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Describes the latest research findings on cocaine, exploring the scope of abuse in the U.S., its potential long- and short-term health effects, maternal cocaine use, and treatment approaches.
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Introduces a report that focuses on the topic of comorbid drug use disorders and other mental illnesses, a research priority for NIDA.
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Reports on the cognitive effects of addiction, potential genetic influences, strategies for training counselors, cost evaluation of evidence-based treatments, and a trial underway on brief strategic family therapy.
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Offers basic facts about comorbidity between drug use disorders and other mental illnesses, including why these disorders can co-occur, how common they are, and how they are diagnosed and treated.
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Reports data on the number of people in need of drug abuse treatment and characteristics of admissions to substance abuse treatment facilities.
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Provides national estimates on drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments and makes comparisons with previous years' data. Discusses illicit drugs, alcohol and other drugs, and prescription drugs.
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Presents current knowledge on a variety of addiction issues, including nicotine's effects on brain function, inhalant abuse, and maternal tobacco use and its effects on children. Also discusses genetically based research and treatment and a classroom behavior management method called the "Good Behavior Game".
Published agosto del 2003. Revised agosto del 2011.
A graphic tour of how the body is affected by various drugs of abuse. Includes an annotated "body" poster for your classroom wall along with six skills sheets. One side in English; the other in Spanish.


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COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County Consolidated Schools is working to add three new math classes to its curriculum, as well as the possibility of other courses to help prepare students for life after high school.
The three new math classes are expected to help students on a variety of academic levels.
One of the courses is expected to help seniors receive their diplomas. In order to graduate, the state requires that all seniors pass one algebra class.
COLUMBIA CITY — College GO! Week, held this past October for the state of Indiana, is all about one big goal — helping Hoosiers plan for college and career success and the practical steps that can be taken to get there, whether they're in elementary school or college.
Whitley County Success Coalition took this challenge of assisting students in planning and preparing for their future. The Whitley County College Success Coalition is comprised of business owners, employees, community members, educators, students and parents.
COLUMBIA CITY — Firefighters worked to quickly control a fire at Indian Springs Middle School Monday morning.
At approximately 10:45 a.m., firemen from Columbia City and Columbia Township Fire Departments responded to a fire alarm at the middle school, located on Ind. 9, south of Columbia City.
Students were evacuated from the building, and sent to Little Turtle Elementary School to wait for officials to control the fire, which was believed to be started by a candle in a sixth-grade class.
COLUMBIA CITY— High goals and big achievements are the legacy Gabrielle Hazen is leaving behind as a Columbia City volleyball player.
And big goals are what she still has as she prepares to step onto the court as a Northwestern Wildcat.
Hazen officially signed with the university Friday in a ceremony at Columbia City High School.
When she officially dons the Wildcat purple, it will be a fulfilment of one goal.
"I realized a few years ago I could play in the Big Ten," Hazen said.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Plans are being made for South Whitley's first Home for the Holidays event, which is slated for Dec. 8 from 3-6 p.m.
"This promises to be a fun-filled afternoon sponsored by Whitley on the Move," said event organizers. "There will be several family-friendly activities in the offering by a variety of South Whitley organizations and businesses."
A Christmas tree stands waiting in the bandstand gazebo outside of Town Hall for decorations which will be made in the Town Hall during the event.
OSSIAN — The Columbia City Lady Eagle swim team made a strong season opening appearance at the Norwell Invitational.
The Lady Eagles posted several good times while taking an early lead in the team scoring, before being edged by Bishop Dwenger by only five points for the team title, 267-262.
Editor's note: The following is the second of a three-part series on the various programs and services featured at the Peabody Public Library.
COLUMBIA CITY — When card holders visit the Peabody Public Library, Columbia City, books are not the only things on display.
What was once seen as an educational resource bound by cover and conveyed in writing, the library's services span several mediums.
COLUMBIA CITY— Four members of Columbia City's football team were named to the Northeast Hoosier Conference all-conference team for the 2013 season.
Senior Wayne Smith led the Eagles by being tapped as Columbia City's lone first-team member. Smith also played on offense for Columbia City at wide receiver.
Junior Drew Cummings was named honorable mention at center for Columbia City.
On the defensive side of the ball, Dakota Goldwood was an honorable mention choice at defensive end.
COLUMBIA CITY — Rotary Clubs are known for their civic investment in communities throughout the year. However, Rotarians in Columbia City are giving back in a way that requires time, sacrifice and service.
A community Thanksgiving dinner will be served by the organization on Thanksgiving day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 4-H Center in Columbia City.
The meal is offered at no charge, but freewill donations are accepted. Proceeds from the dinner will go to food banks in Whitley County.
Nathan R. Fry, 35, of Fort Wayne, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at his home.
Born Dec. 9, 1977 in Columbia City, he was the son of Michael A. Fry and Susan C. Fry.
He attended Columbia City High School and had worked at Apple Spice. Nathan was a Park Center client where they helped him become self efficient and helped him get his life on the right path within the last few years.
He was a member of Columbia City United Methodist Church. Nathan cared a lot about his family and his faith. He enjoyed listening to music and getting dressed in his suit to attend church.

