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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
Bozidar Radunovic, Cambridge, GB;
Christos Gkantsidis, Cambridge, GB;
Dinan Gunawardena, Cambridge, GB;
Peter B. Key, Cambridge, GB;
Bozidar Radunovic, Cambridge, GB;
Christos Gkantsidis, Cambridge, GB;
Dinan Gunawardena, Cambridge, GB;
Peter B. Key, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In example methods and algorithms, a node in a wireless mesh network calculates an estimated cost for a packet flow through the node. The estimation may be based on the back-log at the node and the cost of downstream neighbor nodes for the flow. Further, selection of a downstream flow and a downstream neighbor node may be based on the estimation. A packet re-ordering algorithm is also described which intercepts packets received at a node and delays delivery of the packet to the IP layer if an earlier packet in the sequence of packets has not been received.