Method of forwarding a received message in a mesh network comprising a plurality of communicatively interconnected mesh nodes as well as a corresponding mesh node
First Claim
1. A method of forwarding a received message in a mesh network comprising a plurality of communicatively interconnected mesh nodes, said method being performed by a first mesh node in the mesh network and comprising:
- receiving, from another node in the mesh network, a message to be forwarded in said mesh network;
determining that the message is intended only for a particular neighbour mesh node in the mesh network, and that the particular neighbor mesh node is one hop away from the first mesh node; and
forwarding a plurality of repetitions of the message, by unicast transmission, only to the particular neighbor mesh node, wherein successive repetitions of the message are separated by corresponding time delays, and wherein each time delay is predetermined.
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Abstract
A method of forwarding a received message in a mesh network comprising a plurality of communicatively interconnected mesh nodes, said method comprising the steps of receiving, by a mesh node of said plurality of interconnected mesh nodes, a message to be forwarded in said mesh network, determining, by said mesh node, that said message to be forwarded is to be unicasted to a particular neighbour mesh node of said mesh node, said particular neighbour mesh node being one hop away from said mesh node, and unicasting, by said mesh node, said message to be forwarded to said particular neighbour mesh node a plurality of times, wherein each time delay between subsequent unicasted messages is predetermined. A corresponding mesh node is also described herein.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of forwarding a received message in a mesh network comprising a plurality of communicatively interconnected mesh nodes, said method being performed by a first mesh node in the mesh network and comprising:
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receiving, from another node in the mesh network, a message to be forwarded in said mesh network; determining that the message is intended only for a particular neighbour mesh node in the mesh network, and that the particular neighbor mesh node is one hop away from the first mesh node; and forwarding a plurality of repetitions of the message, by unicast transmission, only to the particular neighbor mesh node, wherein successive repetitions of the message are separated by corresponding time delays, and wherein each time delay is predetermined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14)
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8. A mesh node arranged for operation in a mesh network comprising a plurality of communicatively interconnected mesh nodes, wherein the mesh node comprises:
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receive equipment arranged for receiving, from another node in the mesh network, a message to be forwarded in said mesh network; a processor configured by executable instructions to determine that said message is intended for a particular neighbour mesh node in the mesh network, and that the particular neighbor mesh node is one hop away from the first mesh node; and transmit equipment operably coupled to the processor, whereby the processor and transmit equipment are configured to forward a plurality of repetitions of the message, by unicast transmission, only to the particular neighbor mesh node, wherein successive repetitions of the message are separated by corresponding time delays, and wherein each time delay is predetermined. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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