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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Ian R. Worden, Marion, IA (US);
T J T. Kwon, Marion, IA (US);
Thomas L. Tapp, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Scott A. Bailey, Marion, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A communication node of a multi-node communication network may include a communication interface and a controller communicatively coupled to the communication interface. The controller may be configured to: transmit one or more data packets over an in-use channel to one or more additional communication nodes of the multi-node communication network; determine an in-use channel quality indicator (CQI) value (CQI) of the in-use channel; determine a self-degradation value (SDV) indicative of channel quality degradation attributable to the multi-node communication network; determine a candidate CQI value (CQI) of an identified candidate channel different from the in-use channel; determine a first CQI difference value (CQI); transmit one or more data packets over the in-use channel if CQIdoes not exceed a CQI threshold value (CQI); and transmit one or more data packets over the candidate channel if CQIexceeds CQI.