Routing in a mesh network

A method and apparatus for advertising a backhaul metric in a mesh network (100) is described, the method comprising the steps of estimating a backhaul metric related to a throughput through a backhaul of the mesh network (100), adhering to a scheduling policy to support a plurality of wireless node...

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Main Authors SAMPATH, ASHWIN, STAMOULIS, ANASTASIOS
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 01.06.2013
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A method and apparatus for advertising a backhaul metric in a mesh network (100) is described, the method comprising the steps of estimating a backhaul metric related to a throughput through a backhaul of the mesh network (100), adhering to a scheduling policy to support a plurality of wireless nodes (102) and advertising a rate that can be provided to an additional wireless node (102) while adhering to the scheduling policy and the backhaul metric within the mesh network (100).
Bibliography:Application Number: TW200897134272