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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2006
Wai Chen, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Jasmine Chennikara-varghese, Somerset, NJ (US);
Marcus Pang, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Toshiro Hikita, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
John Lee, Howell, NJ (US);
Shengwei Cai, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Wai Chen, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Jasmine Chennikara-Varghese, Somerset, NJ (US);
Marcus Pang, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Toshiro Hikita, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
John Lee, Howell, NJ (US);
Shengwei Cai, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for organizing and maintaining an ad-hoc network for communication between a plurality of moving devices is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of grouping the plurality of moving devices into at least one local peer group (LPG), ordering the plurality of devices within each LPG based upon a relative position of each of the plurality of devices within each LPG and assigning a unique identifier for each of the plurality of moving devices, where the unique identifier is based, in part on the LPG that the corresponding moving device is located.