(WO/2007/103837) EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH PATH METRIC AND PATH COMPUTATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS WITH WIRED LINKS
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| IPC: | H04L 12/28 (2006.01), H04L 12/66 (2006.01) | |||||||||||
| Applicants: | FIRETIDE, INC. [US/US]; 16795 Lark Avenue, Suite 200, Los Gatos, California 95032 (US) (All Except US). BELLUR, Bhargav [IN/IN]; (IN) (US Only). PRAKASH, Ravi [IN/IN]; (IN) (US Only). SINGHAL, Amar [IN/IN]; (IN) (US Only). JETCHEVA, Jorgeta [BG/US]; (US) (US Only). | |||||||||||
| Inventors: | BELLUR, Bhargav; (IN). PRAKASH, Ravi; (IN). SINGHAL, Amar; (IN). JETCHEVA, Jorgeta; (US). | |||||||||||
| Agent: | SMITH, Walstein; P.O. Box 1668, Georgetown, TX 78627-1668 (US). | |||||||||||
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| Title: | EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH PATH METRIC AND PATH COMPUTATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS WITH WIRED LINKS | |||||||||||
| Abstract: | Enhanced mesh network performance is provided by computation of a path metric with respect to multi-hop paths between nodes in a mesh network and determination of a path through the mesh network that is optimal according to the path metric. Information is communicated in the mesh network according to the determined path. Nodes in the mesh network are enabled to communicate via one or more wireless links and/or one or more wired links. The path metric optionally includes an effective bandwidth path metric having elements (listed from highest to lowest conceptual priority) including an inverse of a sustainable data rate, a number of wireless links, and a number of wireless and wired links. The sustainable data rate is a measure of communication bandwidth that is deliverable by a path for a period of time. Accounting is made for interference between contiguous wireless links operating on the same channel. | |||||||||||
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AE, AG, AL, AM, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PG, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, SV, SY, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. African Regional Intellectual Property Org. (ARIPO) (BW, GH, GM, KE, LS, MW, MZ, NA, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW) Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM) European Patent Office (EPO) (AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR) African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). | |||||||||||
| Publication Language: | English (EN) |
| Filing Language: | English (EN) |
