Patent ID: 8619625

Claim:
A method for computer-assisted operation of an autonomous network comprising a plurality of autonomous terminals, each terminal having a programmable transceiver that is reconfigured to select different frequency ranges for communicating over a communication link, comprising: defining one or more technical system states of the network, each defined technical system state specifying a certain operation of the network; defining a set of rules for the autonomous terminals, the set of rules specifying authorized operating states and/or configurations of the autonomous terminals; executing by an analysis unit on the network: receiving data that relates to network resources being utilized from the autonomous terminals, monitoring actual operating states and/or configurations of the autonomous terminals, and determining how the actual operating states and/or configurations of the autonomous terminals affect an actual system state of the network including whether the actual system state of the network deviates from the one or more defined technical system states of the network; and modifying the set of rules specifying authorized operating states and/or configurations of the autonomous terminals when the actual system state of the network deviates from the one or more defined technical system states of the network.