Network connectivity control by artificial intelligence
US4999833A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S706/909
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communications system utilizes artificial intelligence to select connectivity paths among various locations in a communications network. An embodiment shown is that of a packet radio network, wherein an artificial intelligence module, located at one or more of the radio sites in the network, applies a set of heuristic rules to a knowledge base obtained from network experience to select connectivity paths through the network. The artificial intelligence module comprises an inference engine, a memory for storing network data obtained from a radio receiver and transmitting it to the inference engine, a memory connected to the inference engine which stores a set of heuristic rules for the artificial intelligence system, and a knowledge base memory which stores network information upon which the inference engine draws. The knowledge base memory is also capable of feeding back network information to the rule base memory, which can thus update its rules. Also shown is an embodiment of a multimedia communications network.
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