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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2005
Stephen Thomas Kelly, Redmond, WA (US);
John Ian Ferrell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeff Baird Erwin, Sammamish, WA (US);
Stephen Thomas Kelly, Redmond, WA (US);
John Ian Ferrell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeff Baird Erwin, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Infrastructure services such as addressing, directory services, performance monitoring, and diagnostic capabilities are shared among nodes of an ad-hoc mesh network without a designated network manager. A first mesh node creates parameters corresponding to the services to be provided. As each new mesh node joins the network, parameters are update, synchronized among the mesh nodes, and stored in a virtual database shared by the mesh nodes. For some of the services such as performance monitoring, a designated representative may be elected by a group of mesh nodes once a predetermined number of connected mesh nodes is exceeded. The representative nodes may share performance monitoring information among themselves and act as redundant back-up servers.