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Communications network

US6982955B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2000
Grant dateJan 3, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/10
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An emergent network that is autonomous at the service level. Network nodes have policies that enable them to process different types of service requests, with the processing earning the nodes ‘rewards’. Successful nodes can pass some or all of their policies to other nodes using the evolutionary biology of bacteria as a model.

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