METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WIRELESS HOME MESH NETWORK WITH NETWORK TOPOLOGY VISUALIZER
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- collecting, by an electronics device, node connectivity and network topology information regarding mobile nodes and stationary nodes of a wireless home mesh network, to discover a network topology map of the wireless home mesh network; and
displaying, by the electronics device, a global topology map of the wireless home mesh network.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for a wireless home mesh network with a network topology visualizer is described. In one embodiment, the method may include displaying the network topology of a wireless home mesh network. The mobile nodes and stationary nodes of the wireless home mesh network may wirelessly communicate to share topology information regarding the wireless home mesh network. The topology information may include local connectivity information of a node, such as the direct neighbors of the node and the neighbors'"'"' neighbor information. In one embodiment, the local connectivity information is combined with the received node information to form an interactive global topology map of the wireless home mesh network to display for a user. In another embodiment, the combined topology information may be stored for offline processing. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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1. A method comprising:
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collecting, by an electronics device, node connectivity and network topology information regarding mobile nodes and stationary nodes of a wireless home mesh network, to discover a network topology map of the wireless home mesh network; and displaying, by the electronics device, a global topology map of the wireless home mesh network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10)
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8. A method, comprising:
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detecting, by one of a mobile node and a stationary node of a wireless home mesh network, a node topology message from a new node, the node topology message including at least a local routing table of the new node of the wireless home mesh network; placing the new node within a network topology map of the wireless home mesh network; and displaying the network topology map of the wireless home mesh network. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a wireless communications interface; a controller, including network initialization logic, to establish a wireless home mesh network; network topology discovery logic to enable exchange of one or more proprietary messages to discover a topology of a wireless home mesh network including mobile nodes and stationary nodes; and topology generation logic to compile each node topology packet to determine the network topology map of the wireless home mesh network; and topology display logic to dynamically re-draw the network topology map of the wireless home mesh network according to a local route table of each node. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a wireless gateway coupled to a wired network to operate as a gateway node of a wireless home mesh network; a stationary home electronics device including a wireless interface to communicate with the wireless gateway to operate as a stationary node of the wireless home mesh network; and a mobile electronics device including a wireless interface to communicate with a stationary node to join the wireless home mesh network as a mobile node, wherein the stationary and mobile nodes of the wireless home mesh network automatically transmit a node topology message to a display node of the wireless home mesh network, the display node to display a network topology of the wireless home mesh network determined according to received node topology messages. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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