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Apparatus and method for managing packet routing through internally-powered network devices in wireless sensor networks

  • US 20100085903A1
  • Filed: 10/03/2008
  • Published: 04/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a hybrid network having an externally-powered node and an internally-powered node, a method comprising:

  • configuring a role that the internally-powered node will take during an operations phase of the hybrid network, the role including whether the internally-powered node will act as a router or a non-router;

    demoting the internally-powered node to a non-router role if the internally-powered node is not needed for routing; and

    promoting the internally-powered node to a router role if the internally-powered node is needed for routing.

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