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Multi-radio mesh network system supporting at least two different wireless communication standards and method of controlling the same

  • US 7,978,657 B2
  • Filed: 09/17/2007
  • Issued: 07/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling a multi-radio mesh network system supporting at least two different wireless communication standards, the method comprising:

  • determining, by a wireless access switching module, whether user data en-queued in a queue of a first wireless link cannot be transmitted;

    switching, by the wireless access switching module, the user data en-queued in the queue of the first wireless link to an available second wireless link in response to determining that the user data en-queued in the queue of the first wireless link cannot be transmitted;

    changing, by the wireless access switching module, a frame structure when the first wireless link and the second wireless link conform to different wireless access techniques; and

    when access is possible through the available second wireless link, searching, by a forwarder, for a local neighbor directly connected to a transmitting node and a receiving node, and forwarding the user data,wherein changing a frame structure comprises receiving a user selection to determine whether to forward one frame of the en-queued user data or all the en-queued user data.

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