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AssigneeOn Track Technologies Incorporated
InventorsPenny Shikowitz, John Coleman, James Manning
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The present invention relates to a Mobile Ad Hoc Network that possesses sufficient intelligence to handle a collection of devices that differ in terms of features either inherent to the device or the environment in which they operate. The different features inherent to the device may consist of different hardware and software technologies (e.g., combination of RF for transmission ability, processing ability, power supply, and interfaces). The different features of the environment may consist of any telemetry data measuring the state of the environment, as well as information regarding the MANet such as the density of devices in the vicinity of a device. Various applications are considered.
A telecommunications system transmitting data across a network, the system comprising:
A telecommunications system transmitting data across a network of nodes having device components enabling multiple modes of communications, the system comprising:
A telecommunications device used as a node in a system that relays data across a network, the device comprising:
A telecommunications device used as a node in a system that relays data across a network, the device comprising:
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Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
Network topologies: self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
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The present invention relates to a Mobile Ad Hoc Network that possesses sufficient intelligence to handle a collection of devices that differ in terms of features either inherent to the device or the environment in which they operate.
Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks permit geographically dispersed devices to form a communication network in which one device in the network typically sends data to another device in the network through other devices in the network that form an ad hoc wireless or wired communication bridge. Various routing algorithms have been invented to efficiently construct a communication bridge so that one device in a network can send data to another device in the network, potentially a great distance away.
Some routing algorithms take advantage of limited heterogeneous characteristics of the devices in the network (such as power supply), and some algorithms possess intelligence to adapt the routing instruction based on certain characteristics of the environment.
FIG. 1 is an illustration of a multi-functional device that can be used with the invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing components within an individual device.
FIGS. 3a-3b illustrate types of devices that can be dispersed throughout a MANet invention.
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The present invention encompasses an overall communication network and components thereof that allows one or more monitoring centers to maintain real time (or near-real time) awareness of the locations and/or other situational status of geographically (or logically) dispersed devices. The monitoring center(s) can issue instructions to the devices to control the acquisition and transmission of data back to the monitoring center(s). The interaction among the devices and the network(s) is very robust in that multiple radio frequency (RF) communication protocols can be utilized to achieve an unparalleled geographic diversity that allows devices virtually anywhere in the world to get and stay connected to the network.
The system described herein includes one or more networks, one or more devices coupled with the one or more networks, and one or more monitoring centers for sending and receiving data to and from individual devices. Each of the components will be more thoroughly discussed throughout this disclosure both separately and in combination with one another. Several illustrative examples will be described to highlight the capabilities of the devices and system that comprise the invention.