Balancing clusters of a wireless mesh network
US8031615B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W40/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method of propagating a size of a cluster within a wireless mesh network is disclosed. The method includes a gateway within the cluster maintaining information of access nodes within the cluster. The gateway determines a cluster size based on the maintained information, and transmits routing packets that include the cluster size of the gateway. An apparatus and method of balancing clusters of a wireless mesh network is also disclosed. The method includes the gateway of each cluster originating beacons, wherein the beacons include a size of the cluster of the gateway. The access nodes of each cluster, re-broadcasts beacons received from the gateway of the cluster. A connecting access node selects which cluster to connect to at least in part based on the size of each of the clusters.
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