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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Landis+gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Sean Holcombe, Roswell, GA (US);
Christopher Sean Calvert, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01); H04L 12/44 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/70 (2013.01); H04L 12/44 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/123 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
The determination and advertisement of a node's rank in an RF mesh network reflects sustained network changes. A node's advertised rank may be based on the node's induced rank and a previous rank candidate. Induced rank is the rank of the node at a particular point in time. Rank candidate is based on a running average of the node's past rank. The advertised rank may be based on a weighted sum of the induced rank and a previous rank candidate. Induced rank may consider a Link Quality Indicator (LQI), which may be based on a running average LQI.