Device and method for load balancing for data packet transmissions in wireless networks
AssigneePhilips Lighting Holding B.V.
InventorsDaniel Martin Goergen, Tim Corneel Wilhelmus Schenk, Javier Espina Perez, Oscar Garcia Morchon
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Abstract
For load balancing in a large-scale wireless mesh network, a device, a system and a method are provided for controlling data packet transmissions in the wireless mesh network, wherein answers to more than one received data packet are aggregated in one answer-batch.
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A device for controlling data packet transmissions in a wireless mesh network, wherein the mesh network comprises a plurality of nodes, each capable of communicating directly with one or more other nodes and wherein one or more of the nodes require a data packet to be transmitted from a sender node to a destination node via multi-hop transmission using multiple nodes, the device comprising:
- a control unit that is adapted to generate a plurality of answer data packets to more than one received data packet from more than one sender node and to aggregate said plurality of answer data packets into one answer-batch to at least one destination node;
- wherein redundant headers are omitted in the answer-batch to reduce data overhead.
A method for controlling data packet transmission in a wireless mesh network, wherein the mesh network comprises a plurality of nodes, each capable of communicating directly with one or more other nodes and wherein one or more of the nodes require a data packet to be transmitted from a sender node to a destination node via one or more intermediate nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a plurality of answer data packets to more than one received data packet from more than one sender node, and
- aggregating said plurality of answer data packets into one answer-batch to at least one destination node;
- and,
- wherein redundant headers are omitted in the answer-batch to reduce data overhead.
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