Intel Corporation

W Steven Conner

Anand P Rangarajan

Mark D Yarvis

Mousumi M Hazra

Emily H Qi

Jing Zhu

Liuyang L Yang

Sumeet Sandhu

Xingang Guo

Jasmeet Chhabra

Mustafa Demirhan

Luiyang Lily Yang

Hakirat Singh

Harkirat Singh

Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing an integrated multi-hop routing and cooperative diversity system are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Methods and apparatus for providing an integrated multi-hop routing and cooperative diversity system

A method of sending a packet from a source node to a destination node in the same broadcast domain. The packet is associated with a traffic flow directed from the source node to the destination node. The source node is connected with the destination node via a first and a second communication path. A criterion based on an attribute of the traffic flow is measured for each of the communication paths. One path is selected between the first and second communication paths based on the measured criterion and the selected communication path is assigned to the associated traffic flow. The packet is then sent via the selected communication path.

Method and apparatus for sending a packet from a source node to a destination node in the same broadcast domain

Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to conduct radio measurement request and response operations between two stations to determine receive channel power indicator values associated with direct and indirect wireless links, and to select one of the links for use by the stations based on estimated link capacities.

Radio resource measurement and estimation

Network node power management methods and apparatus are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Network node power management methods and apparatus

Embodiments of methods and apparatus for identifying a distance-vector route associated with a wireless mesh network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Methods and apparatus for identifying a distance-vector route associated with a wireless mesh network

Nodes of a multichannel mesh network generate channel-metric matrices for routing packets to destinations based on a bottleneck channel identified for the source-destination pair. The identification of bottleneck channels increases the diversity among the different communication channels used along a route. This link-state routing approach may allow better paths to be found.

Multichannel mesh network, multichannel mesh router and methods for routing using bottleneck channel identifiers

Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing a transparent data-link bridge associated with a wireless mesh network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Methods and apparatus for providing a transparent bridge associated with a wireless mesh network

Embodiments of methods and apparatus for resolving address mapping associated with a wireless mesh network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Methods and apparatus for resolving address mapping associated with a wireless mesh network

Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing a dynamic on-demand routing protocol are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed comprising receiving, by a destination node, a first route request from a source node over a plurality of routes between the source node and the destination node, and selecting, by the destination node, a first route and a second route from the plurality of routes as a current route and a candidate route, respectively. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Methods and apparatus for providing a dynamic on-demand routing protocol

Channels are selected for nodes in a wireless mesh network in a mananer that enhances connectivity and throughput in the network. For a node in the network, channel configurations are first identified that satisfy a predetermined connectivity constraint with respect to neighbor nodes of the node. A channel configuration is then selected from the identified configurations based on an achievable throughput of the configuration.

Channel selection for mesh networks having nodes with multiple radios

A wireless mesh network router comprises at least one transceiver to receive a packet over a wireless communication channel and path selection circuitry. The packet identifies a source node and a destination node in a multichannel mesh network. The path selection circuitry combines a channel-metric matrix associated with the packet's source node and a channel-metric matrix associated with the packet's destination node to determine a bottleneck channel for the source-destination pair. The next-hop node and associated transmission channel may be selected from the destination node matrix based on the bottleneck channel.

Multichannel, mesh router and methods for path selection in a multichannel mesh network

Apparatuses and methods for dynamically adjusting carrier sensing threshold levels in a wireless, such as CSMA, system. A station may use the carrier sensing measurement made in normal CSMA operation to determine a threshold level for the local station, and transmit the determined level to other stations in the system. The station also receives similar information from other stations in the system and determines, based at least in part on the information received and the local determined threshold level, an optimal carrier sensing threshold level.

Self-configuring physical carrier sensing threshold adaptation

Nodes of an ad-hoc network may determine a category assigned to neighbor nodes and may select a communication pattern for communicating with the neighbor nodes based on their assigned categories. The category may be associated with a node's role in the network.

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Hillsboro, OR, United States of America

W Steven Conner