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AssigneeSilver Spring Networks, Inc.
InventorsJames PACE, Jana VAN GREUNEN, Sterling HUGHES, George H. FLAMMER, III, William E. SAN FILIPPO, III
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One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth a technique for convergence and automatic disabling of access points in a wireless mesh network. Specifically, an access point within a wireless mesh network computes one or more network metrics to determine whether the metrics are unfavorable or favorable. If the network metrics are favorable, then the access point disables the access point's network connection. An access point turns the network connection back on based on whether a routing was lost for at least a preset amount of time, utilization of one or more neighboring access points is above a preset value, or one or more network metrics have degraded by a certain percentage value. One advantage of this approach is that cost savings may be achieved when the number of access points dynamically changes to accommodate varying communications conditions.
A computer-implemented method for participating as a node within a network, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to determine whether to participate as a node in a network, by performing the steps of:
A computing device comprising:
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