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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Carl Binding, Reuschlikon, CH;
Francois B. Dolivo, Waedenswil, CH;
Reto J. Hermann, Buttikon, CH;
Dirk Husemann, Adliswil, CH;
Michael E. Nidd, Zurich, CH;
Carl Binding, Reuschlikon, CH;
Francois B. Dolivo, Waedenswil, CH;
Reto J. Hermann, Buttikon, CH;
Dirk Husemann, Adliswil, CH;
Michael E. Nidd, Zurich, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and computer products for establishing a mesh-network consisting of wireless personal area network (WPAN) having a large number of nodes. Exemplary embodiments include a gradient-driven mesh-network establishment method, including switching on a plurality of nodes in a vicinity of the wireless personal area network, detecting an acknowledgment signal via a wireless personal area network signal, querying for at least one or a resource and a physical quantity, selecting a subset of the plurality of nodes and instructing the subset of the plurality of nodes to send out a low power radio transceiver DISCOVER squirt signal to a neighborhood associated with the subset of the plurality of nodes, wherein nodes exclusive of the subset of the plurality of nodes turn off in response to an expiration of a time-out period.