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Recently Fed chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech to Graduates at the Boston College School of Law in which he said:
Instead, I'd like to offer a few thoughts today about the inherent unpredictability of our individual lives and how one might go about dealing with that reality. As an economist and policymaker, I have plenty of experience in trying to foretell the future, because policy decisions inevitably involve projections of how alternative policy choices will influence the future course of the economy. The Federal Reserve, therefore, devotes substantial resources to economic forecasting. Likewise, individual investors and businesses have strong financial incentives to try to anticipate how the economy will evolve. With so much at stake, you will not be surprised to know that, over the years, many very smart people have applied the most sophisticated statistical and modeling tools available to try to better divine the economic future. But the results, unfortunately, have more often than not been underwhelming. Like weather forecasters, economic forecasters must deal with a system that is extraordinarily complex, that is subject to random shocks, and about which our data and understanding will always be imperfect. In some ways, predicting the economy is even more difficult than forecasting the weather, because an economy is not made up of molecules whose behavior is subject to the laws of physics, but rather of human beings who are themselves thinking about the future and whose behavior may be influenced by the forecasts that they or others make. To be sure, historical relationships and regularities can help economists, as well as weather forecasters, gain some insight into the future, but these must be used with considerable caution and healthy skepticism.
(Bold type emphasis mine.)
Now this goes to a post written just last week on the subject of the Fed's forecasts.
The only question we could ask then is, "if Bernanke admits the forecasts made by himself and other economists are equatable to a weather forecast, why are they making them so far out into the future and why aren't we being told they are essentially guesses"? I mean, even the weather man is not insane enough to be making predictions for next May, yet Bernanke and company are making them not only for next May, but the one after that.
Haven't we learned yet that any economic prediction, pushed out to a year, is not at all reliable, much as a weather forecast for that date would be? Even the weatherman is careful enough to preface what he says with "stay tuned tomorrow because things can change".
Yet, when we read ANY of the Fed forecasts, they are delivered with such a certainty that one is lead to believe their belief in the accuracy of their predictions despite what we know to be the error rate (it is large). Now, there are those who will say they are required to make the forecasts they produce.
Then ought not the type of candor Bernanke expressed at BC be required when he is testifying before Congress and millions are being updated as to his every utterance? Since we are led to believe he has a more exact idea of what the future of our economy holds for us than any other economist out there, if he truly believes in the inaccuracy of his profession, shouldn't he lead with that disclaimer? Even bloggers put them in blogs....
The cold hard reality just may be that he does know more, but because he must put on a "happy face" so as to not start a panic, he hides it from us all. This was the essence of my previous post on the subject and if it is true, is a worse scenario. The more his "predictive" abilities are wrong, the less faith anyone will have in him or the institution he presides over. When that comes to pass, a certain level of panic/doubt cannot be avoided...
Who knows, maybe we are already there?


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Discussion in 'Fly Tying' started by Stickel.back, Jul 10, 2012.
Thx for the materials list.Where do you find the dyed starling?
Re dyed starling, I found the first few at The Caddis Fly (Eugene, OR or online), they are a Hareline Dubbin product, so most any fly shop should be able to order. A couple I dyed myself, but the ones I bought were brighter - took more dye than I was expecting, I guess the skin soaks it up.
anyone start one for August??
I haven't seen anything for August??? I think it is too late now and many are on vacation and chasing fish I think??
I'd be glad to do the September Salon.
Use of Starling: Last year, I ran out of Jungle Cock eyes. Looking for a substitute, I picked up a $5 starling skin and was surprised at the variety of feathers. So, I used Starling until I could find some suitable Jungle Cock. Starling is sometimes referred to as the "Poor Man's Jungle Cock". The feathers, however, aren't quite as durable as Jungle Cock. "Dave's Mistake" is a Dave McNeese pattern.
Jack I vote you jump in for September
I would enjoy doing the September Salon. Too bad we missed August but probably a sparsely attended month. Everyone fishing and traveling I think.
I will post the Salon subject on Sunday.
Thanks Ron. All our "mistakes" should be as good as Mr. McNeese's .
Thanks Jackd! I'l be back in the game for this one. I feel like I abandoned my creation...
Thomas this was a great idea


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|0863775705 9780863775703
|xiii, 195 pages ; 25 cm.
|What promotes adaptive motivation? Four beliefs and four truths about ability, success, praise, and confidence --
When failure undermines and when failure motivates: helpless and mastery-oriented responses --
Achievement goals: looking smart versus learning --
Is intelligence fixed or changeable? Students' theories about their intelligence foster their achievement goals --
Theories of intelligence predict (and create) differences in achievement --
Theories of intelligence create high and low effort --
Implicit theories and goals predict self-esteem loss and depressive reactions to negative events --
Why confidence and success are not enough --
What is IQ and does it matter? --
Believing in fixed social traits: impact on social coping --
Judging and labeling others: another effect of implicit theories --
Belief in the potential to change --
Holding and forming stereotypes --
How does it all begin? Young children's theories about goodness and badness --
Kinds of praise and criticism: the origins of vulnerability --
Praising intelligence: more praise that backfires --
Misconceptions about self-esteem and about how to foster it --
Personality, motivation, development, and the self: theoretical reflections --
Final thoughts on controversial issues --
Appendix: Measures of implicit theories, confidence, and goals.
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|Essays in social psychology.
|Carol S. Dweck.
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"This text sheds light on how people work - why they sometimes function well and, at other times, behave in ways that are self-defeating or destructive. Dweck presents her groundbreaking research on adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows: how these patterns originate in people's self-theories; their consequences for the person - for achievement, social relationships, and emotional well-being; their consequences for society, from issues of human potential to stereotyping and intergroup relations; and the experiences that create them." "Throughout, Dweck shows how examining self-theories illuminates basic issues of human motivation, social cognition, personality, the self, mental health, and development. This text is a must-read for researchers in social psychology, child development, and education, and is appropriate for both graduate and senior undergraduate students in these areas."--Jacket.
