Programmable network node roles in hierarchical communications network
AssigneeTrackonomy Systems, Inc.
InventorAjay Khoche
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Abstract
The disclosure features a method of creating a communications network. In this method, a first tape node includes a first type of wireless communication interface and a second type of wireless communication interface having a longer range than the first type of wireless communication interface. A second tape node includes the first type of wireless communication interface that is operable to communicate with the first tape node over a wireless communication connection established between the first type of wireless communication interfaces of the first and second tape nodes. Over a wireless communication connection, the first tape node sends programmatic code executable by the first tape node to function as a master tape node with respect to the second tape node.
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A method of scheduling wireless autonomous tape agents in a hierarchy of levels, comprising:
- by the wireless autonomous tape agents, synchronizing with respect to a timing reference;
- propagating, by a master node, scheduling instructions in a global scheduling description language to the wireless autonomous tape agents in the hierarchy of levels, wherein the propagating comprises transmitting a respective subset of the global scheduling description language instructions in a preceding level in the hierarchy to each wireless autonomous tape agent in a successive level lower in the hierarchy, and repeating the transmitting for each successive level lower in the hierarchy;
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- executing, by the wireless autonomous tape agents, the respective instructions to create a monitoring network for packages.
A system to schedule communications for wireless autonomous tape agents in a hierarchy of levels, comprising:
- wireless autonomous tape agents operative to synchronize with respect to a timing reference;
- a master node operative to propagate scheduling instructions in a global scheduling description language to the wireless autonomous tape agents in the hierarchy of levels, wherein the master node is operative to perform operations comprising transmitting a respective subset of the global scheduling description language instructions in a preceding level in the hierarchy to each wireless autonomous tape agent in a successive level lower in the hierarchy, and repeating the transmitting for each successive level lower in the hierarchy;
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- the wireless autonomous tape agents are operative to execute the respective instructions to create a monitoring network for packages.
A computer program product for execution by a computer system and comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- an executable code portion to synchronize wireless autonomous tape agents with respect to a timing reference;
- an executable code portion to propagate, by a master node, scheduling instructions in a global scheduling description language to the wireless autonomous tape agents in a hierarchy of levels, wherein the executable code portion to propagate comprises an executable code portion to transmit a respective subset of the global scheduling description language instructions in a preceding level in the hierarchy to each wireless autonomous tape agent in a successive level lower in the hierarchy, and repeating the transmitting for each successive level lower in the hierarchy;
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- an executable code portion to execute, by the wireless autonomous tape agents, the respective instructions to create a monitoring network for packages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.