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Network topology backup

  • US 10,057,123 B1
  • Filed: 12/29/2014
  • Issued: 08/21/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for restoring a mesh network configuration in a mesh network, the method comprising:

  • receiving data indicating that a replacement node device has been connected to the mesh network, the replacement node device corresponding to an original node device that has been removed from the mesh network;

    in response to receiving the data indicating that the replacement node device has been connected to the mesh network, accessing, from a network server, stored network topology data that specifies predetermined data routing configurations that are each (i) associated with a node device included in the mesh network, and (ii) determined before determining that the replacement node device has been connected to the mesh network, wherein each of the predetermined data routing configurations specifies at least a set of routing instructions that enables a node device included in the mesh network to communicate with one or more other node devices included in the mesh network;

    identifying, from among the predetermined data routing configurations specified by the network topology data, a particular data routing configuration that is associated with the original node device that has been removed from the mesh network;

    determining a communication pathway for providing, from the network server to the replacement node device, data that specifies the particular data routing configuration that is associated with the original node device that has been removed from the mesh network, the communication pathway having been previously used to communicate data between the network server and the original node device that has been removed from the mesh network; and

    using the determined communication pathway to provide, to the replacement node device over one or more networks that are separate from the mesh network, the data that specifies the particular data routing configuration that is associated with the original node device that has been removed from the mesh network.

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