18368997. OPPORTUNISTIC RELAY AMONG MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES (Cisco Technology, Inc.)
OPPORTUNISTIC RELAY AMONG MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Pascal Thubert of Roquefort les Pins FR
Domenico Ficara of Essertines-sur-Yverdon CH
Jean-Philippe Vasseur of Combloux FR
OPPORTUNISTIC RELAY AMONG MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18368997 titled 'OPPORTUNISTIC RELAY AMONG MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES
Original Abstract Submitted
In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising monitoring dynamic locations of a plurality of mobile communication devices within a physical area covered by a wireless communication network, wherein keys are distributed to the mobile communication devices at association time; determining that a particular mobile communication device should have a relay for communication with the network based on a first location of the particular mobile communication device and inadequate wireless communication characteristics at the first location; selecting an opportunistic relay device from the mobile communication devices based on a second location of the opportunistic relay device and adequate wireless communication characteristics of the opportunistic relay device within the network and to the first location from the second location; and directing the opportunistic relay device to relay communications for the particular mobile communication device at the first location, wherein the communications are encrypted based on the keys.