Management of wireless relay nodes using identifiers
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsGavin B. Horn, Fatih Ulupinar, Parag A. Agashe, Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, Rajarshi Gupta
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Abstract
A set of wireless relay nodes are managed to facilitate inter-node routing of packets in the set. In some aspects, unique identifiers are defined for the wireless relay nodes to facilitate routing packets within the set. In some aspect a routing table is provided to each of the wireless relay nodes, wherein the routing table identifies each wireless relay node in the set and a next-hop entity for each of these wireless relay nodes. Each of the wireless relay nodes may then define a forwarding table based on the routing table.
Claims52
A method of communication, comprising:
- defining an identifier for a wireless relay node, wherein the identifier is defined for use within a set of wireless relay nodes to uniquely identify the wireless relay node within the set;
- sending the identifier to the wireless relay node;
- and
- providing a list to each wireless relay node in the set, wherein the list comprises the identifiers of each wireless relay node in the set.
An apparatus for communication, comprising:
- an identifier definer configured to define an identifier for a wireless relay node, wherein:
- the identifier is defined for use within a set of wireless relay nodes to uniquely identify the wireless relay node within the set;
- a transmitter configured to send the identifier to the wireless relay node;
- and
- a list definer configured to define a list comprising the identifiers of each wireless relay node in the set, wherein the transmitter is further configured to send the list to each wireless relay node in the set.
An apparatus for communication, comprising:
- means for defining an identifier for a wireless relay node, wherein:
- the identifier is defined for use within a set of wireless relay nodes to uniquely identify the wireless relay node within the set;
- means for sending the identifier to the wireless relay node;
- and
- means for providing a list to each wireless relay node in the set, wherein the list comprises the identifiers of each wireless relay node in the set.
A computer-program product, comprising:
- non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code for causing a computer to:
- define an identifier for a wireless relay node, wherein:
- the identifier is defined for use within a set of wireless relay nodes to uniquely identify the wireless relay node within the set;
- send the identifier to the wireless relay node;
- and
- provide a list to each wireless relay node in the set, wherein the list comprises the identifiers of each wireless relay node in the set.
A method of communication, comprising:
- receiving an identifier for a first wireless relay node, wherein:
- the identifier is defined for use within a set of wireless relay nodes to uniquely identify the first wireless relay node within the set;
- receiving a list of identifiers for each wireless relay node in the set;
- receiving a packet from a second wireless relay node of the set;
- and
- determining how to process the received packet based on the identifier and the list.
An apparatus for communication, comprising:
- an identifier controller configured to receive an identifier for a first wireless relay node, wherein:
- the identifier is defined for use within a set of wireless relay nodes to uniquely identify the first wireless relay node within the set;
- a list controller configured to receive a list of identifiers for each wireless relay node in the set;
- a receiver configured to receive a packet from a second wireless relay node of the set;
- and
- a packet processor configured to determine how to process the received packet based on the identifier and the list.
An apparatus for communication, comprising:
- means for receiving an identifier for a first wireless relay node, wherein:
- the identifier is defined for use within a set of wireless relay nodes to uniquely identify the first wireless relay node within the set;
- means for receiving a list of identifiers for each wireless relay node in the set;
- means for receiving a packet from a second wireless relay node of the set;
- and
- means for determining how to process the received packet based on the identifier and the list.
A computer-program product, comprising:
- non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code for causing a computer to:
- receive an identifier for a first wireless relay node, wherein:
- the identifier is defined for use within a set of wireless relay nodes to uniquely identify the first wireless relay node within the set;
- receive a list of identifiers for each wireless relay node in the set;
- receive a packet from a second wireless relay node of the set;
- and
- determine how to process the received packet based on the identifier and the list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.