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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2003
Kenneth J. Crisler, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Deborah J. Monks, Palatine, IL (US);
Kenneth J. Crisler, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Deborah J. Monks, Palatine, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for dynamically determining a community of entities in a communications system having a plurality of entities is described. The method includes the steps of: determining () the location of at least a portion of the plurality of entities within a first coverage area; computing () an entity density function for a plurality of density calculation zones within the first coverage area as a function of the determined location of the entities; detecting () that a predetermined proximity density threshold has been exceeded in at least one of the density calculation zones; generating a list () of entities that are in proximity to the density calculation zone within which the proximity density threshold was exceeded; and determining () whether at least one community can be defined that includes at least two entities from the list.