Multichannel, mesh router and methods for path selection in a multichannel mesh network
US7471633B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 4, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless mesh network router comprises at least one transceiver to receive a packet over a wireless communication channel and path selection circuitry. The packet identifies a source node and a destination node in a multichannel mesh network. The path selection circuitry combines a channel-metric matrix associated with the packet's source node and a channel-metric matrix associated with the packet's destination node to determine a bottleneck channel for the source-destination pair. The next-hop node and associated transmission channel may be selected from the destination node matrix based on the bottleneck channel.
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