Method and apparatus for adapting a routing map for a wireless communications network
US6714787B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W40/248
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless control unit (WCU) arranged and constructed to operate as a wireless router within a wireless network and to facilitate dynamic reconfiguration of a routing map within the wireless network and method thereof, the WCU including a receiver for receiving a presented load; a transmitter for transmitting a transmitted load; a controller for; scheduling the presented load to be transmitted on a number of wireless links with other nodes; and dynamically increasing or decreasing a number of wireless links with other nodes within the wireless network to increase a network capacity, decrease an average queue size at the WCU, decrease an average latency for the network, or decrease an average latency for a portion of the presented load that is destined for another WCU.
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