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Communication method and node device for communication between adjacent clusters

US9912779B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2015
Grant dateMar 6, 2018
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/85
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A selection device is selected from a first group in a first cluster. The node devices of the first group can communicate with a node device in a second cluster adjacent to the first cluster. The selection device performs transmission and reception of a report frame that reports an identifier of a node device included in the first group. The selection device selects from the first group a first relay device that relays a relay frame used for a communication between a node device in the first cluster and a node device in the second cluster. The first relay device determines anode device adjacent to the first relay device to be a second relay device that relays the relay frame to a node device in the second cluster.

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