ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION FOR MOBILE ROUTER SYSTEMS

摘要

An approach to adaptively positioning a set of mobile routers to provide communication services to a set of clients makes use of estimated direction profiles of communication between routers and clients. The approach does not rely on a Euclidean model in which communication characteristics (e.g., signal strength, data rate, etc.) depend on distance between communicating nodes, and does not necessarily require sampling of communication characteristics in unproductive directions in order to move the routers to preferable locations.

主权项

1. A method for adaptively locating a set of mobile routers providing wireless communication services to a plurality of clients, the method comprising, at a first mobile router of the set of mobile routers:
for each client of a set of clients of the plurality of clients that are in wireless communication with the first router,
determining a direction profile characterizing direction-dependence of one or more signal paths between the first router and the client, and determining using the direction profile directional information comprising at least one or a communication direction between the router and the client and a spread of the direction profile,computing a deficiency in communication service associate with the client and the first router, andproviding the directional information and the deficiency in communication for determining a location for the first router; and using the determined location for the first router to adapt the location of said router.