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Ruthless Records is set to drop a collection of unreleased songs on March 26th, by the late Eazy E, as well as a DVD. The EP, titled "The Real Godfather Of Gangsta Rap," contains 8 unreleased songs produced by longtime friend and Ruthless producer Rhythm D. The EP will be released in March 2002, coinciding… Read more »
Kevin Powell, founder of HipHop Speaks and former MTV "Real World" star, is leading a clothing drive for Safe Horizon/Streetwork Project on Tuesday, December 18th, at 545 8th Avenue, between 37th and 38th streets. The Streetwork Project represents over 800 young people between the ages of 13 and 23 and they are particularly in need… Read more »
If you live in New York City and you happen to be a Jay-Z fan, clear your schedule on Friday, November 23rd. Jiggaman and the rest of the Roc-A-Fella family will be doing a benefit concert at the famed Apollo Theater. There will be two all ages shows, the first one kicking off at 7PM,… Read more »
Jay-Z was sentenced to to three years probation on Thursday, December 6th for the 1999 stabbing of Lance "Un" Rivera at the Kit Kat Klub. Jay-Z plead guilty to the stabbing in October. Persecutors were frustrated when Rivera stopped cooperating, after he received $600,000 in an out of court civil settlement with Jigga. "If you… Read more »
After closing their West Coast office last month, Rawkus Records laid off over 50 percent of their New York City staff on Friday, December 7th. Despite rumors that Def Jam was buying a stake in the label, sources state that Rawkus has inked a new distribution deal with MCA Records. "I came to work, they… Read more »
Executives at hip-hop magazine XXL have responded to an ex-employee's charges of racism filed in a $10 million dollar lawsuit last week. Donald Morris, whom the New York Post referred to as a cofounder of the magazine claimed that Stanley Harris and executive Dennis Page routinely used anti-black slurs in the workplace, referring to blacks… Read more »
Justo's 6th Annual Mixtape Awards went down without a hitch, at New York City's famed Apollo Theater on Tuesday, December 11th. The scene in front of the Apollo started to get hectic an hour before showtime, with Street teams from various labels postering the entire area up with Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang, G-Dep and Bubba Sparx/Jadakiss… Read more »
St; Lunatics Hit Platinum
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The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network took to Capitol Hill on yesterday (Wednesday Dec. 6th) to question findings in the recently released by the Federal Trade Commissions study on the entertainment industry's marketing practices. Minister Benjamin Chavis Muhammad, CEO of The Hip-Hop Summit Action likened the commissions findings to racial profiling. Minister Muhammad and Ed Towns,… Read more »
The Council Of Presidents, which is a coalition of people who represent African American college Fraternities and Sororities are planning to meet this weekend to discuss the images that Rappers are portraying in music videos that are airing on the once black owned BET. The Council is concerned about the impact images of artists dripping… Read more »
St. Lunatics Hit Platinum
Universal Records rap group the St. Lunatics have gone platinum, with their debut album Free City, signifying sales of more than one million copies. Free City debuted in the # 3 position the Billboard 200 this past summer. Comprised of Ali, Kyjuan, Murphy Lee, Nelly and the group's silent hypeman Slo Down, the ST. LUNATICS'… Read more »
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About MeHi, my name is Adrian Farr. I am a visual storyteller and conceptual fashion photographer. This is my full time career and I absolutely love what I do. At heart I am inherently curious and have an ardent streak of adventure. I am inspired by fantasy and high fashion. I prefer to make everything for real in camera, rather than relying on Photoshop to create the impossible.
I have been published in international magazines such as Dark Beauty, Solis and Shutter Mag, and featured on global platforms such as CreativeLive, Fashion World and Samsung. I try to get published somewhere with substantial credibility and a large following for maximum exposure. I am all about growth and therefore push myself and my teams to do the very best we can.
My images are a fusion of fine-art and surreal fashion, and I love to create fantastical stories that seek to interweave a visual narrative between imagination and reality. I carefully plan, structure and direct my shoots like a mini movie production. My shoots are demanding and everyone involved needs to sign a shoot agreement and non-disclosure, but at the same time they are an incredibly fun and unique experience.
My photographic style is best suited for you if are looking for stand-alone imagery that is vibrant, fantasy inspired, slightly edgy and dark. I can come across as quite formal and direct, but I promise you my personality behind the camera is the complete opposite to the serious and intense images I like to create.
I am using Model Mayhem to recruit proficient, talented and enthusiastic creative teams. I am primarily searching for:
- FEMALE MODELS who have unique fascinating looks, who are experienced, reliable and professional, but most importantly, have a great personality too (we need to get on like a house on fire)! The models I work with take on complex character roles for my stories, and my shoots are often quite long and challenging. For most of my concepts, I typically seek industry standard models between 5ft 9" and 6ft, who are in good shape (athletic/slim build) and can pose well on their own, and yet also follow good direction too, so that I may create elegant and dramatic images that are 'otherworldly'. If you have tasteful fine art nude in your portfolio that is OK, but if your portfolio is purely made up of sleazy glamour or soft porn, then the likelihood of us ever working together, is as high as me winning the lottery jackpot 3 times in a row! Just saying ;)
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All costs involved in any trade or collaboration shoot must be equally and fairly split between all those on the creative team who are working for portfolio images (even the model), including but not limited to; travel costs, parking, food, hiring equipment or costumes, makeup kit costs and anything else that directly contributes to the creation of images. Everyone is benefiting with portfolio images or publication, therefore it should not be my responsibility to cover all the expenses involved in a collaboration shoot (unless of course it is a personal project that I am myself pioneering). I will usually only do trade shoots if I can see that everyone involved will benefit in the same equal proportion for the time given. For such collaborations, my time planning, turning up and time spent on set, and my skill and talent spent creating the images is what I am trading, just like everyone else who is involved. Therefore I will only ever release the final retouched images from a collaboration shoot, if I am entirely satisfied with the end result, and I feel that the images are the best representation of EVERYONE's strongest work, particularly my own.
