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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Trilliant Networks, Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Inventor:
Michel Veillette, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Trilliant Networks, Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1231 (2013.01); H04W 28/0236 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 72/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for multi-channel beaconing in a network comprising for each network node of a plurality of network nodes: determining a link or a pseudo random sequence of links that identifies when and on what channel the network node is scheduled to transmit beacons; receiving the schedule for when and on which channel the network node should listen for beacons from one or more neighbor nodes of the plurality of network nodes; transmitting beacons based the established schedule; and listening for beacons from one or more neighbor nodes based on the schedule received from these neighbor nodes.