Patent ID: 8498224
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: attaching, by a mobile router, to an attachment router according to a protocol requiring establishment of a loopless topology directed towards a root, the attaching by the mobile router based on the mobile router receiving, from the attachment router, an advertisement message; outputting by the mobile router a second advertisement message specifying availability of a prescribed address prefix used by the mobile router, and further specifying attributes of the mobile router relative to the loopless topology; receiving by the mobile router a plurality of sensor data messages from at least one attached sensor node, each sensor data message specifying at least one sensor data element specifying a detected sensor parameter; receiving by the mobile router a third advertisement message from an attached mobile router having attached to the mobile router, the third advertisement message specifying aggregated sensor data; aggregating by the mobile router the sensor data elements from the sensor data messages with the aggregated sensor data received from the attached mobile router to form second aggregated sensor data; and generating and outputting by the mobile router a fourth advertisement message to the attachment router, the fourth advertisement message specifying the second aggregated sensor data.