Dynamic generation of geographically bound MANET IDs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10143022-B2
Application number	US-201715835600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2017
Priority date	Jan 25, 2016
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A method for generating a geographically-bound mobile ad hoc network identification. The method may include receiving, by a processor, a mobile ad hoc network request. The method may also include determining a plurality of geographic coordinates of a device associated with a current location of the device. The method may further include generating a mobile ad hoc network identification based on the determined plurality of geographic coordinates. The method may also include processing the received mobile ad hoc network request using the generated mobile ad hoc network identification.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processor-implemented method for generating a geographically-bound mobile ad hoc network identification, the method comprising:
determining a plurality of geographic coordinates of a device associated with a current location of the device;
generating a mobile ad hoc network identification based on the determined plurality of geographic coordinates; and
processing a mobile ad hoc network request using the generated mobile ad hoc network identification.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the mobile ad hoc network identification includes ordering a plurality of components associated with the determined plurality of geographic coordinates.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the ordered plurality of components includes at least one of a latitudinal compass direction, a plurality of degrees latitude, a plurality of minutes latitude, a longitudinal compass direction, a plurality of degrees longitude, or a plurality of minutes longitude.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the plurality of geographic coordinates is accomplished using a global positioning system.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating an updated mobile ad hoc network identification based on a change in the current location of the device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the mobile ad hoc network identification includes utilizing at least one of a transposition, a translation, an encryption, or a hashing.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generated mobile ad hoc network identification includes a user configurable granularity setting.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a mobile ad hoc network identification associated with a recipient device based on a predicted geographic location of the recipient device; and
transmitting a plurality of data to the recipient device based on the determined mobile ad hoc network identification.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the mobile ad hoc network identification associated with the recipient device includes wildcarding at least one geographic component within a plurality of geographic components associated with the predicted geographic location of the recipient device.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Charters Graham C
• Dixon Bret W
• Horwood Benjamin T
• Poga Alexander H
• Shewell Mark A

Classifications

• H04W48/08

  Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W8/186 Primary

  Processing of subscriber group data · CPC title

• H04W64/003

  locating network equipment · CPC title

• H04W76/11 Primary

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title