System and method for communicating over mesh networks using waveform-enhanced, link-state routing
AssigneeHarris Corporation
InventorsWilliam M. RUDNICK, Stephen G. Sherman
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Abstract
A communication system includes a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network. A plurality of wireless communication links connect the mobile nodes together. Each mobile node is formed as a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms.
Claims26
1-27. (canceled)
A communications system, comprising:
- a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network;
- a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the mobile nodes together;
- each mobile node comprising a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms, wherein each node is operative for predicting 1-hop neighboring connectivity using heuristics based on reception characteristics for a received packet on a base waveform that is chosen from the multiple waveforms wherein at least one of the multiple waveforms has a different range, transmission distance or reach that is greater than the other multiple waveforms resulting in different connectivity.
A communications system, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless nodes forming a mesh network;
- a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the mobile nodes together;
- each wireless node comprising a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and a base waveform that is chosen from multiple waveforms wherein at least one of the multiple waveforms has a different range, transmission distance or reach that is greater than the other multiple waveforms resulting in different connectivity by predicting 1-hop neighborhood connectivity based on a heuristic regarding packet reception characteristics and waveform performance.
A method for communicating, comprising:
- forming a mesh network from a plurality of mobile nodes;
- transmitting a data packet across the mesh network from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms;
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- predicting 1-hop neighboring connectivity using heuristics based on reception characteristics for a received packet on a base waveform that is chosen from the multiple waveforms wherein at least one of the multiple waveforms has a different range, transmission distance or reach that is greater than the other multiple waveforms resulting in different connectivity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.