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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Robert P. St. Pierre, San Jose, CA (US);
Vipul Gupta, Los Altos, CA (US);
Pradip S. DE, Arlington, TX (US);
Robert P. St. Pierre, San Jose, CA (US);
Vipul Gupta, Los Altos, CA (US);
Pradip S. De, Arlington, TX (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for optimizing mesh routing for stability and system lifetime maximization in networks, for example in wireless networks. A routing module may be instantiated in nodes on the network. The routing module may implement a link quality and node health aware routing protocol on the network that considers a combination of link quality and node health/residual lifetime metrics in the calculation of the desirability of nodes and links between nodes as parts of an overall route. A route selection metric for each route may be determined from routing cost metrics for the nodes on the route and the number of hops on the route. A node may then select a best route according to the determined route selection metrics for the routes.