| 摘要 |
A method of managing a network including a plurality of nodes. The nodes are displayed, in a pictorial display, relative to a current geographic location of the nodes. The method includes modifying, via the display and via the network, one or more capabilities of one of the nodes. The node is an ad-hoc node. This method can improve network management flexibility, asset utilization, resource sharing, and load leveling. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of managing a network the method comprising:
displaying, in a pictorial display updated and essentially in real-time, a plurality of live and virtual nodes of a physical network and current geographic locations of each of the nodes, each node having one or more application capabilities registered in a management system for the physical network, and further comprising:
determining a line of sight exists between a first live node and a first virtual node of the plurality of live and virtual nodes, based on a simulated current geographic position of the first virtual node and a current geographic position of the first live node; anddisplaying a potential link along the determined line of sight between the two nodes that is updated essentially in real-time; shadowing a first live node with a first virtual shadow node; based on user input, modifying, on the display and on said first virtual shadow node via the physical network, one or more application capabilities, wherein the one or more application capabilities meet at least one mission requirement; providing a graphical depiction of network health data of the physical network within the pictorial display, wherein network connections between nodes of the plurality of live and virtual nodes are shown as having one of a plurality of network performance levels within the pictorial display using a respective distinctive visual style; and based on user input, modifying, on the display and on said first live node via the physical network, the one or more application capabilities, wherein the one or more application capabilities meet at least one mission requirement; the method performed by the management system. |
