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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Roland N. Freeman, Goose Creek, SC (US);
Robert J. Rencher, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Rahul C. Thakkar, Leesburg, VA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of acquiring software by a source node in a wireless ad hoc network. The method includes the source node executing application software from which a need to perform a task is identified, and making a determination that the source node is incapable of performing the task. Responsive to the determination, the source node searches a local module repository (MR) of the source node for a software module usable to perform the task, and responsive to the source node failing to locate the software module in the local MR, broadcasts a request for the software module to neighbor nodes of the plurality of nodes in radio range of the source node. The source node receives the software module from the neighbor node, and uses the software module to perform the task.