Determining bidirectional path quality within a wireless mesh network
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for communicating link quality information between access nodes is disclosed. A first step includes a first access node transmitting first routing packets. A second step includes a second access node receiving at least one of the first routing packets over a first direction of a first link. A third step includes the second access node transmitting second routing packets. A fourth step includes the first access node receiving at least one of the second routing packets over a second direction of the first link, and determining a first direction link quality of the first link based upon the second routing packets.
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15. A wireless mesh network comprising:
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at least one gateway, the at least one gateway transmitting beacons; at least one access node receiving the beacons from the gateway, the at least one access node selecting a routing path to the gateway based at least partially upon an upstream link quality of a link between the at least one gateway and the at least one access node. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37)
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36. The wireless mesh network of claim 36, wherein the repopulated beacons include retransmission of modified received beacons.
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40. A method of routing a data path within a mesh network, comprising:
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at least one gateway transmitting beacons; at least one access node receiving the beacons from the gateway; the at least one access node selecting a routing path to the gateway based at least partially upon an upstream link quality of a link between the at least one gateway and the at least one access node.
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51. A wireless access node comprising:
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means for receiving routing packets from at least one of an upstream access node or an upstream gateway; means for determining upstream link qualities of a data path to at least one gateway from the routing packets; means for means for determining downstream link qualities of a data path to at least one gateway from the routing packets; means for selecting an optimal data path to a gateway based upon the upstream link qualities and downstream link qualities of all available data paths
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