Patent ID: 8971274
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, by a computing device, a demand for inter-network bandwidth between a balloon network and a terrestrial data network; determining one or more offers to provide an inter-network link, wherein the inter-network link provides inter-network bandwidth between the balloon network and the terrestrial data network, and wherein each offer is associated with a corresponding client device; comparing (a) the demand for inter-network bandwidth and (b) the one or more offers to provide an inter-network link; selecting one or more of the offers to provide an inter-network link based at least in part on the comparison of: (a) the demand for inter-network bandwidth and (b) the one or more offers to provide an inter-network link; and initiating a process to establish an inter-network link between the balloon network and the terrestrial data network at each client device that corresponds to one of the one or more selected offers.