Methods and systems for improving device-to-device communications in a wireless network
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGandhi SIVAKUMAR, Sandeep R. PATIL, Sasikanth EDA, Abhishek JAIN
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Abstract
Embodiments for managing a wireless communication network by one or more processors are described. The presence of a plurality of mobile electronic devices within a wireless communication network is detected. A device-to-device (D2D) connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices is calculated. A signal representative of the calculated D2D connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices is generated.
Claims18
A method, by one or more processors, for managing a wireless communication network comprising:
- detecting the presence of a plurality of mobile electronic devices within a wireless communication network;
- calculating a device-to-device (D2D) connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices;
- wherein the calculating of the D2D connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices is based on a security posture of the respective mobile electronic device, a privacy posture of the respective mobile electronic device, or a combination thereof;
- generating a signal representative of the calculated D2D connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices;
- and
- establishing D2D communications between another mobile electronic device and a selected one of the plurality of mobile electronic devices based on the calculated D2D connectability score of each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices.
3-4. (canceled)
A system for managing a wireless communication network comprising:
- at least one processor that
- detects the presence of a plurality of mobile electronic devices within a wireless communication network;
- calculates a device-to-device (D2D) connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices;
- wherein the calculating of the D2D connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices is based on a security posture of the respective mobile electronic device, a privacy posture of the respective mobile electronic device, or a combination thereof;
- generates a signal representative of the calculated D2D connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices;
- and
- establishes D2D communications between another mobile electronic device and a selected one of the plurality of mobile electronic devices based on the calculated D2D connectability score of each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices.
10-11. (canceled)
A computer program product for managing a wireless communication network by one or more processors, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- an executable portion that detects the presence of a plurality of mobile electronic devices within a wireless communication network;
- an executable portion that calculates a device-to-device (D2D) connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices;
- wherein the calculating of the D2D connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices is based on a security posture of the respective mobile electronic device, a privacy posture of the respective mobile electronic device, or a combination thereof;
- an executable portion that generates a signal representative of the calculated D2D connectability score for each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices;
- and
- an executable portion that establishes D2D communications between another mobile electronic device and a selected one of the plurality of mobile electronic devices based on the calculated D2D connectability score of each of the plurality of mobile electronic devices.
17-18. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.