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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Applicant:
John Boudreaux, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Inventor:
John Boudreaux, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/755 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/021 (2013.01); H04W 40/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/122 (2013.01); H04W 40/248 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for use in a mesh network is described and includes memory storing instructions, one or more routing tables, and processing devices to execute the instructions to perform operations including receiving a routing packet including routing information and a route count value. Incrementing the route count value to produce an incremented count and transmitting the routing packet over the mesh network if the incremented count does not exceed a maximum count corresponding to a maximum number of hops for the routing packet.