Communications network
US7478162B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- 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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