Radio and bandwidth aware routing metric for multi-radio multi-channel mutli-hop wireless networks

A system for establishing an end-to-end route for data to traverse a wireless network, comprising:

• means for calculating a link metric function;
• means for calculating a quantized link metric function using said calculated link metric function;
• means for calculating a quantized metric of each of a plurality of routes for data to traverse said wireless network, said quantized metric of each of said plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse said wireless network is performed using said quantized link metric function;
• and
• means for selecting one of said plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse said wireless network based on said quantized metric of each of said plurality of routes.

A node in a wireless network configured to participate in the establishment of a bi-directional end-to-end route for data to traverse said wireless network, comprising:

• means for periodically measuring the quality and the utilization of each channel of said node, each node having multiple channels;
• means for periodically calculating routing metrics using said measured quality and utilization of said each channel;
• means for periodically updating routing table with said calculated routing metrics;
• means for selecting said bi-directional end-to-end route for data to traverse said wireless network based on said routing table.

A method for establishing an end-to-end route for data to traverse a wireless network, said method comprising:

• calculating a link metric function;
• calculating a metric of each of a plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse said wireless network, wherein said metric of each of said plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse said wireless network is performed using said link metric function;
• and
• selecting one of said plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse said wireless network based on said metric of each of said plurality of end-to-end routes.

A system for establishing an end-to-end route for data to traverse a wireless network, comprising:

• means for calculating a link metric function;
• means for calculating a metric of each of a plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse said wireless network, wherein said metric of each of said plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse said wireless network is performed using said link metric function;
• and
• means for selecting one of said plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse said wireless network based on said metric of each of said plurality of end-to-end routes.