Regulation method intended for reducing congestion on a mesh powerline communication network
US11848867B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A regulation method intended to reduce congestion in a mesh powerline communication network that includes a plurality of node devices, a route discovery request being sent by a source node device and requests being relayed by intermediate node devices to a destination node device. The regulation method is implemented by an intermediate node device, which can receive a plurality of route discovery requests, and includes the steps of: detecting a congestion situation when a number of requests received over a time window of predefined duration is above a predefined first threshold; identifying requests as important when the number of any one request received over the time window of predefined duration is above a second predefined threshold; and relaying solely requests identified as important.
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