Patent ID: 11967997
Assignee: TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INSTITUTE - SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling underwater acoustic communications within an underwater acoustic communications system (UACS) comprising a controller positioned at or near a surface of a water body and a plurality of nodes that are distributed throughout the water body, wherein the controller and the plurality of nodes have bidirectional acoustic communications capability to establish underwater acoustic links (UALs), the method comprising:
receiving a first slice request comprising a first source and a first destination, the first slice request is associated with service level agreement (SLA) requirements;
based on the first slice request, nominating a first set of routes that exist between the first source and the first destination that satisfy the SLA requirements;
receiving a second slice request comprising a second source and a second destination, the second slice request is associated with the SLA requirements;
based on the second slice request, nominating a second set of routes that exist between the second source and the second destination that satisfy the SLA requirements;
determining that a first route in the first set of routes reserves a threshold amount of network resources for a second route in the second set of routes;
based on the determining, accepting the first slice request and the second slice request; and
executing underwater acoustic communications via the UACS in accordance with the first slice request and the second slice request.