Mobile node data transmission rate selection
First Claim
1. A method of a mobile access node selecting a data transmission rate, comprising:
- receiving routing beacons from a plurality of wireless clusters, each routing beacon advertising a data transmission rate of a gateway of the wireless cluster that originates the routing beacon;
identifying a set of at least one qualified routing path, the set including a best quality routing path, and other routing paths having a quality within a predetermined margin of the best quality routing path, wherein the quality of the routing paths is determined by calculating a persistence of routing beacons successfully received by the mobile access node; and
selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node based on the data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path, wherein selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node based on the data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path comprises selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node to be the lowest data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of a mobile access node selecting a data transmission rate is disclosed. The method includes the mobile access node receiving beacons from a plurality of wireless clusters. Each beacon advertises a data transmission rate a gateway of the wireless cluster that originates the beacon. The mobile access node identifies at least one qualified routing path. The at least one qualified routing path includes a best quality routing path, and other routing paths having a quality within a predetermined margin of the best quality routing path. The mobile access node selects the data transmission rate of the mobile access node to be the lowest data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of a mobile access node selecting a data transmission rate, comprising:
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receiving routing beacons from a plurality of wireless clusters, each routing beacon advertising a data transmission rate of a gateway of the wireless cluster that originates the routing beacon; identifying a set of at least one qualified routing path, the set including a best quality routing path, and other routing paths having a quality within a predetermined margin of the best quality routing path, wherein the quality of the routing paths is determined by calculating a persistence of routing beacons successfully received by the mobile access node; and selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node based on the data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path, wherein selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node based on the data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path comprises selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node to be the lowest data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of a wireless mesh network selecting a data transmission rate of mobile access nodes within the wireless mesh network, comprising:
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a plurality of gateways, each gateway originating beacons at a predetermined rate, the beacons advertising a data transmission rate of a cluster associated with the gateway that originated the beacon; a mobile access node receiving beacons from a plurality of the clusters; the mobile access node identifying at least one qualified routing path, the at least one qualified routing path including a best quality routing path, and other routing paths having a quality within a predetermined margin of the best quality routing path, wherein the quality of the routing paths is determined by calculating a persistence of routing beacons successfully received by the mobile access node; the mobile access node selecting the data transmission rate based on the data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path, wherein selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node based on the data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path comprises selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node to be the lowest data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile access node of a wireless mesh network, comprising:
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means for receiving routing beacons from a plurality of wireless clusters of the wireless mesh network, each routing beacon advertising a data transmission rate of the wireless cluster that originates the routing beacon; means for identifying at least one qualified routing path, the at least one qualified routing path including a best quality routing path based upon a quality of the received routing beacons, and other routing paths having received routing beacons having a quality within a predetermined margin of the best quality routing path, wherein the quality of the routing paths is determined by calculating a persistence of routing beacons successfully received by the mobile access node; and means for selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node to be the lowest data transmission rate advertised by routing beacons of the at least one qualified routing path, wherein selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node based on the data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path comprises selecting the data transmission rate of the mobile access node to be the lowest data transmission rate advertised by beacons of the at least one qualified routing path.
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