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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Joel W. Branch, New Haven, CT (US);
Shang Qing Guo, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Jonathan Lenchner, North Salem, NY (US);
Maharaj Mukherjee, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method (and structure) includes forming a wireless ad hoc network with a plurality of sensors at a first location, the ad hoc network being a localized, decentralized network wherein each participating sensor has an equal status on the network for performing network functions and is free to associate with any other ad hoc network device in a link range of a vicinity of the first location. Data is transmitted from the plurality of sensors via the ad hoc network, for consumption by an at-home user located at a second location different from said first location. Each sensor indicates a location and a directivity of sensing in the vicinity of the first location, so that the plurality of sensors thereby can provide data sufficient for the at-home user to be immersed in an experience at the first location.