Balancing clusters of a wireless mesh network

Details Balancing clusters of a wireless mesh network Balancing clusters of a wireless mesh network

2007-02-27

2011-10-04

Shah, Chirag (Department: 2477)

Multiplex communications

Data flow congestion prevention or control

Flow control of data transmission through a network

C370S254000, C370S401000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08031615

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method of propagating a size of a cluster within a wireless mesh network is disclosed. The method includes a gateway within the cluster maintaining information of access nodes within the cluster. The gateway determines a cluster size based on the maintained information, and transmits routing packets that include the cluster size of the gateway. An apparatus and method of balancing clusters of a wireless mesh network is also disclosed. The method includes the gateway of each cluster originating beacons, wherein the beacons include a size of the cluster of the gateway. The access nodes of each cluster, re-broadcasts beacons received from the gateway of the cluster. A connecting access node selects which cluster to connect to at least in part based on the size of each of the clusters.

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