Method and device for managing the resources of a computer communication means for processing a computer document

A system for managing resources of a wireless computer communication network, wherein said network comprises at least one base station and a plurality of processing devices as mobile stations, for processing a computer document stored on a processing control device connected by said network to at least one of said processing devices, said managing system comprising:

• a locating device that locates said processing devices in said network so as to obtain a position of each of said devices in said network, said locating device comprising a switching device that switches a station operating as a mobile station to a base station operating mode when there are an insufficient number of base stations in said network to perform the locating;
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• a first selecting device that selects, among said plurality of processing devices, at least one processing device as a function of a group of position criteria relating to the position of said processing devices, so as to obtain a first selected group of processing devices.

A mobile station in a wireless telecommunications network, comprising:

• a processor for executing computer executable process steps;
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• a memory storing computer executable process steps to be executed by the processor, the computer executable process steps comprising steps for executing a method for managing resources of a wireless computer communication network, wherein said network comprises at least one base station and a plurality of processing devices as mobile stations, for processing a computer document stored on a processing control device connected by said network to at least one of said processing devices, said method comprising the steps of (a) locating said processing devices in said network so as to obtain a position of each of said processing devices in said network, said locating step comprising a step of switching a station operating as a mobile station to a base station operating mode when there are an insufficient number of base stations in said network to perform said locating step, and (b) a first selecting step of selecting, from among said plurality of processing devices, at least one processing device as a function of a group of position criteria relating to the position of said processing devices, so as to obtain a first selected group of processing devices.

A base station in a wireless telecommunications network, comprising:

• a processor for executing computer executable process steps;
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• a memory storing computer executable process steps to be executed by the processor, the computer executable process steps comprising steps for executing a method for managing resources of a wireless computer communication network, wherein said network comprises at least one base station and a plurality of processing devices as mobile stations, for processing a computer document stored on a processing control device connected by said network to at least one of said processing devices, said method comprising the steps of (a) locating said processing devices in said network so as to obtain a position of each of said processing devices in said network, said locating step comprising a step of switching a station operating as a mobile station to a base station operating mode when there are an insufficient number of base stations in said network to perform said locating step, and (b) a first selecting step of selecting, from among said plurality of processing devices, at least one processing device as a function of a group of position criteria relating to the position of said processing devices, so as to obtain a first selected group of processing devices.

A computer-readable storage medium on which is stored computer-executable codes of a computer program, said program comprising computer executable process steps implementing a method for managing resources of a wireless computer communication network, wherein said network comprises at least one base station and a plurality of processing devices as mobile stations, for processing a computer document stored on a processing control device connected by said network to at least one of said processing devices, said method comprising the steps of:

• locating said processing devices in said network so as to obtain a position of each of said processing devices in said network, said locating step comprising a step of switching a station operating as a mobile station to a base station operating mode when there are an insufficient number of base stations in said network to perform said locating step;
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• a first selecting step of selecting, from among said plurality of processing devices, at least one processing device as a function of a group of position criteria relating to the position of said processing devices, so as to obtain a first selected group of processing devices.