Wireless routing systems and methods
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1. A method of analyzing performance of a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system including a base station device and two or more node devices, and operating with an actual communication configuration using communication links between device pairs in the system, the method comprising:
- observing wireless communication link characteristics between device pairs in the system;
generating an optimized communication solution globally across two or more device pairs using a centralized configuration routine that references at least some of the observed link characteristics, the optimized communication solution globally defining optimized communication routes between the two or more node devices and the base station device;
calculating a first quality metric based on the optimized communication solution;
observing the actual communication configuration for the node devices and generating a second quality metric using the actual observed communication configuration;
comparing the first quality metric to the second quality metric to determine if a system inefficiency is beyond a predefined level; and
if the step of comparing indicates the system inefficiency is beyond a predefined level, reconfiguring the system, but if the step of comparing does not indicates system inefficiency beyond a predefined level, not reconfiguring the system.
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Abstract
Wireless communications methods and systems. Metrics for measuring performance of a wireless system are generated and compared to metrics generated with an idealized simulation of the system. If the actual system performance falls below a predetermined level, the system may be reconfigured to improve performance using a centralized or decentralized method for such configuration.
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1. A method of analyzing performance of a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system including a base station device and two or more node devices, and operating with an actual communication configuration using communication links between device pairs in the system, the method comprising:
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observing wireless communication link characteristics between device pairs in the system; generating an optimized communication solution globally across two or more device pairs using a centralized configuration routine that references at least some of the observed link characteristics, the optimized communication solution globally defining optimized communication routes between the two or more node devices and the base station device; calculating a first quality metric based on the optimized communication solution; observing the actual communication configuration for the node devices and generating a second quality metric using the actual observed communication configuration; comparing the first quality metric to the second quality metric to determine if a system inefficiency is beyond a predefined level; and if the step of comparing indicates the system inefficiency is beyond a predefined level, reconfiguring the system, but if the step of comparing does not indicates system inefficiency beyond a predefined level, not reconfiguring the system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communication system comprising:
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at least one base station and at least two node devices configured for wireless communication with one another, wherein the system is configured to have a first routing configuration for routing data between at least one of the node devices and the base station; at least one analyzing device in or communicatively coupled to the system, the at least one analyzing device is configured to gather data related to actual communication routes defined in the system and to observe an actual quality metric of the system; the at least one analyzing device is further configured to generate an optimum quality metric based on an optimized global communication solution across all of the at least one base station and the two or more node devices for comparison to the actual quality metric; and wherein the at least one analyzing device is further configured to compare the optimum quality metric to the actual quality metric, and if the comparison indicates a system inefficiency beyond a predetermined level, causes the system to be reconfigured relative to the first routing configuration, but if the comparison does not indicate a system inefficiency beyond the predetermined level, does not cause the system to be reconfigured relative to the first routing configuration. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A wireless communication system comprising:
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at least one base station, a number of infrastructure node devices configured for wireless communication with one another, and a number of leaf devices that communicate with the infrastructure node devices, wherein the system is configured to have a first routing configuration for routing data between at least one of the leaf devices and at least one of the base stations; at least one analyzing device in or communicatively coupled to the system, the at least one analyzing device is configured to gather data related to actual communication routes defined in the system and to observe an actual quality metric of the system; wherein the at least one analyzing device is further configured to generate an optimum global quality metric across all of the at least one base station, the number of infrastructure node devices and the number of leaf devices by constructing an optimized communication configuration using the data related to actual communication routes; and wherein the at least one analyzing device is further configured to compare the optimum quality metric to the actual quality metric, and if the comparison indicates a system inefficiency beyond a predetermined level, causes the system to be reconfigured into a new routing configuration that is different from the first routing configuration, but if the comparison does not indicate a system inefficiency beyond a predetermined level, does not cause the system to be reconfigured to a new routing configuration. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method of maintaining the performance of a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system including a base station device and two or more node devices, the method comprising:
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(a) generating an optimized communication solution globally across two or more device pairs using a centralized configuration routine, the optimized communication solution globally defining optimized communication routes between two or more node devices and the base station device; (b) configuring the wireless communication system in accordance with the optimized communication solution; (c) over time, changing the optimized communication solution to accommodate changes to the wireless communication system; (d) monitoring one or more performance characteristics of the wireless communication system, and when the one or more performance characteristics of the wireless communication system deviate from one or more performance characteristics of an optimized communication solution by an amount, generating another optimized communication solution using a centralized configuration routine and reconfiguring the wireless communication system in accordance with the another optimized communication solution; and repeating steps (c)-(d).
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