Methods and apparatus for routing communication using slotted resources of radio access mesh networks
First Claim
1. A method by a network node for routing communications between pairs of source and destination nodes through network nodes of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- selecting one resource slot of a wireless communication link between each of a sequence of the network nodes along a communication route between one pair of the source and destination nodes; and
selecting another resource slot of the wireless communication link between at least some of the sequence of the network nodes along the communication route between the one pair of the source and destination nodes;
wherein the method further comprises;
determining, for each of a plurality of pairs of nodes of the wireless communication system, at least one metric for each resource slot of a wireless communication link between the pair; and
modifying at least one metric for at least one of the resource slots for at least one of the wireless communication links between the plurality of pairs of nodes, responsive to previous selections of resource slots; and
wherein said selecting one resource slot and selecting another resource slot are based on the determined and modified metrics.
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Abstract
Methods and network nodes (700-720) route communications between pairs of source and destination nodes through network nodes (700-720) of a wireless communication system. One resource slot of a wireless communication link is selected (1200) between each of a sequence of the network nodes (700-720) along a communication route between one pair of the source and destination nodes. Another resource slot of the wireless communication link is selected (1202) between at least some of the sequence of the network nodes (700-720) along the communication route between the one pair of the source and destination nodes. Selection of the other resource slot between each of the sequence of the network nodes along the communication route can be constrained to selection among resource slots that are available from only the sequence of the network nodes along the communication route between the one pair of the source and destination nodes.
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24 Claims
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1. A method by a network node for routing communications between pairs of source and destination nodes through network nodes of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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selecting one resource slot of a wireless communication link between each of a sequence of the network nodes along a communication route between one pair of the source and destination nodes; and selecting another resource slot of the wireless communication link between at least some of the sequence of the network nodes along the communication route between the one pair of the source and destination nodes; wherein the method further comprises; determining, for each of a plurality of pairs of nodes of the wireless communication system, at least one metric for each resource slot of a wireless communication link between the pair; and modifying at least one metric for at least one of the resource slots for at least one of the wireless communication links between the plurality of pairs of nodes, responsive to previous selections of resource slots; and wherein said selecting one resource slot and selecting another resource slot are based on the determined and modified metrics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A route determining network node for routing communications between pairs of source and destination nodes through network nodes of a wireless communication system, the route determination network node comprising:
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processor circuitry and memory, configured to select one resource slot of a wireless communication link between each of a sequence of the network nodes along a communication route between one pair of the source and destination nodes; wherein the processor circuit and memory are further configured to select another resource slot of the wireless communication link between at least some of the sequence of the network nodes along the communication route between the one pair of the source and destination nodes; wherein the processor circuit and memory are further configured to; determine, for each of a plurality of pairs of nodes of the wireless communication system, at least one metric for each resource slot of a wireless communication link between the pair; and modify at least one metric for at least one of the resource slots for at least one of the wireless communication links between the plurality of pairs of nodes, responsive to previous selections of resource slots; and wherein the processor circuit and memory are configured to selecting the one resource slot and select the another resource slot based on the determined and modified metrics. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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