Patent ID: 9166908
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: collecting, by a distributed intelligence agent (DIA), local state information from a plurality of minimalistic connected objects (MCOs) in a computer network, the local state information for each MCO comprising a corresponding neighbor list and a selected next-hop for the respective MCO, wherein one or more of the MCOs are configured to select their next-hop without any self-optimization; analyzing, by the DIA, a current routing topology, which is the combined result of the selected next-hops, in comparison to a computed optimal routing topology to determine whether to optimize the current routing topology; and in response to determining that the current routing topology should be optimized, transmitting a unicast routing instruction from the DIA to one or more individual MCOs to instruct those individual MCOs how to optimize the current routing topology.