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Method and device for establishing communication links and for estimating overall quality of a directional link and reporting to OLSR in a communication system

  • US 20040032847A1
  • Filed: 03/27/2003
  • Published: 02/19/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless communication network comprising:

  • a plurality of mobile nodes each comprising a transceiver, a directional antenna connected to said transceiver, and a controller connected to said transceiver and comprising a communications router to discover routes and route communications to neighboring nodes with a routing protocol, a time slot scheduling unit to schedule time slots to establish a communication link with each neighboring mobile node, an antenna aiming unit to aim said directional antenna toward each neighboring mobile node during communication therewith, and a link quality estimator to estimate link quality based upon the quality of each time slot scheduled for the communication link and to report estimated link quality to the communications router.

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