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US 8,411,651 B2Granted
Media independent multi-rat function in a converged device
AssigneeInterDigital Technology Corporation
InventorsCatherine M. Livet, Guang Lu, John L. Tomici, Juan Carlos Zuniga
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Abstract
A communication device configured to facilitate a mesh network includes a media independent mesh function (MIMF) configured to exchange media independent mesh information between peer mesh entities.
Claims19
A communication device configured to facilitate a mesh network, the communication device comprising:
- at least two physical network links including a first physical network link and a second physical network link, wherein the first physical network link is configured to support a different radio access technology (RAT) than the second physical network link;
- a processor that executes a media independent mesh function (MIMF), the MIMF configured to exchange media independent mesh information between peer mesh entities, including exchanging media independent mesh information with a first mesh entity in a first peer device via the first physical network link and with a second mesh entity in a second peer device via the second physical network link;
- wherein the MIMF is configured to compare a plurality of physical links related to a respective plurality of RATs to determine a coherent link cost estimate for each of the plurality of RATs which is used to determine a RAT-agnostic link quality estimate for a signal routing, and wherein the MIMF is further configured to determine a multi-RAT mesh capability of a peer device.
A method of communication between multiple radio access technologies (RATs) in a mesh network, the method comprising:
- exchanging flow of data, by a media independent mesh function (MIMF), between at least two physical network links including a first physical network link and a second physical network link, wherein the first physical network link is configured to support a different radio access technology (RAT) than the second physical network link;
- wherein the MIMF exchanges media independent mesh information between peer mesh entities, including exchanging media independent mesh information with a first mesh entity in a first peer device via the first physical network link and with a second mesh entity in a second peer device via the second physical network link;
- comparing a plurality of physical links related to a respective plurality of RATs to determine a coherent link cost estimate for each of the plurality of RATs which is used to determine a RAT-agnostic link quality estimate for a signal routing;
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- determining a multi-RAT mesh capability of a peer device.
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