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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Chi-kin Chau, Singapore, SG;
Kang-won Lee, Nanuet, NY (US);
Ho Yin Starsky Wong, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for assigning gateways for heterogeneous wireless mobile networks. A method includes exchanging routing and connectivity information between a plurality of nodes. Each node is respectively included in a corresponding one of a plurality of mobile ad hoc networks. The information excludes global positioning satellite information. The method further includes determining, for a given node, whether a particular set of gateway functionalities of the given node are redundant with respect to one or more other nodes, based on topology information derived from the information. The method also includes dynamically assigning the given node as a gateway or a non-gateway by respectively turning on or turning off the particular set of gateway functionalities of the given node when the particular set of gateway functionalities of the given node are respectively determined to be non-redundant or redundant with respect to the one or more other nodes.