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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Georgios Kalogridis, Bristol, GB;
Orestis Georgiou, Bristol, GB;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A wireless device including a processor and memory. The memory stores executable instructions and rules. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the device to store, if the wireless device forms part of a network including other wireless device and a backbone, information detailing topology of the network and/or status of other devices of the network, based on the rules. The topology information estimates costs and/or benefits of transmitting data to the backbone via other wireless devices of the network and based on the rules estimates the costs and/or benefits of transmitting data directly to the backbone. One or both estimates combine an estimation of technical costs of data transmission, compensation payments, and path length dependent network benefits. The device determines whether the costs and/or benefits of a direct exchange with the backbone outweigh those of data exchange with the backbone via other nodes.