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US 8,787,330 B2Granted
Dense mesh network communications
AssigneeMarvell World Trade Ltd.
InventorsSandesh Goel, Ashish Kumar Shukla
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Abstract
A frame groupcast system for a mesh node in a mesh network having a plurality of mesh nodes includes a transceiver that receives a groupcast frame and a groupcast determination module that determines whether to forward the received groupcast frame based on at least one measurement.
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A frame groupcast system for a mesh node in a mesh network having a plurality of mesh nodes, the frame groupcast system comprising:
- a transceiver configured to receive a groupcast frame from a first peer node of a plurality of peer nodes in the mesh network;
- and
- a groupcast determination processor configured to:
- determine a distance between the mesh node and the first peer node;
- determine a value that is based at least in part on the determined distance between the mesh node and the first peer node;
- compare the value with a distance threshold, the distance threshold indicative of a likelihood that another mesh node in the mesh network received the groupcast frame from the first peer node;
- in response to the comparison resulting in the value exceeding the distance threshold, forward the received groupcast frame to a second peer node of the plurality of peer nodes;
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- in response to the comparison resulting in the value being less than the distance threshold, not forward the received groupcast frame to the second peer node,
- wherein the second peer node is different than the first peer node.
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A frame groupcast method for a mesh node in a mesh network having a plurality of mesh nodes, the method comprising:
- receiving a groupcast frame from a first peer node of a plurality of peer nodes in the mesh network;
- determining a distance between the mesh node and the first peer node;
- determining a value that is based at least in part on the determined distance between the mesh node and the first peer node;
- comparing the value with a distance threshold, the distance threshold indicative of a likelihood that another mesh node in the mesh network received the groupcast frame from the first peer node;
- in response to the comparison resulting in the value exceeding the distance threshold, forwarding the received groupcast frame to at least one second peer node of the plurality of peer nodes;
- and
- in response to the comparison resulting in the value being less than the distance threshold, not forwarding the received groupcast frame to the at least one second peer node,
- wherein the at least one second peer node is different than the first peer node.
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