Adaptive transmission management based on link latency

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media at a first node in a network, the one or more computer-readable storage media storing program instructions that, when executed by one or more processors at the first node, cause the one or more processors at the first node to perform the steps of:

• receiving a listening schedule associated with a second node;
• determining a first time period from a start of a first slot to a start of a next slot in the listening schedule;
• in response to detecting an unsuccessful attempt to transmit a frame by the first node to the second node, determining a backoff time based on the first time period;
• and
• in response to determining that the backoff time has elapsed, retransmitting the frame from the first node to the second node.

A node device in a wireless mesh network, comprising:

• a transceiver;
• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive a channel hopping sequence for a second node device neighboring the node device;
• determine a first link latency associated with the second node device based on the channel hopping sequence;
• in response to detecting a failure in transmitting a frame to the second node device, determine a backoff time based on the first link latency;
• and
• in response to determining that the backoff time has elapsed, retransmit the frame to the second node device via the transceiver.