Payment reconciliation in mixed-ownership low-power mesh networks

摘要

Systems and methods that enable scalable, cost-effective payment reconciliation between owners of devices at least temporarily connected in or to a particular low-power, ad hoc mesh network.

主权项

1. A network device for communicating data in a mixed-ownership low-power mesh network, comprising: a battery;
a wireless interface; and a processing unit coupled with the battery and the wireless interface and configured to: monitor packet traffic routed by the network device; identify an originator node address and a number of units of data for each particular packet of the packet traffic; and send, in response to a trigger, data to another network device of the mesh network that represents a total number of units of data routed by the network device for each originator node address; wherein the processing unit further configured to: identify ownership for each originator node address; sum the number of units of data for each originator node address with shared ownership; and send the summed number of units of data to the another network device with an identifier of ownership; wherein the processing unit further configured to: determine ownership of the another network device; and send the data that re resents the total number of units of data routed by the network device for each on originator node address when a fee for routing data the another network device is determined to be zero.