Interleaved wireless mesh network
First Claim
1. An interleaved wireless mesh network, comprising:
- a plurality of mesh nodes, each node having at least a first radio and a second radio wherein the first radio of a first node in the plurality of nodes is adapted to communicate with the first radio of an adjacent node via a specific first channel and the second radio of the first node is adapted to communicate with the second radio of the adjacent node via a specific second channel; and
wherein a first packet from a sequential stream of internet protocol (IP) packets is transmitted from the first radio of the first node to the first radio of the adjacent node via the first channel; and
wherein a second packet that is adjacent to the first packet in the same sequential stream is transmitted from the second radio of the first node to the second radio of the adjacent node via the second channel.
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Abstract
An interleaved wireless mesh network is described where each mesh node always has at least two radios that have access to at least two parallel meshes, and where a packet stream may utilize either or both of these parallel meshes for any given hop, using the parallel (physical) meshes as a single (logical) mesh. Here, two sequentially adjacent packets in a particular packet stream may travel on the same mesh or on different meshes for any given hop, thereby enabling the performance of a specific sequential packet stream to be doubled. Dynamic frequency selection (DFS) operations can be performed by the parallel meshes upon sensing radar interference on a channel used by either mesh. While one mesh is performing the DFS, packets may continue to be propagated on the alternative mesh, thereby enabling continuous and uninterrupted data flow throughout the network.
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22 Claims
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1. An interleaved wireless mesh network, comprising:
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a plurality of mesh nodes, each node having at least a first radio and a second radio wherein the first radio of a first node in the plurality of nodes is adapted to communicate with the first radio of an adjacent node via a specific first channel and the second radio of the first node is adapted to communicate with the second radio of the adjacent node via a specific second channel; and wherein a first packet from a sequential stream of internet protocol (IP) packets is transmitted from the first radio of the first node to the first radio of the adjacent node via the first channel; and wherein a second packet that is adjacent to the first packet in the same sequential stream is transmitted from the second radio of the first node to the second radio of the adjacent node via the second channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of transmitting data packets over multiple hops, comprising:
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maintaining an interleaved wireless mesh network including a plurality of mesh nodes, each node having at least a first radio and a second radio wherein the first radio is adapted to communicate with the first radio of every adjacent node via a specific first channel and wherein the second radio is adapted to communicate with the second radio of every adjacent node via a specific second channel; receiving a first packet in a sequential stream of internet protocol (IP) packets to a first node in the plurality of nodes; transmitting the first packet from the first node to a second adjacent node via the specific first channel; receiving a second packet in the same sequential stream of IP packets to the first node; and transmitting the second packet from the first node to the second adjacent node via the specific second channel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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21. A method for executing a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) operation in an interleaved wireless mesh network, said network comprising a plurality of mesh nodes, each mesh node having at least two relay radios where each relay radio makes RF connections to radios on all adjacent nodes by way of a specific RF frequency or channel, wherein a first relay radio on each node connects to all adjacent nodes via a specific first channel, and a second relay radio on each node connects to all adjacent nodes via a specific second channel, said method comprising the steps of:
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sensing radar interference at a sensing node on said first specific channel utilized by said first relay radio; transmitting a command from said sensing node to all other nodes in said interleaved wireless mesh network indicating that a DFS operation is required and that all first relay radios on each node must change to operate henceforth on a specific third channel; and continuing to propagate network traffic by way of said second relay radio on each of said mesh nodes while said first relay radios change channels in order to operate on said specific third channel.
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