Identification of long links within a wireless network
AssigneeTropos Networks, Inc.
InventorsWenge Ren, Frederick Dean, Cyrus Behroozi
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of identifying long links within a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes identifying long links within a wireless network. The method includes a first node estimating a link quality of a wireless link between the first node and a second node of the wireless network. The first node uni-casts packets to the second node. The first node monitors a packet acknowledgment success rate. The first node identifies the wireless link to be a long link if the link quality is above a link threshold, and the packet acknowledgment success rate is below an acknowledgment threshold.
Claims21
A method of identifying long links within a wireless network, comprising:
- a first node estimating a link quality of a wireless link between the first node and a second node of the wireless network;
- the first node uni-casting packets to the second node;
- the first node monitoring a packet acknowledgment success rate;
- the first node identifying the wireless link to be a long link if the link quality is above a link threshold, and the packet acknowledgment success rate is below an acknowledgment threshold.
A method of identifying long links within a wireless network, comprising:
- a first node estimating a link quality of a wireless link between the first node and a second node of the wireless network;
- the first node uni-casting packets to the second node;
- the first node monitoring a uni-cast packet retry counter;
- the first node identifying the wireless link to be a long link if the link quality is above a link threshold, and the packet retry counter is above a counter threshold.
A method of identifying long links within a wireless mesh network, comprising:
- a first access node estimating a link quality of a wireless link between the first node and an upstream access node of the wireless mesh network;
- the first node uni-casting packets to the upstream node;
- the first node monitoring a packet acknowledgment success rate;
- the first node identifying the wireless link to be a long link if the link quality is above a link threshold, and the packet acknowledgment success rate is below an acknowledgment threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.