Therefore if the images do not enhance or add something to my own portfolio (for example if the makeup is not as strong as it could have been, or if poses and expressions are not believable), then the images will not be released to anyone else on the team, as I cannot afford to spend additional time correcting the mistakes and errors made by others, unless I am being commissioned to do so. Of course, my goal is always to try and provide strong images for everyone's portfolios, but please do not expect or demand them, or request them to be done by a certain time. Retouching for commissioned work will always take priority over collaboration shoots.
If I need to cancel a collaboration shoot, I will try to give at least 72 hours notice, except in unforeseen circumstances that are out of my control such as; acts of God, acts of terrorism, sudden illness, accidents, family emergencies or let downs by other collaborators. In such events I will try to arrange an alternative photographer, if possible. Therefore please extend this courtesy. If you agree to collaborate on a shoot and then cancel without good reason and viable proof, without at least 72 hours prior notice, or arranging an alternative who is at the same standard and skill level as yourself, you will be invoiced for a full day's work from both myself and the rest of the entire team that has been let down by you. Failure to pay such compensation will result in debt recovery action as per the shoot agreement. Sorry but this is something I have to enforce due to past experiences. Please respect my time, costs and input, just as I respect and value yours.
I also own a portrait photography business, so if we are not able to work together on a fashion or fine art project, there may still be an opportunity for us to collaborate on something less extravagant and demanding. Should our styles not align and I am unable to collaborate with you on a trade shoot, I am however available to be commissioned for creating look books and portfolio building sessions, either on a half day or full day basis, depending on your own individual needs, and production costs would also need to be covered. But please do feel free to ask if you have a specific project idea or theme you would like to work on.***
**MODEL RELEASE - Due to the independent nature of my conceptual art, and where my images may potentially be published (magazines, galleries, book covers, competitions etc), I typically only work with models who can work for me on the terms of a full standard model release, which means a one-off fee or agreed exchange (such as portfolio images) for the specific work done, releasing all rights to the images (i.e. not a commission/royalty basis - unless that is something we decide to agree on). I mostly work with freelance models direct, but it is fine to be agency-signed, as long as those commitments do not affect our shoot, or prevent commercial use of any of the images I create.**
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A method is disclosed for routing data packets in a wireless network, preferably a Bluetooth™ network. The method includes estimating a link bandwidth of at least one network node, calculating a connectivity metric based on the estimated link bandwidth, distributing information concerning the calculated connectivity metric and, using the calculated connectivity metric, determining a route having a maximum link bandwidth and a minimum traffic load. Preferably, estimating uses a model of a Bluetooth network medium access control MAC algorithm. The connectivity metric is defined as a ratio of a maximum link bandwidth to the estimated link bandwidth, where the maximum link bandwidth is the link bandwidth between a Master node and a Slave node when there is only one Slave node connected to the Master node (i.e., when there is one Slave node in the piconet with the Master node).
1. A method for routing data packets in a wireless network, comprising:
estimating a link bandwidth of at least one network node;
calculating a connectivity metric based on the estimated link bandwidth;
distributing information concerning the calculated connectivity metric; and
using the calculated connectivity metric, determining a route having a maximum link bandwidth and a minimum traffic load.
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calculating the connectivity metric of links along a plurality of routes;
determining a maximum connectivity metric value of each of the plurality of routes; and
selecting the route having the smallest connectivity metric value.
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11. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium and comprising computer program code segments for use by at least one data processor when implementing a routing protocol in a wireless network, comprising:
a first computer program code segment for estimating the link bandwidth of at least one network node;
a second computer program code segment for calculating a connectivity metric based on the estimated link bandwidth; and
a third computer program code segment that uses the calculated connectivity metric to determine a route having a maximum link bandwidth and a minimum traffic load.
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[0001] This invention relates generally to wireless communications systems and networks and, more specifically, relates to the connectivity of mobile nodes in a wireless personal area network (PAN), such as one based on a low power RF system known as Bluetooth™ (BLUETOOTH is a Trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc.).
[0002] The Bluetooth™ (BT) protocol has resulted from the National Telecommunications Act opening new public access to the ultra high frequency (UHF) and very high frequency (VHF) bands. As a direct consequence, wireless local area networking is rapidly evolving as the communications standard for small and mobile corporations and other organizations. An important aspect of these new wireless networks is the integration of household (and business office) appliances, laptop computers, and personal communications service (PCS) devices. This technology, called BT, seamlessly connects each intelligent appliance in a household or an office within a "piconet" (implying a very small) wireless network.
[0003] BT is an embedded, low-power, short-range, radio-frequency (RF) technology, although it can also be IR media-based with moderate bandwidth. BT is particularly attractive for exchanging data between personal devices such as cellular phones, radios, pagers, personal digital assistants, notebook computers, video and still cameras, audio players, and local area networks (LANs).
[0004] With an operating range of 10 meters or less, the reach of BT exceeds the current range of IR, but falls far short of other types of wireless networks. BT is implemented at 2.4 GHz in the Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band.
[0005] The BT architecture integrates a combination of hardware and software into the networking device. The hardware is an embeddable module, or a module residing on a card, which interfaces with the host device. It interfaces on one side with the host and on the other side with another BT device via its RF or IR transceiver. On the host side, there are four currently identified interfaces: the universal serial bus (USB), the PC card (or PCMCIA), and two serial interfaces, UART and RS232. All of these have established standards that define the physical and logical interaction. However, the higher level interaction between the BT device and the host is defined in unique BT protocols and packets.
