Patent ID: 8423064
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G10L,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for processing signals in a sensor network, the sensor network including a plurality of sensors each sensor being in a state of an owning sensor or non-owning sensor, the method comprising: establishing, by a non-owning sensor in the network, a neighborhood of owning sensors, each of the owning sensors owning a specific source signal from amongst a plurality of source signals generated from sources; obtaining, by the non-owning sensor, signal information from the owning sensors in the neighborhood of owning sensors; determining by the non-owning sensor, based on the signal information, whether a signal reception strength of an owning sensor over the specific source signal owned by the owning sensor is below a threshold level; and responsive to determining that the signal reception strength of the owning sensor is below the threshold level, the non-owning sensor taking ownership of the specific source signal.