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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:
Oct. 27, 2009

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2005
Applicants:

Guenael T. Strutt, Stanford, FL (US);

Surong Zeng, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);

Sebnem Z. Ozer, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);

Avinash Joshi, Orlando, FL (US);

Inventors:

Guenael T. Strutt, Stanford, FL (US);

Surong Zeng, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);

Sebnem Z. Ozer, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);

Avinash Joshi, Orlando, FL (US);

Assignee:

MeshNetworks, Inc., Maitland, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for calculating a routing metric that can select the route providing the best throughput in a multihopping network (), based on one or more parameters including completion rates, data rates, MAC overhead and congestion. The system and method are capable of selecting a route in a multihopping network () having a high throughput, comprising calculating a routing metric at one or more nodes (), wherein the routing metric enables the one or more nodes () to select the route in the network (). The routing metric can include network information such as the raw data rate, the completion rate, and the media access control overhead and congestion.


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