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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Adam Kuenzi, Silverton, OR (US);
Michael Lang, Oregon City, OR (US);
Chih-Kuang Lin, Clonee, IE;
Davide Villa, Cork, IE;
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for handling a broadcast data packet using a network () including a plurality of nodes (NH, N, N, N, N, N, N), the method including: receiving, at a sending node, the broadcast data packet; checking, at the sending node, whether the broadcast data packet has been received at the sending node on a previous occasion, wherein if the sending node has not previously received the broadcast data packet the sending node enters a broadcast delivery mode, the broadcast delivery mode including: switching to a scan mode to listen for advertisements from other nodes in the network; starting a timer; wherein upon receipt of an advertisement from a neighbouring node the sending node sends an instance of the broadcast data packet to the neighbouring node and resets the timer.