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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2021
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Mehdi Arashmid Akhavain Mohammadi, Ottawa, CA;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for supporting communication in a network, such as a satellite mesh network. Network nodes maintain network status awareness for a limited region through flooding notifications. Network nodes may route packets by addressing them to other nodes within the limited region. Notifications of events are propagated not only to nearby nodes whose region includes the event location, but also a certain distance beyond such nearby nodes. This assists in propagating the notifications back toward the nearby nodes, in order to increase the likelihood that each network node maintains required awareness even when network failures occur. A node in receipt of an event notification will adjust its awareness when the node is within a first distance of the event. If the node is within a second, greater distance of the event, the node will refrain from adjusting its awareness but will forward the notification to further nodes.