Conversion of access nodes to gateways within a wireless mesh network
AssigneeTropos Networks, Inc.
InventorAmalavoyal Chari
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of a method of a wireless mesh network proposing access nodes for conversion to gateways is disclosed. The method includes each access node of the wireless mesh network measuring wireless mesh network metrics. A server connected to the wireless mesh network obtains the network metrics, and calculates a desirability of conversion of at least one access node to a gateway based upon the network metrics. An apparatus and method of a server of a wireless mesh network calculating which access nodes of the wireless mesh network should be converted to gateways is also disclosed. The method includes the server receiving wireless mesh network metrics from the access nodes, and calculating which of the access nodes should be converted based upon the network metrics.
Claims24
A method of a wireless mesh network proposing access nodes for conversion to gateways, comprising:
- each access node of the wireless mesh network measuring wireless mesh network metrics;
- a server connected to the wireless mesh network obtaining the wireless mesh network metrics;
- the server calculating a desirability of converting at least one access nodes to a gateway based upon the wireless mesh network metrics;
- the server generating a list of the at least one access node within the wireless mesh network that are good candidates for conversion to a gateway, and ranking a desirability of conversion of each access node of the list;
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- the server providing the list to a network operator.
A method of a server of a wireless mesh network calculating which access nodes of the wireless mesh network should be converted to gateways, comprising:
- the server receiving wireless mesh network metrics from the access nodes;
- the server calculating which of the access nodes should be converted based upon the network metrics;
- the server generating a list of the at least one access node within the wireless mesh network that are good candidates for conversion to a gateway, and ranking a desirability of conversion of each access node of the list;
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- the server providing the list to a network operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.