Node apparatus and communication method
US9450831B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 6, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A node apparatus in a network including a plurality of node apparatuses includes: a cluster information memory configured to store apparatus identification information of node apparatus included in a first cluster including the node apparatus; a merge cluster node number determination unit configured to obtain the number of node apparatuses included in the second cluster based on information included in the hello packet upon receipt of a hello packet from one of adjacent node apparatuses included in a second cluster, and to determine whether a sum of the number of node apparatuses included in the first cluster and that of node apparatuses included in the second cluster is equal to or smaller than a maximum number of cluster nodes; and a cluster merge processing unit configured to merge the second cluster with the first cluster based on a result of the determination.
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