[0006] As can be seen in FIG. 1, the software includes salutation and security managers, a database, and the protocol stack. The transport technology is digital packet-oriented communications (rather than analog or streaming digital). Communication with the host includes hardware control and event monitor packet types. Asynchronous connection-oriented (ACO) and synchronous connection-oriented (SCO) packets are used for the link communication between devices, with SCO used primarily for real-time audio and video. Conventional packets, such as the Telephony Communications Service (TCS) and Internet Protocol (IP), are encapsulated in the BT SCO and ACO data packets, adding one more layer to the stack and therefore one more encapsulation with its overhead. Therefore, BT requires an additional protocol stack for a PC. FIG. 1 also presents an example of the required additional protocol stack. The IrDa Object Exchange (OBEX) is required for IR interoperability. Also shown is a wireless network connection to a BT device that transfers data using a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) or a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
[0007] Protocols, stacks, and the salutation manager provide BT "services". The salutation manager provides both server advertisement and client request capabilities, in addition to the brokering of services, and establishing and then managing the follow-on communication session for the discovery function. The salutation manager is typically independent of the processor operating system and communication protocol. The actual data transfer is under host control via the protocol stack constructed for the data type.
[0008] The BT salutation manager has a subordinate security manager, which is invoked when discovery is initiated. The security manager holds service and device security databases. It consults these databases when a request comes in for services. It also submits identifying information when a request for services goes out to another BT device.
[0009] The process of service discovery occurs as follows. A client device either attempts to browse another device's server for information, or it requests information about the server. It does this by providing a unique universal identification code. The queried device responds, depending on the security manager's decision, which is based on the device information in its database. If the device is a trusted unit according to the database, the requested information will be returned.
[0010] Although BT was originally designed as a replacement for wired connections between devices, it has evolved into a major radio interface candidate for personal area networking and proximity area networking. This is due at least in part to its low power consumption.
[0011] The basic unit of the BT piconet can only connect up to eight nodes. As such, technology has been developed that can connect multiple piconets to form a large scale network that is referred to as a scatternet. The scatternet is defined as a group of piconets in which connections exist between different piconets. The node that connects multiple piconets is referred to as a PMP (Participant in multiple piconet) in the BT specification. There are two types of PMP nodes. A PMP node that attends multiple piconets simultaneous only as a slave can be referred to as a S/S PMP, while a PMP node that attends multiple piconets simultaneously, and has a master role in one of the piconets, can be referred to as a M/S PMP.
[0012] The standardization activity regarding to personal area network is discussed in the BT PAN Working group. The current BT Personal Area Network (PAN) profile only supports packet forwarding within one piconet. Issues regarding scatternet communication, such as how to switch between piconets (referred to as Inter-Piconet Switching, or IPS), and how to form a multi-hop network (referred to as Network Formation), and how to route packet within a scatternet (referred to as PAN routing) are still under discussion.
[0013] In general, it is a challenging task for a Bluetooth™ network to provide an ad hoc communication mechanism. This is due to the fact that Bluetooth™ has a very distinct medium access control (MAC) layer protocol that is optimized for short-range, point-to-point communication. On the other hand, many mobile ad hoc routing protocols have been proposed, such as one known as AODV (Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector, see, for example, Mobile Ad Hoc Networking Working Group, Internet Draft, 22 Apr. 2000, Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) Routing", Charles E. Perkins et al.)
[0014] The basic concept of AODV is that the originator of a conversation broadcasts a Route Request (RREQ) message to search for its destination; and the node that knows the route to that destination replies to the RREQ message with a Route Reply message. The originator then selects one route for packet forwarding based on the received reply or replies.
[0015] More specifically, AODV builds routes using a route request/route reply query cycle. When a source node desires a route to a destination for which it does not already have a route, it broadcasts a route request (RREQ) packet across the network. Nodes receiving this packet update their information for the source node and set up backwards pointers to the source node in the route tables. In addition to the source node's IP address, current sequence number, and broadcast ID, the RREQ also contains the most recent sequence number for the destination of which the source node is aware. A node receiving the RREQ may send a route reply (RREP) if it is either the destination or if it has a route to the destination with corresponding sequence number greater than or equal to that contained in the RREQ. If this is the case, it unicasts a RREP back to the source. Otherwise, it rebroadcasts the RREQ. Nodes keep track of the RREQ's source IP address and broadcast ID. If they receive a RREQ which they have already processed, they discard the RREQ and do not forward it.
[0016] As the RREP propagates back to the source, nodes set up forward pointers to the destination. Once the source node receives the RREP, it may begin to forward data packets to the destination. If the source later receives a RREP containing a greater sequence number, or one containing the same sequence number with a smaller hop count, it may update its routing information for that destination and begin using the better route.
[0017] As long as the route remains active, it will continue to be maintained. A route is considered active as long as there are data packets periodically traveling from the source to the destination along that path. Once the source stops sending data packets, the links will time out and eventually be deleted from the intermediate node routing tables. If a link break occurs while the route is active, the node upstream of the break propagates a route error (RERR) message to the source node to inform it of the now unreachable destination(s). After receiving the RERR, if the source node still desires the route, it can reinitiate route discovery.
[0018] AODV maintains routes for as long as the route is active. This includes maintaining a multicast tree for the life of the multicast group. Because the network nodes are mobile, it is likely that many link breakages along a route will occur during the lifetime of that route.
