Method and Apparatus for a Wireless Home Mesh Network with Network Topology Visualizer
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1. A method comprising:
- collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes for the node;
opening a communication socket; and
transmitting a node topology packet for producing a global network topology map, the node topology packet includes the list of neighbor nodes.
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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 collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, where the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes for the node. Thereafter, a communication socket is opened, and a node topology packet, including a lust of neighbor nodes, is transmitted in order to produce a global network topology map. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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collecting node topology information by a node of a wireless home mesh network, the node topology information includes a list of neighbor nodes for the node; opening a communication socket; and transmitting a node topology packet for producing a global network topology map, the node topology packet includes the list of neighbor nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a wireless communications interface; network topology discovery logic to enable an 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 display logic to dynamically re-draw a network topology map of the wireless home mesh network according to a local route table of each node, contents of the local route table for one of the mobile nodes being received from a proprietary message of one or more proprietary messages. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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