(WO/2008/036775) BONDING MULTIPLE RADIOS IN WIRELESS MULTI-HOP MESH NETWORKS
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| IPC: | H04L 12/28 (2006.01), H04L 12/56 (2006.01) | |||||||||||
| Applicants: | FIRETIDE, INC. [US/US]; 16795 Lark Avenue, Suite 200, Los Gatos, CA 95032 (US) (All Except US). KANODIA, Sachin [IN/US]; (US) (US Only). NATARAJAN, Mohan [US/US]; (US) (US Only). JETCHEVA, Jorjeta [BG/US]; (US) (US Only). | |||||||||||
| Inventors: | KANODIA, Sachin; (US). NATARAJAN, Mohan; (US). JETCHEVA, Jorjeta; (US). | |||||||||||
| Agent: | SMITH, Walstein; P.O. Box 1668, Georgetown, TX 78627-1668 (US). | |||||||||||
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| Title: | BONDING MULTIPLE RADIOS IN WIRELESS MULTI-HOP MESH NETWORKS | |||||||||||
| Abstract: | In a mesh network composed of multiple-radio nodes, we assign each radio to one of a plurality of channels, and treat a plurality of links between a pair of nodes as one logical link (bonded link). In some embodiments, the routing protocol is adapted to view each bonded link as one link having a combination of at least some of the properties of the constituent physical links. Traffic sent along a path is dynamically load balanced between the interfaces at each intermediate node based on the current utilization of each interface. In at least some embodiments, route discovery packets record the metrics of each component link of the bonded links leaving a node, but only one route discovery packet per pair of nodes is forwarded, reducing the route discovery packet traffic compared to if each route discovery packet were forwarded over each component link between the pair of nodes. | |||||||||||
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| Publication Language: | English (EN) |
| Filing Language: | English (EN) |
