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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:
Sep. 26, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
George H Flammer, III, Cupertino, CA (US);
William E San Filippo, III, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Metricom, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 54 ; 370 941 ; 370 952 ; 34082554 ; 455 561 ;
Abstract
In a mesh communication network, new network nodes acquire information about nearby nodes to which they may communicate through a third-party query whereby an established node with which a new node can communicate is queried to provide a list of nodes in the vicinity of the new nodes with which the new node is likely to be able to communicate. The new node uses this list in attempting to establish communication links and then repeats the third-party query for each node in the list to which it can communicate.