SELECTING NODES CLOSE TO ANOTHER NODE IN A NETWORK USING LOCATION INFORMATION FOR THE NODES

摘要

A network 100 includes a plurality of nodes 10-50. A set of candidate nodes from the plurality of nodes 10-50 is selected based on location information for the candidate nodes and a first node 10 also in the network 100. A clustering algorithm is applied to the location information for the candidate nodes and the first node 10, and a subset of the set of candidate nodes closest to the first node 10 is identified based on the results of applying the clustering algorithm.