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Apparatus and method for transmitting beacon messages in a mesh network

US10785700B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Per Skillermark · Stockholm, SE
Per Elmdahl · Linköping, SE
Wei Shen · Tainan, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2017
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W92/20
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method in a node of a mesh network comprises receiving a plurality of neighbor count values, each neighbor count value relating to the number of neighbors associated with a particular neighbor of the node, and controlling the transmission of a beacon message based on the received neighbor count values. The method in a node of a mesh network may comprise determining a neighbor count value, the neighbor count value comprising the number of neighbor nodes associated with the node, and distributing the neighbor count value to the neighbor nodes of the node.

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