Optimizing communication for mesh routing protocols using directional beam forming
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsPascal Thubert, Patrick Wetterwald
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a first communication is transmitted from a transmitting node in a network using a mesh routing protocol. The first communication is received at a particular node in the network. Based on the first communication, a directional attribute is computed. Based on the directional attribute, a particular direction is computed. Then, a second communication is transmitted from the particular node using a beam forming technique in the second direction.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a particular node in a network which applies a mesh routing protocol to form a direct acrylic graph (DAG), a first communication transmitted from a transmitting node in the network;
- computing, by the particular node, a directional attribute based on the first communication;
- computing, by the particular node, a particular direction based on the directional attribute;
- and
- transmitting, from the particular node, a second communication using a beam forming technique in the particular direction, wherein the beam forming technique optimizers the formation of DAG.
An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more network interfaces that communicate with a network which applies a mesh routing protocol to form a direct acrylic graph (DAG);
- a processor coupled to the one or more network interfaces and configured to execute a process;
- and
- a memory configured to store program instructions which contain the process executable by the processor, the process comprising:
- receiving, as a particular node in the network, a first communication transmitted from a transmitting node in the network;
- computing a directional attribute based on the first communication;
- computing a particular direction based on the directional attribute;
- and
- transmitting, from the particular node, a second communication using a beam forming technique in the particular direction, wherein the beam forming technique optimizes the formation of DAG.
A tangible non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions that cause a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
- receiving, at a particular node in a network which applies a mesh routing protocol to form a direct acrylic graph (DAG), a first communication transmitted from a transmitting node in the network;
- computing a directional attribute based on the first communication;
- computing a particular direction based on the directional attribute;
- and
- transmitting, from the particular node, a second communication using a beam forming technique in the particular direction, wherein the beam forming technique optimizes the formation of DAG.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.