METHOD FOR MANAGING THE TRANSFER OF INFORMATION PACKETS ACROSS A WIRELESS AND ROUTING NODES IMPLEMENTING IT
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Abstract
A wireless network includes permanently powered routing nodes and intermittently operating routing nodes. A polling procedure is used for transferring routing and data information packets from a permanently powered routing node to an intermittently operating routing node. In particular, when the permanently powered routing node has to transmit an information packet to the intermittently operating routing node, it stores the information packet in a memory; it waits until the intermittently operating routing node is able to receive information packets; and then it transmits the information packet to the intermittently operating routing node, and when the intermittently operating routing node has to transmit an information packet to the permanently powered routing node, it transmits immediately the information packet to the permanently powered routing node.
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- 20. A method for managing the transfer of information packets across a wireless network comprising at least one permanently powered routing node and at least one intermittently operating routing node wherein a polling procedure is used for transferring information packets from said permanently powered routing node to said intermittently operating routing node.
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31. A routing node for a wireless network comprising a radio transceiver having a permanent power supply and capable of being adapted to communicate with at least one intermittently operating routing node comprising a radio transceiver having an intermittent operation, comprising:
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a memory for storing at least an information packet to be sent to said at least one routing node; and a module for waiting until said at least one routing node is able to receive said information packets and for transmitting said information packet to said at least one routing node. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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- 33. A routing node for a wireless network comprising a radio transceiver having an intermittent operation and capable of being adapted to communicate with at least one routing node comprising a radio transceiver having a permanent operation, comprising a polling module implementing a polling procedure for receiving information packets from said at least one routing node.
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