Asymmetric and asynchronous energy conservation protocol for vehicular networks
AssigneeTelcordia Applied Research Center Taiwan Company
InventorsShan-Hung Wu, Chung-Min Chen, Ming-Syan Chen
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Abstract
An asymmetric and asynchronous energy conservation protocol for vehicular networks is provided. In one aspect, an a-quorum may be defined for one or more members for the one or more members to establish asymmetric links to contact the cluster head. An s-quorum for the cluster head to establish symmetric link between the cluster heads and relays may be defined.
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A method for an asymmetric and asynchronous energy conservation protocol for vehicular networks, comprising:
- defining an a-quorum for one or more members of a cluster, the cluster including a plurality of moving vehicles in a vehicular network and in which one or more of the plurality of moving vehicles are designated as a member, a cluster head, or a relay, the a-quorum specifying a beacon interval for one or more members of the cluster to establish asymmetric link to contact a cluster head of the cluster;
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- defining an s-quorum for the cluster head to establish symmetric link between the cluster head and one or more of other cluster heads in one or more other clusters.
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to pertain a method of an asymmetric and asynchronous energy conservation protocol for vehicular networks, comprising:
- defining an a-quorum for one or more members of a cluster, the cluster including a plurality of moving vehicles in a vehicular network and in which the plurality of moving vehicles are designated as a member, a cluster head, or a relay, the a-quorum specifying a beacon interval for one or more members of the cluster to establish asymmetric links to contact a cluster head of the cluster;
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- defining an s-quorum for the cluster head to establish symmetric link between the cluster head and one or more of other cluster heads in one or more other clusters.
A system for an asymmetric and asynchronous energy conservation protocol for vehicular networks, comprising:
- means for defining an a-quorum for one or more members of a cluster, the cluster including a plurality of moving vehicles in a vehicular network and in which the plurality of moving vehicles are designated as a member, a cluster head, or a relay, the a-quorum specifying a beacon interval for one or more members of the cluster to establish asymmetric links to contact a cluster head of the cluster;
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- means for defining an s-quorum for the cluster head to establish symmetric link between the cluster head and one or more of other cluster heads in one or more other clusters.
A system for an asymmetric and asynchronous energy conservation protocol for vehicular networks, comprising:
- a plurality of stations associated with respective one or more vehicles in a vehicular network, the plurality of stations being organized into one or more clusters, and assigned as one of a member, cluster head, or relay in a respective cluster;
- an a-quorum specifying a beacon interval for one or more members of a cluster to establish asymmetric links to contact a cluster head of the cluster;
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- an s-quorum for the cluster head to establish symmetric link between the cluster head and one or more of other cluster heads in one or more other clusters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.