[0019] Most conventional routing algorithms use a number of hops to find the best route in the network. However, such multi-hop routing protocols, if implemented in a Bluetooth™ network directly, will be very inefficient, as they do not consider the Bluetooth™ network characteristics, e.g., the fact that the traffic in a Bluetooth™ network is centralized on the architectural model of the Master node and the PMP (Participant in Multiple Piconet) node.
[0020] In general, in most typical piconets the Master node does not communicate with any one particular Slave node using the maximum data transfer speed, as it is required to also service other Slave nodes. Furthermore, since the PMP node needs access to multiple Master nodes in multiple piconets, a PMP-Master link cannot provide as great a bandwidth as a Master-Slave link. The end result is that the Master and PMP nodes have a smaller degree of freedom to provide a wider bandwidth link. For example, if one were to count either the Master-Slave link or the Master-PMP link as one hop, one may select a route that passes through a heavily loaded link, while bypassing a route with sufficient bandwidth resources and a relatively light load.
[0021] As was discussed above, the existing ad hoc routing protocols do not consider the characteristics of the Bluetooth™ network. For example, they view all Bluetooth™ nodes as nodes having similar load and bandwidth capacities, and they count either the Master-Slave link or the Master-PMP link as one hop when performing a route search.
[0022] On the other hand, some existing quality of service (QoS) routing protocols do determine a maximum bandwidth route, but they do so by sharing link bandwidth information between nodes. This approach thus requires a node to use its scarce bandwidth resource for exchanging the link bandwidth-related information. Furthermore, the use of this approach may be problematic in a Bluetooth™ network, since a Bluetooth™ node's link bandwidth is typically constantly varying due to radio interference and possibly other factors. This makes it difficult or even impractical to measure and exchange the link bandwidth data in real time.
[0023] Based on the foregoing it can be appreciated that problems exist with regard to applying current routing protocols to a Bluetooth™ network as, for example, the routing protocol may not bypass a node with a small bottleneck bandwidth or heavy load, and may miss finding a better route with a larger bottleneck bandwidth or lighter load.
[0024] The foregoing and other problems are overcome, and other advantages are realized, in accordance with the presently preferred embodiments of these teachings.
[0025] Disclosed is a route search metric based on node connectivity (i.e., the degree of a node) for optimizing routing protocol performance, such as the performance of a routing protocol known as MANET (Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork) for a wireless network. The presently preferred embodiment of the wireless network is one based on a Bluetooth™ Personal Area Network (PAN). The optimized routing protocol s with a consideration of a Bluetooth™ node's traffic condition or status, i.e., depending on whether the node's status is one of Master, Slave, or PMP. The use of this invention provides a routing protocol to enable a mobile node to bypass a heavily loaded node, and find a route having a larger bandwidth.
[0026] In one aspect this invention provides Equations for use in estimating a node's link bandwidth, and for calculating a connectivity metric based on the node's status and number of its Slaves.
[0027] In another aspect this invention provides a route search method to determine a route having a maximum link bandwidth and a minimum traffic load.
[0028] The Master, Slave, and PMP nodes are differentiated by their connectivity (i.e., the degree and number of neighbors). When the number of Slaves connecting to a Master increases, the link bandwidth between each Master-Slave link decreases proportionally. When a PMP node is connected to more than one piconet at one time, its link bandwidth to each of the associated Master nodes decreases proportionally. When these Bluetooth™ network characteristics are incorporated into the routing protocol, the performance of the Bluetooth™ PAN is significantly improved.
[0029] The route search method considers not only the number of hops from the source node to the destination node, but also the link properties of the Bluetooth™ node. Relatedly, this invention employs a simplified model that approximates the Bluetooth™ MAC (medium access control) algorithm. Based on this model, the network link bandwidth is estimated. The connectivity metric is defined as the ratio of the maximum link bandwidth to the estimated link bandwidth, where the maximum bandwidth is the maximum bandwidth between a Master and a Slave, when there is only one Slave present in the piconet. Comparing two adjacent links, the method determines the identity of the link having the greatest connectivity metric value and, hence, the smallest link bandwidth. A link having the largest connectivity metric value is identified as a bottleneck along the path from the source to the destination. By comparing the maximum link bandwidth along different paths, the method is enabled to select a route with a larger bottleneck bandwidth and a lower traffic load. To search for a route with the largest bottleneck bandwidth, the method first calculates the connectivity metric of all links along a plurality of routes, and then finds the maximum connectivity value of all routes. The route with smallest connectivity value is identified as the maximum bandwidth route.
[0030] By using the connectivity metric in accordance with this invention, the routing protocol can bypass a node with a small bottleneck bandwidth or heavy load, and locate a better route with a larger bottleneck bandwidth, thereby overcoming the problem that is present in the use of conventional routing protocols in a Bluetooth™ network.
[0031] This invention also overcomes the problem related to the difficulty in making bandwidth measurements that consume excessive resources. By using the connectivity metric one can obtain an approximation of the link bandwidth, i.e., the lower bound of a Bluetooth™ node's link bandwidth, without requiring a direct bandwidth measurement, or that the bandwidth information be exchanged between nodes.
[0032] A method in accordance with this invention is for routing data packets in a wireless network, preferably a Bluetooth™ network. The method includes estimating a link bandwidth of at least one network node, calculating a connectivity metric based on the estimated link bandwidth and using the calculated connectivity metric, determining a route having a maximum link bandwidth and a minimum traffic load. The method also includes distributing information concerning the calculated connectivity metric between network nodes. Preferably, estimating uses a model of a Bluetooth™ network medium access control MAC algorithm. The connectivity metric is defined as a ratio of a maximum link bandwidth to the estimated link bandwidth, where the maximum link bandwidth is the link bandwidth between a Master node and a Slave node when there is only one Slave node connected to the Master node (i.e., when there is one Slave node in the piconet with the Master node).
