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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/121 (2022.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/10 (2013.01); H04L 45/026 (2013.01); H04L 45/121 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a machine-implemented method for operating a device in a network, comprising entering the device into a non-router membership relation with a self-organizing subnet of the network; receiving at least one message making known parameters of the subnet, the at least one message comprising a centrally-generated and propagated sequence number; detecting, based on the received at least one message comprising a sequence number, a deterioration in propagation of said at least one message; and responsive to the detecting, entering the device into a router membership relation with the self-organizing subnet of the network.