Patent ID: 7701874
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for employing a multi-sensor network, the method comprising the steps of: employing a first sensor, wherein the employing the first sensor includes establishing the first sensor as a network portal; employing a plurality of additional sensors, a position of each additional sensor within the network being relative in at least two dimensions to only one of the first sensor and an adjacent sensor nearer the first sensor; and employing a routing algorithm for determining a routing path for data located at an activated sensor in the network, wherein the routing algorithm determines the nearest adjacent sensors to the activated sensor, determines which of the nearest adjacent sensors is furthest from the first sensor in any dimension, employs a user-defined axis preference for determining an axis along which the data is first routed from the activated sensor in response to determining that there is more than one sensor that is equally far from the first sensor, moves the data from the activated sensor along a routing path closer towards the first sensor while maintaining a maximum coordinate distance from the first sensor in order to minimize orthogonal shifts in data between sensors in the network, maximize straight line transmissions of data along a single axis for the sensors in the network and route data around sensors in the network that become unavailable for data transmission, wherein at least one of the plurality of additional sensors in the network functions as a network portal in response to the first sensor becoming unavailable.