[0033] The foregoing and other aspects of these teachings are made more evident in the following Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments, when read in conjunction with the attached Drawing Figures, wherein:
[0034]FIG. 1 is representation of a prior art Bluetooth™ protocol stack;
[0035]FIG. 2A illustrates one Master node connected to multiple Slave nodes, FIG. 2B shows one Slave node (a PMP node) connected to multiple Master nodes, and FIG. 2C shows a PMP node that simultaneously communicates with a Master node and its own Slave nodes;
[0036]FIG. 3 is an example of a scatternet route search;
[0037]FIG. 4 is a graph that plots B1, B2 vs. a; and
[0038]FIG. 5 is a logic flow diagram in accordance with a method of this invention.
[0039] In accordance with this invention, a method is first disclosed to estimate link bandwidth. A definition of the connectivity metric is then provided, as is a method to calculate the connectivity metric. A method to search for the maximum bandwidth route by using connectivity metric is then provided, as is an example that illustrates the usefulness of the connectivity metric in improving the efficiency of a route search.
[0040] The presently preferred method to estimate the link bandwidth is based on the following three assumptions.
[0041] (1) Referring to FIG. 2A, the first assumption is that a piconet Master node (M) accesses its Slave nodes (S1, . . . ,Sn) in a round robin fashion (i.e., in a sequential, one-after-the-other manner).
[0042] (2) Referring to FIG. 2B, the second assumption is that the PMP node (a node that participates in multiple piconets, but does not operate itself as a Master node in any one of the piconet)s accesses Master nodes in different piconets (PICONET1, . . . ,PICONETn) for the same length of time.
[0043] (3) Referring to FIG. 2C, and in particular referring to the M/S PMP node (a node that accesses one piconet as a Slave (PICONET1 in this case)), while also functioning as a Master in its own piconet (PICONET2 in this case). The M/S PMP node's Master in another piconet (such as the node Mi in FIG. 2C), determines the period of time that the M/S PMP node operates in the Master's piconet (PICONET1 in this example). The MIS PMP node uses the remainder of the time to control its own piconet (PICONET2), that is, to function as the Master node of its own piconet.
[0044] It can be noted that although the round robin is a very simple MAC algorithm to use when accessing multiple nodes, most Bluetooth™ inter-piconet/intra-piconet MAC methods have been developed on the basis of the simple round robin technique. If one obtains a time average, e.g., a sliding window average, of the bandwidth obtained from the use of the round robin approach, it will be found to approximate the simplified Bluetooth™ MAC model employed by the invention.
[0045] In general, the estimated bandwidth may be used as the lower bound of the link bandwidth, and will be found to be a good indicator of a node's actual link bandwidth and load level.
[0046] In the following Equations, the maximum bandwidth B0 is the link bandwidth between the Master and Slave nodes, when there is only one Slave node present in a piconet, and all piconets have the same value of B0. Mi is the number of Slave nodes in piconet i, and Pi is the number of piconets that the PMP node connects to. Bi is the bandwidth of the Master-Slave link in piconet i. Based on the foregoing, the following relationships are defined with reference to FIGS. 2A-2C:
[0047] The situation that the PMP node participates in multiple piconets as a Slave node, and has its own piconet where it participates as a Master node, is intentionally omitted, as it will in general be too inefficient for use in multi-hop communication, and furthermore should be a rare case in a typical Bluetooth™ network. However, a similar formula to those shown above can be used to approximate the link bandwidth ratio, if desired.
[0048] According to the second assumption made above, two piconets do not synchronize with one another, i.e., the piconets operate asynchronously, and the PMP node participates in both piconets (to both piconets to which it is attached) for equal amounts of time. Thus, although Master i can provide the maximum bandwidth of Bi, the PMP node may not be responding to piconet i when Master i attempts to send a packet to the PMP node. As such, the bandwidth between the PMP node and Master i is preferably multiplexed by the probability that the PMP node will be found, at any given time, to be responsive to piconet i. As a result, the Master-PMP-Master link is the minimum of two Master-PMP links. Similarly, according to the third assumption, the PMP (S/M) first guarantees its participation in the link with Master i, and then uses the remainder of the time to control its own Master. A proof of Equation (4) is given below.
[0049] Based on the foregoing, the definition of a connectivity metric is as follows: the ratio of the maximum. link bandwidth to the estimated link bandwidth, where the maximum link bandwidth is the link bandwidth between Master and Slave when there is only one Slave in the piconet. The estimated link bandwidth may be calculated by the formulas shown above. The detailed metric is showed in Table 1, which shows the connectivity metric for the different link status.
[0050] In Table 1 Mi is the number of Slave nodes in piconet i, and Pi is the number of Master nodes that a PMP node connects to.
[0051] When comparing two adjacent links, it can be noticed that the link with the larger connectivity metric has the smaller link bandwidth. The link with largest connectivity metric value can thus be referred to a bottleneck along the path from the source to destination. Based on this observation, one can find the bottleneck bandwidth, and thereby facilitate the search for a maximum bandwidth route.
[0052] Referring to FIG. 3, and by example, assume that source node 1 attempts to send data packets to destination node 4. If the hop number is used as the routing metric, one can only select the route between (1-2-3-4) and (1-6-7-4) randomly, because they have the same hop number. However, by using the connectivity metric in accordance with this invention, one can determine that the route (1-6-7-4) has a larger bottleneck bandwidth.
