Abstract:
A mesh network (120) constituted by radio-controlled bridges (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, and 106) in communication with connectionless devices (109) and connection-oriented devices (110) is disclosed. The mesh network (120) is further configured with a plurality of communication protocol translators facilitating communication between devices using different communication protocols. The mesh network (120) is further configured with a central controlling unit (100) controlling allowed and not allowed interactions between devices communicating over the mesh network (120).
Abstract:
A method for transmitting data by a transmission node in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, a channel information request, transmitting, to the base station, a data packet based on a first channel information value received in response to the transmitted channel information request, and awaiting reception of a response packet indicating reception of the data packet from the base station, if the reception of the response packet fails during a predetermined time interval, detecting an energy level of a signal received in the predetermined time interval, and reconfiguring one of a transmitting method for the response packet and a transmitting method for a next data packet based on the detected energy level
Abstract:
A method in a node is disclosed. The method comprises determining (1304) a first route from a first source node (505 A) to a destination (510), the first route comprising one or more relay nodes (515, 615). The method comprises determining (1308) an energy-harvesting routing metric, the energy-harvesting routing metric for use in determining a second route from a second source node (505B) to the destination (510). The method comprises determining (1312) the second route from the second source node (505B) to the destination (510), the determined second route comprising one or more relay nodes (515, 615) selected to maximize the determined energy- harvesting routing metric.
Abstract:
Specialized Internet gateway apparatuses 101 provide Internet access to conventional network-enabled client devices 100 through multiple disjoint segments of the Internet simultaneously by means of multiple Internet access devices and of a "connection-merging protocol". Virtual relay servers 102, which also implement the connection-merging protocol, act as proxies between the gateway apparatuses 101 and the conventional network-enabled application servers 103 the client devices 100 connected to said gateway apparatuses 101 wish to communicate with. A virtual resource allocation and information server 104 aggregates status and routing information relevant to the gateway apparatuses 101, and dynamically adjusts the number, location and/or performance specifications of running virtual relay servers 102. As a result, a system and method for demand-driven, flexible-topology and intelligently-enabled communication between conventional network-enabled client devices 100 and conventional network-enabled application servers 103 concurrently over multiple conventional segments of the Internet is realized.
Abstract:
A base station (eNB) selects between a cellular communication link and a device-to-device (D2D) communication link for communication between a first user equipment (UE) device and a second UE device. The eNB instructs each UE device to transmit a reference signal that is received by the other UE device and the eNB. Each UE device reports D2D channel characteristic information indicative of the received reference signal. The eNB determines first cellular channel characteristic information of a first portion of a cellular communication link between the first UE device and the eNB and determines second cellular channel characteristic information of a second portion of the cellular communication link between the second UE device and the eNB. Based on at least one of the first cellular channel characteristic information, the second cellular channel characteristic information, and the D2D channel characteristic information, the eNB selects cellular communication or D2D communication for communication between the UE devices.
Abstract:
A telecommunications device, operable in a system comprising one or more servers, the device being a client device in the system. The device is constructed and adapted to: provide a client configuration state for the client device to the one or more servers; and obtain from the one or more servers a first sub-network configuration, comprising at least one path from the one or more servers to the client device, and being based on the client configuration state and on at least one other client configuration state of at least one other client device. The device can use a path specified in the first sub-network configuration to obtain at least one resource via the one or more servers.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a node in a network receives communication channel data regarding one or more communication channels available between a particular device in the network and a neighboring device. Each communication channel corresponds to one or more electrical phases over which the particular device can communicate with the neighboring device. The node also receives crosstalk data regarding an amount of crosstalk between the electrical phases over which the particular device can communicate with the neighboring device. The node then generates a routing path for the network based on the received crosstalk and communication channel data.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus can be configured to measure channel conditions of a first channel (310). The first channel can correspond to a first frequency. The method can also include predicting whether the channel conditions of a second channel are favorable for offloading communication occurring on the first channel to the second channel based on measurements performed on the first channel (320). The second channel can correspond to a second frequency. The second frequency can be higher than the first frequency. The method can also include determining a rate of occurrence for monitoring the second channel based on the results of the predicting (330).