DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE INTER-LAYER CONTROL OF WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

摘要

System (fig.3), apparatus, and methods are disclosed wherewith a group of independent wireless routing devices known as Service Points work (350) cooperatively to form an ad hoc mesh communication network. The resulting Service Point Network is used to provide reliable address-directed communication services between devices (330) attached by conventional means (wired or wireless) to respective Service Ports (310) on any of the Service Points. Attached Utilizing Devices (330) are not considered a part of the Service Point Network and need not contain any custom software or hardware related to the operations of the Service Point Network. Consequently, the networking technology used to form the Service Point Network is independent of the technology used for connecting devices to Service Points. Services for Utilizing Devices include both point-to-point as well as point-to-multi-point communication. To protect the security of network communications and the integrity of the network, the Service Points are assigned internal IP addresses and unique identifiers that need not be disclosed to the Utilizing Devices. The unique identifiers in turn are used to derive public and private encryption key pairs for each Service Point.