System and method for communicating over mesh networks using waveform-enhanced, link-state routing
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1. A communications system, comprising:
- a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network;
a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the mobile nodes together;
each mobile node comprising a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms, wherein each node is operative for predicting 1-hop neighboring connectivity using heuristics based on reception characteristics for a received packet on a base waveform that is chosen from the multiple waveforms, wherein the multiple waveforms have different ranges, and wherein said link state routing protocol is an Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network. A plurality of wireless communication links connect the mobile nodes together. Each mobile node is formed as a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms.
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1. A communications system, comprising:
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a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network; a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the mobile nodes together; each mobile node comprising a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms, wherein each node is operative for predicting 1-hop neighboring connectivity using heuristics based on reception characteristics for a received packet on a base waveform that is chosen from the multiple waveforms, wherein the multiple waveforms have different ranges, and wherein said link state routing protocol is an Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communications system, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless nodes forming a mesh network; a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the wireless nodes together; each wireless node comprising a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other nodes via the wireless communications link from a source wireless node through intermediate neighboring wireless nodes to a destination wireless node using a link state routing protocol and a base waveform that is chosen from multiple waveforms, wherein the multiple waveforms have different ranges, by predicting 1-hop neighborhood connectivity based on a heuristic regarding packet reception characteristics and waveform performance, and wherein said link state routing protocol is an Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for communicating, comprising:
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forming a mesh network from a plurality of mobile nodes;
transmitting a data packet across the mesh network from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms; andpredicting 1-hop neighboring connectivity using heuristics based on reception characteristics for a received packet on a base waveform that is chosen from the multiple waveforms, wherein the multiple waveforms have different ranges, and wherein said link state routing protocol is an Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A communications system, comprising:
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a plurality of mobile nodes forming a TDMA mesh network; a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the mobile nodes together; wherein each mobile node comprises a communications device and is operable to transmit data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol, wherein said link state routing protocol is an Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol, and multiple waveforms, wherein the multiple waveforms have different ranges, wherein each mobile node is operable to build a model of network connectivity, based on its waveform'"'"'s range, and is operable to construct a routing table for its waveform'"'"'s connectivity and to build a single composite routing table from the collection of waveform routing tables, wherein each mobile node is operable to build a variety of composite routing tables depending upon what routing criteria or combination of criteria are being optimized, wherein each mobile node is configured to operate using a single link state routine message for all waveforms by transmitting separate HELLO messages to 1-hop neighbors and flooding one topology control message per waveform, wherein a state table is extensible to segregate link state information for each of the 1-hop neighbors of the mobile node by waveform; each mobile node'"'"'s 1-hop neighborhood is distributable for each waveform in a single transmit control message to provide each mobile node the information required to build its network topology model of connectivity for each waveform; and each node is operable to build its own composite route table from this multi-waveform network topology. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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