[0053] In general, a routing protocol can be categorized as providing reactive routing and proactive routing. In reactive routing, when the source node wants to send a packet, it first broadcast a route request (RREQ) to request a route to destination. The destination replies to the RREQ with a route reply (RREP). The metric (e.g., the number of hops, or the connectivity metric in accordance with this invention) is attached to the RREP packet. When the source node receives the RREP from multiple routes, it determines the optimal route based on the route metric attached to each RREP.
[0054] In the case of FIG. 3, when node 1 desires a route to node 4, it broadcasts the RREQ. The RREQ arrives at node 4 through two paths (1-2-3-4) and (1-6-7-4). Node 4 replies to each RREQ with a RREP. The intermediate nodes update the route metric in the RREP (e.g., increase the hop count in the RREP by one or calculate the connectivity metric as described herein). When the two RREP packets arrive at node 1, node 1 compares the metric found in each RREP, and selects a route based on the received metrics.
[0055] In proactive routing, the source node collects information about each link or path to all destinations, and then calculates the optimal path itself The route connectivity metric can be used to replace the number of hops used in conventional routing protocols, and is independent of the particular type of routing protocol that is in use. By example only, the connectivity metric can be used with the ad hoc routing protocol discussed above.
[0056] In the case of FIG. 3, the connectivity metric of each link is assumed to be as follows:
[0057] It can then be determined by the source node 1 that route (1-6-7-4) has a smaller connectivity metric, or in other words, a wider link bandwidth and a smaller traffic load than route (1-2-3-4), and is thus the better route between source node 1 and destination node 4.
[0058] Theorem: the maximum bandwidth of a Master--PMP (M/S)—Slave link B is, as was shown above for Equation (4):
[0059] Proof:
[0060] Assuming the Master-PMP-Slave network as shown in FIG. 2C, define b1 as the ratio of link Mi-Mk's maximum bandwidth to B0, and define b2 as the ratio of the maximum bandwidth between link Mk and its Slaves to B0.
[0061] The maximum value of b1 is
[0062] and b2 is influenced by the amount of bandwidth used or consumed by the link between Mi and Mk. Denote a as the used bandwidth ratio of link Mi→Mk, and a is found by:
[0063] Reference can also be made to the graph shown in FIG. 4.
[0064] The target b is the one that maximizes the minimum of b1b2.
[0065] As is shown in FIG. 4, if the range of a can cover the point
[0066] the maximum of b is achieved when b1 is equal to b2. If the range of a cannot cover this point, the maximum of b is the maximum of a according to FIG. 4.
[0067] One can compare this result with Equation (4) given above, and the correctness of the theorem is proved.
[0068] There is a trend developing that a Bluetooth™ node provide a PAN/BNEP mechanism to the IP layer (see FIG. 1), and runs under the IP layer as single segment, such as Ethernet. As such, it is likely that the routing protocol will operate at the Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol (BNEP) layer (see "Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol (BNEP) Specification", Revision 1.0RC3, Bluetooth SIG, Inc., Dec. 17, 2002) and export the entire scatternet as a single Ethernet segment in future implementations of the Bluetooth™ standard. The algorithm in accordance with this invention may be incorporated in either the Bluetooth™ link-state, or in a distance-vector type of routing protocol, to realize such an Ethernet-like scenario. In addition, the algorithm may also be implemented in the IP layer.
[0069] There are at least two approaches to implementing the presently preferred embodiment of the routing algorithm. In a first approach, the connectivity may be as the sole metric for the route search. The hop count field used in most routing protocols can be used to store the connectivity metric, and it is not necessary to modify the pre-existing routing protocol packet format. In a second approach, the connectivity metric is used in conjunction with another routing protocol metric, such as the hop count. In this approach, the protocol data format is modified to incorporate the connectivity metric, but an advantage is gained in that there is more flexibility to find a best route by considering multiple types of routing metrics (e.g., the hop count and the connectivity).
[0070] Referring to FIG. 5, a method in accordance with this invention is for routing data packets in a wireless network, preferably a Bluetooth™ network. The method includes:
[0071] (Step A) estimate the link bandwidth;
[0072] (Step B) calculate connectivity metric on all nodes locally;
[0073] (Step C) distribute information about the connectivity metric among network nodes (either proactive or reactive), this Step representing at least in part the route search process; and
[0074] (Step D) determine the route having the maximum link bandwidth at the source node.
[0075] Preferably, the estimating step uses a model of a Bluetooth™ network medium access control MAC algorithm. The connectivity metric is defined as a ratio of a maximum link bandwidth to the estimated link bandwidth, where the maximum link bandwidth is the link bandwidth between a Master node and a Slave node when there is only one Slave node connected to the Master node (i.e., when there is one Slave node in the piconet with the Master node).
[0076] This invention also pertains to a computer program that operates a network data processor, such as a data processor located in a mobile network node, such as a cellular telephone, or in a fixed network node, for executing the routing method outlined above.
[0077] The foregoing description has provided by way of exemplary and non-limiting examples a full and informative description of the best method and apparatus presently contemplated by the inventor for carrying out the invention. However, various modifications and adaptations may become apparent to those skilled in the relevant arts in view of the foregoing description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and the appended claims. As but some examples, the use of other similar or equivalent routing protocols and corresponding wireless network types, numbers of nodes, types of nodes and the like may be attempted by those skilled in the art. However, all such and similar modifications of the teachings of this invention will still fall within the scope of this invention. Further, while the method and apparatus described herein are provided with a certain degree of specificity, the present invention could be implemented with either greater or lesser specificity, depending on the needs of the user. Further, some of the features of the present invention could be used to advantage without the corresponding use of other features. As such, the foregoing description should be considered as merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention, and not in limitation thereof, as this invention is defined by the claims which follow.
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