Self-Healing Communication Network Nodes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Communication systems face difficulties in maintaining air space clearance when nodes, such as communication towers, become damaged, as existing systems lack redundancy and self-healing capabilities to compensate for node failures.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic method of establishing a network of nodes that creates redundant communication links and self-organizes to ensure continuous communication by forming new links that do not cross existing ones or are shorter, allowing for self-healing and redundancy, enabling nodes to communicate without a central controller.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a single communication tower is used to clear air space, then the system structure is simple, but the system lacks redundancy and becomes extremely difficult to operate when the tower is destroyed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the communication system into multiple independent nodes distributed across different locations. Each node can independently clear air space in its sector, eliminating the single-point failure risk of a centralized tower while maintaining operational simplicity through modular deployment
Solution Approach 2:
The network dynamically reconfigures communication links when nodes are destroyed. Surviving nodes automatically establish new communication paths and adjust their operating sectors, allowing the system to adapt to changing conditions and maintain continuity without requiring complex pre-planned redundancy
2Area of stationary object
If communication links are established to ensure coverage, then air space clearance capability is maintained, but links may cross existing communication links creating interference or inefficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes communication links in a predetermined sequence, where each new link is evaluated against existing links before creation. This preliminary checking prevents crossing links that would create interference, while the systematic approach to link establishment keeps the configuration process manageable rather than overly complex
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AI summary
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method of dynamically creating a network of a plurality of nodes operable to communicate with objects in operating sectors comprises establishing a first communication link between a first node and a second node of the plurality of nodes. The first communication link is established upon determining that the first communication link between the respective ones of the plurality of nodes would not cross an existing communication link in the network of the plurality of nodes between two of the plurality of nodes or upon determining that the first communication link would be shorter than any existing communication link in the network of the nodes between two of the plurality of nodes that the first communication link would cross. The first communication link has a first communicative line of sight between the first node and the second node.