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Dynamic multi-path forwarding for shared-media communication networks

  • US 8,630,291 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2011
  • Issued: 01/14/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • determining a quality of one or more links of a particular node in a communication network wherein the communication with the particular node is from the particular node to a particular destination;

    determining the quality of the one or more links as uplinks toward the destination;

    determining whether the quality of the one or more links is below a threshold;

    in response to determining that the quality of at least one of the one or more links is above the threshold, utilizing a select one of the at least one of the one or more links with quality above the threshold for communication with the particular node; and

    in response to determining that the quality of each of the one or more links is below the threshold, utilizing multi-path forwarding over the plurality of links for communication with the node by single-hop multicasting the communication from the particular node over the plurality of uplinks to a plurality of respective receivers.

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