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Multichannel, mesh router and methods for path selection in a multichannel mesh network

  • US 20060146718A1
  • Filed: 01/04/2005
  • Published: 07/06/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless mesh network router comprising:

  • at least one transceiver to receive a packet over a wireless communication channel, the packet identifying a source node and a destination node in a multichannel mesh network; and

    path selection circuitry to combine a first channel-metric matrix associated with the packet'"'"'s source node and a second channel-metric matrix associated with the packet'"'"'s destination node, the path selection circuitry to select a next-hop node and an associated transmission channel based on metrics of the combined matrix.

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