WIRELESS NETWORK WITH UNMANNED VEHICLE NODES PROVIDING NETWORK DATA CONNECTIVITY

摘要

An unmanned vehicle (UV) system provides network data connectivity for terminals. UV nodes in the system may transmit and receive terminal data in a network of UV nodes and other nodes according to a routing protocol. The nodes may include fixed nodes or UV nodes with a wired or wireless network connection to a destination terminal. A UV node may receive data from a source terminal for transmission to the destination terminal, and when the UV node is within range of a node in the network connected the destination terminal, the UV node transmits the received data to the node within range for forwarding to the destination terminal via the network.

主权项

1. An unmanned vehicle (UV) system providing network data connectivity, the UV system comprising:
a plurality of UV nodes, each comprising a hardware communication interface and processor to transmit and receive data in a network comprised of the plurality of UV nodes and other nodes according to a routing protocol; and a plurality of fixed nodes with a wired or wireless connection to a destination terminal, wherein a UV node of the plurality of UV nodes receives data from a source terminal for transmission to a destination terminal, and when the UV node is within range of a node in the network connected the destination terminal, the UV node transmits the received data to the node within range for forwarding the data to the destination terminal via the network.