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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE LENGTH OF A PACKET STORM IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK

  • US 20170034760A1
  • Filed: 04/02/2015
  • Published: 02/02/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for controlling information broadcast in a wireless mesh network, the apparatus comprising:

  • at least one device table for tracking which device has successfully relayed a broadcast transmission;

    at least one broadcast table for keeping a record of any new broadcast transmission that has been initiated by said apparatus or received from a neighboring device;

    wherein each broadcast transmission includes a radius parameter, which indicates an allowed number of hops through said mesh network before the broadcast transmission is discarded;

    wherein the apparatus is adapted to add to a new broadcast transmission a radius parameter, or to reduce the radius parameter, by one when a received broadcast transmission is forwarded; and

    wherein the apparatus is adapted to check information provided in the device table and the broadcast table so as to report to a message initiator a maximum repetition number representative of the number of hops which was necessary to transmit the message.

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