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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Inventors:

Matteo Varesio, Castellamonte, IT;

Alessandro Lasciandare, Charvensod, IT;

Assignee:

STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/54 (2005.12); H04L 45/00 (2021.12); H04L 45/122 (2021.12); H04L 1/1607 (2022.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/54 (2012.12); H04L 45/122 (2012.12); H04L 45/20 (2012.12); H04L 1/1621 (2012.12);
Abstract

An embodiment is a method including receiving, by a first device via a mesh communication network, a first broadcast message over a first communication channel, the first broadcast message having a first hop count, receiving, by the first device via the mesh communication network, a second broadcast message over the first communication channel, and determining, by the first device, whether the second broadcast message is a consistent broadcast message as the first broadcast message, the determining including determining, by the first device, whether the first broadcast message has a same originator address as the second broadcast message, and determining, by the first device, whether the second hop count is larger than the first hop count.


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