Discovering Stable Routes in Wireless Networks
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsJianlin Guo, Xin Yang, Philip Orlik, Kieran Parsons
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Abstract
A method discovers routes for forwarding packets from source nodes (sources) to sink nodes (sinks) in a wireless network, wherein some neighboring sources act as relay nodes. Each source measures a rate of receiving control messages from each neighboring node. Then, the data packets are forwarded from a particular source to the sink via the neighboring nodes having a lowest rate.
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A method for discovering routes to forward packets from source nodes (sources) to sink nodes (sinks) in a wireless network, wherein some neighboring sources act as relay nodes, comprising the steps of:
- measuring in each source, a rate of receiving control messages from each neighboring node;
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- forwarding the data packets from a particular source to the sink via the neighboring nodes having a lowest rate.
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