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Layered communications network with adaptively distributed nodal policies

US7346704B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 14, 2001
Grant dateMar 18, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L45/566
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An emergent network 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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