBJECTS

Abstract

Wireless communication via a mesh network of connected movable objects is described. A method includes determining, by a device including a processor, a value of a characteristic of a first movable object of movable objects communicatively coupled to a wireless network, wherein the movable objects are automated vehicles, and wherein the determining the value is based on a likelihood of receipt of a message transmitted from the first movable object to a second movable object of the movable objects. The method also includes generating information usable to move the first movable object in a manner that satisfies a defined condition associated with the value. The information can be strength of a wireless communication channel between the first movable object and a second movable object of the movable objects.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

determining, by a device comprising a processor, a value of a characteristic of a first movable object of movable objects communicatively coupled to a wireless network, wherein the movable objects are automated vehicles, and wherein the determining the value is based on a likelihood of receipt of a message transmitted from the first movable object to a second movable object of the movable objects;
and
generating, by the device, information usable to move the first movable object in a manner that satisfies a defined condition associated with the value.

A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, causes the device to perform operations, comprising:

determining a first value of a first characteristic of a first movable object of movable objects communicatively coupled to a wireless network, wherein the determining is based on likelihood of transmission of content from the first movable object to a second movable object of the movable objects satisfying a defined condition;
and
generating information usable to cause the first movable object to have a defined mobility, wherein the information is based on the first value.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facilitating mesh networks of connected movable objects

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Facilitating mesh networks of connected movable objects

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Abstract

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