RESOURCE-SHARING MESH-NETWORKED MOBILE NODES

1 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

transmit a work request to a coordinating node;

receive, from the coordinating node, a list of worker nodes to assign one or more processing tasks associated with the work request, the list of worker nodes comprising at least a subset of worker nodes of the plurality of worker nodes, the subset of worker nodes identified at least based on a report of processing resources and current processing utilization of each of the worker nodes of the plurality of worker nodes, the report of processing resources including at least a battery level of a corresponding worker node;

divide, responsive to receiving the list of worker nodes, the one or more processing tasks associated with the work request into one or more processing buckets;

assign a processing bucket from the one or more processing buckets to a worker node form the list of worker nodes; and

transmit, to the worker node from the list of worker nodes, a request to process a first processing task from the processing bucket associated to the worker node.

2 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein each processing bucket comprises an identification of a predefined task and a location where data for processing the predefined task is stored.

3 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive, from the worker node, a request for data associated with the first processing task; and

transmit the data associated with the first processing task to the worker node.

4 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive, from the worker node, a notification of completion for the first processing task; and

remove, responsive to receiving the notification of completion, the first processing task from the processing bucket.

5 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

responsive to receiving the notification of completion, determine whether the processing bucket is empty;

responsive to determining that the processing bucket is not empty, transmit to the worker node, a second request to process a second processing task from the processing bucket associated to the worker node;

receive, from the worker node, a second request for data associated with the second processing task; and

transmit the data associated with the second processing task to the worker node; receive, from the worker node, a second notification of completion for the second processing task; and

responsive to receiving the second notification of completion, remove the second processing task from the processing bucket.

6 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

responsive to receiving the notification of completion, determine whether the processing bucket is empty;

responsive to determining that the processing bucket is empty, re-divide unprocessed tasks into the one or more processing buckets.

7 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the worker node is a body worn computing device.

8 . A system comprising:

a work-share coordination module configured to:

transmit a work request to a coordinating node,

receive, from the coordinating node, a list of worker nodes to assign one or more processing tasks associated with the work request, the list of worker nodes comprising at least a subset of worker nodes of the plurality of worker nodes, the subset of worker nodes identified at least based on a report of processing resources and current processing utilization of each of the worker nodes of the plurality of worker nodes, the report of processing resources including at least a battery level of a corresponding worker node;

a task assignation module configured to:

divide, responsive to receiving the list of worker nodes, the one or more processing tasks associated with the work request into one or more processing buckets,

assign a processing bucket from the one or more processing buckets to a worker node form the list of worker nodes, and

transmit, to the worker node from the list of worker nodes, a request to process a first processing task from the processing bucket associated to the worker node.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein each processing bucket comprises an identification of a predefined task and a location where data for processing the predefined task is stored.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the task assignation module is further configured to:

receive, from the worker node, a request for data associated with the first processing task; and

transmit the data associated with the first processing task to the worker node.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the task assignation module is further configured to: receive, from the worker node, a notification of completion for the first processing task; and

remove, responsive to receiving the notification of completion, the first processing task from the processing bucket.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the task assignation module is further configured to:

responsive to receiving the notification of completion, determine whether the processing bucket is empty;

responsive to determining that the processing bucket is not empty, transmit to the worker node, a second request to process a second processing task from the processing bucket associated to the worker node;

receive, from the worker node, a second request for data associated with the second processing task; and

transmit the data associated with the second processing task to the worker node;

receive, from the worker node, a second notification of completion for the second processing task; and

responsive to receiving the second notification of completion, remove the second processing task from the processing bucket.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the task assignation module is further configured to:

responsive to receiving the notification of completion, determine whether the processing bucket is empty;

responsive to determining that the processing bucket is empty, re-divide unprocessed tasks into the one or more processing buckets.

14 . A method for sharing a computational load among worker nodes of a plurality of worker nodes, comprising:

transmitting a work request to a coordinating node;

receiving, from the coordinating node, a list of worker nodes to assign one or more processing tasks associated with the work request, the list of worker nodes comprising at least a subset of worker nodes of the plurality of worker nodes, the subset of worker nodes identified at least based on a report of processing resources and current processing utilization of each of the worker nodes of the plurality of worker nodes, the report of processing resources including at least a battery level of a corresponding worker node;

dividing, responsive to receiving the list of worker nodes, the one or more processing tasks associated with the work request into one or more processing buckets;

assigning a processing bucket from the one or more processing buckets to a worker node form the list of worker nodes; and

transmitting, to the worker node from the list of worker nodes, a request to process a first processing task from the processing bucket associated to the worker node.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein each processing bucket comprises an identification of a predefined task and a location where data for processing the predefined task is stored.

16 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, from the worker node, a request for data associated with the first processing task; and

transmitting the data associated with the first processing task to the worker node.

17 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, from the worker node, a notification of completion for the first processing task; and

removing, responsive to receiving the notification of completion, the first processing task from the processing bucket.

18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

responsive to receiving the notification of completion, determining whether the processing bucket is empty;

responsive to determining that the processing bucket is not empty, transmitting to the worker node, a second request to process a second processing task from the processing bucket associated to the worker node;

receiving, from the worker node, a second request for data associated with the second processing task; and

transmitting the data associated with the second processing task to the worker node;

receiving, from the worker node, a second notification of completion for the second processing task; and

responsive to receiving the second notification of completion, removing the second processing task from the processing bucket.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

responsive to receiving the notification of completion, determining whether the processing bucket is empty;

responsive to determining that the processing bucket is empty, re-dividing unprocessed tasks into the one or more processing buckets.

20 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the worker node is a body worn computing device.