Clustering in wireless ad hoc networks

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2005-04-05

2005-04-05

Duong, Frank (Department: 2666)

Multiplex communications

Communication over free space

Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...

C370S254000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06876643

ABSTRACT:
A method, system, and computer program product for organizing a set of nodes into a minimum number of connected clusters of bounded size in a wireless transmission system, wherein the method comprises using of bits in packets used in the initial stages of the device discovery procedure, to include information relating to a state of device discovery to achieve the separation of the nodes into those in the transmit-state and the receive-state; defining a Master-designate among the nodes through a statistical procedure and defining remaining nodes as a Slave-designate; defining a cluster including the Master-designate and at least one the Slave-designate, wherein the Slave-designate continuously scans for the inquiry message transmitted from the Master-designate and the Slave-designate transmits the inquiry response to the Master-designate.

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