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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Marcus Schoeller, Kronau, DE;
Pierre Imai, Eppelheim, DE;
Stefan Schmid, Heidelberg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC Europe Ltd., Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for link quality estimation in a wireless network, is characterized in that nodes of the wireless network perform the steps of sending packets to other nodes, monitoring all packets received from other nodes being located within their communication range, and calculating sent-received ratios with respect to other nodes and deriving thereof a link quality towards the respective nodes.