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US 10,383,030 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for a wireless home mesh network with network topology visualizer
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsXiangpeng Jing, Abhishek Patil, Anuj Bhatnagar, Aixin Liu, Djung N. Nguyen
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for a wireless home mesh network with a network topology visualizer is described. In one embodiment, the method may include collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, where the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes for the node. Thereafter, a communication socket is opened, and a node topology packet, including a lust of neighbor nodes, is transmitted in order to produce a global network topology map. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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A method comprising:
- collecting node topology information via wireless signals by a node of a wireless mesh network, wherein the node includes circuitry, and the node topology information includes an identification of neighbor nodes that are in the wireless mesh network, the neighboring nodes being organized in tiers in the wireless mesh network;
- wirelessly transmitting node topology information that is used to produce a network topology map that spatially relates node positions of all nodes in the wireless mesh network and relates physical connection geometries among all of the nodes in the wireless mesh network, wherein the node topology information includes information related to whether respective neighbor nodes are a mobile node or a stationary node to include a visual indication of whether a particular neighbor node is a mobile node or a stationary node in the network topology map,
- wherein the transmitted node topology information is used by a visualization node to generate a display interface to display the network topology map including an indication of the particular neighbor node as a mobile node or a stationary node and to receive settings for at least one node of the wireless mesh network, the settings including repositioning the at least one node on the network topology map, and
- the tiers include a first tier corresponding to neighbor nodes that organize the wireless mesh network, a second tier corresponding to neighbor nodes that are in fixed and are not power-constrained, and a third tier corresponding to mobile nodes that are power-constrained.
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A communication node apparatus comprising:
- an interface configured to receive wireless signals;
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- circuitry configured to
- collect node topology information via the wireless signals transmitted in a wireless mesh network, the node topology information includes an identification of neighbor nodes that are in the wireless mesh network, the neighbor nodes being organized in tiers in the wireless mesh network;
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- wirelessly transmit node topology information that is used to produce a network topology map that spatially relates node positions of all nodes in the wireless mesh network and relates physical connection geometries among all of the nodes in the wireless mesh network, wherein the node topology information includes information related to whether the neighbor nodes are a mobile node or a stationary node to include a visual indication of whether a particular neighbor node is a mobile node or a stationary node in the network topology map,
- wherein the transmitted node topology information is used by a visualization node to generate a display interface to display the network topology map including an indication of the particular neighbor node as a mobile node or a stationary node and to receive settings for at least one node of the wireless mesh network, the settings including repositioning the at least one node on the network topology map, and
- the tiers include a first tier corresponding to neighbor nodes that organize the wireless mesh network, a second tier corresponding to neighbor nodes that are in fixed and are not power-constrained, and a third tier corresponding to mobile nodes that are power-constrained.
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An electronic device comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- collect node topology information via the wireless signals transmitted in a wireless mesh network, the node topology information includes an identification of neighbor nodes that are in the wireless mesh network, the neighbor nodes being organized in tiers in the wireless mesh network;
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- wirelessly transmit node topology information that is used to produce a network topology map that spatially relates node positions of all nodes in the wireless mesh network and relates physical connection geometries among all of the nodes in the wireless mesh network, wherein the node topology information includes information related to whether the neighbor nodes are a mobile node or a stationary node to include a visual indication of whether a particular neighbor node is a mobile node or a stationary node in the network topology map,
- wherein the transmitted node topology information is used by a visualization node to generate a display interface to display the network topology map including an indication of the particular neighbor node as a mobile node or a stationary node and to receive settings for at least one node of the wireless mesh network, the settings including repositioning the at least one node on the network topology map,
- the tiers include a first tier corresponding to neighbor nodes that organize the wireless mesh network, a second tier corresponding to neighbor nodes that are in fixed and are not power-constrained, and a third tier corresponding to mobile nodes that are power-constrained.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.