Method and system to provide a routing protocol for wireless devices
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1. A method of wireless connectivity comprising:
- broadcasting a beacon by a server; and
receiving and storing the beacon at the client, the client further retaining information indicative of a path to the server; and
rebroadcasting the beacon by the client.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating connectivity is described. The method includes a server broadcasting a beacon including the server'"'"'s address. The method further includes each client that receives the beacon rebroadcasting the beacon. The result is that each client receiving the beacon knows a way to reach the server.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of wireless connectivity comprising:
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broadcasting a beacon by a server; and
receiving and storing the beacon at the client, the client further retaining information indicative of a path to the server; and
rebroadcasting the beacon by the client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18)
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15. The method of daim 14, wherein the highest quality is a best signal-to-noise ratio.
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17. The method of daim 14, wherein the highest quality is based on a lowest level of traffic being handled by the server.
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19. A server for wireless communications comprising:
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a beacon logic to generate a beacon and broadcast the beacon; and
a wireless transceiver to receive a plurality of reverse beacons, the reverse beacons indicating a path to each of the clients; and
a client tree storing the path to each of the clients, such that the server can send data to any client, either directly or through other clients on the network. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method of generating a routing path for a system including a server and a plurality of clients, the method comprising each client:
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receiving a beacon from the server;
rebroadcasting one beacon received from an upstream node; and
broadcasting a reverse beacon upstream, the reverse beacon being addressed to the known upstream node, the reverse beacon used by the server and each client to set up a routing table. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A routed wireless network comprising:
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a plurality of wired access points;
a plurality of clients, each client belonging to a cluster of clients administered by a single server and such that membership in a cluster is elected by the client through the selection of a beacon to rebroadcast. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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