Patent ID: 8855010
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: exchanging routing and connectivity information between a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes being respectively included in a corresponding one of a plurality of mobile ad hoc networks, the routing and connectivity information excluding global positioning satellite information; determining, for a given node from among the plurality of nodes, whether a particular set of gateway functionalities of the given node are redundant with respect to one or more other nodes from among the plurality of nodes, based on topology information derived from the routing and connectivity information; dynamically assigning the given node as a gateway or a non-gateway by respectively turning on or turning off the particular set of gateway functionalities of the given node when the particular set of gateway functionalities of the given node are respectively determined to be non-redundant or redundant with respect to the one or more other nodes; and turning on the particular set of gateway functionalities of inter-partition neighbors of the given node from among the plurality of nodes, when the particular set of gateway functionalities of the given node are determined to be non-redundant resulting in the particular set of gateway functionalities of the given node being turned on.